Gingerbread

“One foot in front of the other”, I mumbled to myself as a roaring gust of frigid, icy air whisked my breath away and stole each syllable that left my numb lips and viciously tossed them into the blaring city streets. Shivering and trembling with each prolonged, damp footstep, I timidly turned myself to the follow the path of my lost words. As I glanced over the heaping mounds of glistening snow, I found the heart of the hustle and bustle of the city. Street to street and alley to alley, drivers…

Have you ever wondered what social class do you fall into? Do you consider yourself as rich or as poor? These characters are trying their best to make a decent living. Everyone knows the saying “If you try your best you’ll succeed” we heard it all the time from our parents when we don’t think that we can do it. This saying doesn’t seem to apply to the characters from the Cost of Living by Carlos Fuentes and the main character in Sweat by Jorge Amado. They are trying to do their best to make a…

cutting away alongside the other machines, Edwards father was proud of himself and Edward for always being there. As Edward’s father emerges from a backdoor he walks through the room to the cooked cookies, which are symbolised in hearts, stars, gingerbread men, and animal shapes. Edward’s father picks up a heart-shaped cookie and looks behind him…

Clutching the brown paper bag in her right arm, Sarah Prescott settled her purse securely on her shoulder, switched the bag to that arm, and dug into her coat pocket for her keys. A gust of wind slammed into her from behind, shoving her forward a step and slipping under her coat, and even her sweater, to send a chill up her spine. She hated fall. She hated winter more, but she really hated the fall because that meant winter was just around the corner. Where the hell were her keys? She pulled…

Angel in the Streets When I see her, My heart starts skipping beats, Those eyes, so calm, They’ll cool the greatest heats, When she walks by, You hear the angels sing, When you look at her, You’ll forget everything, When she smiles, The clouds just go away, And it turns into A beautiful new day, She enchants Everyone she meets, So young and fair, An angel in the streets, When you see her eyes, You don’t know what to do, A calm ocean, Of the deepest blue, And when I see her, My heart starts…