I'll Stick Around

Estelle Louise’s double nickel birthday.” “That calls for a celebration; I’ll bring her a free birthday cake, with unique candles, after supper.” “Bless your heart. Thank y’all kindly.” As Ruby begins to stroll away Clemmy Sue says, “Oh, by the way Ruby, Imma wandering if that Miss Ta Rot be here tonight?” “She just arrived.” “Can she be reading Estelle Louise’s cards after supper?” “I’ll ask her.” As Ruby heads for the kitchen, Estelle Louise returns and…

This novel by J.D. Salinger is based on a 16-year-old boy named Holden who tells his story about his young self growing up into maturity. Many symbols are shown throughout his journey in the book. There are many symbols that the author uses to try to make the readers look through Holden eyes. For example, The Red Haunting Hat he buys in New York. Another symbol in this novel are The Ducks In The Central Park Lagoon. Last but not least The Museum Of Natural History. The first symbol Salinger…

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of mistake every once in awhile, I unfortunately make this mistake all the time, but there’s one very memorable time that always will stick out to me. “Please please please,” I begged to my parents. My mother defended herself, “I have no problem with it, it’s your father that you’ll have to convince.” I turned towards my dad and gave him the puppy dog eyes. “I’ll take care…

I’ll open up my computer to a word document and then turn on my tv and some music. I’ll get distracted every 20 minutes from my paper and I 'll spend hours typing one assignment, however, this is the only way I find writing bearable. I start out my writing process by brainstorming different ideas…

"Well, it's time for Katie's nap time, and it looks like she's not hungry anymore. I'll be dropping her off next Tuesday for the day, your mom knows?" Lauren's grandma bends down and lifts the little girl by her armpits into her arms. I haven't broken eye contact with Katie since, and she is still smiling shyly. Or maybe not shyly, some kids are different and all kids are weird. "Ya Grandma, she knows." Lauren inches forward in line, and her grandmother takes a step out of it. "Bye then…

“David and Goliath” have differences and similarities that are both obvious and a little bit hidden. The first similarity between Casey and David is that both of their sides are losing to the other, and both Casey and David are relied on to turn it around and cause their own side to win. Casey’s side is losing and the people are obviously reliant on him because they said “We’d put up even money, now, with Casey at the bat.” This makes it clear that Casey was vital to the game. David was relied…

didn’t practice for the Spanish presentation because I thought that I’d be fine without doing so. I figured I could throw something together the day of and memorize it by the time Spanish rolled around and I’d be fine. Now, this isn’t how I usually prepare for things. I normally make a plan, memorize what I’ll say, and practice over and over again. But, this time was different. The outcome was also different than I had anticipated. Turns out, I didn’t have time that day to come up with a script…

want to go to school anymore who knows if i'll even be able to go to college. What do I do, give it up for adoption, keep it and get help get a job. I knew I had to talk to my mom right away.…

saying “Wanted! An extremely dangerous German Hitman! Reward is a Royal Crown.” I finish reading the rest of the paper until I see my picture on the bottom. The next minute, I hear something metal drop somewhere around me. I look around and see nothing. I hear something else fall and I look around again until I see someone in a black hoodie staring right into my eyes. Whoever it is just keeps staring at me, not even moving. I finally make the first move only to see that it’s a girl and she’s…