Living Things

Who would want a parrot? All that the haughty thing did was squawk and imitate my gurgling noises, a result of attempts to speak. “Shut up, Jerome,” was a phrase I’ve attempted to say many a time, without success. I must admit, though, I find it quite hilarious when little Jerome makes fun of me with the noises he makes. I cannot say as I enjoy his presence in my room, but at least the hospital gave me a pet with a good sense of humor. I swear the thing even imitates my paralyzed, contorted face…

Johnny was the jumpiest boy, because of the time he got beat to death by the socs. He has a six inch blade in his pocket at all times and is not afraid to use it. The book, Outsiders, is way better than the movie on it, because the book can include things the movie can’t, the book has more background than the movie, and in the book people know what Ponyboy is thinking and feeling. The book is so great, because it gives background…

possibility of how to stay in New Mexico to finish high school. At the time, I was talking to a girl that I really liked and I had a lot of very close friends. I wasn’t the type of kid to go out and do things with people. During the second half of my junior year I made some friends that I started to do things with. I had finally made all my friends but it was all being taken away from me. One of my brothers still lived in New Mexico, so I thought of the plan to stay with him to finish my senior…

him and next thing he knows his is breaking records and racing in the Olympics. Louie joins the air force in the late 1930’s and then Pearl Harbor is attacked. He then is a bombardier on a bomber and is involved in many important air attacks. Then he goes on a mission and his plane crashes and he and two others (one dies halfway through) survive on a raft for a long time and they drifted 2,000 miles. Next Louie…

The thing that helped me to be relieved from the stress was joining sports because I felt like I was away from all my worries of doing good in school and just with my team having fun. When you are on a sports team and spend most of your time with a group of…

might say that is good that the smaller languages are dying out because no really spoke them anyway. The thing is that, it is really not good. Language gives us insight into the minds of the people who spoke it and tells us more about the past. As language gets more unified, people will get more unified. When people get more unified thoughts and ideas become unified. Being unified came be a good thing, but not when it takes away from creativity. That is why we need to preserve languages. The…

‘field trip’ of the semester, the class was given the assignment to do something that they had never done before. A daunting task in general, because seeking out something that one has never done can be pretty difficult. I myself have had a few things that I would love to do if I could get a couple of people to come with me. I was interested in trying my hand at fencing, because playing with swords seems to be something smart to try to do. I brought up the idea to my group of friends in the…

she give some love and need that he need food, money. Same in the story “No Child....” show us how Ms. Sun help her student by share with them experience, understanding his problem and controlling the situation. Many people get powerful voice when things happen. When they are situation that they can help other. Have the powerful of voice is important because you can help other to change they mind and to provide a better future in his life. Mrs. Jones and Ms. Sun chang Roger and her…

Emotions are what gives your life color. Memories are what give you feelings. Although being able to have feelings might make you enjoy life more, it can also make things really hard on yourself. In The Giver, Jonas doesn’t start to feel anything until he starts to receive memories from the current Receiver. In this essay I get to talk about three themes, which are Individuality, Memories, and Emotions. I think that these are the most important themes of this story and are the main reasons…

Throughout my life I have had to deal with some pretty scary things. As a child, and even now, these things take a huge toll on how I deal with other things. I have always been an anxious person and I can definitely say that traumatic experiences (like the one I am writing about) have changed my mindset and how I live my daily life. The day started of fairly normal. My friend had just got her license and she offered to take me to Washington, Missouri to go shopping and just have a fun day…