Men of War

states the story is merely about a cough. This cough however, is as dangerous as the Bubonic Plague or Ebola. Black Phlegm, commonly referred to as The Black Cough was an environmentally induced health concern. It took the lives of the many impoverished men in the mining community. The health concern was a slow-moving issue that could take months or even years to kill the person with it. “...home in his black streaked breath…” The unnamed man in the story carried Black Phlegm with him out of the…

had to decide, and he had to do it fast. Would he rather take Lennie's life himself? Or would he rather the other guys do it? This is a tough decision that was made by George Milton in the last chapter of the John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men. George knew he had to take Lennie's life himself or he would have a painful death, that was not something he wanted for Lennie. George taking Lennie's life was him stepping in and being the caretaker that he has to be for Lennie and…

The theme to Denis Johnson’s “Emergency” gives a sense that shows the reader the reality of an addict’s mind with a slight Gothic feeling. At the beginning of the story, Fuckhead seems to be just a worker at a hospital and he’s just fine mentally. When this story goes further, it shows that his friend, Georgie is obviously hallucinating that there is blood on the floor, but is just a figment of his imagination, and the floor is clean but Fuckhead plays along with Georgie. A bit later in the…

In the book, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, when Cherry Valance said, “Things are rough all over”, she meant that when being a soc, there are many hardships that come with it. One of the troubles of being a soc was that, according to Cherry, “It seems like we’re always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it. Maybe if we could lose our cool we would.”(Hinton, 38). This shows one hard thing they have to manage. They always have to show aloofness to represent the socs, and they…

Summary: Mouse is friend with Rabbit. Rabbit always has good intentions but trouble follows Rabbit. Rabbit got their toy airplane stuck in a tree. Rabbit tells Mouse he has an idea. Rabbit pulls a elephant over. Next, he pushes a rhinoceros on top of the elephant. Then he carries a hippopotamus, a deer, a crocodile, a bear, a duck, and four little ducklings all to stack onto of each other! The plan was still just too far to reach. Rabbit has another idea. Rabbit held squirrel and squirrel held…

It was one lozy morning that kinda turned great. Later it on it kinda got wores and worse throughout the night.It was christmas and my family and I were opening gifts. We were enjoying ourselves drinking eggnog and what not things were just feeling good to start off. Everything was going okay until my brother finally got home, then everything got all twisted. As we were opening gifts all you seen were smiles and happy faces. Then my grandma walked in with an enormous bag of stuff. She got me…

My brother, Ben, was a short, chunky, little sixth grader. He had jeans shorts, a bright red short sleeve plaid shirt on, and a pair of black flip flops on. He loved to play outside. He would go on bike rides, ride his skateboard around, and just hang out with his friends outside. He would be outside from sun up to just before the sun set. He was an active little middle schooler. There were not many things he hated to do outside but when it came to do work outside, he hated being out there. He…

Listening is looking at the person who is talking, understanding the information they are telling you, and not having any distractions. In the epic poem The Odyssey, Odysseus tells his men to not touch the wind bags right before they get home and while he is taking a nap they opened them and send them very far away. His men were distracted by being almost home and wanted to get there faster. However, listening is very often mistaken. Listening is commonly mistaken as being the same as…

To Walk Alone or Walk Among Others? "I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light." - Helen Keller In John Steinbeck's Of Mice & Men, a story is told of George & Lennie's ambition of owning a ranch of their own. Lennie's character suffers from a mental disorder that presents itself in Lennie's childish behaviors. George dedicates much of his time towards looking after Lennie, making sure his actions do not get them into trouble. They have just started a job at a new…

Another aspect of the Old West Hollywood glazes over is the difficulty of frontier living. In many movies, living in the West is depicted as easy and carefree. This is an extensive misconception. Settlers in the Old West battled an array of obstacles including the lack of supplies and food, isolation for periods of time, a very limited connection with the rest of the world, brutal weather, and fires. As a result of living in the unsettled West, supplies were sent out very sparingly. Ordering…