Dandelion Wine

Writing has been my talent since grade school; I couldn’t sing, or dance but I could write, or so I thought. Then, I entered high school and realized that writing required a lot more than it did in middle school. The brisk pace and advanced comprehension skills required for my English three AP course caused my grades to suffer. I have struggled with college level essay writing tremendously, but through hard-work I have been able to write with more ease and finesse than ever before. At the…

During the Labor Day week of 1932, an imaginative boy in the small town of Waukegan, Illinois left his uncle’s funeral in an attempt to escape the disquiets and mystery of death. In search of life and meaning, the young boy discovered a carnival tent, and within it, a man who would change his life, and consequentially, the lives of thousands of others. The boy found just what he needed: an instruction to “live forever”, that would greatly affect his future and inspire him to become the…

This inability isn’t surprising. Matt had been born and bred in apathy and continued the tradition. He was from a highway town that stayed alive on fast food joints and motels for motorists passing through to get to places more interesting. These towns cling to life on the interstate and they bloom and wilt on the whim of the Federal Highway Commission. In the cars zooming by, his hometown invoked a Midwestern nostalgia of simpler times and better people but on any closer examination these…

Project ID #: 702379 As a Cover Picture I think I would like using this image if possible: A ThinkStock Image #: 486354585 Author’s Biography: My name is Angie Ignacio and I am originally from a very small five square miles island named Saba. I am 24 years of age and currently still a student attending a Dutch college in the Netherlands. I have been living in the Netherland a little over four years. I enjoy writing poetry whenever the inspiration hits me and writing in general. In my free…

represents the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury by showing us that from an ignorant society, a phoenix in the form of the character Guy Montag can arise. This book was published in 1951 by author Ray Bradbury who was also known for the novels Dandelion Wine, Farewell Summer, and A Graveyard for Lunatics, along with many other novels and short stories. He has won numerous awards such as the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. He adapted his story The Fireman into the novel Fahrenheit 451. Although this novel…