Crashing

Personal Narrative-Florida Trip Have you ever been to the sandy beaches of Indian Rocks Beach, Florida? Well let me tell you that you have to go there. It's absolutely gorgeous! So many memories were made on this dream come true vacation, that I know will be something I never forget. My most cherished moment about Florida was the beach. Come on who doesn't love a Florida beach? It was my very first time ever being to the ocean. It couldn't of been more breathtaking. The warm salty air, the…

shake the obvious and menacing guy chasing her. When she left her house this morning she never would have thought that she would be running for her life. Why don't we go back to where it all started; that one fateful morning when her whole world came crashing down around her. Reagan makes her way down the creaky, old stairs of her house with an enormous smile on her face. She had just got off the phone with her boyfriend who told her he had an amazing surprise for her. Reagan sneaked past…

a disorder such as depression can make a person act and think. Nevertheless, I would not recommend this book. It’s a sad rollercoaster. The times when the narrator has great day, the roller coaster goes up. However, the author always seems to go crashing down on her on-going ride. The author describes an instances where she cuts “ for a bad day in B1” or the author “cuts for the wrong answer on a test”(61). The authors trivial excuses for cutting makes readers…

Jose Ramos Latin 125/1800 Prof. Gonzalez Bodega Dreams Bodega Dreams is a novel written by Ernesto Quiñonez who teaches in the South Bronx, not far from the Schomburg Projects in East Harlem where he grew up and near where Bodega Dreams is set. Bodega Dreams occurs not in an activist age but as part of commodity culture, as Quiñonez himself well understands, for it is the difference between social involvement and personal exaggeration that lies at the heart of this touching and clearly…

One of the greatest abilities in writing is getting the reader to convey with the characters, to feel how they feel in that exact moment. This is a bond we gain between us and the characters, we learn to understand these characters. When a reader can truly bond or empathize with the characters, we can really know what they are thinking and relate to them on a more personal level. When we feel sorrow or pain from a characters actions or emotions, we know that the author has indeed bonded us with…

Why are our children not receiving the essential nutrients in order to achieve mental and physical health? Today, in the U.S more children suffer from malnutrition due to dietary imbalances instead of nutritional deficiencies. Malnutrition is known as the condition in which the body is deprived of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that are vital for the development of the person’s body in order to maintain healthy tissue and organ function. Not only can it affect people with low incomes…

phalanx is what protected the men from the arrows. However, maintaining the phalanx formation took a large amount of discipline as each man was key in its success as they had to protect one another and stay in formation even when their enemies came crashing down upon them with their vast numbers. Sparta’s strategies and tactics certainly contributed to their success but if the men were not disciplined due to their culture, then the men would retreat and break the formation and leave the Spartan…

Teenage leading death causes is from drunk driving. The big problem is that six teens ages 16-19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. In 2013, 2,163 teenagers in the U.S. ages 16-19 were killed and 243,243 were treated in emergency centers for injuries that happened in the motor vehicle crashes. The vehicle death rate for male drivers and passengers ages 16-19 was almost two times that of their female counterparts. The risk increases with the number of teen passengers. Teenagers that have…

Michael Potter Ms.Alexander English 2 Honors Period 3 15 October 2015 Summaries Chapter 1 The story starts off by introducing edmond dantes who has just returned from a journey aboard the pharaon. Dantes is first mate of the pharaon. later Morrell shows up and promotes dantes to captain since the last captain died, and because dantes is loved by many and an honorable sailor. Chapter 2 In chapter 2 Caderousse is introduced. Caderousse is the neighbor of Dantes’ father. Caderousse is a friend of…

poor living conditions after the Earthquake hit. The earthquake left many people homeless as well. Subsequently, Japan’s earthquake caused streets to tremble and skyscraper to sway. The skyscraper was designed to sway because it prevents it from crashing down during the earthquake.…