Mud on the Tires

According to the world renowned author Ernest Hemingway, a hero is “A man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful” (Miles). Who is a chaotic and stressful hero in your eyes? Wolverine? Deadpool? These characters relate to Frederic Henry because they are not traditional heroes. An average day in any of these heroes shoes are almost the complete opposite of normal. All of Hemingway’s…

All plastic is oil. Most paints and all pesticides are made from oil. Everything from toothpaste to tooth brushes are made from oil and there are seven gallons of oil in every tire. There is absolutely nothing anywhere in any combination that will replace the assembly built by fossil fuels…..nothing at all. Peak oil is probably now very easy to explain; much easier than it was a long time ago. People have felt what $147 a barrel of oil feels like. Essentially, peak oil is like a bell curve, if…

In the 90’s Dodge came out with several new models with technological advances, including new sports cars, trucks and sedans. Dodge came out with a new line of sports cars in the 1990’s that competed with many foreign sports cars including the 350z, RX-7, and the Supra. Dodge was producing sports cars that could be driven everyday, but still have the performance and endurance of a track car. The 1991 Dodge Stealth was one of the sports cars that Dodge came out with to compete with the…

get a shot at it. But, right before the deer jumped, a truck started coming down the road to the left of us. I thought for sure it was going to scare the deer away and I was never going to get a shot at it. I could hear the gravel and mud churning underneath the tires of the trucks as I waited there holding my breathe. The truck kept driving and the driver noticed that I planned on shooting this deer so he gave the the ‘thumbs up’ as he drove by. Right when the truck passed, the mule deer jumped…

“Curbside Prophet” proclaimed the beat-up and torn cardboard sign beside the man whose appearance was only made tolerable by the fact that the sign was dirtier than he was. The red letters jumped off onto the street almost as a dare for the people in too-clean cars to look. At least, that’s how I took them as I sat, in my own too-clean car, right beside him. I rolled down my window and then resisted the urge to roll it back up as the wind caught the man’s scent and delivered it straight to my…

with my axe, enter bushes shoulder-high with my sickle. And at the end of the day, wherever I may be, on whichever hill or on whatever tree, he used to find me. And he would carry my doko for me all the way back every day so that my back would not tire and grow crooked like that sickle, he would say, you are already as mean as that sickle, now I don’t want you to be as ugly as it, pointing to the sickle tucked at my waist. And I laughed inside, but I pretended to be angry and I continued to be…

Navistar International Corporation is currently America's largest manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty diesel trucks. Until 1986, Navistar was known as International International Harvester, a leading manufacturer of agricultural and construction machinery, with 47 manufacturing plants. Years of dramatic financial losses, however, forced the company to sell off these primary businesses to focus on the production of diesel trucks, a move that necessitated the layoff of thousands of workers and…

Helena Maria Viramontes ' novel Under the Feet of Jesus present the true realities that a young thirteen-year-old girl, Estrella, and her family encounter as migrant laborers. Working as migrant laborers, Estrella and her family face conflicts with the legal system, the perpetual state of being short on money, and the depiction of their labor. Viramontes’s novel effortlessly demonstrates how the life of migrant workers are both demanding and brutal through exemplifying Estrella and her family 's…

It is minutes later now and we are trudging down an overgrown trail, tactfully descending the deep slopes of New Mexican land. Everything smells strongly of mud and salt and soaked manure from the horse barn down the road. I almost trip over a weed, but my father steadies me and says, “Almost there, baby.” The arroyo is different than I have ever seen it. It is scattered with long, silver puddles. In the pink glow of the rising sun, the sand looks shiny and slippery. Around us, green tufts of…

The impact of the automobile in the 1920 's drove America into a frenzy of fresh opportunities. This new era can be credited in part to Henry Ford who mass produced the Model T, and made it an affordable, practical vehicle for any American with a need and want for mobility. The automobile revolutionized almost every part of life including the economy, and where Americans traveled and lived. However, these successes came at a cost. Pollution began to take its toll in major cities, crime rates…