Hit Him Again

talking about how they couldn’t wait to “get on the slopes again.” It was pretty exciting, if I do say so myself. Once I arrived, I hopped off the bus, and ran towards the lodge to go get my gear that was already prepared for me. The snow looked wonderful, lightly layered across the mountain going up and up and up until your eyes met the top. I burst in the doors and right away the employee asked me, “Last name please.” I replied to him right away, “Magbaleta, size 12.” “Thank you sir” he…

I woke up to the sound of chains rattling against my skin. My head was pounding. I slowly pulled my hand up to feel where I got hit. My head felt crusty from the dried up blood on it. With much pain, I slowly looked up, only to be pushed back down. “Don’t move.” said a large, burly man wearing a stained white beater, long, ripped pants, and an apron with a ton of holes. He smelled like a rotting fish surrounded by flies. His apron was stained red, and I had the faintest idea that he wasn’t a…

Will Traynor gets hit by a motorcycle as he is going to work, this leaves him a quadriplegic. He loses his home and lives with his parents. Tired of the new circumstances of his life, he tells his parents that he would like to schedule an appointment with Dignitas in Switzerland to kill himself. At first, his parents fight his decision, but when Will slits his wrists on a nail sticking out of his cabinet, they agree, but only on one condition….that he give them an additional six months. He…

there is one thing money can’t buy him, happiness and love. At the start of the novel, the topic of Jay Gatsby is shrouded in mystery. The first impression the reader get of Gatsby is what most people would expect of a rich and young bachelor in the roaring 20´s. He is living life…

sunlit building, a wave of guilt flows through me. I scan the scarce crowds and find him sitting in the furthest window booth. Adjusting my canvas jacket, our eyes meet momentarily and he turns away, I frown but i make my way to the table nonetheless. “Hey Aiden” I venture cautiously, almost instinctively i touch the old camera hanging from my neck . “Hi” His curt reply pierces me, I slump over in the seat across from him. He pauses and shoots me an apologetic look through dull, lifeless eyes. …

m. With him working these hours, we would rarely see him on the days he worked. Every time he would leave for work, he would put his life on the line. It takes a lot of bravery to do what my dad has done. In 2001, my dad was working at the helicopter unit of the police department. On Tuesday, September 11th, my dad was flying with two other flight crew members when they were called back to the base. When they landed, the lieutenant came out and said, “Get inside now, an airplane has hit the…

Then he inhales the once warm crisp air and exhales a deep breath and claps at the same time. “MWAHAHAHAHA SikeMan won't know what hit him.” says Captain Fat Belly. “Well yeah that tree out there hit me first so you're a little late to the party.” Captain fat belly pulls out a blaster and aims it at SikeMan. “Wait let's talk for a second before you make any haste decisions.” says SikeMan. “How did you get in here…

surviving a savage attack. When Luciano came to, he could see men, including Maranzano, in masks. Maranzano asked, Luciano refused. Maranzano gave a signal and his men began to beat Luciano with belts, clubs, and cigarette butts - until he passed out again (Gosch, 1975). The more Luciano was beaten and tortured, the more stubborn he became, and the more determined that if he survived, he would make sure that Maranzano’s days would be short (Gosch, 1975). After much refusing, Maranzano was…

best rappers in the world. He made good music all his life and somehow people still hated him. He had already gotten shot once, and after the one time he got shot, he started making music that involved him to release that he had predictions of his death. Research shows that Tupac Shakur is still alive because of the album, “On Me Against the World, he did not have a funeral, no one has facts of who killed him, and there are rumors that he is hiding out in Cuba. Tupac had been shot once before.…

awards during his career, over 10 Grammy Awards. Johnny Cash was born J.R Cash on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas. Cash had six siblings, seven including him. J.R. spent much of his 15 years out in the fields, working alongside his parents and siblings to help pay off their debts. It wasn’t an easy life for his family and him. Music was one of the ways the Cash family found an escape from some of the hardship. Songs where always surrounding J.R.. Cash began writing songs at age 12, he…