Death in the Afternoon

personal experience, I have known the sudden sluggishness of sleep deprivation. Suddenly unable to think, or perform basic tasks such as, recalling a lecture from a professor. Or even being able to hold a pencil. For a student, exhaustion can be a death sentence or worse an automatic fail. With the stress of homework, early morning classes, essays, tests, etc. I often found myself listless, or feeling rather…

In the book “The Great Gatsby,” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, love is displayed as something within reach but ultimately lost forever, something pursued and desired. Love is a symbol of hope, and it is expressed throughout the entirety of the novel by the way in which Jay Gatsby loves Daisy completely. He is persistent in his efforts to win her over again. Their last night together gives him hope that he can. The way Myrtle believes Tom can change her life is by bringing her into a higher…

From the start of the story, Paul is constantly thinking of Billy's death and the fear that comes along with it, as well as ways to make the fear go away. Tim says in the beginning of the story, ''He was pretending he was not in the war, pretending he had not watched Billy Boy Watkins die of a heart attack that afternoon'' (12-13). This shows that Paul is trying to avoid thinking about the tragedy he had seen just earlier. As a result, Billy…

writing styles to help show the narrators life for example metaphors, irony, motifs, and imagery. Each story teaches the boy a valuable lesson in life Venus’s-flytraps teach innocence, Sunday Afternoons teaches optimism and hope, Glory teaches accepting the pleasant moments, Smokehouse teaches him about death, and My Father’s Love Letters teaches him about being a man. Venus’s-flytraps sets the tone for the rest of the book. The narrator is a five year old boy playing outside and telling the…

I lived a very fortunate life. My life was not perfect, but there wasn’t much I had to worry about. Tragedy had never entered before. All of that changed when I was informed of horrifying news one January afternoon. There are two days that I can recall perfectly. The first one was the day my granny had a stroke. The second was the day she passed away. I was in physical therapy with my mom for my back. She got a phone call and I knew the second she answered it something was not right. She…

African Americans are in denial of who they are. Denial of their race has affected the black community as a whole, and it is important that they embrace who they are. Many have often forgotten where they have come from. Other African Americans just do not want to accept it. Embracing blackness means acceptance, realization, and unification. Black people cannot be qualified as African American nor are they qualified as Americans due to a lack of acceptance in the community. Africans will not…

been there since Thursday afternoon. As a teenager/ adult it is easy to get caught up in the wrong things. Peer pressure, self-esteem issues, and the continuous need to fit in can cause us to do unhealthy things. After extensive research and a personal connection to the harmful effects of drug use, I am here to bring awareness to the drug problem in America. There is an increasing amount of drug related deaths in America. The increase…

His parents, Ann and Howard, then need to internalize the situation each in their own way until they finally accept Scotty’s death after meeting with a baker that has been giving the parents foreboding calls. Carver uses characterization in “A Small, Good Thing” to convey the idea of how Ann and Howard are able to internalize and comprehend Scotty’s injury and eventually death through the help of the baker. Carver establishes the baker as a Christ figure through the use of syntax to show how…

“Lucas…Lucas…” a suppressed voice echoes continuously. I realise the teacher is trying to communicate. “W-what?” I blurt and snap back to reality. I’m in Latin history and I’m pretty sure I slept through the entire subject. I stare at the analogue clock and match my breath to the ticking. “Did you not hear me, Lucas?” Mrs Varchsweid taps her foot faster than my heartbeat, “what’d I say?” “Uhh…” I trail off and glance out the window to see Sarah walking home. I hear the school bell chime. Home…

The alarm on the bedside table starts to make loud noises. One might turn it off, proceed to get out of bed and start their daily routine. This includes brushing their teeth, washing their face and eating mom’s pancakes before getting on the bus to go to school. One might live out their life just like any normal day, but they do not realize that this is what some of the Jews experienced before the Holocaust. The daily lives for Jews in the Holocaust were something far from normal. Men, women and…