Drowning

The two most exciting television shows that have a sizeable fan base of teenagers are Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars. Both shows have a vast fan base because they share a genre and similar characters that people can relate to. However, the shows do have difference because Pretty Little Liars is about a group of girls being attacked by a group called A; while, Riverdale features a friend group with boys and girls who are dealing with finding a murder. The main characters of Pretty Little Liars…

Walking one night Clamence comes across a bridge where he sees a woman drowning. Clamence knows that the right thing to do at this moment is to save the woman who thought life was not worth living. But before Clamence acts he looks around to see if anyone is around to see his heroics. He selfishly does not act as he sees no…

Whiskey Jack; Fictional Characterization of Wisakedjak In American Gods by Neil Gaiman, the character Whiskey Jack appears as a native old man. Jack represents the god Wisakedjak—a Native American trickster god in Algonquian mythology. He was specifically created by the Great Spirits to be a teacher for humankind. In others, he was the divine son of the Earth. Whiskey Jack is seen to be a trickster and culture hero in the folklores, which is preserved in the book American Gods. Wisakedjak is the…

Speech Notes on Jason and the Argonauts (Film as Directed by Don,C,1963).s This movie originates from the Greek mythology of Jason and the Argonauts where there are only a few changes in the occurrences in the myth and the movie. The movie has retained most of the characters and the sequences of the events. In the movie Jason and the Argonauts , we see Jason escaping death by a whisker due to the influence of the god Hermes disguising himself as a soothsayer who uses Aristo's soldiers to take…

What if someone said you shouldn’t go to college because you don’t have a good enough reason to be there? In Charles Murray’s’ article “Are Too Many People Going To College?”, Murray states that too many people are going to college because students are going just to get a better education not for employment purposes. However, there are never too many people going to college, because there is no ending point to a better education. Murray believes that the purpose of college is to prepare for your…

Death itself is not difficult to comprehend; the funeral is. This is clear as I am currently drowning in my sorrows, as my feet march into this black abyss. All I can hear is the heavy, pounding feet of others, as we march as one. Marching to our downfall. It is a difficult sight to witness: couple’s hands clenched together, gripping at each-other as though the pain will subside if they squeeze hard enough. It’s purely comfort. But sometimes I wonder if it is merely superficial comfort – to…

Final Paper Suicide doesn’t need an explanation for one to know that it is a major problem not only worldwide, but in the United States. Suicide doesn’t merely affect one age group, or one race, it simply affects everybody. It is important to know the depths of suicide; how common suicide is, the characteristics of those most at risk, how the suicide rate has changed over the years, and the different suicide deaths by method. I have selected table 133 from…

When I got on the SEPTA 66 bus from Frankford Transportation Center, it was just another plain day for me. I spent a hearty amount of my day enjoying my biology class and falling asleep in my computer class. When I would get home, I’d either take a nap or try to do some homework for my online courses. I stepped on the bus, swiped my transpass, and sat at my usual spot on the bus; the three seater facing the backdoor. I see that across from me, there was a girl in a maroon catholic high school…

I reached out to the surface, which was growing distant at an alarming rate. I could see the shrinking forms of other insouciant swimmers above me, but they did not heed my silent screams, which became mute bubbles. I grew weary from frantically windmilling my limbs. My lungs ached, and my eyes closed, finally surrendering to the deep. Five Years Earlier: The diving board wobbled dubiously as I inched along it, gripping it’s rough sides as I half crawled, half shuffled along it with as much…

Nothing is more terrifying that drowning in debt, well maybe getting attacked by a bear, but drowning in debt is definitely up there. When you take out student loans you are causing yourself to graduate college in debt. Not exactly the fresh start you wanted. When I think of my graduation from college I think of it as…