It's Gonna Rain

What is a dream? A dream can be defined as many different things, both positive and negative. Webster’s Dictionary defines a dream as a strongly desired goal or purpose or something that fully satisfies a wish. Webster’s Dictionary also defines a dream as a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from reality. The second definition is the one most fitting for the American Dream. People who aim to accomplish the American Dream are often misguided, in that they never reach their goal.…

colorblind The rain drums on yawning stained glass windows. Wind whistles through old cracks in stoic stone towers. Thousands of white candles line the shadowy cathedral hallway, fading into interrupted darkness as far as the eye can see. Noise is swallowed by dark, empty pews, absorbed and replaced by their etched-in echoes of vague disapproval. The rain gets steadily louder. I hear a creak. A little shard of light creeps through the hollows between the church’s big wooden door and the…

advocate for mental health. Carrie Frances Fisher was born October 21, 1956. She was delivered in Burbank, California to parents Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. Her mother Debbie Reynolds became a star in 1952 when she performed in Singin’ in the Rain. She also wrote three autobiographies. Married three times with two children, she grew up with a Protestant faith and was in beauty pageants. Carrie's father, Eddie growing up with Jewish beliefs, always loved to sing and even dropped out of…

could still hear those words echoing loudly inside of his head. He felt the ache bounced repeatedly on his heart. He started sobbing, and he felt ashamed. He was not sure, and scared if he would lose Emma forever. He walked alone in the middle of the rain, but he did not care. He turned off his cell phone…

"So you really want to know how I got here? Ok." Slowly I wiped my glasses against my shirt, 3 rotations for each lens. The rain battered against the windows of the diner I had just entered; I trodged to the far right corner and sat in an empty booth. I took of my boots and slapped them against the wall three times in a futile attempt to shake loose some of the water; placing down my boots I opened my bag and removed a dry pair of socks, and put them on my feet. After my routine had been…

John Steinbeck and Richard Wright both lived in times that George Orwell would say compelled them to write as a form of historical impulse-- because they were deeply upset by the world around them, they wanted others to understand their distress. Both writers, though their motivations and methods were unique, sought to change the times they lived in. The question, however, is how true social change is achieved-- does progress begin with the stimulation of an individual or through movement of…

In a post-apocalyptic modern Japan, 35% that is in ruins from the mass attack of Akatsu when they first appeared, has been abandoned. This night was named the Akayume (赤夢 - red dream), as a way to describe the rain that turned red with the blood of the victims lost that day and the collective thoughts of the people who wished with all their might that it was nothing but a bad dream. We used this abandoned place to get rid of anything that would bring chaos, to create a system where its citizens…

from the lip of his roof that almost reached the base of his house. He got out under the layers of blankets spread around his bed, and went to watch the weather channel. His best friend Jake was already watching, waiting anxiously for the report. “It’s another great day here in Park City, Utah.” recited the weather man. “It is currently 22° F, and a reported 10 inches of fresh snow has fallen overnight. However, riders should expect a bli-” Wil turned off the TV and jumped up and whooped with…

Ring ring, ring ring. The phone rings in Jaxson Browler home office. He is exhausted but answers anyway. “Hello?” Jaxson answers. “Hi there,” it’s his firm partner, “I have a job for you.” “What now Thomas?” replied Jaxson Jaxson starts to doze off as Thomas begins to describe the job, but wakes up as soon as he hears about the location of the job. “What?” Jaxson responds excitedly. “Thats right,” Thomas sounds more excited than Jaxson, “And you get to ride a cruise to get there!” “Really, I’ve…

its ivory trade but the river also serves as segregation. The Congo river embodies the white idea of being separate from an uncivilized place such as the Congo that’s inhabited with ‘savages’ despite that they, the white men, are they one’s raping it’s land and abusing its people. Marlow who’s outlook is painted as, “Meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty…