Knocked Out

In my life, there has been many obstacles or complications that I have faced and overcome over the past years. Out of the many that I have faced, the biggest obstacle that I have overcome was when my mom developed breast cancer. It was back in the year 2010, I was back in 5th grade and I can still remember certain pieces from the exact day I found out. My brother and I were coming home from school, seeing as it was a typical school day. Some years before, my grandma had been diagnosed with the…

The Broken System Suffering and being neglected on a daily basis is not something someone has to ever encounter. The foster care system is failing because of all of the flaws that exist which results in the harm of bringing down innocent children. The state of Florida has been the first state to ever make all foster care privatized. While the foster care system in Florida is able to get many children adopted, many several of them also suffer from permanent health issues because of the broken…

These stories vary from abuse of any sort to war stories identical to Louie’s. The story “My Battle” is a story about a girl named Amethyst Dunn. The story takes place at her house in the year of 2012 towards the end of October. Her parents were out for the night, and her neighborhood was known for having offenders. She decided…

eventually started using his phone as well. To me we seemed lost and I expected them to ask us if they could be of any assistance. Unfortunately they did not and we decided to walk toward the direction where we saw people coming from. They were coming out of big blue doors and down steps to exit where we came in at. As we went to walk up the steps they informed us that we were supposed to go outside and come in another entrance. We had to walk up a ramp on the outside of the building into a…

to tie up my happiness and poke and prod it to figure it out. I’d rather just revel in it and experience my peace since I know it can’t last for long. At least not here, not like this. I sit in the long grass as I feel my skin absorbing the sun. The grass prickles my arms and itches, but I don 't care. It 's that perfect temperature today. A gentle breeze sweeps the excess heat away and the clouds dance above like water swirling in and out of each other 's white wisps decorating the pale blue…

I have always been waiting for this day. It gave me the anticipation as I saw the city I’m in, listed in the tour schedule. I cannot contain my excitement as I bought my ticket. I even bought an outfit I was going to wear for this very special day. It was such an experience from the moment we arrived at the event, during, and until it was over. The combination of this phenomenal band, the massiveness of the stadium, and the sense of community in the audience was definitely an unforgettable…

go to the painted lady first. The painted lady is a small art gallery, they also sale clothing, small unique gifts, toys and much more. They also serve as the locale coffee shop. They have a paint your own potter in the back and every year we pick out something to paint and bring home. We all paint a little section of the item. We drink specialty drinks and shop. This year we decide to paint a lager item. We walked into the back entrance of the store right away a something caught my mom’s eye.…

face misfortune and mishaps. For example, when Odysseus tells the Cyclops his real name on page 227 (lines 558-562), “‘Cyclops if any man on the face of the earth should ask you blinded you, shamed you so —say Odysseus, raider of cities, he gouged out your eye, Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca!” he ends…

There are a lot of plays that have irony. A Greek play called Oedipus have all types of irony. The author of the play Oedipus uses dramatic, situational, and verbal irony in his play. This play is about a man named Oedipus who becomes a king by killing his father which he was not aware of, later he marries his mother. This is a famous play because people all over the world have read this amazing play. First, One of the irony in the play Oedipus is dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when we…

The The children lock Margot in a closet at the moment when the sun finally comes out for the first time in seven years. This was a big part in the story because it shows that the children were so jealous that they committed a terrible thing. The text says, “they surged about her, caught her up and bore her. Protesting, and then crying…