Freezing

Currently it is in the middle of the American Revolution and the Continental Army have suffered loss after loss. George Washington and his men are fighting at Saratoga and is the lowest part of war for them, but George then decided to have Patrick Paine’s “The Crisis” read out loud to his men constantly. It is the Pathos statements in Paine’s writing that motivates the Continental Army to keep fighting and win one of the first major battles of the war and this then lead to the aid of the French…

orphanage. I was put in many different foster homes throughout my life, but none of them ever felt right. When I got to the elderly couples house it felt like I had been there my whole life. It was warm and cozy inside, which was good because it was FREEZING outside. The woman’s name was Nancy and the man’s name was Tim. When I first got there they showed me my room and it had been if they had been waiting for me my whole life. My room was a light shade of pink and had lights above my bed, it…

During the winter in some places it can get very cold, and it might even snow. People put many different things on the ground to make the snow melt, but which one really melts the snow the fastest? Does ice melt fastest with salt, sugar, or sand. There are many things that can solve this question. In order to see if something is soluble it needs to be mixed with a solvent (water). To be soluble means that it is able to be dissolved. There are three different possibilities that can happen.…

What would you like people to know about you that they cannot learn simply by reviewing your high school transcripts and/or resume? Arms bleeding, legs bruised, and heart beating a million times per minute. My eyes were in excruciating pain as sweat drizzled down my forehead. It was ninety three degrees outside and the humidity was at its highest peak. A whistle blows in the distance and everyone took off in a dead sprint down the field towards the fence and back to where we all began…

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…

Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) is one of the local columnar cactus of the very few that is found in Tucson, Arizona. These giant cactus can grow between 14 m to over 20 m while weighing over 3200 lbs. These cactus are heavy because of a desert adaptation which allows them to retain water by expanding its core. This allows the species to survive the extreme hot and dry summer conditions of the Sonoran Desert. However, this cactus doesn’t have high fitness in the cold conditions, so the…

feeling the day before climbing Mount Denali. It was May 29, 2017 when I decided I would beat Kilian Jornet’s time of 11 hours and 48 minutes, and it was January 10, 2018 when I finally decided to attempt the big climb. It was cold, but not as freezing as some of the other months happened to be, It was that particular Wednesday when everything went south. The day before climbing Denali, I decided to take a breather before I attempted beating the world record. My exercises and warm ups were…

present and the past. Her mind is racing and her body goes into fight, flight, or freezing mode. The freeze response wins, making Eveline unable to move. Because of preprogramming by her abuse, Eveline was unable to see the opportunity given to her by Frank, and only sees how frightening the choice to leave is for her. Lacking the ability to make a conscious decision, her mind make the decision unconsciously for her by freezing her physically. Reaching the decision, Eveline stays with her abuser…

water rafting is where the story begins. It was Day 8 Wednesday June 29 2011. The family climbed into yellowstone and headed to the Mad River Boat Trips in Jackson Hole, for the beginning of our excursion. There we were given wetsuits due to the freezing temperature of the water, 38 degrees cold. We piled into a bright green school bus along with 30 or so people and we were shuttled to our drop in point, the Snake River. It was here that the small anxieties began to…

doesn’t have the guts to flip them off right in front of them. Another example of foolishness in this story is when Cole tries to swim away from the island in freezing waters. He was also only had underwear on! He could’ve been dead after that terrible decision. Even if he wasn’t in the water for that long, he could’ve still been freezing on land. One of many other foolish decisions that Cole makes is that he attacks the Spirit Bear because it defied him. Why would anyone attack a 700…