Linoleum

“By cutting off the damage you make it possible for the tree to grow again. You watch-by the end of summer, this tree will be the strongest on the block” (Anderson 187). A person’s will to continue despite their past problems is what helps them move forward. After experiencing rape, Melinda begins her freshman year being shunned by her friends and detested by the majority of the students at her high school. She faces both inner and outer problems, but continues to grow despite them. Anderson’s…

Every 100 minutes a teen commits suicide, suicide is the the second leading cause of death in teens. Twenty percent of teens have gone through depression by the time they reach adulthood. This depression can be caused by bullying or not having friends. In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, the main character is a girl named Melinda who is going through depression because she called the cops on a party, lost all of her friends and is getting bullied for it. The theme in this book is…

the public may consider the pig as predominantly consumed for its meat, pigs play additional vital roles, if not as commonly known, to human life. Aside from meat consumption, pig by-products are vast and range from violin strings, footballs, and linoleum to serving as heart transplant organs, cutting oils, and in the creation of bone china. In the United States, hog production sites, also known as pig farms, are found in nearly every state. However, per the 2012 U.S. Census of Agriculture,…

Locked in a psych ward for who knows how long now, they pinned all of their deaths on me… Dad slayed his fair share after the divorce so at first glance nothing about her moved me either direction. Soon after her status upgraded to “step-mom” I felt compelled to move. Fall hit, picturesque as per usual: burnt orange leaves and pumpkins, kids tossin’ the footie on suburban Texas front lawns in the early evening air. Little third grade neighborhood roughian ain’t exactly Roger Staubach, you know…

But the solvent spread on the linoleum, licking, eating, under the kitchen door, while the voices took it up in chorus: “Fire, fire, fire!”’ The repetition of fire that the voices scream as the house’s functions go crazy puts the reader into a state of panic. The story only seems to get…

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is a play written by Paul Zindel is about a young girl who learns how to speak up against the abusive people in her life. Tille lives with her verbally abusive mother, Beatrice and crazed sister, Ruth in the messy converted shop in which they call home. In the midst of chaos, Tillie is able to keep her dream alive by focusing on her love for science. Tillie displays resilient traits by recognizing the beauty of science and putting all her…

taking Logan and I to go see it again. It doesn’t really have much for climbing trees in the yard. I don’t fancy it all that much. As we go inside, everything my parents say is true. It’s got oodles of tile, one random room of laminate, some linoleum in the kitchen, and only a sliver of carpet, but it’s so small and far between. In essence, the whole place is tiled. That looks hard to take out, I think. Right in your face as you walk in, there is a beige wall. (There are a lot of…

For example, “ Linoleum Roses”, Sally is an eighth grade girl which considered as a minor. However, she met a marshmallow salesman at a school bazaar and got married with him in another state. And, she claims that she is happy with her life because she gets to buy her own…

The floor was linoleum, and very unstable. It felt as though you were balancing on a piece of cardboard atop a 2x4. What a lovely place to be taking showers regularly. There was also a nice little pervert window looking out of the bathroom. Exiting the bathroom we finally…

He leads the way towards the register, my high heels click against the black and white square linoleum tile. Boogie had only begun to type information into the register when he hurriedly looks to me, then turns to his coworker and mutters something to her before abandoning me at the register and making a bee-line for the door, only the sound of the…