Half of a Yellow Sun

We couldn't instantly go to our rooms as soon as we got there,because they were making sure everything was straight for us. So we just sat down and ate some of the seafood,while waiting for the rest of the family to board the boat. Soon the sun began to set and everyone began to settle down in their rooms.About an hour after we got settled,I went to go get my cousins so we could go swimming before we have our meet and greet with the whole family. We made it to the pool but the exact moment…

In the ted talk video, We Should all be Feminist, that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie spoke about a huge topic “feminism”. Adichie describes and explains her different encounters of “feminism”. Should we all be more feminist? What does it mean to be feminist? Is there a difference between double standards and feminism? Adichie starts off the video mentioning to her audience that Okoloma,her childhood best friend, died in a plane crash in 2005. Adichie explains to us her first encounter was when she…

memories that I will never forget. I still remember which room was my favorite room to be in and had the best memories about. I’ve had up and downs in this house, but it will forever be my favorite house to live in. Even though the house was half blue and half yellow, the front yard of the house was beautiful. My mom planted gorgeous flowers…

convince me that it's a good idea and I get to work on getting my passport since I never planned on leaving the lower 48. So that's all done and the weeks leading up to our departure time I’m filled with anxiety, I’m nervous about making the 10 and a half hour drive to Charleston South Carolina . It’s all a new experience for me and I’m not sure what to expect or what…

There were 7 that branched out from one large one. “Well then get on in here, bad things happen when you are alone at night.” She grabbed one of my bags and hurried me inside. Inside the building was sign, “Cassie Larson’s Home for Girls”. With the yellow lighting, faint smell of cigarettes, I could tell this wasn’t the most professional establishment, but as far as I could tell, it was the only orphanage in 50 miles. The girl put my bag down next to a desk and yelled to somebody in a back room.…

that run vertically along their body, this pattern is unique to the tiger species and to each individual tiger. Tiger stripes are like human fingerprints, no two are alike. In addition to their white fur, they also have blue eyes instead of green or yellow. The white tiger is between 6.8 feet and 11 feet long and weighs between 300 pounds and 660 pounds. They have large powerful jaws with canine teeth about 3 inches long with sharp cutting edges. They also have large paws with long retractable…

swirls of mahogany paint. His eyes were only half opened; they were blue. A really pretty blue, as his mother had always said. Like the ocean. Only, Charlie thought, not like this ocean. He glanced down the beach to a sandy shore. This ocean was clear, like glass, with little bits of algae and seaweed floating around in it. Bright fish looked suspended in midair, swimming around through the deep trench that went on for miles, its water invisible…

experience dry noses with our allergies or variability in temperature or weather, dogs can experience similar dry noses. And there are many reasons your dog can have a dry, warm nose that have nothing to do with their health. Here are a few: • Lying in the sun • Spending time near a source of heat, like a radiator • Dwelling in a room with poor air circulation • Dehydration - not enough water. More severe symptoms may be cause for greater concern. You’ll want to consult your veterinarian if…

away and opening her eyes to the real world. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Flannery O’Connor both use the motif of eyes as a way of showing the readers what America was really like at these times. People were not as aware of the poor cities that the other half in The Great Gatsby were living in, and the 1950s were the start of movements based around thought and many American people forgot what the real world was actually like, unlike a romanticised work of…

However what it seems to be lacking is people. When the recession hit this small, tourist town, its profitable production nearly stopped. Now the harbor is barely utilized by local fishermen. A state park established in 1921, now struggles to fill just half of its 229 campsites. Along with the vast expanse of beaches, the harbor and state park used to bring in enough tourism for Harrisville to be a successful small village. However, businesses that had before been well established, can barely…