Minnow

Many young readers only look at what a story is about, rather than how it is written. Many authors use style devices, movements of literature, and thematic meaning in their works. Jack London wrote "Love of Life" and "To Build a Fire," with these ideas in mind. London uses a lucid style, many movements of literature of his time and deliberate thematic ideas in his many tales of the gold rush. According to http://www.biography.com/people/jack-london-9385499, Jack London was born on January…

On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate U.S. president Ronald Reagan, with hopes of impressing Jodie Foster, an actress he had an obsession with. While Hinckley was charged multiple offences, however, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Nonetheless, he was forced to face the consequences of his actions in a mental hospital for more than 30 years. Similarly, people make choices everyday that can make them responsible and liable for the consequences that follow.…

She and Lizzie did many things together. They loved to play with each other after school, and go on adventures together. Karssiens writes "Lizzie was my new friend, and I felt happy there with her in the hot, June sun, watching dozens of pale minnows taste our toes and ankles with their tiny soft lips" (22). The point I’m making is that the little…

Fifth grade, it's the last hoorah of pure childhood before students are thrown into the shark tank known as middle school. The majority of my fifth grade memories are overwhelmed by one painfully awkward musical about The American Revolution so to get a fresh perspective, I talked to Lawson Oden. Lawson is eleven years old, in the fifth grade and is the youngest of five children. Lawson (among many other things) enjoys drinking tea, sporting fedoras, and playing the video game minecraft.…

Bass Fishing Tips and Tricks “If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime”. Fishing is a fun and challenging sport whether you're fishing in a bass tournament or just out on the boat with some friends. There are a lot of tips and tricks to catching bass and there are lots of things you need to be prepared for and know before going out on the water. When planning a bass fishing trip you always need to know the water conditions, like…

Nowadays, innovative and inventive chemicals are available for just about anything—growth development, prevention of spoiled food, and other strange matters. However, are all these chemicals truly necessary? Over the past couple of years, numerous speculations of artificial hormones injected into animals raised suspicion due to the increase of mass productions. With these chemical injections, farmers benefit from the increase of livestock because as reproduction rate increases, more money will…

Louisiana has the pleasure of holding the brown pelican as its state bird and of me being able to call it home. I was born and raised in Louisiana so deciding on what bird to learn more about came very easily to me. I am from Lafayette, LA so pelican citing’s are few and far in between but whenever my family ventures towards New Orleans, which is quite often, we see them in many flocks on the way down along marshes and mangroves. Their beauty, shape, and way of life have always fascinated me and…

Death in Chains Has society climbed so low on the totem pole of morality that it is considered fair and logical to kill someone to “show them” that is not okay to murder? Capital punishment is currently one of the most controversial issues in the United States. Among the Western parts of the world, the US is the one of the only countries allowing it to remain legal. Capital punishment--also known as the death penalty--involves the execution of one condemned for a serious crime, such as murder,…

from the a.m. until dusk. At all times they school near the bottom in groups of 50 to 100. Poppers work like magic if your kid has an interest in fishing the surface. Best tactic is for dad or Uncle John or grampa to find a perch school with a live minnow first, hook an attractor perch, the leave the first fish wriggling and spinning on the hook to rouse the school's interest. Have your youngster drop a jig when the school moves in. Leaving the first fish on the hook a few minutes is the best…

inquiry in response to many writers’ publications, the main being Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making us Stupid?” Gladstone refers to Carr’s analogy of how he used to be a scuba diver in a sea of words Gladstone also mentions her disagreement to Newton N. Minnow and his disagreement with television back in 1961. Gladstone believes technological innovations and advancements are nothing to fear. She paraphrases multiple writers and authors through time who both agree and disagree with her claims.…