I Will Not Bow

Individual Medley I was hesitant at first, scared for the humiliation of losing. But, the closer the event arrived the more relaxed I was. I stood on the block as everyone around me got silent, as their envious eyes questioned, who will it be. My days of practicing over and over were engraved in my cerebral cortex.The recorded robot like voice stated that we should get ready. I grabbed my already secure yellow cap that in bold blue stated my team name “Marlins”, making sure that it was…

Students Voice" Mark Holding explains to his students how this applies to college essays. They all must follow a set of rules but in the end, they are all completely different. This seemed very interesting to me since I have never seen it in that way. For instance, The Who and Bow Wow Wow are both from complete two different music genres but they somehow found a way to use the same riff that Bo Diddley created in 1955. This caught my eye because he made it so easy to understand and relate too.…

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War – Homework 2 As we get further into the novel, there are a lot of zombie themes that become very clear. One theme I noticed was the failure of technology and the reverting to older, medieval-like weapons and traditions. This idea strongly presents itself in the interview with David Forbes who talks about humanities use of castles and medieval customs for survival. Technology in a lot of instances became useless since resources such as…

The Mohawk tribe needed 3 different natural resources to survive in the eastern woodlands. They needed water, food and shelter, to get everything they needed they had to rely on animals, plants and trees. They also needed to stay hydrated so they commonly set up camp near a water source. They also needed trees to use for their longhouses so they set up camp on the edge or in the middle of a forest. They also needed food so they went hunting and fishing that was another reason they lived by the…

Katniss had to have many great qualities to become the victor of the games. She utilized her strengths and did what it took to win. What exactly do I mean? Katniss was a survivor. She took care of her family and provided for them. She knew how to shoot and kill things with her bow. For example, when she had to shoot Cato’s hand to save Peeta, she made a narrow and near impossible shot. She knows what plants to eat, how to find water, and many other things about nature that helped her survive.…

The constellation I chose is called Canis Major. This constellation is one of Orion's hunting dogs. I chose this constellation because I feel that it has the most interesting origin myth. Canis Major was discovered by Ptolemy in the second century. Another fact about the constellation is that its brightest star is called Sirius. Sirius is the dog's nose. Canis Major can be seen in the season of winter in the Northern Henisphere. Here is Canis Major's origin myth. In Greek mythology,…

One day my dad and I were sitting at the table and my dad said, “Get to bed so we can go to town,” I yelled “ok” so I went to bed. At 7:30 my dad got me up and I got ready and we got in the truck and went to town. When we got to town we went to fleet farm. We went in my dad brought me to the hunting section he pulled out his shopping list it had to get Dayton camouflage pants, shirt ,coat, boots,socks,gloves,orange hat,vest,hand warmers, feet warmers,shotgun,scope,slugs,targets. So he told me…

Odysseus is a hero and here is why I think he is a hero. Odysseus is a hero because he saved the greek in the Trojan War and help them win the war and they fought for almost ten years. Odysseus also came up with the "Giant Horse". Odysseus went through a lot of creatures or people who tried to stop him from getting home. He's also been faithful to his wife from the 20 years he has been gone. When he got back, He fought for his wife back and he got his famous bow and killed all the suitors who…

school days. "I did not bow as deeply as I should have. Narita Sensei whacked me on the head with her ruled" ( Choi 71). The second event that makes her even more brave is when mother goes missing and Sookan needs to take care of inchun. She is taking on a huge responsibility of taken care of inchun and keeping him safe. She is taking over from mother and is helping inchun be strong and keep going forward. She is very brave for doing this and helping him in any way possible. "I tried not…

Both King and Obama obtain positions in society that affect their perspectives on violence. In his Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, King states society needs to overcome violence without the use of violence. By him saying this, the reader can tell that King is an activist for the civil rights movement. He believes in fighting violence with nonviolence, something that is thought to be ineffective for civil rights. King also says, “…nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral…