Pumpkin

Franklin D. Roosevelt was once quoted saying, “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds”. Within this world of endless possibilities, nothing is certain but the unforeseen. Every person is given the extraordinary power to compose their course of existence, presuming that the individual can summon up the courage to challenge one’s fate. In Arthur Golden’s novel Memoirs of a Geisha, Sayuri Nitta recalls her experiences throughout her journey of becoming a geisha. Sayuri…

The scent of autumn floats around the kitchen as I set up the centerpiece for this year’s thanksgiving feast: the cornucopia. Sticks weaving perfectly together to hold items ranging from fruits to decorative beads, all collectively representing the culture and community surrounding me. The apples, red and green, add natural enjoyment to my life like my little brothers, Ryan and Carsen. While they act the same, they are unique in every other way possible. I always look forward to seeing Carsen…

connected with. It shows how Rat betrayed Cat by pushing her so he could win the race despite saying they’d win together. In How Cats and Mice Became Enemies it shows how Cat and Rat needed to cross a river so they used a pumpkin. In this story Rat betrays Cat again by chewing the pumpkin boat until it has a hole and starts leaking, it sinks and Cat falls in the water. This essay will show the similarities and differences of the stories Cat and Rat: Legend of the Chinese Zodiac and How Cats and…

Have you ever read the Mouse and Cat and the Rat and Cat? In this essay, you will have a good understanding about them. Both stories started a long time ago, and the theme is don’t be selfish or mean to a friend, and not expect a consequence. Cat and Rat and Cat and Mouse are similar and different stories with the same alternative. This essay will compare the similarities and differences between How Cats and Mice became enemies and Cat and Rat the Legend of the Chinese Zodiac. First, this essay…

The Cold War was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1947 to 1991. While there were no direct military operations or battles between the two, billions of dollars were used to fund the war and millions of lives were lost. Following WWII, the United States was attempting to prevent the spread of the USSR’s Communist power in Africa, Asia, and the rest of Europe. Americans viewed communism as a threat to democratic freedom. Diverse theaters such as Korea,…

People cant decide if Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie.Some think its Halloween others think it Christmas.I think that it is a Halloween movie because the character are more Halloween then Christmas. First reason I think its a Halloween movie.It has a lot of halloween characters in the movie Nightmare Before Christmas.Its more Halloween then Christmas because its all halloween in it even in the parts of Christmas the toys attack the kids and are scary.The reindeer…

The story of haunted houses goes back to the 1800´s, now people are highly familiar with haunted houses. After reading the three articles The History of Haunted Houses , ¨ Itś just not Halloween without a haunted house¨ , and ¨One-Third of Americans Believe Dearly May Not Have Departed ¨ it has showed why haunted houses are popular. Haunted houses are popular in society today because people like being scared and making money. For example, in the essay The History of Haunted Houses it explains…

The Night of Halloween Smudging on the last of the oily paint to her face, she slipped on her vibrant orange pumpkin costume and placed the viney green on her head. As she collected her pail that she would place her candy in. She ran down the grainy wood steps and yelled for her mom. Her mom soon appeared by the stairwell and opened the cold doorknob and let her out the door. When her feet hit the grey hard pavement she was disoriented as she was walking. She soon found a house in the…

stage show during the 2 ½-hour ride. There are a few seasonal stories later this fall and winter that will be featured on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, as well, including a Halloween-themed one called “Peanuts Pumpkin Patch Express” (http://www.gsmr.com/events/peanuts-great-pumpkin-patch-express#.V5qFLq7TS8q) and the “Polar Express Train Ride” (http://www.gsmr.com/events/polar-express#.V5qE067TS8p).…

not specific. I did not expect students to be able to correctly identify a vein in a leaf because they have never needed to know what a vein is or what it does. I did expect students to know seeds are in a pumpkin but did not expect students to identify and know that seeds and pulp are in a pumpkin. While I did expect students to access their prior knowledge to answer the stages of the life cycle, I did expect most students would not be able to match all six stages correctly. Even though I had…