It's You

nearest hospital is twenty three miles. Westford is all country in every way. Animals ran wild everywhere. Some of the animals you would see are squirrels, quails, chipmunks, deer, and even bear. They were not afraid of anything, until hunting season. The trees are so tall with many colors, red, brown, and yellow in the fall. The summers are so muggy and hot, but growing up there you didn’t notice, but we always swam or had water balloon fights. I remember one winter, we got snowed in our house.…

Music is the creation of rhythms, beats, and other elements blended together to create a track. It can be with or without lyrics, however modern day music is generally created with lyrics. Sound and music are two completely different things; music is organized sound with repetition and rhyme which has meaning behind it. But unorganized sound is simply just sound without meaning. The roots of modern day music stem back to the early twentieth century. During this era the music industry was booming…

On December 7th, at 7:30pm, I attended It’s A Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play. Illinois State University’s adaptation of this classic film took place in the Center for the Performing Arts. The actors took the stage as members of a 1940s radio show, playing a multitude of characters depicted in the original film. Although vastly different from the cinema version, this adaptation was very successful due to the congruous 1940s costumes, the use of varied voices to portray numerous characters, and…

Vince Lombardi once said, "It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up." This quote is explaining that if you try something and fail, don't just give up right away, try it again until you get it right. I feel that this quote relates to my life in many different ways because of the different life experiences I have had, and over time all of these experiences made me a better person in the end. When I was eight years old, I was in the pool with my friends at summer camp.…

It is so easy to pretend to be someone you are not. A new account, and you can bully someone to their death, or be the one who kills them. The internet is not secure, it will never be. With so many ways to pretend to be a 17 year old guy with a soccer haircut and abs, when you are a 50 year old man who is a predator. It is so easy to hack into accounts and post untrue things about someone, breaking them to…

bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Harper lee uses the characters in this story to explore civil rights and racism in the south during the 1930s. The main character of the story is Scout Finch, and story is told through the eyes of a child because they see the world differently than an adult. The innocence of a child during such a hateful time period tells the story about the rape of a young woman and the wrongful prosecution of a black man.…

In “Therapy” by David Lodge, Laurence Passmore, a middle-aged man narrates his experiences with therapy and his divorce. Laurence is a mediocre writer and the creator of a show called “The People Next Door,” who goes to cognitive behaviour therapy, physiotherapy, aromatherapy and acupuncture. Laurence has a habit of looking up words he says to “compensate for [his] lousy education,” (Lodge 33) but the words he looks up are not random; they are his subconscious way of putting his cognitive…

What do you think it's like to die. A black nothingness, A heaven and hell to take you, or is it to be reborn as a tree or plant. I almost figured that out myself one day. The day I fell out of a window. It was a cool summer day and I couldn’t stand that I was taking a nap. I was seven at the time and I was told to go take a nap with my sister. We went up stairs, mom turned on the T.V. everything was alright. After about thirty minutes I got bored and couldn’t stand lying in bed and watching…

there a Tracker school?” Scarlett asked. “All of the Trackers are sent directly here because we need them as close and as safe as possible. They are the true life-savers. If we had them separated, we wouldn’t be able to get as many mutants. It’s best if you don’t think about it,” Nikolai shrugged at Scarlett’s confused face. “Why do the Vulkans care about our schools existing?” Ryan asked. Nikolai sighed. “See? Now this is why the majority of the fledglings start out in a smaller school.…

hospital I feel that I belong there. Every patient I meet and help has their own story and to me that is fascinating. I want to set an example to my daughters to be kind and loving to everyone. Never take anything for granted and appreciate what you have. I want to succeed and become the…