Firefly

I live in the “middle of nowhere”. The neighbor-less neighborhood called backcountry is where I live for half of the time; the other half I live in an ever-growing college city, Columbia. I have cultivated a special appreciation for each journey home through the winding Missouri back roads that bring me to the place where my soul rests. Though the roads may take me to my house, my home exists far beyond its walls. My country house itself sits front and center in our approximately 9 acres of…

it’s real and so many people understand what that person is talking about. Depression can be a monster, a literal soul sucking demon. It can be big or small or somewhere in between, “Mom, my depression is a shape shifter. One day it is as small as a firefly in the palm of a bear, The next, it’s the bear.” (Benaim, 1-3.) When living with depression the days are unpredictable, in the morning you’ll never want to leave your bed, the sheets will lie over your body and hug you so close to the bed…

adults are watching me like a hawks.” This is Katniss comparing the capitol to hawks, because hawks are “always watching”, hence the saying, I’m watching you like a hawk. Lastly, “the capitol twinkles like a vast swarm of fireflies”, is comparing the capitol to “a vast swarm of fireflies”, now as this may sound like a favorable thing, it is not. Katniss says this in a way that the capitol is always there, no matter what. Not only did Collins use many vigorous smilies in this story, but she also…

this song shares a similar theme to “Don’t Stop Believin’”, as its refrain states: I'd like to make myself believe, That planet Earth turns slowly, It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,'Cause everything is never as it seems”(Fireflies), lending itself to the idea that people should believe that anything can happen, and have big dreams, because everyone’s life is precious and…

Gender Roles and Feminism Why are women lives based on the men around them? These stories engaged in women lacking empowerment and men consistently having the dominant role. Throughout the stories and poems read in literature, a few have came in common with this theory. Before women received more rights, they highly dependent on their marriage, which made theirs lives limiting and confining. The gender roles were very stereotyped, meaning women stayed at home being controlled by the men, and…

Runaway children may not be the countries number one concern, but it is an ongoing issue that continues to happen time and time again. The current laws for runaway children aren’t up to standard because they stereotype teenagers as being defiant when they runaway instead of looking for reasons. The issue has been referred in the past. The conscious hip-hop track “Runaway Love” by Ludacris and Mary J. Blige (2007) on his album “Girls Gone Wild” is one song that really focused on the trial and…

James Vaughn Mr. Brenneman English 09 4-23-18 Self Driving vehicles Self driving cars are inevitable, the entire world around us is changing. Every aspect in our life is changing and we have no control over it. Every thing people love to do is changing. Many people who love cars and love to drive cars. Because they’re enjoyable. Even things such as running to the store or doing as a family would change. And many people wouldn’t be able to afford the cars because the self driving systems are…

many other creatures such as reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and many other creatures, A sexual partner is required. Each type of organism has there own way to attract mates. Birds like turkeys fane out their tails to impress potential mates. Fireflies glow up. All of these mating displays are visual, but for creatures like the frog's, auditorial cues are relied upon. In the case of the Barking tree frogs of Florida’s Apalachicola national forest, Scientists have used…

family connections, and the like." In The Hunger Games, the "upper class" is the people from the Capitol because they are the ones that have all of the innovations of technology and have all of the wealth. "The Capitol twinkles like a vast field of fireflies. Electricity in District 12 comes and goes, usually we only have it a few hours a day (Collins 80)." District 12 struggles with having some type of light at home while the Capitol uses their lights as a type of decoration because they have…

In the short stories of Harrison Bergeron and The Pedestrian, the author reveals how the government can easily control the minds of the public in the stealthiest way possible. The moral of the stories are quite divergent however they both have the same theme. The government uses technology as a secret weapon to control the minds with corrupt values and a questionable morality. The influence of technology can only be determined by the individual. The interpretation of the stories can be…