Moment of silence

Other than sleeping, have you ever found yourself completely silent, both physically and verbally? Well, it happened to me on a summer day back in 2014, crammed into the backseat of a Fiat northeast of Prague. Since I couldn’t communicate with the passengers and had just left a life-changing 10-days in Tuscany, I allowed myself to reflect on my life in greater detail. During this ninety minute, fast-paced ride, I concluded my life is an ironic journey, shaped positively by polar opposites.…

far away. Edward wanted to protect Ester, from any and all dangers; and the only danger in her life at the moment, was her father. William found the order's Edward provided Ester to aid her escape from her father. It involved William's vehicle; the two planned to steal it. With that, William improvised his own plan. A plan sinful enough to send the male to the Gates of Gehenna within moments. His daughter planned to leave him, and he would unforeseen lengths to prevent such. The night before…

“We’re heading across the border; we’ll be at the next safe house in a couple of hours” he replied only to be greeted by more silence. My dad was right, we reached the safe house around two hours later and we were all happy to see a roof which held beds underneath it. Dad walked to the front door but stopped just before it resting his hand on the decaying handle. Then it happened…

The last rays of sun streaked through the purple clouds at a sharp angle as I cut behind the old warehouse. I jammed my hands in the pockets of my worn denim jacket and skirted the thin line of trees headed toward the Ordox. The Ordox was nothing really; just a clearing beside the tracks behind mostly abandoned factories. Sheltered from view by the old buildings, the hard packed dirt and cracked concrete looked like a moonscape. It was another world; our world. In the fading light, I could…

grandmother reaches out to the Misfit. Petit says that the "gesture which somehow made contact with mystery" occurs when the grandmother sees "that she is responsible for the man before her and joined to him by ties of kinship" (Petit 312). Up to the moment when she touched his shoulder, he believed that the grandmother was trying to understand him, that she was sympathetic to his dilemma. However, when she calls him one of her “babies” he concludes that she is speaking for the society that…

Everyone has that moment in life where you either grow up or drown in the waters of life. Never did I think I would have to grow up so fast, but at the same time I don’t think anyone does. The biggest part of my life would start in South Beloit illinois, tho up to this point I think I moved about three or four times. There were many reasons why I moved weather it was for more money or just a better place to live. Moving was never fun, but I was very young, so it never really affected me…

shows us who we are, because we least expect it. Nobody knows how they will react when something happens. We either embrace the situation and fight it head on or we freeze and let it happen. Flannery O’Conner’s stories show us that our true defining moments happen when something like violence is presented to us. Her stories and characters truly define what it is like to be human and how everything can change in the blink of an eye.…

"Adina, you are only asking me to come with you out of sympathy", but in that moment I realized my true motivations, and she was wrong. It was my freshman year and I had all the worries and uncertainties of most new students in a new school: doing well in my classes, making friends, finding my place in my grade and in my school. There happen to be many restaurants right down the street, and after spring break freshmen are allowed to leave the building to get lunch. Everyone, including myself,…

were coming to the marathon too. Noah is setting up in the basement if you would like to head down," you hesitate for a moment, glancing over at the basement door. "You are also welcome to join me in the living room for a while if you would like to decompress from whatever has you so upset." she offers, heading that way, leaving the choice in your hands. Debating for a moment you turn and enter the living room, following after Noah's mother. Without a word, you move to the couch and sit next…

popularity of Jonathan Demme's movie is likely to last as long as there is a market for being scared. Like “Nosferatu,” “Psycho” and “Halloween,” it illustrates that the best thrillers don't age. Fear is a universal emotion and a timeless one. But “Silence of the Lambs” is not merely a thrill show. It is also about two of the most memorable characters in movie history, Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter, and their strange, strained relationship (“people will say we're in love,” Lecter…