Popping

After the Roman Empire fell, Medieval Europe deteriorated into no-man’s land, full of criminals, barbarism, and danger at every turn. This period of time, from 400-1400 AD was originally called the Dark Ages but is now more commonly known as the Middle Ages. Unexpectedly, after Europe improved a little more than half a century later, it’s still referred to as the Dark Ages. Historians now understand that not all of the Middle Ages were a dark age. Even though it no longer met the criteria to be…

As Mr. Malo was dodging and jumping over household furniture trying to follow his kids, he heard a popping noise from his ankle, and fell to the ground in pain, his foot bent at an unnatural angle. He started crawling toward the front door at a painful pace, and he was almost at the door when he saw a worm five feet from his feet and getting closer every…

In the beginning of A Visit With the Folks, Russell Baker’s outlook on life seems somewhat grim. While he shows some enthusiasm for the memories he holds of his family, his tale starts off with a subconscious cloud of gloom and grief. He seems stressed, but also looks forward to reminiscing about his family for relaxation. By the end of his visit, he has a refreshed perspective on life. The story begins with his arrival at an old church, on a quest to visit the graves of his deceased family. He…

When one hears the word “hero,” one imagines a superhero swooping in to save a damsel in distress. Even though those heroes do not exist, thousands of heroic men and women risk their lives every day while protecting their country. Soldiers are loyal and dedicate themselves to their nation, but they bear the deepest scars of war. Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried both give their readers a renewed perspective on the Great War and Vietnam War through…

were hired and schools grew, but the traditional system stayed in place with long summers off to accommodate farms and other jobs students needed to support their families. But in recent industrialized societies, non traditional school systems are popping up all over the world. In schools and communities across America, non traditional school schedules have been debated and tested in the last two decades. These schedules include but are not limited to block scheduling and year long schedule.…

Throughout the poem What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl (for Those of You Who Aren’t) by Patricia Smith, the theme is oppression. By the speaker changing her appearance, and learning to do things to appease society, the speaker is giving in to her own oppression, while telling the audience what it is rarely spoken about. The poet used tone and imagery to help get the theme of oppression across to the audience. In today’s society, and the society of the early 1990’s, when this poem was written,…

Music can grasp a strong bond between people and events. The influence of music in the 1930s was overwhelmingly impactful. With new genres coming in, new clubs opening, and new singers emerging, the 1930s was an uplifting time. People were shaping up their lives, and recovering from the horrid “Great Depression.” Music held a strong relationship with people as they were doing so, and helped them live everyday without sadness or sorrow. The jazz age was ending, but the music was still maturing.…

trying to escape” (p.230). Through the narrator’s perspective drugs were not effortless to diminish when coming up in Harlem. “yet it had happened and here I was, talking about algebra to a lot of boys who might, every one of them for all I knew, be popping off needles every…

colonies started around 1607 with Jamestown the most famous of them and Plymouth colony. Many other ones also started. However, there weren’t just English colonizing the east coast, French, Dutch, Irish, Scottish, and even Swedish colonies started popping up. Eventually the British controlled most of current east coast on United States land. They had a prosperous start. However, the colonist started expressing the need for freedom especially after the French-Indian War,…

As I have mentioned in my previous posts, I have atrophic scars – some rolling scars on my left cheek and more box scars while on my right, few box scars and more ice pick scars. I guess I’m just lucky to have them all on my face. :/ Three weeks ago, I decided to have Fraxel done. Right after the procedure, I felt that the pits were really raised to the surface but I was not sure as it could be just the effect of having a swollen face. Truly, it was. After the scabs fell off completely (on day…