Maine

Goodbye to Forty Eight Street The purpose of writing this essay is to show how everyone moves eventually, but always leaves a part of them at their old home. In this passage White is packing his possessions away into boxes getting ready to move. He knows he is not capable of bringing all his possessions with him so he has to decide what to get rid of. It is hard for him to decide what to get rid of because he has grown a connection to them. When moving away he misses his home and possessions…

An emergency is a serious, unexpected, often dangerous situation that requires immediate action. In her book, Nickel and Dimed, writer Barbara Ehrenreich uses the term emergency to describe how low-wage working Americans should be seen: “…we should see the poverty of so many millions of low-wage Americans-as a state of emergency.” (214). Workers are in this desperate situation due to low-wages and long hours, unaffordable housing, as well as an employment system that succeeds in keeping workers…

According to my great grandparents, who were born in the 1930’s, the Bretons emigrated to Canada in the Quebec region, before migrating south to what is currently the state of Maine. Members of the Breton family continue to a part of the Catholic Church in Brittany, along with carrying these beliefs over seas to Quebec, and down to Maine. In my family the tradition of going to Sunday mass was something that defined the week up until my mother’s generation. The origins of the Breton name date…

Owning a horse in the United States is a common practice. Many people own horses, whether it be for personal entertainment, competition, or for business. The owners of these large, powerful animals will argue that owning a horse is extremely beneficial to themselves, but I believe owning a horse is not worth the money, effort, or risk. Horses are powerful, unpredictable animals that pose health risks to their owners and others around them. As well as being risky animals to be involved with,…

question where exactly our food comes from and how its treated, and the lobster is no exception. “Consider the Lobster” by David Foster Wallace gives us some history on the lobster, how it is cooked, and, specifically, the yearly lobster festival held in Maine. He begins by going into great detail about the lobster festival and various aspects of it that lead us to believe that lobster may not just be for the 'upper class', such as using various lower class symbols like Styrofoam cups, and…

An entry in an online guide to offbeat tourist attractions confirms this, “The sculpture was supposed to be cast in bronze… But Maine ran out of money, so the artist just slapped a coat of bronze paint over the plaster model and shipped it to New York.” (Source F). The entry goes on, stating that the low-quality sculpture was vandalized, repaired, and even eaten by rats at a warehouse…

The essay, “Consider the Lobster”, written by David Foster Wallace is about him visiting the Maine Lobster Festival. He believes that the festival is more than about the food and entertainment. First, he goes into very specific details explaining the lobster. He stated, “Lobsters are both hunters and scavengers”, (page 2). I believe that the main purpose of the article is to tell people to look at reality and consider the lobster on what they have to go through to be cooked and eating. He…

new religions and the Puritans had enough. During the 1600’s the Puritans pulled away from their church and traveled to the “New World”. They were called Puritans because they were pure. They migrated all over the place: Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, etc. These places were known as New England Colonies in the late 1600’s. Massachusetts is a main place that comes to mind when one thinks of the Puritans due to the Salem Witch Trials. Puritans were hard workers; nevertheless,…

I can’t believe my peers and I are in eighth grade. It seems like just yesterday we were taking our first tour of the school. SInce then it has been a fun ride towards my final year of HMS. I am looking to finish my HMS career on a good note. I am now excited to write my first LA essay of the year about me. In addition to giving my 110% in school I also give 110% in sports. Everyday I go out there and give more effort than I need. That is why I have been dominant at the sports. If I’m not…

Dorothea was born on April 4, 1802 in Hampden, Maine. Although her father was abusive, he taught her how to read and write which influenced her love of education. After moving from home to live with her grandmother, she started her own school in 1821. Dix was a strong advocate for women’s rights to education; her 1824 book Conversations on Common Things; or, Guide to Knowledge: With Questions reflecting her belief that men and women should have equal education opportunities, this book and others…