For Your Eyes Only

be awakening from his nighttime slumber. The air is crisp and clean like your clothes when they are fresh out of the dryer and you bury your face in them and embrace the scent that takes over your sense of smell. When you take a deep breath in the cold air overtakes your lungs. As you relinquish your breath you feel the warmth of your breath hit your lips as you see it abandoning your body. The gusts of wind that engulf your whole…

As I looked around at the blank white walls surrounding me, my anxiety only grew. Why am I here? The question haunted my mind as my solid white shoes tapped softly on the monotonously grey floors. My green eyes landed back on the paper in my hand, reading the words again. Patient 7539, please report to clinical area 3 for a checkup at 6:30am. There were no “checkups” in that godforsaken place. Although they’d renamed the Asylum to be called a “State Hospital” long before I’d arrived, most…

snow.” Her eyes narrowed. Then her heart-shaped…

The author uses a metaphor to describe the old man, “I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it.” This example supports my thesis because when he compares the man’s eye to a vulture's it helps you understand how he sees the man. This helps you understand the man’s fear. Then, later on in the story he uses repetition, “I put in a dark lantern…

vulture eye while he sleeps? In this story it describes every step that the main character did to survive this dreaded feeling inside. In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe the author uses good word choice and descriptive adjectives to develop the mood and the characters feelings in the story. Edgar Allen Poe used a lot of word choice in this story to develop the mood and the way the characters act. First, when he uses the word conceived when he looks at the vulture eye for the…

okay fought against me, as I tried to regain my professionalism. I almost turned away when her eyes cracked open and she narrowed her sights on me. “You’re Braylynn,” my sister declared, her face completely void of all expression. “You’re Brayanna,” “Brayanna died a long time ago. I go by Nakota now.”…

ever heard and it is the most important element in our life. It is the first feeling that you have been treated by since you born and opened your eyes. Could you count how many love words that you heard in your life? I believe that you can’t do that because it is more than you can imagine. Even it 's more than you think. The first lovers in your life are your parents. They loved you before they saw you and they had all that much of love since they loved each other and decide to have a son or…

today?" I sighed. “I decided to take the day off to spend some time with you before you graduate” She said. As I stood there her eyes narrowed. “What were you thinking stepping outside like that?" Her red painted lips pursed as she eyed me. "Would you rather I went naked?" "Your clothes are way too baggy and don’t match, and your hair don't even get me started on your hair! It's a tangled black rat's nest. Why Maricel? You are a beautiful girl, but you dress like a homeless person. Is this…

Not only memory of what you learned years ago, but also how to study more conservatively, using useful study tips you once knew. Now that I look at it, I may have been too optimistic about coming back to college. I didn’t realize the challenges I was going to face, trying to use my time sparingly, between a full time job, and full time school. Academically speaking now, you are used to going to work, coming home, and being able to enjoy your leisure time. Now having to come home, managing your…

Egyptian costumes for women are a rage nowadays. Fortunately, the costumes now come in handy. When talking of a quintessential beauty, perhaps no one could surpass the popularity of the Egyptian goddess Cleopatra whose beauty transcends not only time but also different definitions of beauty the world over. These days, the Cleopatra craze is still not over as women are still clamoring for the Cleopatra look and her exquisite looking costumes. Luckily, the supplies are not running low either as…