Hurling

matters into their hands. One night in March 1770, a group of colonists stumbled out of a local tavern and encountered British soldiers. The colonists taunted the British officers, once they realized the officers were paying them no mind they started hurling snowballs and rocks at the British soldiers guarding the Customs house. The soldiers, in turn, started firing at the crowd, killing 5 colonists. This event would, later on, be referred to as the Boston Massacre by the Patriots. Colonists…

Edwidge Danticat is an artist who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti. She also includes the enduring strength of Haiti’s women, with a vibrant imagery and a narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage. Danticat establishes herself as the latest heir to that narrative tradition with nine stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life. In the book, Krit? Krat! , a series of short stories, the author Edwidge…

Mid-summer 2014, my family and I spent two weeks in Costa Rica. It was a vacation filled with many unforgettable memories, and was without a doubt the highlight of my break. We did so much that trip, I can’t even recall all of the places we went and things we did. However, there was one event I could never forget, no matter how much I try. Costa was exhilarating from the start despite all of the plane rides we had to take to get there. In only a matter of days, we had gone surfing, snorkeling,…

“There are only two kinds of people in the world, the Irish and those who wish they were.” (Unknown). This is a very common quote to describe the people of Ireland. The people of Ireland have an unique history, culture, religion, meals, living conditions, jobs, and recreation. Ireland is a small, independent country east of Great Britain. The island is occupied by Ireland and Northern Ireland. However, Northern Ireland only occupies one-sixth of the land. Ireland is known for its beautiful…

A rounded, young girl hunches over the toilet that is covered with her body fluids. Sweat covering her forehead with her pieces of hair caressing her round face, hurling and vomiting. Her breakfast, lunch, and dinner filling the toilet in front of her. Her body fluids dripping from her mouth, she places her finger inside her mouth again. The words “fat” and “ugly” fill her head as forced tears squeeze out her eyes. She just wants to be beautiful – beautiful like the girl in the magazine.…

The Open Boat is a story written by Stephen Crane that portrays a main focus of naturalism in the lives of man, and how that nature is portrayed as malicious, through the sources A Man Said to the Universe and I Explain the Silvered Passing of the Ship at Night. Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat considers three stages of quotes in which the men are affected by nature itself; the storm, the survivors, and the rescue. To begin, Crane starts his anecdote with a miraculous life threatening storm. Crane…

London uses a diverse amount of literary techniques like figurative language and metaphors to portray how Buck overcomes challenges of the snowy northern regions. Near the conclusion of the novella Buck becomes a beast and is the king once again. The novel The Call of the Wild helps us to realise how easy it is for someone to change character and mind set. It also helps the reader to understand that there is a beast inside all of us and we can choose to show it or not and to be…

Odysseus the “Hero” Odysseus brings a thought of a great hero to your mind when you hear his name. But how much of a hero is he? Yes, he shows bravery, has the body built for a hero, has the brain to make strategic plans, and is a well-spoken leader. But at the same time, he continued to stumble over problems throughout his life, many of the problems him and his men put on themselves. He struggled with his arrogance, vanity, lied to his own men, made costly mistakes, and in the end lost all of…

Trapped You’re trapped in your mind. Nowhere to go. You don’t know how you got here and don’t know how to get out. You try walking, but it only leads into emptiness. Everything is white. It seems as if everything has a slight glow to it. You don’t know who put you there, all you know is your name. Your thoughts seem to echo out, yet you have no voice. You feel helpless, and you have no idea don’t know what to do. You sit down. You’re consumed by loneliness. You imagine a pathway appearing. You…

As with any genre or form, fairy tales provoke a certain kind of thought when approached. The ideas of magic and adventure, marriage and loss, and more jump to mind. One technique in particular relies on a fairy tale’s established environment: “normalized magic” (Bernheimer). The fairy tale itself exists in a uniform world, one with rules and laws different from reality. Magic exists in varying forms, sometimes grandiose and sometimes subtle. But its existence in typically preserved throughout…