Howl

The alarm went off and I needed to get ready for school. I know I should get up, but I don't want to forget my dream I had. Then my mom walked in and starts yelling saying the bus in coming down the road. I jumped out of bed throw on a clean shirt and grabbed my bag while running down the stairs almost falling down. The bus was about to leave my road but I didn't give up and he saw me coming and slowed down. I hate taking the bus to school. Most days I get a ride from my mom. Everyone on my bus…

through allowing the inanimate object to have human-like qualities to provoke emotions within the reader. As the poem continues there is more personification in the poem “To see the bag swell like a belly, eating the dust / And woolen mice, and begin to howl” (9-10). When the reader thinks about how a vacuum works this personification, in lines 9-10, really provoke the thought that the vacuum is being overworked. The reason they get that impression is through the personification of the vacuum…

War. Tim was devastated. He felt as if he had his whole life planned out. He had a full ride scholarship for grad studies at Harvard. He knew he was not military material. Tim stated “. I remember a sound in my head. It wasn't thinking, just a silent howl. A million things all at once - I was too good for this war. Too smart, too compassionate, too everything. It couldn't happen. I was above it” (173). He firmly believed that there was no reason for him to go to war, and through this quote the…

In the science fiction novel, Crossed, by Allie Condie, Cassia wanders through untamed land to find her boyfriend, Ky, and perhaps join the rebellion against their overbearing government. Throughout the story, Condie utilizes a serious, occasionally grim, tone to establish the idea of the corrupt government, called the Society, the struggle to survive in the wilderness, and the injustice and death surrounding them. One example of this is when the main characters are sorting through a storage of…

eating human food and wearing human clothing, like jumpers. The other qualities are all wolf-like, she would mark her territory in her room “spraying exuberant yellow streams all over the bunks” (pg 237), howling “threw our heads back in a celebratory howl” (pg 238) and have a pack mentality “The pack used…

looks like a huge, cursed mansion. This castle holds the secret of what he is looking for. The branches lean forward into the path scaring him to turn back. The floor is uneven and looks as if it has not been raining for days. A pack of wolves howls at a long distance as the luminous moon that is 500 times bigger than a golden apple hangs itself in…

The Bohm Theater in downtown Albion invites many talented musicians to share their music on stage. On one Monday night Blues at the Bohm jam session, the Bohm featured Jake Kershaw, an amazing guitarist who has shocked the audience. Kershaw is a fourteen year-old freshman in high school who has played the guitar for six years. Better yet, he taught himself how to play the guitar. “I took lessons for a year, but I learned nothing so I taught myself everything I know,” said Kershaw. With his…

go, what to do and when to do it, with the rest of the pack usually following. Therefore they usually direct the pack in hunting and tracking prey, choosing den sites and establishing and maintaining the pack's territory. Whenever a pack of wolves howl, the alpha shows high status by doing so in a low tone, and will stop for short periods of time to listen to the pack in order to determine if they should move on or not (Ellis & Sloan, 2006). The same pitch modulation is found in the alpha female…

Gaining acceptance in life is what everyone in this world wants. It is something that all people strive for. They work hard to feel as though they fit in because no one wants to be different. Sometimes that can be hard when people have different thoughts or beliefs. Individuals view acceptance as a widely-known topic that all people face. This is why authors, all over the world, incorporate it into their work. “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” by Ronald J. Allen provides the idea of…

Like most of us, I love reading before I go to sleep. I have inherited the taste for gothic novels and creepy mystery tales from my grandfather, who was a passionate reader. He used to read me classic horror stories from Edgar Allan Poe, amongst other writers. One night, I was reading in bed as usual, when I heard a strange noise outside. I got up and looked out of the window. I opened it and felt the breeze fingering my hair. It was a warm summer night. The moonlight shadow drew strange…