I'll Stick Around

LaVaughn uses the condition of Jolly’s home to fuel her ambitious flame which drives her to make herself qualified for college. “If I get out of here to college, I’ll get a good job. [...] and i’ll never see a place like this again.” (Wolff 23) As shown in this quote and stated before, LaVaughn treats Jolly’s house the same way she treats her own; a constant reminder of what will inevitably become of LaVaughn’s life if she does…

Sometimes it’s the little things that get to you. There are random acts of kindness and hatred everyday, and some of them just seem wrong and stick with us longer than they should. Terrible grammar on facebook and dumb status updates lower our standards on social media, and current wars and riots lower our faith in human kindness. In fact, these ideas are decaying our society, causing a lost faith in humanity. At least, this is what Leo Tolstoy thought This russian writer grew up in a…

Huckleberry Finn Makes His Own Decision. Huckleberry Finn is taken place where slavery and racism is hugely used and courage. Even though Huckleberry is not races himself, he believes in the same rules as the society around encourage. When he has to be put to the test whether what the right thing is in what mind state Huckleberry Finn must decide. Growing up Huckleberry Finn is raised with a wrong heart and only has a mindset for two different types of people: slaves and whites.…

Question 9- Both Pap and the Widow drove Huck to want to be by himself by pushing him to be someone else. Pap was completely against Huck being educated or attending any church or really him being civilized in any way. On top of that Pap was also highly abusive and manipulative towards Huck, something that he just had to get away from. The Widow also pushed Back into things he did not want. “Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome” (Twain 2). She wanted him to…

The missionary meeting was a turning point in Aunt Alexandra’s demeanor towards all others. She, “Smiled brilliantly. ‘Stay with us, Jean Louise,’ she said.” (p. 307). Even though Aunt Alexandra was only doing this to change Scout, it was different from how Scout was treated before. In this case, Aunt Alexandra was speaking to Scout more as an adult, than a child. Not only that, but she wanted Scout to assimilate into her own crowd. This illustrated that Aunt Alexandra felt that Scout did not…

leave and paid vacation. Depending what kind of astrophysicist you are, working conditions could be different than the next guy’s. A typical day can range anywhere from teaching college students and traveling to do research at observatories around the…

My family is very strong, loving, and we always stick together. I have a 10 year old younger brother, a mother, and a father. My brother’s name is Ethan, he is in 4th grade and goes to Martin Elementary. My mother, Tina is a stay at home mom, she quit her job to stay home and care for me. My dad, Jason is the son of a company owner, he works for Bear Stewart. Bear Stewart is a company that makes baking goods and batters for bakeries. My favorite quality that my parents possess is that they will…

they needed refreshments for this. Even though Sam objected, Carter left. As he walked off, he said, “I’ll be back.” She believed him. (Second Mistake) After ten minutes, Carter didn’t return. Sam began to get worried. She headed down the hall to find him. Then out of nowhere, something grabbed her. She screamed at the top of her lungs for help. Her oversized shirt was tugged and spun her around. Her attacker covered his face with a mask, which she had flung off across the hallway. He had a face…

self-discipline, and to be goal oriented. You can’t succeed in an online college course by cutting corners any more than you could in a traditional classroom. The difference is that you must make your schedule and then you must be self-disciplined enough to stick to it. • Lifestyle factors: How much do you work? Are you married? Do you have children? Everything that affects your time must be considered when choosing to take online courses. Do you have time to take a full load of courses and…

Production Assets: Creative Writing 1996 Film I’ll just preface this by saying I had an extremely hard time choosing a director. I love film and drowned myself in choices; but the director I chose is a personal favorite of mine as well as an amazing director that could take this project to the next level, David Fincher. Anyone who loves film knows the Finch, the guy behind Fight Club, Gone Girl, Se7en, and my personal favorite, Zodiac (so underrated it should be criminal). So why would Fincher…