Raised Fist

In each John Steinbeck novel, the protagonists experience a sense of anxiety or intolerable measures of stress that causes them to act in unexpected ways. Stress is shown especially in The Pearl, “Flight”, and The Moon is Down through many of the characters actions and decisions. Through The Pearl, The Moon is Down, and “Flight,” John Steinbeck demonstrates various positive and negative responses to stress. In The Pearl, the main character ,Kino, has many negative responses to stress…

And has been for years and cares not for the ways I remember him, or remember remembering him We didn't question. Or complain. It wouldn’t have occurred to us, and it wouldn’t have helped. I was eight. Julie was ten. We didn’t know yet that this blizzard would earn itself a moniker that would be silk-screened on T-shirts. We would own such a shirt, which extended its tenure in our house as a rag for polishing silver. So I didn’t make up the blizzard, though it sounds made up, the grimmest of…

male friends and when she hang out with any of her female friends her husband became suspicious, controlling, and manipulative. He would blow up her phone with texts and calls, all of which made her extremely cautious and anxious. One day, he raised his fist, threatening to hit her – in response, she called the cops. He told the cops she was being dramatic and made himself out to be the victim. At this point,…

denouncing the systems that subjugate and forward the doctrine of the All Mighty Dollar. Transcending manuscripts and into the realm of rhythm and blues, Scott Heron stands as that figure in the distance. Afro waving from tunes of a ghetto wind, fist raised at the apex of the beat, and his spoken word, almost tangible, ‘layin down the truth’ and setting a trail…

“Shikata ga nai” are words that has occurred in the minds of many Japanese Canadians, “Shikata ga nai” translates to “nothing can be done or helped”. These proverbs are used to define the silence that has consumed the lives of the Japanese Canadians during the prejudice demands of the government during the internment in 1942. In Joy Kogawa’s harrowing novel Obasan, the Canadian government discriminates harshly against the Japanese Canadians during the internment. The Japanese Canadians do not…

I glanced down at the bright red tag fastened to my dress. 42. Thank goodness I was close to last. I gave a silent dorky fist pump. "Of course, make sure you have your 16 measures of song and your 3 minute memorized monologue ready to share," The self-proclaimed choreographer piped in. "And now," the director began, dramatically twirling her arms with flourish…

During the year of 1989, there was a press conference discussing the new travel regulations issued by the government to show an easier way to travel from the West Berlin through the Berlin Wall. Schabowski had received a copy of the regulations and hadn’t read them carefully. One reported asked when East German citizens could begin to take advantage of these new travel rules and a response from Schabowski stated ‘from now.’ In the evening, Reuters incorrectly reported that East German citizens…

When Booker took a step toward him, he anticipated a second attack, and he staggered backward, his fists raised in readiness. But he misjudged his retreat and the backs of his legs collided with his bed, sending him toppling back onto the mattress. Pain flared in his side, but he ignored it and clutching his ribs, he scrambled off the bed and confronted…

The ideological concept of depression is a heavy topic worth a significant amount of conversation due to the rising prevalence in current society. Although thrown around frequently in common conversation, technically “Depression is a medical illness accompanied by symptoms of fatigue, sadness, self-limiting attitude, neglect, disability, guilt, etc” (Singh 3). All of these feelings are commonly shown in dance, evolving along with the evolution of societal standards. The choreography in both…

Jayna had hardly slept in two days, she had intended on resting only until noon, then she, the unicorn and 23 would began the journey to Minos. The sun was low in the sky when Jayna was awakened by a shout, the neighing of the unicorn and the sound of a sword being drawn from its scabbard. She leapt to her feet and drew her own sword. A big human male with a sword squared off against 23, while a short man with his back to her, with broad shoulders and long arms faced off against Corny with a…