Curtain wall

was a scorching, hot day in Ethiopia, and another day has passed since I had concocted my plan to escape. My house was ringed by a huge 10 foot wall all made of steel except a little chuck by the back. My plan was simple, climb over the wall so I could play outside, but not while my parents were around . On the fourth day I was ready to climb up the wall. After my mother left for work and my father was asleep. I put my plan into action. I started climbing, I was making sure each foot landed…

He walks in, standing a head and shoulders taller than you, wearing his menacing black cape, his boots thumping on the cold hard tile, you can feel the fear start to cloud your mind, all you hear is the thump. Thump, thump, thumping as he walks toward you, you try to run, but you are held back, petrified, all you can do is watch as this black armored man approaches, you can hear him as his mask converts his breath into a menacing scowl, and then, he speaks, and your fear is now gone. It was…

Mending Wall by Robert Frost is about a farmer and his neighbor mending a wall between their houses, but the deeper purpose of the poem is to convey an idea, and this idea is that humans should question our traditions and see reason instead. Throughout the poem the speaker questions the reasons for building the wall, what brings the wall down in the winter, and his relationship with his neighbor. In this poem Frost Achieves the central purpose by using connotation, situational irony, and…

the Shane Night Gallery. The gallery is set up with images lining the walls, some images are near the bottom, and resting backwards- their frames resting against the walls others rest on a shelf in the same manner. There is very little in the gallery besides art. The whole gallery has an antique and rustic feel. The flawed wood in the floor and the rough texture of the wooden paneling that runs along the walls, the brick wall that separates the gallery into two separate rooms and the antique…

I woke up straight out of a nightmare. I bolted up with my mouth open in a silent scream. I felt arms wrap around me and lips on my ear. But they didn’t give me comfort. Instead I became frantic, trying to get away from the arms closing in around me. From what I thought was to come. My hand connected to the person’s face and they released me quickly and I fled, running in the woods. “Murmur,” the things yelled as it grabbed me again before I could reach the woods. “It was a dream. You are safe…

practicing has no chairs but a small stage and a few small storage room for chairs and a table in the corner. If there wasn’t a stage, it would feel like a small empty gym. The stage has a huge picture of our Hmong president General Vang Pao hanging on the wall. There’s two huge door that leads you to a hallway with windows where you can see University street and cars driving past through the building. I sat down while my sister joined the group as they line up and the instructor start to play…

has their own wall, they have built and it is not until someone special comes along and removes the wall will you see the real person inside. In the poem “Please Hear What I’m Not Saying” by Charles C. Finn the speaker states “You alone can break down the wall behind which I tremble” (78). When the speaker says “you” he is indicating that there is a specific person who can “break down” his wall. Someone who loves and care about him. When the poem talks about breaking down a wall it is also…

I was told to go to the 200th floor of the Empire State Building; if I didn't do what the burly guy with a black fedora masking his face in my dream said, I would be severely punished. I just thought I had a bad dream! I was woken up by a chilly voice. "Where'sss the boy?" A raspy, inhuman voice hissed from the other side of the door. I was hiding behind a charcoal black leather couch at the back of the hallway in the furnished basement of a friend’s house. Yeah, yeah, Sean, you're a…

I looked out through the cracks of the crawl space. Goeth was coming closer, all shining black leather boots and crisp black uniform. One of his dogs lifted its ears and looked right at me. I pulled back, away from the wall. “We’re trapped. We have to get out of here.” I was almost choking on my own fear. “And fo where?” Thomas hissed. “ If we leave, they’ll find us in the barrack!” “ I don’t care. We can’t be caught here.” I pushed my way up and out of the crawl space. I gasped, filling my…

I was sound asleep in my bed when I heard something break downstairs. I pounced out of bed and grabbed a ChapStick as my weapon. I’m not quite sure what I thought a ChapStick was going to do to a robber but whatever. I was sprinting down the stairs, but I tripped over Crinkles the cat and went tumbling head over heels to the bottom. The ChapStick flew out of my hand when I went airborne and hit me straight in the nose while I was laying there. I got up quickly, pretending that falling down the…