Middle finger

Some do not know the difference between story-truth and happening truth. In Tim O’Brien’s book about the Vietnam War he tells many stories. He starts off by explaining what each man carried, going into the war itself where people are killing other people and soldiers are dying, then talking about a man O’Brien killed, ending with what types of emotion these soldiers brought home with them. Some feel grief, torn, lost, and others simply feel okay. War gives each man a different feeling towards…

Proactiv Solution is a company that distributes skin-care products. This company is most known for their anti-acne products because of their copious amounts of advertisements. Since Proactiv is heavily promotes anti-acne, their target audience for their advertisements would mainly be teenagers. Proactiv’s advertisements are mainly endorsed by several famous celebrities. For instance, the most recent advertisement features actress Julianne Hough endorsing Proactiv's Acne System. In the…

amplifying the sound waves. At the middle school orientation, that spur of the moment made me chose violin as an elective course. My new skill, I gradually developed to the perfection and demonstrated it at many in and outside school concert. As I believe, passion, practice, patience, and pleasure; these are the four factors played a crucial role to develop and to demonstrate my talent. "Finger, Bow, then Go, it is not possible to create melodious tone when you place your fingers and move the…

East End slums. The slums of the East End served as a popular tourist destination for the middle class. Some middle-class philanthropists visited the slums to comprehend the tragic situation of the working-class, whereas other, less-benevolent middle class citizens toured to satisfy their curiosity and to gawk at the poverty-stricken inhabitants (Koven). To an extent, Worth herself is a slummer— she is a middle-class women experiencing first hand the disgusting conditions and filthy bodies of…

has continued even to today. This is evident in the types of punishments used and the methods of determining guilt and innocence. Continuity and change is apparent in the punishments that were used in the medieval times. Punishments used in the Middle Ages were cruel, severe or humiliating. Mutilation was a common practice for most crimes. A thief usually had a hand cut off (Tim Nash, The Finer…

as my fingers holding the fabric felt hot, blinding pain. Dropping the fabric and pricking the needle on top, I inspected the finger, glad to see that there was no blood despite the remaining throb of pain. I removed the needle and picked up the fabric, resuming my sewing. This time, I made sure that my fingers weren’t on the receiving side of the needle’s wickedly sharp tip. My experience with sewing is at the beginner’s level. Previous times I’ve sewn was during home ec back in middle…

second year of middle school. This year had many ups and downs but I guess it is almost over. Got to say I am going to miss most of the teachers. 7th grade was a brand new experience and I think I will never forget most of this year.If there is something I learned is that 1. Friends are sometimes turn against you and 2. Pre-ap classes aren’t so hard as said. Being a friends is backing someone up and being there for them. In middle school it’s a little different. Friends in middle school can be…

not readily used in the Middle Ages, when the Black Death hit all over the world. Envision millions of people dying right in front of your eyes. Death is everywhere, bodies are thrown into ditches, and people are burned in massive groups. No one knew the cause of the disease or how it spread. They only knew the Black Death was among them and vicious. The Black Death was a pandemic that killed about seventy-five million people, in three years, during the time of the Middle Ages. The Muslim and…

Middle Eastern people are a threat to the United States because of the bombings and the oil it all should do based on the poverty and lack of understanding. Back in 1992 on December, first terrorist attack against Americans occurred in Yemen. When a bomb had erupted in a hotel used by U.S. military personnel involved in supporting the food for the people in to Somalia. Al-Qaeda launched a much deadlier attack in Yemen in October 2000 when it attacked the United States Ship Cole in the port of…

I remember biting my and nodding and struggling to remember cursive letters in later years. But I also remember a classmate cutting my finger so bad it was barely hanging on and then going back to class just fine with a band aid on. I don’t know if either is a real memory, but the more I think about it the more I realize that I don’t write in cursive and my finger is doesn’t really matter. I don’t have vivid memories of happiness or sadness, but I know they were both there and sometimes I wish I…