Road safety

He slowly approached the road that seemed to stretch forever to the north and bent east after about a mile on the southern bound lane. He looked up at the power lines and followed them as far back as his eyes permitted. Squinting through the slight fog he could see the faint outline of the highland that he had been upon. He looked back at the sun-bleached, rotting road and sighed. Although he lived disconnected from society, he felt as if he connected to something else. He later realized that on…

Progression of the Plot Through Conflict in The Road In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the pervasive and inescapable threats present within the protagonist’s environment establishes an external conflict – man versus nature – and further contributes to the overall plot of surviving the eradication of species and most civilization through emphasizing the loss of accustomed conveniences. The unnamed man and his son face various challenges; primarily starvation, retaining warmth, irregular weather,…

It ranged from the 1950’s to the 1990’s with a few newer builds scattered around the outskirts on larger parcels of land. Most homes were traditional frame houses, but on some of the dirt roads with dead ends, trailers could be found in varying states of disrepair. Surprisingly, Roan Mountain has a medical center with basic health care services and EMT support, a pharmacy, volunteer firefighting, and an animal hospital. I suppose if it…

the Yushu area. However, during our tree-hugging mission, we were also able to observe the local culture and lifestyle, and somewhere along the line, the strangers I explored Yushu with became my friends. The vehicle encountered every bump in the road as we drove into the mountains. I was half asleep, having woken up at five in the morning during summer vacation, and was battling the low pressure and oxygen levels. A monstrous force was building between my eyes, and my resting heart rate was a…

On a cursory reading of Robert Frost’s 1915 poem, “The Road Not Taken,” Frost appears to be thinking that about the life choices pending a decision regarding which road to talk. Though this poem is known to be written by Frost in one of his vacant moods, the frame of mind of Frost is difficult to measure. Frost was right in analyzing his inner world when he wrote, “I’m never more serious than when joking” (Robinson, 2016). As such, literary critic and scholar David Orr (2016) is right when he…

Beyond the Silver Lining Lehigh University: a private, relatively small school, rich in tradition and ancestry. While walking on campus, there is a strong sense of community and unity. Every student, both undergraduate and graduate, is here to improve their education and experience all that Lehigh has to offer. While nearly all Lehigh students would agree to those facts, I would also coincide by saying Lehigh is an institution like no other. However, with all of these positive reflections,…

On the inside of the bed, next to the wall, he could feel with his hands, the comfortable piece of lead pipe. Outside the world was still except for the weeds that swayed with the frosty breeze and the occasional howl of victory from a wolf who got his prey. In the stillness of the frigid night, behind twisted, pale trees, a dark silhouette emerged from the shadows. He passed under jagged crystals while his breaths, for a moment, hung suspended in front of him before they disappeared. The snow…

trip, you need to do some serious planning, especially where your safety is concerned. Knowing what issues you could encounter ahead of time allows you to plan for them before they happen. If they don’t come to pass, great! You get a great adventure. If they do, then at least you know you’re not going to panic: You’ve already got a plan in place. You only need to implement it. Here are some tips for planning your vacation with safety in mind. Plan for Accidents No one…

the car we couldn’t even see. The car began to make weird noises and slowed to a stop, making everyone very uneasy and worried. We were already stuck in the storm, and it was bad enough to drive through, and now we were broken down on the side of the road during the storm, with no clue as to why we were broken down. My grandparents and two of my cousins got out of the car to check and see what had happened and why the car stopped. After looking around, and checking everything, they noticed that…

Imagine yourself, biking through flat, green farmland, with windmills scattered along the canals. The sun is shining, the wind is blowing and you see cows, eating the grass in the fields. The smell of cow is real and sometimes a little strong. This is where I found myself in August of 2015, when my family and I were on a vacation in Europe. My dad really wanted to bike through Holland, so here we were, panniers on the back of our bikes, on day two of biking from The Hague to Utrecht, a distance…