Coming of age

One of the most prevalent desires in a person's life is to find what he or she is meant to fulfill in his or her lifetime. Especially for adolescents, finding where one stands in a world full of chaos is a daunting struggle and a strenuous journey. In The Cather in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden is a troubled boy who is struggling to find himself and his place in the world. His journey to achieving this goal makes The Cather in the Rye an overall optimistic book because teenagers can…

The Big Grizzly Well, one warm day of the summer when all kinds of people are talking about a bear. They say that is has only been coming out at night, and rummaging through their trash, and tearing up there yards. They have only seen it at night. They say it is a good sized bear. I have heard people say next time they see it they are going to kill it and if they don’t see it they are going to go hunting after it. Also people are leaving their houses because of the bear. In the beginning,…

here?" She said frantically while walking up the front walk. I caught up to her and grabbed a hold of her arm. "What are you going to do?" I asked her while pulling her back. "I'm going up there and telling him to leave us alone! He needs to stop coming for Welby or me, now that he knows I'm here." She screamed. "Why do you care if he's here or not?" I asked. "It's not like he can take Welby away." "I don't want him in our lives. I want to start all new. Just the three of us." She said. …

It was Halloween night, and all through the town, little creatures were stirring both up and down, to the top of each hill, and the bottom of each street, these creatures were excited for bags full of treats. Black goblins, green witches and even white ghosts, were hopping from houses to get candy from folks. Decorations like spiders and creepy crawly things, vampires and zombies, and more scary scenes. An owl’s hoot in the distance and a coyote’s howl, Reminded those creatures of the dangers…

"Chapter 1" someone is coming and she is afraid of the person who is coming. The radiation has killed everyone family, friends, and neighbors. He is coming ever so close each day the smoke from his campfire is closer than usual. "chapter 2" she is doing some things to keep herself occupied like releasing her chickens and releasing her cows only to comeback and round them up again or most of them. When everyone died so did the electricity which turned off telephones and the furnace but, she had…

This is a story about a different land beyond reality called Delbos. In this world, You went to school and lived with your parents. When you're old enough, you can still start working no matter what your background. Everyone there lived peacefully with one another with one exception. Raymond. No one really understood the kid because he was so serious and had a little bit of a temper, was a little weird, and actually kind of smart. He had brown hair, wore plain blue t-shirts, and had sea blue…

drain the oil into the oil pan where the rest of it is. Be careful, because if you drop this into the oil, it will splash the oil in the pan,and cause it to make a mess. When you do pull the filter out, there is a little rubber circle, that should be coming out with it. If there is no filter gasket, then it should be inside the area the filter came out of,all you have to do, is pull it out. After that step is done, it is time to put the filter back in. It is better, to get a decently priced…

Everything was silent; all that could be heard was the sound of thunder and the cold rain coming from outside. Everyone pushed William closer to Margot, signaling him to apologize. He just stood there. “I- I- um…” William shook as he tried to utter his apology. He looked at Margot seeing her face stained red from her tears. He didn’t want to see her bloodshot eyes. When the teacher walked in, she wasn’t happy with what she saw. She wondered why Margot was crying with her classmates just…

phone off the coffee table on the way through. "Now that I'm safe I can find out who's following me." Grabbing the binoculars off the shelf, she runs to the window and peeks out. She was trying to zoom in on the vehicle when she hears a loud banging coming from the front door. "That could be the stalker." She nervously thinks. Dropping to the floor, she takes cover behind the leather sofa. The intruder bangs again. She started looking for her cell phone then realizes she left it on the kitchen…

As I slumbered back watching Romeo’s fan Spin like a propeller on a airplane flying through the air. Then as I glanced down at Romeo’s t.v. Colton says out of nowhere “Romeo, where are your fireworks?” No, I’m not showing you my fireworks.” But that’s when I commented on Colton’s question “come on Romeo let’s do it, we have nothing to do.” Romeo, sitting in silence, was wondering if he should get out his fireworks. “I don’t know guys,” said Romeo, “I don’t want to get in trouble.” Colton…