Flip-flop

where his earnings are kept safe, “All the money she stole from me is going to burn her. She will die, I tell myself. Joyce will die.” (Duiker). Azure describes Allen as ‘moneycentric’, when having gone to Allen (a pimp) to buy a new pair of shoes (flip-flops), Azure reassures himself when he did not receive value for his money that, “try not to think of my money as wasted but as protection money” (Duiker). Azure not too long after admits that Allen had taught him that, “money is everything”…

The Mental Health Effects of Bullying RED FLAG! Bullying and being bullied can cause serious psychiatric problems later in adolescents’ adult life. Bullies have a long lasting effect on a person’s mental health; some of those effects are withdrawing from family and school activities, wanting to be left alone, shyness, and panic attacks. These are only some of the effects on one’s mental health after being bullied, but there can be many more outcomes. If bullying is not stopped, it can also…

Spring Break is supposed to be one of the best weeks of your year. You’re supposed to go out and party and get drunk and do stupid things on the beach. I did two of those things the first night of my Spring Break. This is the Spring Break of my sophomore year, it 's a sunny, but chilly, spring afternoon. I had originally planned to go golfing with S, but we decided against it, and invited R and A to come hang out with us. It was my first time hanging out with this group, and I was really…

This past summer I went to the Dominican Republic for a family vacation for two and a half weeks. As we explored different parts of the island, we decided to stay in this beautiful mountain called “Lomas Linda.” Lomas Linda is known for its unique mountains, diversity in mountain and flowers. While we were in the mountains I felt the cool wind. We went on long drives that led us to a natural river, and we went to one of the biggest orchid collections in the world. The Dominican Republic is known…

around an unknown man and him struggling mightily with an internal dilemma. Once the story picks up, and we are introduced to Raskolnikov and his plan of premeditated murder, his sinister qualities become more evident. However, the reader sees him flip flop between sociopath qualities, and his redeeming…

ANTIGONE, by Jean Anouilh, is a masterful version of Sophocles’ original tragedy; which delves deeply into the theme of responsibility and duty. Duty is something one is “obligated to do.” Responsibility is described as doing something one “feels is necessary,” as well as “having capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable” (Webster’s Dictionary). The theme of responsibility and duty transcends the shallow meaning of the words themselves; it illustrates the internal driving force…

I can remember the day I received my first car, It was six months after my sixteenth birthday, and I had already managed to somehow acquire my drivers license. It was April, the flowers were blooming, the weather had changed from bitter cold, to a warm and inviting temperature. I had just gotten home from school and my dad shouts, “Micaiah, let’s go check out some cars.” My heart was exploding with excitement, the thought of me actually being able to have a car of my own was the best news so far…

In her fiction “Mrs. Sen’s”, Jhumpa Lahiri channels her unique experience as an Indian-American in the United States by constructing characters that reflect the juxtaposition she faced as a descendant of immigrants. She portrays the protagonist, Mrs. Sen as a cultural outsider to the American society and a cultural insider in her microcosm — the apartment she decorated to resemble India. Interestingly, Lahiri portrays another protagonist, the 11-year-old Eliot, as a cultural outsider to Mrs.…

My blood pumping. My ears ringing. The air full of energy. I feel alive. Every year hidden in the woods of Mineral City, Ohio, lies one of the biggest Christian music festivals in the country. Alive. For four days every year, music is blasting around the clock in this small town, and this year I was lucky enough to go. A small group of friends and I braved the six and a half hour drive to be a part of the madness. The gang, Beth, Rae-Lynn, Katelyn, Brandon, Josh, and I, all piled up into…

Description A normal classroom has norms that must be followed and should not be violated. If a student violates any of the social norms they are committing an act of deviant behavior. In our breaching experiment we are purposely violating norms to get a reaction from our fellow classmates and teachers. The reactions that we get will be described, analyzed and discussed in detail. On Monday mornings from 8-11am my group mates Colton and Angelica have biology with Dr. Burke together. On Friday…