Grim Reaper

Adam was haunted by the guilt of almost forgetting his friend. Today, Rodney was a phantom face in buried in a coffin in the back of Adam’s mind. Adam felt an immense guilt from ignoring Rodney and he thought to visit Rodney after school that day. Adam wondered why he felt so uneasy about being alone today. Rodney wasn’t the paradigm of a punctual student and he occasionally skipped school yet today he felt so unsettled like a house on cards in sand. He had such a nice day and it was without…

Fight Club and Lullaby: Qualitative Differences in the Nature of Transgression" It can be stated that a transgression is born from a person’s past, something that we humans are victims of. The past is unforgivable, inevitable and difficult to get away from and though we are the captains of our own ships, there are certain moments in our lives that we can’t escape. It is when the antecedent events press on our comfort zones that transgressions seem to manifest. This is the case with Chuck…

The Black Plague’s Influence on the Fine Arts. The Black Plague was a catastrophe that shook humanity to its core. This disease was one of the most impactful epidemics in human history wiping out approximately one third of Europe’s population between 1347-1350 (Johnston 566). The Black Plague, or known by as its medical name, the Bubonic Plague, was a deadly disease tied to poor sanitation, and was extremely contagious. As explained in The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, “Humans became infected…

Jose Chavez is a 30-year-old Latino man born in Montebello, Ca moving to Lancaster, Ca due to his parents divorcing. Growing up his family consisted of three older sisters, mom and dad additions preceding the divorce of a step-mother, step-father & step-father. The new household in Lancaster, Ca consisted of one older sister, one step-sister (went to boarding school), step-mother, nephew and dad. His mother, step-father, and sister lived in Walnut, Ca. The oldest of the siblings lived in…

Jose Chavez is a 30-year-old Latino man born in Montebello, CA who moved to Lancaster, CA due to his parents divorcing. Growing up, his family consisted of three older sisters, mom and dad additions preceding the divorce of a step-mother, step-sister & step-father. The new household in Lancaster, CA consisted of one older sister, one step-sister (went to boarding school), step-mother, nephew and dad. His mother, step-father, and sister lived in Walnut, CA. The older of the siblings lived in…

somewhat irrelevant to the story, since he so rarely interacts with them, however, he does offer tidbits of information regarding his physical appearance in the way of tenderly mocking the human perception of “Death.” “I like this human idea of the grim reaper. I like the scythe. It amuses me.” (Part One, The Heavyweight Champion of the School-Yard), Later on, he goes on to further explain his appearance, “I do not carry a sickle or a scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe when it’s…