In Harm's Way

Nick narrates Gatsby's pursuit of rekindling an old relationship with Daisy Buchanan and achieving his concept of the ideal life. Nick describes Gatsby during one encounter as, "pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets... standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes." (91) Given this pail, ghostly image of Gatsby, the reader is likely to associate Gatsby with feebleness and tragedy. Gatsby's actions are again depicted as hopeless later in the…

Have you had a friend that you can tell anything to with no fear of judgement, shaming or them telling anyone? Maybe a friend who will go on a road trip in the middle of the night to a fast food restaurant you thought was 24-hours only to find out it wasn’t? How about a friend who would drop everything at 1 o’clock in the morning to pick you up from a party because you thought it would be a good idea to experiment with hallucinogens? Well, I have, Seven years ago I met a crazy beautiful,…

a faster time and to run longer. Likewise, in my schoolwork, I pushed myself to study well in advance before the test and gradually build up on what I was studying every night. All in all, running has taught me that sometimes patience can go a long way in order to succeed in whatever I have my heart set…

strategic supplier relationships that will assist in VF Brands providing a cost saving production process. Accomplishing the feat of keeping supply costs down based on region of the company owned plant or cases of providing guidance as a part of the “Third Way”, chain supply strategy will benefit VF Brands and their suppliers. We must always keep in mind that lining up creditable sourcing requires an enormous investment in time, as they need to be visited and capabilities carefully assessed.…

Today Andres and his younger brother, Joshua, went to the Holocaust Museum with their school. They were the only ones with a grandfather who had died in the Holocaust. The museum was very beautiful and posh, all made of black marble, like millionaires’ houses. It was full of sad black-and-white pictures and lists of people, countries, and dead people. Andres walked past the pictures and his teacher said: "Don 't touch!" But Andres did touch one picture, made of cardboard, showing a thin, pale…

I learned this the hard way. I myself had to experience these situations in order for me to learn this lesson. I get irritated a lot. Anything non ideal situation that occurs in my life, my first response is to get angry. I was quick to anger. The way my mom nags at me or when something doesn’t go my way, I get angry. My anger has caused a lot of issues in my family, and I learned that the hard…

The United Way of West Alabama offered me a job and the opportunity to use my work hours as in. However, due to a lack of communication on their behalf, I had to decline the job and settle for interning. The United Way of West Alabama’s mission statement is “United Way of West Alabama (UWWA) seeks to continually improve the quality of life for area residents by funding effective programs and services throughout the West Alabama community. United Way creates opportunities by focusing…

The world that we live in today is only here because a brave man named Gabe Parker made a great sacrifice. Before man kind their was a planet called Onose. Onose was a planet that looked over and had control over every solar system. This planet had a population of 1 million people and every language was spoken. In addition, the planet of Onose was very peaceful. Their main goal for millions of years was to create other planets like Onose around the galaxy. The people of Onose discovered that…

enough away to where the tides wouldn’t hit our camps. The camps were sort of sad heaps of everything we had saved from the crashed plane and burning building. Our little spot we had picked out was at the edge of the beach, where the tan sand gave way to green grass and tall trees. Our spot was organized, sheets laid out like a bed, bags along the sides to keep them from blowing away, pillows on top of the sheets. A genuine homemade bed on a beach, we were…

within two dozen years.” – Dr. Seth Shostak, Director of Communications for SETI Look up into a clear night sky in a city, and you might see a small handful of pinpricks of light dotting the sky. Move out to the suburbs, where there’s less in the way of light pollution, and you’ll see a few more. Keep traveling away from population and artificial light – down a deserted highway, or out into a dark forest – and the sky begins to explode with thousands of stars, each of which could have their…