Firefly

opened below them and swallowed them into another tunnel. Apparently, one of each kind of dragon could change colour. Starshade, a night dragon, and Frost were now joined by the other two: Sky, a wind dragon; and Firefly, a life dragon. They all had powerful fire. Frost, Starshade, Sky, and Firefly flew out of the tunnel. They were going to try to save the ice dragons. Frost flew into the air and spun around quickly. All of the spikes were now so thick at the bottom that it would be hard to…

Nothing can beat a San Francisco sunset, revealing the world's very own night light shining bright like thousands of flurrying fireflies. Overall, San Francisco is the city of all. It captures the significance of every culture and idea imaginable. It is a city of art, nature, and invention, with something to see for every…

“Whizzz”, the fierce sound of one of many bullets rushing by the American soldiers. The soldiers hunker down and try not to get hit. They wait for the gun to stop pumping out rounds, to reload. Then the soldiers slip over the bunker and shoot. Their rifles fire multiple times before the Germans have their machine gun reloaded. The weapons used in World War II (WWII) are a part of history and determined the outcome of WWII. To begin with, there were a large amount of weaponry available for…

We didn’t always live on Fieldview Drive. Before that we lived on the second floor of an apartment in Woodsedge, before that we lived in Taiwan, and before that I can’t really remember. (parallelism) But through all the times we moved, it has always been the four of us - Mom, Dad, my brother Ryan and me. Our house is painted a greyish-white color, like a cloud (simile), with white accents and a dark roof. In front is a small driveway leading to the garage for the two cars, a smaller yard than…

In “The Pedestrian” the conflict is society being cruel. In Leonard Mead's life he is surrounded by “Tombs, ill lit by television light, where people sat like the dead” (2). This is what life is like for Leonard Mead. People sit at home in front of their viewing screens. However, Leonard Mead is very different. In the short story “The Pedestrian” Ray Bradbury is showing a theme of society being cruel. This is exemplified through many scenes and meaningful quotes shared throughout the…

only on Earth but also in Hell! The poet Virgil, Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory, now leads him along the ridges to the Eighth Pouch, where they see thousands of little flames flickering in a deep, dark valley, and reminding Dante of fireflies on a hillside. Virgil informs Dante that each flame contains a sinner, and that in this pouch are the damned souls of the Evil Counselors, or people who used their intelligence for evil purposes. Dante sees what appear to be two souls…

the author describes Meads walks by writing about the houses, the author writes that “on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly lights appeared in flickers behind the windows.” It’s saying that they all stay inside afraid to be out in the real world and just stay with their TVs as entertainment.…

is? Batman is the superhero protector of gotham. Batman is the one who fights the bad guys in gotham like the joker, bane, the riddler, scarecrow, catwoman, poison ivy, two-face, mr.freeze, penguin, clayface, harley quinn, killer croc, deadshot, firefly, killer moth, mad hatter, man bat, solomon grundy, and many other villains. Batman as a child was very rough. He suffered his parents death for many years and swore right then and there he would get revenge on joseph chilton. Joseph was also…

reader to help give a feeling of familiarity. The very lonely firefly and Do you want to be my friend? both dealt with the idea of being different and alone in the world, with either people too busy or just unaware of the one in need. By the end of these two books, as with all Carle’s stories, everyone is as it should be and the main character’s trouble has been solved. The little mouse has found the special friend he needed and the firefly has found his own kind as well. The Mixed-up Chameleon…

Ray Bradbury, the author of “The Pedestrian,” writes, “And on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows.” According to Kathiann Kowalski, most college students in America use cell phones for 9 hours a day on average. The “Primal Screen” by Ellen Goodman is an editorial that gives specific facts and information about how much…