Eleven Minutes

Amna Aslam Ms.Forrester English 12H 16 May 2016 Research Paper Where there seems to be light, there seems to be a shadow. In every book the conflict is between those who are said to be “good” and those who are “evil”. In Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Rushdie paints a picture that utilizes imagery and symbolism to grasp the reader’s attention. Imagery is one of the most important aspects in the book.It influences the plot and the setting.Rushdie paints a world full of color. Yet, he also…

For thirty minutes, I sat down in my computer chair in my room and tried to relax as much as possible. I turned off my phone, all of the lights, and made sure that I was going to be uninterrupted for the allotted time that I would be trying this out. Once I got comfortable, sitting up right, I began focusing on how I was going to meditate. I had never done this before; and maybe the closest thing that I have ever got to meditating was daydreaming. So that is what I began doing. I started…

This inspiring documentary movie was made in 2013 and directed by Pascal Plisson. The documentary has duration of 75 minutes. The movie is a non-fiction film based on four children from Kenya, Morocco, India, and Argentina. “Too often we forget how lucky we are to go to school,” it says. In some parts of the world, the journey to school is extremely challenging. This documentary shows that logistical support for education is basically non-existent. Rural areas in third world countries without…

Democracy is defined as a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. In “Democracy” by Langston Hughes and 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, both authors voice their opinions about democracy and equality. However, Langston Hughes speaks his mind for equality for all races and birthright freedom via poetry while Reginald Rose uses a drama to convey his ideas about equality in the American justice system. Although…

where I would be in a class of only seven people who had already known each other for years. This was a recipe for disaster and I could feel the terror and nervousness taking over me as I walked into the classroom, five minutes late. Five minutes may not seem like much, but in five minutes I could have found a better desk to sit at or at least have had time to introduce myself to a few of my new classmates. Instead, I walked in -not even aware that I was late- to awkwardly stand there, in front…

Burke goes on in the next three paragraphs of his piece to sum up the after results of of nine-eleven. “Three hundred and forty-three firefighters... died at the World Trade Center” next “visitors...attended their hundreds of memorials” and then “we’re working to...honor first responders...at different places and times”. This helped Burke out in his piece for his purpose in order to sum up nine-eleven. The effect this had on the audience is awe in a way for so many deaths and all the grateful…

When I was eleven my family took a trip to the Bahamas. We departed DFW airport early in the morning, before even the birds had woken from their slumber. Our plane landed briefly at a small airport in southern Florida where we swiftly exited our large vessel for the cramped, musty quarters of a seemingly ancient aircraft. My family and I sat in the plane for what felt like an eternity with nothing but miles of water as far as the eye could see. As the tiny metal bird descended from the skies a…

Mandel The universal tool of imagination and creative skill, art, surrounds us in our daily lives whether it is displayed as an ornate painting or a fluid and poetic stanza of poetry. As shown through Emily Mandel’s post-apocalyptic novel, Station Eleven, a collective team of musicians named, The Traveling Symphony, travel across the corrupt North Americas to rebuild the lost knowledge, understanding, and technology of the pre-pandemic world. Although the Traveling Symphony members endured…

the people suffered this day (evening on Monday – March 12, 1770) when eleven guns were discharged. The British soldiers were looking to kill people, but Edward Archbald admonished Mr. Merchant to take care of the sword, one soldier turned round and struck Archbald on the arm, and then pushed at Merchant, cut his and grazed the skin. The noise called more people to fight, John Hicks a young lad, help him and around minute twelve of them came out with drawn cutlasses, clubs, and bayonets and…

On Monday October 12th I had the honor of interviewing my college algebra professor Dr. Layne Heitz. The interview was very interesting and I learned many knew things about Dr. Heitz. Dr. Heitz has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in mathematics from the University of West Texas and has recently received his doctorate degree. He currently teaches college Algebra, finite math method for teachers, geometry, and sometimes calculus or trigonometry. Dr. Heitz said that he always knew that he…