Dirty bomb

It glowed bright in my hand, looking almost as if it were on fire. It hummed as the Magic coursed through it. “Don’t!” The man leading the group of frightened townsfolk was yelling. “Release the staff!” “I cannot! It is a part of me! I simply can’t!” I shout back. “People you love will suffer and die because of you!” As he was saying this, a woman is pushed to the front on the group. “Skylor!” I shout, pushing out all my anger and fear. The staff responds,…

Steve sat quietly, hands tucked in his lap in the poorly-lit theater. For about 20 minutes, the white sheet had broadcasted war propaganda: little boys pulling dirty red wagons missing wheels, collecting scraps of metal for the war effort, soldiers hiding in ditches, clutching helmets to their heads and rifles to their chests, the sound of bombs exploding and tanks firing seemingly unnecessarily loud in Steve’s ears. A booming voice described the terrors soldiers faced in the battlefield, and it…

Cansu Aydoğdu Aydoğdu 1 Res.Assist.Vahit Yaşayan AKE 108(02) May 23, 2016 ‘‘It is Only After We Have Lost Everything That We Are Free Free to Do Anything.’’ Tylor Durden and The Narrator in Fight Club. Fight Club is a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk and it’s film version available too which is directed by David Fincher. In the film, protagonist is the narrator and his imaginary…

Rose smiled 'Yes' while thinking 'You made it' a mite obvious, following into a small hallway at stairs bottom. A door to the right led into the living room. ‘Set yourselves down gal, I bet you could do with a cup of tea after such a long trip’. Going into adjacent kitchen, which led onto the back yard where an out barn housed a few chickens, calling back ‘That will be the young girl I take it then’! ‘Yes this is Natalie, my youngest' replied Rose, smiling to herself 'How observant you are'…

What would you do if you were persecuted for your ancestry? Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson is the post-war story of Kabuo Miyamoto’s trial for murdering a white man and his struggle to prove his innocence as an American despite having a Japanese appearance. In Snow Falling On Cedars, Guterson is significantly accurate in recounting battles from World War II, the prejudice that Japanese-Americans faced in the United States after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as well as the Japanese…

Sergeant Joe left America for Iraq with fifteen people in his platoon. They grew to be more than just soldiers. Through shared experience, good and bad, they became brothers. By the time the invasion ended, three men were left. A roadside bomb killed most of the soldiers. After six months stateside, racked with guilt for being alive, he tried to kill himself. Sergeant Joe was diagnosed with PTSD. People who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event may be considered to suffer from…

“Death” sees life in colors because it is a distraction for him. Even though it would seem that he enjoys taking people's souls because it his job, he doesn’t. He says that his vacation is distraction. “ As I’ve been alluding to, my saving grace is distraction. It keeps me sane. … The trouble is who could replace me? … The answer, of course, is nobody, which has prompted me to make a conscious, deliberate decision-to make distraction my vacation. Needless to say, I vacation in increments. In…

5. Chapter Two: “The Sieve and the Sand” (Part 2) When Montag arrives home, Mildred’s friends are at their home, watching the screens in the Parlor. He sits in silence, but his intense presence makes the entire room uncomfortable, to the point where they may “hiss a long sputtering his and explode,” at any given moment (92). Montag eventually breaks the silence, and the women begin to talk about children, and then politics “to please Guy,” (93). Unexpectedly, Montag leaves the room and returns…

Women’s Bodies: A Battleground of Sexuality and Violence Women in Eastern Europe were subjected to many horrors during the 20th century, both in times of peace and times of war. They had to endure war and the killing of civilians through bombs and general warfare, but there were also violences against women that were specific to women, including military brothels, rape camps, and sex trafficking. Besides these women had many problems to deal with in the household, domestic abuse was on the rise…

He comes from being a criminal, to a matured adult. At the beginning of the book, Bryon was self-centered. He only cared about himself and Mark, he didn’t care about anyone else around him, or what he did to them. Bryon always got into fights without a care in the world, and he always hurt innocent girls, by telling them he loves them without meaning. He was a player, but love struck him. Cathy changed him into a caring man. Who hates fighting, and hates criminals. Bryon becomes responsible.…