Darts

Max As I felt the cold metal of the gun press against my head I shivered. “Hello?” Said the officer “are you still there” “Yes, yes sorry not dead… yet,” I said. “No no stop talking like that sir we’re going to get you out of there.” “Yeah that’s right, ummm what was I saying, oh right what they want.” “Yes sir, that’s right what are their demands?” “Well they want a helicopter, ummm 1 million dollars and safe passage out of the country” “1 million dollars huh, wow that’s a lot of money…

and clammy in his hand. He had covered it in mud to make it less visible and he was glad for it now. Michael Thorn, age 7, was on stakeout. He heard footsteps on the other side of the fence. 10...9...8...7… “WHAT THE HECK?” he yelled as a dark blue dart hit the small of his back. Alex ran away in hysterics. She laughed as Michael tried to chase her around the park. He finally caught up to her and pushed her into the sand. “WHAT’D YOU DO THAT FOR?” shrieked Alex as she shook her head to get…

I had money, money to buy snacks but not enough to buy a lot. Like around 5 bucks, so I went to a small market that supplies cheap snacks and candies. Skipping with excitement I visualized my favorite candy. The smell and the taste of it tickled my senses, I ran through the entrance and quickly started looking for the candy. I was planning to buy as many as I can with 5 bucks until I saw a yellow flier that was hanging under one of the candies. It said is huge, bold fonts “ 2 for a $1!!!”, yes,…

Everyman is a Christian morality play by anonymous. The play reflects to us human, the main character ‘Everyman’ represent us human beings. The story is about God sending death to Everyman to teach him a life lesson since Everyman is obsessed with wealth and material possession. In this essay I will be doing an analysis on the main character ‘Everyman’. The analysis will be based on the setting (place) of the story, protagonist, major conflict, rising action theme, motifs, symbols, and…

In the book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, he tells a story about Abdulrahman Zeitoun’s experience during and after, Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Zeitoun is a Syrian man that moved to America from Syria, and is married to Kathy a caucasian woman. Eggers’ purpose in the book is to show the events of hurricane Katrina, and how people turn to racial profiling in times of confusion and chaos. Eggers uses an emotional tone to show the struggles that Zeitoun faces in the book. Throughout the book Eggers uses…

Animal Testing- No Go Every year, millions of animals in the U.S. are used as models in biological and medical research to study human disease, injury, development, psychology, and anatomy and physiology (AAVS “How Animal Testing Hurts”). Animals often suffer in these studies, as they are inflicted with diseases, wounds, and pain. After they are done being used, they are often killed. Animal testing should not be allowed because animals are very different from humans and make poor test subjects,…

directly states her opinions on the matter. She also uses direct delivery of the subject by writing to a local politically active man: Mr. Talleyrand-Perigord. She writes with conviction, “It is then an affection for the whole human race that makes my pen dart rapidly along to support what I believe to be the cause of virtue,” as she explains to Perigord about women’s education being of utmost importance to husbands and families. Wollstonecraft explains her opinions outright, while another…

A blue haze is washed over the stage as the lights suspended above cast shadows on the stage floor. Gobos light up the stage and spots pan over the audience, pulling in every sense of intrigue and curiosity within the audience. A ringtone is heard as the stage lights dim, a man appears in a spotlight leaning, virtually reaching out, but he seems to hold himself back, delaying the phone call for fear of what it might be. In Things I Know To Be True, Andrew Bovell shines light on a modern day…

In 2006, Miley Cyrus didn’t care that the Malibu {cultural allusion} she would sing about years later was being swept with fires; she was busy getting ready for her Best of Both Worlds tour {cultural allusion}. Mark Zuckerberg {cultural allusion} was definitely too busy turning down a $1 billion deal with Yahoo to listen to Shakira’s new “Hips Don’t Lie.” {cultural allusion}. And somewhere, some guy named Harry was finally about to defeat Voldemort {literary allusion}, and probably didn’t know…

Snuggled deep in the village of Raveloe, Silas Marner sits in front of a fire in his cottage. It is a cold winter night, but he is warm because he has a full and happy heart. He has spent his life dedicated to his daughter, Eppie, and her happiness. Soon he will marry her off to the man of her dreams and they will reside in a farm house on the Marner property. However, Silas never imagines that his dream come true could turn into a nightmare at a moment’s notice. The Marner household has…