Long Day's Journey into Night

my nephew's birth: A new baby entering the world, isn't that fantastic? Well, assisting to a child's birth and taking care of him since day two, has been so far the best experience in my life with several joys and challenges. Here is the story of my nephew, Ariel-Noah, born on February 23, 2017. It was on Thursday February 23, 2017 at 5:00 am that my sister left the house to go for her c-section appointment that morning. The days before my sister gave birth, everyone at home tried to…

At the beginning, Johnny is telling the story of a man, who cannot return to civilization due to a crime he has committed. How he is now chained from the outside world, but how he desperately longs for the freedom he once took for granted. He attempts to picture the beautiful sunshine, which is denied to him by the concrete blocks and steel bars that confines him within the prison. Another day comes, and another day goes but he still remains in the prison and time begins to move slower with each…

breakfast at 7am, as everyone had been talking about a breakfast buffet I was ecstatic. As I dashed down the cold, hard marble stairs, I wondered what would be available to eat thinking of how hungry I actually was even though I had eaten dinner the night before. I sat down at the table awaiting for everyone else to appear at the table. As soon as I saw them I made my way to the area with the rolls, meat and cheeses. I made three rolls with various fillings and strolled back to my table. I…

him. She would make her journeys in the night “…travelling the whole distance…

The Beatles Music itself has been a huge part in history, through the times of slavery to the sixties to the present day. Many artists, like Bo Diddley, Elvis Presley, and Eric Clapton, contribute to the evolution of rock and roll. To many people, The Beatles are considered one of the most successful and influential bands in rock and roll history. They have had countless hits, several movies, and even a cartoon that aired during the sixties. The Beatles have been and will always be a major…

I quickly realized I would not be able to get help or even stand. I was rushed to the hospital where I spent the most agonizing night of my life undergoing a rare and challenging surgery for my type of displaced fracture on top of the removal of a critical muscle compartment on my shin. Minutes before surgery, I was told by my orthopedic surgeon the probable outcome of my surgery…

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Melissa Wong
March 11, 2015
Andrew Forrester
DISC 1313
 Escaping Heartland America
 Pawhuska, Oklahoma, a town of a little less than four thousand people, is where Tracy Lett’s play turned movie August: Osage County is set. Beverly Weston, the patriarch and a heavy alcoholic, has disappeared and eventually commits suicide, leaving behind his psychotic wife, Violet, in the care of a newly hired caretaker, a Native American named Johnna. After their father’s disappearance, Beverly’s adult…

day as Najmah is being greeted by derision by her older, mischievous brother, Nur. His teasing lowers Najmah’s mood as he takes comfort in manipulating her fears. As Najmah stated, “ Nur was only teasing. But I really am convinced a large animal with long, pointed teeth is waiting to pounce on me” (6). In spite of her willpower, Najmah is frightful that her worst fears of leopards would come true. Her gullibility impacts her, as she believes in her brother’s words even though she knows it is…

library across the States. Hemingway was an advent outdoorsmen, a decorated war hero who earned the coveted Italian Silver Medal of Valor, and an accomplished literary genius. His short story, “Big Two- Hearted River” describes a physical and emotional journey that Nick undertakes after returning home from World War 1. In the beginning of this short story, Nick starts his adventure in the symbolic town of Seney. Nick describes the burnt landscape and states: “even the surface had been burned…