Mile End

that were going on. Once the family loses Mother Joe, we begin to see the family unfold, because there is nobody there to help keep the peace between each other. Each member of the family believes that their answer is the right one. It’s not until the end that we see it takes Ahmad to bring them to the reality that they need each other, whether Mother Joe is there or not. He brings to their attention that all the friction that is tearing them apart is their own doing. It was an issue that they…

has to be the time were we all focus on our beliefs, self-image, and anything other that our grades. Green accurately captures the essence of high school. Through the perspective of the protagonist, Miles Halter, the audience is guided through his journey of self-discovery and self acceptance. Miles moves to Culver Creek boarding school in order to start this journey as he was extremely introverted and didn’t have any friends. Throughout his time at Culver Creek he crosses paths with Alaska…

Besides teaching, I started a cross country program at the school. Unfortunately, because of the low number of boys in the school and their overall lack of interest in competing, I was only able to initially begin a girls team. Leading the team was the daughter of the man who had originally informed me about the opening at the school. But, pleasantly what I soon found out was there was a virtual all-star team of girl runners at that school in grades six, seven, and eight which translated into…

is about a boy named Miles also called “Pudge” Halter who is a new student at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Birmingham, Alabama. Because he was so called “unpopular” at his old school, he is nervous about making and keeping new friends, but he is soon friends with his roommate named Chip who is called “the Colonel” who introduces Miles to his friends, named Takumi Hikohito, Lara Buterskaya, and the beautiful, mysterious Alaska Young. The night before school begins, Miles is kidnapped from…

two-button Givenchy suit as he walked out of the room. 28-year-old Miles Parker smiled to himself, taking out his binder and setting it near the computer. As he fumbled with his worn-out satchel, he found himself wondering how he claimed a job at the top-secret On Point Laboratories, which was located on Tahiti. Placing the satchel under the desk, Parker turned on his Canon EOS 650D and strolled out of his copious office into the hallway. Miles was actually an undercover detective for The…

One very prominent and outstanding subject matter found throughout the epic is the notion of death—the fate of death and its inevitability. It is a concern that haunted our ancestors, and it will continue being humanity’s greatest concern until the end of time. The Epic of Gilgamesh presents death to the reader in essentially twofold manners: from the exciting slaughter of Humbaba, to the plea for help from Utnapishtim. The whole story is fundamentally a tale about Gilgamesh’s mission to conquer…

located in the North of China. It is about 3,000 miles straight, but including going up and down mountains, it is about 6,000 miles long. Creating a wall this long takes a lot of time. It also takes up your resources. And most importantly, it takes people to build it. These are the main reasons that building The Wall was not a good thing. Building The Great Wall of China took a wasteful amount of time. Even though the wall is approximately 6,000 miles long, it should not have taken over 400…

and stories to hear about is the man named Louis Zamperini. How he became a hero is truly incredible. To go through something he did is truly amazing. One minute you’re an athletic superstar beating records and a runner-up to break the four minute mile barrier to being a prisoner of war in Japanese camps. The amount of strength to keep on going is very inspiring. He is a great role model as well. He fights for his life, even though the easiest thing to do would have been to just give up and die.…

a young boy running away from the police, to a mature young man setting a NCAA record by running the mile with bleeding shins and an impaled toe. Furthermore, being a prisoner of war almost dying of hunger and beaten to death to also having PTSD after the war ended. These are some trials and tribulations Louie went through. It felt like Louie was running an obstacle course and never seeing the end. However, Louie Zamperini might have gone through all of this, but he kept going and pushing…

edge of Bikini Atoll. The area was illuminated by a huge and expanding flash of light. A fireball of heat that measured into the millions of degrees shot skyward at a rate of 300 miles an hour. In mere minutes the monstrous cloud, filled with nuclear debris, shot up more than 20 miles and generated winds hundreds of miles per hour. These fiery winds blasted the surrounding islands and stripped the trees bare.…