Father Time

headed to Memphis to meet with the rest of my family. When we got to Memphis in the evening, I was even happier because it was a snowing and i have never seen a flake of snow in my life. Later on that day, I started playing in the snow and had a good time with my…

Discovery refers to exploring something new for the first time or the rediscovery of something that was lost or forgotten. The nature of discovery is varied, and can be sudden and unexpected or may be a result of careful and deliberate planning stimulated by an individual’s curiosity or necessity. Discovery can be physical, mental, spiritual or emotional and ultimately may lead to new understandings and renewed perceptions of others and oneself. Robert Gray’s poems “Diptych” and “The Meatworks”…

happened to a young girl named Opal Buloni. First, Opal had to move and live in a different place. After moving, she met her best friend. Does her father accept her new acquaintance? This special “friend” led her to unforgettable people and incredible adventures. At a very young age, Opal’s mother gets up one day and decides to leave her and Opal’s father behind. After Opal’s mom abandons her, her dad applies for a job in another town in Florida and receives the job; she is then forced to move…

He’d been yelling by the end of it and was now standing right in front of her desk. Two concerned nurses peeked in and gave her a questioning look. She motioned them away and said, “Oliver, you didn’t tell me this when we spoke yesterday.” “I most certainly did.” “You most certainly did not.” “Yes I did. I said it right here in this room and said it to you.” “No, you didn’t, Oliver. You might think you did, but if you actually had--if you had told me how serious it was—I would’ve done…

their worries and memories through their poems, ‘Once Upon a Time, ‘Prayer Before Birth and ‘If’. All of these three poems have a common theme, which is childhood. “Once Upon a Time” by Gabriel Okara is a free verse poem. The poem is written in a first person point of view and contains irregular stanzas. The speaker could be a father addressing the poem to his ‘son’. It also lacks rhyme to convey the writer’s struggles. “Once Upon a Time” expresses the wickedness of society and discovers the…

they are asked very little about what they should do ahead of time. What I mean by this is, something…

informed her of her father’s death. However, GB already knows that his grandfather is no longer alive, so why would she not want him to read the postcard? Perhaps she was ashamed of the fact that she wasn’t there for her father in his final days. Mentioned throughout the novel multiple times is the phrase“ Our parents care for us as our teeth sharpen, so we care for them as their teeth dull, my parents didn’t get the chance to do that”. Therefore, the mother probably felt ashamed of not taking…

after the instant replay, you aren’t around to tell anybody anything.” But how can you have your life flash before your eyes if you have never had one to review? Throughout the story because there is nothing to “replay” the author instead before the time of the newborn’s death portrays such visions what her life could have been like and shares her thoughts, leaving you with examples from settings all the way to owning regrets, though her life was short, she feels as if her life was…

technology. In general, the purpose of social media is to connect people from around the world, and genetic information is to help people with incurable diseases. However, with the power of social media, people has become less active by spending more time and effort on the phones, instead of interacting with a real person. Furthermore, with the help of genetic engineering, people are able to alter their appearance, even change their identity by injecting different genes into…

Christos Tsiolkas is a homosexual Greek Australian writer, born in Richmond and studied at Melbourne University as an editor in the student union. Tsiolkas is known to be a shocking, controversial writer basing his work on social and political issues surrounding the Australia of today including family, class, friendship and ethnicity in the typical suburban setting. Tsioklas is not afraid to bring up the controversial topics ‘ he calls racism by its name, but not ashamed to dig around the…