Grand Slam

Despite constantly sitting under the hot sun, they keep the enthusiasm alive. However, a crazy fan once left 16-time grand slam champion, Rafael Nadal startled (read: awkward) by asking for marriage. It happened during 2012 Australian Open when Rafa was playing his match against Lukas Lacko. The fan yelled out a quirky marriage proposal to the King of Clay leaving commentators…

Nonconformity is the refusal to obey society, being distinctive to oneself. To conform one must act in accordance with their society. In Fahrenheit 451, the society is made for there to be one type of person, which is a conformer. In this book, conformers are not to read books, nor to convey themselves, for it is offensive to others. Non-conformers homes and books are to be burnt, and the possessors of the books are to go to jail or to get killed. In Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury,…

William Ellsworth Hoy was born on the 23rd of May, 1862. He was born in Houcktown, Ohio. When he was about 3 years old, he became ill with meningitis. The illness caused him to become deaf. For the first part of his life, Hoy stayed home with his family and learned to help on the farm. Hoy had pretty much only his siblings to keep him company in his small town. While at home, he communicated with gestures that only his family understood. It was like their own little form of sign language.…

white-domination. She worked really hard and then once she was allowed to play, she ended up becoming the first African-American professional tennis player. As she continued to practice and play, she started to gain power. She ended up being the Grand Slam champion by winning the Australian champion, the French opening champion, the Wimbledon champion, and U.S National…

The lack of knowledge or information, ignorance, will always be apparent as long as humans roam the Earth. When satirizing ignorance, it is not just making humor out of the absence of awareness but also to evoke change. Ignorance, although being a simple term, has several variations. Racial, religious, and violent ignorance are all presented and satirized in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain satirizes ignorance to produce change in society through the…

then curves and lands out of bounds, it’s a foul ball. If you’re a good batter and you hit the ball over the fence, it’s a homerun. If there is a player on all the bases then the batter hits a home run and scores all the runners home, it’s called a Grand Slam. (Generally came from source…

me. This is MY narrative- after all. In the year 2000, our parents and older siblings all survived Y2K, the first bluetooth earpiece was invented, the average cost of gas was $1.26 per gallon, and Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win a grand slam in golf. Specifically on August 26th, of 2000, music listeners were jammin’ to “Doesn’t Really Matter” by Janet Jackson (http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/number-one-songs-by-year/?y=2000). Also, the Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 2…

Fear, screams, and nightmares are what haunt military members after war. It’s called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Eight percent of Americans have it, which results in twenty-four and a half million people. The Warriors is a play about PTSD by William P. Bradford and was performed at Trinity high school. The production was a reflection on PTSD combined with a plot line to make an interesting twist on a play. Coupled with the controversial topic is a spectacular set, amazing actors, and…

If you are looking to get personal, honest, and relevant insight on racism in America, Citizen: An American Lyric is the perfect book to read. Citizen: An American Lyric was published in 2014 by poet Claudia Rankine. This book is a compilation of poems, essays, and visual art to give the reader a closer look of what it is like being black in America. The book is written in seven sections which are all similar in style and content. With each section giving different stories, microaggressions,…

Chester E. Eisinger brings attention to the fact that Willy’s father took him “as far west as South Dakota” while Ben moved to Alaska. After being asked by Ben to accompany him to Alaska to manage his timber, Willy responds by calling the outdoors “grand.” Willy’s positive diction reinforces the presence of his desire to work outdoors and with his hands. However, the urban society has convinced Willy, through advertising, that the way to live is through the status that urban life can bring.…