Nightstand

carousel horses hanging on the pastel-pink walls. She sighed in relief, taking in that everything was just a dream, and she was back safely in her room. Mikan got out of her bed, sinking her bare feet in the fluffy pink rug, and walked to her nightstand. She gingerly picked up her delicate jewelry box, and when she opened it, a tiny princess and prince were…

Discrepancy in a household can affect one’s feeling of accord, especially between a parent and child, where a child can feel belittled by lack of control, and the guardian could feel misunderstood. In the passages from Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the narrators have points of view contradictory to that of their parents. The conflict spawns tension between characters, and makes the tone of the story strenuous and constricted. In the excerpt from Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the divergence…

He loved books, he could never have had enough of them. I knew it was the best thing I could have gotten him. But he didn’t open it and inspect it as I thought he would. Instead he sat it aside, picking up a small jewelry box from his nightstand. He handed it to me, smiling. I think I knew what it was before I opened it, and I know that I loved it before I opened it. I loved everything Jamie gave me. I opened the box slowly, the light from our lamp reflecting off of the gold of the…

“I’d like to order the mozzarella sticks and that’s all. You can bring them out for my meal,” I told the waitress as I slid my menu to her. After the waitress walked away, she soon returned with our drinks. I sipped my sangria slowly as Mark opened up to me. He was twenty-nine and had been in the military for the past ten years. He got out of the army three months ago and started working at the grocery store. When Mark was in high school, he used to work at the store and transitioned back into…

Disagreeing with someone because you share different view points from them is a very common thing. Have you ever done that with your parents? In the passages from Confetti Girl and Toritilla Sun, the narrators have points of view different from those of their parents. These differences in opinion and point of view create tension in both stories. This develops a conflict in both stories as well. In the passage from Confetti Girl, the narrator's opinion that her father may say that she's important…

She looked around the room with curiosity present in her eyes. Everything in the room was floating. She looked left and found a young, blonde woman in a coral dress standing next to a man who looked to be the same age. Her eyes started to close, desperately wanting to go back to sleep, but she couldn’t shake the thought of the strange people in her living room. Suddenly, her body jolted upward and she took a big gasp of air, as if she was drowning in a swimming pool. The strange man reached down…

It was a cold evening that Saturday. The chill of the wind stung my face when I walked outside. There was a snowstorm moving in. Since the following day was busy with driving to Kansas City and the going to the NFL Kansas City Chiefs vs. Indianapolis Colts game, my boyfriend, Justin, and I decided to take the evening to relax. We made the decision to eat pizza and binge watch American Horror Story on Netflix. Nevertheless, we had to idle away the time before the pizza arrived and decided to go…

shelves can be used in many ways; for example, they can: Display framed photos Create a color-unified collection Hold vases or a candle arrangement Hang in a stacked group for organized storage Be placed over a work area to clear clutter Replace nightstands in a small bedroom Regardless of how you use a floating wall shelf, keep the display items organized, to a minimum…

Robin chooses to fight to get himself back as Josie hides who she really is to be with the people that want to be with her fake self. “..rummaged Underneath the nightstand for a ziploc sandwich bag... Inside was a stash of ambien-pirated one pill all time for her mother.. It was like a back-up plan; when the truth came out” (Picoult 9-10). Josie chooses to hide her pain by taking pills. Although, Robin chooses to…

pennies in your pocket while you’re shopping or just walking around can be useless and tiresome. They are heavy, noisy, and you need 100 pennies to make one dollar when you could carry around one dollar bills. Throwing pennies onto your dresser, nightstand, or even a jar consumes space for extra storage. Eliminating the penny reduces clutter caused by loose coins. By eliminating the penny it will not only save space, but it will also have no effect on the…