Footstep

Censorship is meant to remove certain part of novels that are considered offensive, immoral, harmful language, while suppressing the freedom of expression of writers, historians, and readers as well. I believe that censorship prevents people from accessing educational information, literary ideas, environmental and political debates, which in return inhibits communication and restrict written and oral expression. Censorship takes away the freedom to express ourselves as we see fit (first basic…

confirmation to the group. Not only I but it’s the human nature to tend towards security. If only I knew no one would judge me, I would no longer be scared to be unique and I would definitely gain more self confidence so that I could mark my own footsteps. When someone is watching…

to a life of leadership. Siddhartha’s father wanted the best for him, as any parent would and did his best to protect him from harm and pain. Siddhartha later wed and had a child. It was a boy. Siddhartha father was preparing him to follow in his footsteps only to find out that Siddhartha was becoming disobedient. When Siddhartha broke his father’s golden rule, his life became…

As I grew up, music was there for me at ever juncture of my life’s journey. When I was an anxious kid moving to a new area in elementary school, it offered me a release from stress and a way to bond with other students. Even without any shared tangible experiences with the other kids, I could relate to them through singing tunes of the popular music of the time. I listened to about 60 songs on my first-generation iPod Nano when I was alone in my room after school, and the consonant, uptempo…

A society is a group of people who live in a more or less ordered community. Everyone has a place in their social system. People have expectations of how others should behave in their social class. Each position is associated with a set of relationships called social networks. One person can obtain many networks. Columbine had a huge impact on society. Most people weren’t sure what to think. People were scared. They feared for their children. No one had taken Eric and Dylan seriously…

reaching for escape and guidance. Above, sleeping sun remains in her hiding spot, but the swirling of dawn and dust will indubitably arrive. Feigning serenity, the dusty doorway sighs, but the creaking floorboards expose the truth as they revile any footsteps. Although only mere hours have passed, the deportment of everything…

Joe Cross was an overweight 45 male who suffered from a disease called “Chronic”. Chronic is a disease that can not be cured but can be treated with meds, which is exactly what Joe was suffering from. Joe was taking a medicine called prednisone. Prednisone is a medication that is similar to cortisone, used to relieve rheumatic and allergic conditions and to treat leukemia. On top of this disease that he suffered from, he was very over weight, approximately 309 pound with his waist being…

Mysterious Monsters on Maple Street Imagine the horror and fear of finding out that there is an alien in your neighborhood. That is what happened in the fictional teleplay, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”, written by Rod Serling in 1960. As well as the remake of the teleplay, “Monsters on Maple Street”, in 2003. The 1960 version is about neighbors pointing fingers at others for being aliens that caused the power outage. Similarly to the 2003 version were neighbors find scapegoats for the…

Anh Nguyen 1480 words 9100 St. Charles Rock Road St. Louis, MO 63114 (314) 493-6100 nguyena829@ritenourschools.org An Angel’s Wellbeing by Anh Nguyen On Sundays, mom talked about what she’ll cook for dinner and Angel played in her little swings in the middle of the park. Dad has always been taciturn and would sit on a pavilion bench talking to mom as they watched over Angel. There’s…

The Knights Templar/ William Hansard The Knights Templar was an ancient group knights that acted upon Christianity and were used as a military force. They were assigned to attack and raid muslim soldiers. The original knights were led by Sir Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Godfrey of Bouillon, Hugh of Vermandois and Bohemond of Taranto. The Templars ended up doing what they called Crusades in which they went and attacked threats to Israel. There were a total of six Crusades. By the first they were…