My Brother Sam Is Dead

“It’s funny how people love the dead,once you’re dead you’re made for life.” (Knapp 84) These are the words of the most influential guitarist in music history. Jimi Hendrix was a star in the ‘60s and is now a household name. Because Jimi Hendrix continues to be an icon in the music industry, people should educate themselves about his early life, rise to stardom, fame, and even his tragic death. Jonny Hendrix was born on November 21,1942 at Seattle’s King County Hospital. (Jimihendrix.com)…

He suffers a terrible loss in his life when his younger brother Allie dies of Leukemia. He was very fond and proud of his little brother and clearly misses him throughout the story. Describing his little brother in the story, Holden states “You’d have liked him. He was two years younger than I was, but he was about fifty times as intelligent” (Salinger 38-39). But, Holden does not…

Bedfordview and Edenvale News PO Box 0000 Edenvale 1609 Mr Brown I write this letter to you as I have a request that I would like you to adhere to. My name is Roberta Scognamiglio and I am in desperate need of your help. I do volunteer work at Little Eden- a care centre that takes in unwanted and abandoned children. Over the past few months, many children who have been found on the streets or dropped off at the centre, have been diagnosed with HIV and some even AIDS. The children are a…

Beyond the Wall is a vast icy wasteland haunted with unknown terrors and secrets. There is freedom but there is a price-living is harsh, the gods are cruel, and the odds are stacked against you. Craster has mastered the art of survival in this cold wilderness and managed to carved out a place for himself and his family. He’s a shrewd and resourceful man who never shared his secret to success. Many aspects of his life remain a mystery yet one thing is certain: there is, at least, one mantle up…

canyon. “Next time, they won't escape. I’ll find them. Let’s work our way back to the horses and see if we can roundup the herd.” He didn’t want to tell Levi the men resembled Kat’s cousins. # Beyond the hills, Sam cast George a toothless grin. “I say we escaped with our hides, big brother.” George spit. “Good thing Duvall warned us. Wonder where he went?” “Can't say. He'll meet up with us soon. Damn. I don’t trust him. Who was shootin’ at us?” “I don't care who. We're alive, ain't we?” “I'm not…

Anything that involved reading. “It’s my primary hobby. It’s something that spans cultures. There’s a bookworm in every country, every city.” Indeed, a stack of John Grisham paperbacks teeters precariously over her nightstand. The covers all display a crisp crease from being opened so many…

An overwhelming amount of conspiracy theories believe the Kennedy’s murdered Monroe, or that the Kennedy’s at least had a hand in her death. Monroe supposedly had affairs with President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy after the president passed her along to him. “Bobby Kennedy was determined to shut her up, regardless of the consequences,” Peter Lawford said after her death, according to authors. “It was the craziest thing he ever did and I was…

the cold water rose to my knees. My heart beat fast inside my chest “Duck,” they said, small spinning bullets flew around me as I rolled onto the shore. “Fire,” they said, the noise of piercing gunshots rung in my ears. Soldiers fell like flies. Their blood stained the sand. Their blood, as red as the poppies in the fields ahead. I looked up only to see a huge sandy cliff, lined with Turkish soldiers and guns pointed right at us. I was only 19. Back to reality. I’m with my grandchildren and son…

was actually... dead. And it was her fault for failing him. Her parents had done the unthinkable, and she had just – just.... How was she expected to come back from this? Danny couldn't be dead. It was a lie. Her parents had only thought they had killed him, right? Danny was strong. Danny bounced back. Danny was always there for here. But she had failed him and that's all that was real because everything had just happened and his blood was on the floor and guts in jars, and oh my God they had…

had two. I don’t know how that happened. During the days of my grandpa’s youth, World War II was being fought during the years of 1939 to 1945. Belfast, Northern Ireland was the target of many air raids. It was a mandatory requirement for parents to evacuate their young children to the country for safety reasons. Grandpa Sam was one of the ones that had to move, he didn’t see his parents for 4 years. He and four of his six brothers were raised by somebody that they had not previously met.…