Hear My Cry

“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!” Dr. Seuss is the brilliant children’s author / illustrator that has put several important messages into his books. A lot of the characters in his books are based off of his personality; however, some of them are based of other people that were in his life or that he had just seen. During his time writing, he was able to publish over 50 illustrated books. Dr. Seuss’s books are way more than just nonsense…

Oh, The Places He Went Theodor Geisel wrote 44 different books in his lifetime. Although, you won’t see his name on any of them. Rather, you’ll see his pen name, Dr. Seuss. Many people know who Dr. Seuss is but not Theodor Geisel. They don’t know what Theodor Geisel was like as a person or what made him one of the most interesting writers in American history. Geisel’s biographical information and life experiences alone, give a taste of how interesting he was. Biographical information and life…

After the storm was over—a full seven days and six nights of being homebound—a group of my friends and I got together outside of the Puttingneg city library after the martial law was lifted and streets cleared. The library sat on three acres of land. It had a garden and beautiful pond with gold fish. The castle shape library had four towers and many windows. The building was made of marble bricks. As you enter the front entrance, the oval double doors was made of solid bronze. James, Cindy,…

In Kimberly Peirce’s 1999 movie, Boys Don’t Cry was based on real life events of Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) who is a young female-to-male transgender individual. In the opening scene of Boys Don’t Cry, Brandon leaves his hometown because his ex-girlfriend’s brother discovers that Brandon is biologically a female. In the same night, Brandon gets into a bar fight where he met John (Peter Sarsgaard) and Tom (Brendan Sexton III). Eventually, Bandon ends up traveling with Tom and John to a small…

Did you know that the actor who played the Grinch, Jim Carrey, spent a total of 92 days in the Grinch Outfit? He also had to go through two and a half hours just to put it on and then an other hour just to take it off! How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a family favorite Christmas fantasy movie, directed by the talented Ron Howard. The movie has an amazing cast featuring Jim Carrey as the Grinch, Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who, Christine Baranski as Martha May Whovier, Molly Shannon as Bette…

In Prompt 1 we learn on how the effect of fear can change the ecosystem, and how it saved Yellowstone National Park. According to Sentence 8 in Prompt 1, "By the second year, the answer was obvious. In the parts of Yellowstone that the wolves hadn't yet reached, female elk grazed peacefully while their calves gambolled around them. " It was a scene out of a Disney film," said Laudre." The writer was meaning , that the wolves had not yet reached an area to whereas the female elks are,…

survived. The smell of oil and taste of the salty sea awakes Scoot. She begins to wonder how she is going to escape this nightmare. Once again, Sully swim down to the Seadog and starts banging on the fiberglass, screaming Scoot, Scoot, Scoot. He hears a faint tapping, It is Scoot. He keeps shouting, “You are going to have to get out by yourself. I can’t force the door open.” She doesn’t understand what he was saying, and can’t understand why he isn’t rescuing her. She begins to think he is…

charming of fellas. My patience has always run as thin as a strand of hair. I’ll hear people blabbing above me on the streets how awful it was that I, “Stole the lives of so many innocent people.” WELL LISTEN HERE! I do not decide when it’s time for someone to part, that is in the hands of the three fates. They decided when the string of life is due to be cut. I on the other hand, have the honors…

Chapter 1 ♡ The Princess of Audacity My eyes flutter open and I immediately shut them again wishing myself back into a dream. Even though I can’t remember what I was dreaming about exactly, I know that any dream good or bad would be better than my real life. I can hear the soft whisper of voices behind my door and know that if I don’t get up now on my own, I’ll be woken up in a matter of minutes. I slowly sit up and let out a sigh. The stale air circulating through my room has a cold bite to…

Have you ever read a Dr. Seuss book? You would automatically think that all of his books are childish and have no main purpose to them, right? Well, you may have not known this, but even if every single one of Theodor Geisel’s books may be meant for kids, deeply hidden in the childish text is a meaningful message. Seuss inscripts a deep message into his books because he wants to express his feelings during a specific part of his life in the form of children’s literature. Two of his books,…