Country

One year ago today, the first ever Greeley Cross Country Championships was hosted, a 5k race at Josephine Jones Park between the five high schools in Greeley, Colorado- Frontier Academy, Greeley West, University Schools, Northridge, and Greeley Central. Last year Frontier placed first at the meet in the boys race. However, since then their top runners graduated and the Central boys became a real threat to many teams. Although today was mainly a way for Central to come out on top, I wanted…

In Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 bestseller, No Country for Old Men, he presents the reader with an exploration of human depravity through the lives of three main characters. While two of these integral characters, Anton Chigurh and Llewelyn Moss, clearly display what society would identify as vice, Shariff Ed Tom Bell is presented as a weathered, virtuous man, who struggles to reconcile himself to the ever-expanding presence of evil in the world. Despite McCarthy’s use of Bell as a type of moral…

Within the 2007 film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel No Country for Old Men, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell is attempting to help Moss, a man who stole money from a drug deal gone bad, evade the vengeance of Chigurh, a dangerous hitman. The Coen brothers, who directed the film, acknowledge that the novel’s title is a representation of the sheriff’s perspective, but in contrast with the novel, the focus of the movie is the multiple characters’ viewpoints about Chigurh and their reactions to him.…

Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men follows three men on a wild chase through the borders. While on a hunting endeavor, Llewelyn Moss discovers the scene of a drug deal gone wrong. As he investigates the scene, he finds 1.4 million dollars and decides to take it. Upon taking the money, he seals his fate with a brutal killer named Anton Chiguhr. As Moss is running from Chigur, the old Sheriff, Ed Tom Bell is chasing them. These men display three different personalities and mannerisms. The…

My story is going to be about my first Cross Country race. I know it’s not that exciting, but it was for me. I met lots of people that day and I made some friends with the other team. Before the race I wallked from the High School to the Elementary. I walked with with Spencer and we talked a little bit. Once I got there I went to the bathrooms close to the concession stand. I changed there, left my stuff at the concessions stand, brought a water bottle with me, and I jogged to the course. Once…

Besides teaching, I started a cross country program at the school. Unfortunately, because of the low number of boys in the school and their overall lack of interest in competing, I was only able to initially begin a girls team. Leading the team was the daughter of the man who had originally informed me about the opening at the school. But, pleasantly what I soon found out was there was a virtual all-star team of girl runners at that school in grades six, seven, and eight which translated into…

Foster, discusses in depth literary devices and their meanings. After reading Fosters novel and going on to reading No Country for Old men by Cormac McCarthy the main literary devices and themes conveyed were, geography, Christ figures, and violence. McCarthy uses these devices and themes to attract the reader to think about the book on a deeper level. In the novel No Country for Old Men the geography sets the tone for many scenes. The novel shows the West as a lawless place were evil…

day, the Carter Family is widely considered as the most influential group in country music and are commonly known as the first family of country music. Their style of play was responsible for influencing several genres of music that is played today including, country, bluegrass, rock and Southern Gospel. Several of their songs, such as “Wasbash Cannonball” and “Can the Circle Be Unbroken” set the standards for what is country music. The Carter Family, all born and raised in Virginia, was…

The country of Mexico is our southern neighbor. It borders the US, Guatemala, and Belize. It is a federal republic operating under a centralized government. The capital is Mexico City, which is located in the south central section of the country. In all, Mexico is made of 31 states and 1 federal district. Mexico has a wide variety of land types. They range from high terrain, rugged mountains, low coastal plains, high plateaus, and deserts. The high terrain, mountain areas, and deserts are found…

to other West African nations. Another factor could be the how social life is managed in the country of Senegal. For example, how long have the people of Senegal had running water, electricity and the internet. Also, does the government of Senegal maintain those utilities well? Finally, the last aspect that will be…