Love Canal

“We meet no ordinary people in our lives. If you give them a chance, everyone has something amazing to offer.” This anonymous quote can perfectly relate to the theme of the story called “The Girl Who Was Born WIth Only Two Arms and Two Legs,” by Stuart Baum. In the story, a girl who goes by the name of Quarta feels left out because she only has two arms and two legs, while all of her other classmates have four arms and four legs. Throughout the story, Quarta and some other kids learn to show…

as the narrator describes the swans as presenting “a show of tipping in unison. As if rolling weights down their bodies to their hands”. On a simple level looking at the swans moving together in a symmetrical movement makes the couple realize that love and togetherness is possible; the natural world allows them to see what is possible in their human relationship. Furthermore the noun “show” suggests that the speaker felt that what was happening was just for the couple to watch and important for…

Are Adopted I always find it fascinating in movies and books when a family finally tells his unsuspecting child, “Son, you are adopted!” Almost inevitably the child begins to cry and gets angry for a while, but later realizes that his family still loves him the same, bringing smile to his face. He feels happy, which as a result, makes his family happy, and all leads to a happy ending. This was the case for me, except, I wasn’t angry nor did I cry; I was adopted and that was my happy ending.…

Every year during the Christmas Season, there are articles published that are critical of the song, Mary Did You Know. As expected, in early December, Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ, published an article with the title, “The Problem With ‘Mary Did You Know.’” In the article, Fr. McTeigue criticized the following lyrics: “Did you know that your Baby Boy has come to make you new? This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.” Fr. McTeigue’s complaint was that the lyrics imply that Mary was a…

The esteemed Audrey Hepburn once said, “There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.” This quote is a perfect match for the novella “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. “Of Mice and Men”is a story of two workers traveling together and their adventures in looking for work. While they may live together, their friendship is not one of a classic nature. Steinbeck clearly shows that the only reason that George and Lennie would travel together is because of moral…

Compare and contras BY:Elaiza.A Do you like reading books that have a movie to go with it? Have you ever read the bluest eye? Or have you watched the Color Purple ? If so I would recommend if you haven’t already to watch the movie.If you watched the movie than I would recommend reading the book.Only because they both many similarities. Yes they do have some differences,but if you enjoyed the book or need a better understanding of the book than I would highly recommend for you to see the Color…

full of memories made from years before I can remember. Standing tall, the light blue A-frame sits on a small lake surrounded by a dense woods, with cranes as loud as the morning’s alarm. However, this cottage on the lake feels of peacefulness and love, throughout all the noise. Every July, Grandma, Grandpa, my cousins, Jacob and Jason, and I hop in the crowded cherry red Subaru Forester, as we prepare to take the hefty…

there are also in Charlie, Pyke, and Eleanor. According to etymonline.com narcissism —or sometimes mistakenly said as narcism— is derived from Greek Narkissos, a handsome young man in the mythology (from Ovid, "Metamorphoses," iii.370) who fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and then was turned to the flower narcissus. Furthermore, still derived from etymonline.com, narcissus is, “possibly a type of iris or lily, perhaps from a pre-Greek Aegean word, but associated with Greek narke…

She sets out to corrupt Macbeth, continuously berating him until she guilts him into enacting the murder plot that she has concocted. When Macbeth expresses his hesitation, she quickly snuffs it out, declaring, “From this time / Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard / To be the same in thine own act and valor / As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that / Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life / And live a coward in thine own esteem” (I.vii.42-47). Lady Macbeth calls Macbeth’s bravery,…

complicated and fluctuating that he has to persevere hard in order to “learn” her constantly changing moods, something that he inevitably cannot do. However, in Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare successfully presents a conventional love between the speaker and his partner, who’s beauty and love from the speaker is endless and timeless. In Marrysong, Scott compares the speaker’s wife to nature to highlight his wife’s fluctuating personality and her instantaneous mood swings. The use of “without…