Rocky

While reading “Fun Home”, I was incredibly surprised when Bechdel reveals her past with obsessive compulsive disorder. Bechdel’s high level of intelligence can easily be seen through this piece, so hearing her talk about the “self-soothing, autistic loop” (139) that was her childhood during this period of time was something I was not expecting. With that being said, with her reveal I found clarity—the way she deals with situations stems back to that loop and her compulsions, and seems to have…

The New Kid at School I was all alone no one knew me and I didn’t know anyone. In the second grade I moved so that meant I needed to go to a new school. This new school I didn’t know anyone so I tried to make friends with my classmates because I was all alone at recess. In my old school everyone had recess at the same time so I always played with my brothers kickball. Then we would go back to our class and do what ever we had to do. So this new school was off to not a valuable start until the…

5 feet but some can grow up to 7 feet long. The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake likes its climate to be hot. This particular animal is usually underground. It is almost in snake holes all day. It likes to be near grassy plants, deserts, forest, rocky hill sides, and areas along the coast. The Rattlesnake is commonly found in Arizona, California, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. This creature has many abiotic and biotic factors. The abiotic factors that it has are dirt, rocks,…

this caused his throat to be damaged permanently. She often takes this long journey to get her grandson’s medicine although she is far in age. Many readers may believe she was mentally ill after reading this short story but this is not the case. The rocky path that she took was full of surprises and suspense. It was later revealed that Phoenix’s worn path was for the need and love for her grandson. Welty gives Phoenix many characteristics…

last years of fur trade who built Fort Buenaventura. In 1839 he married Pomona who is the daughter of the Ute chief Pe-teet-neet. By 1842 Miles and Pomona had two children. They named them William Miles and Mary Eliza. He ranged widely across the Rocky Mountains. He met this one man with the name of James Brown. They both agreed on a price of $1,950 for Fort Buenaventura. He then decided to build an enclosed fort. The fort began in 1845. They wanted it done fast. So, it was completed by…

Today, if you are traveling in Mexico, between the city of Toluca and the town of Ixtapan de la Sal, there is a lovely highway that makes the journey quick and easy. However, years ago, anyone making that journey was forced to travel along a dangerous and winding mountain road. On one side of the narrow road there was steep vertical rock and on the other side there was a sheer drop. One evening, many years ago, a bus departed from Ixtapan de la Sal as usual, making the familiar journey to…

storyline with more drama than what can be found in Biblical text. While the relationship between Xerxes and Esther is stable and even genuine in the Bible, the relationship between them in the film is much more unpredictable. As Esther and Xerxes’s rocky relationship continues to unfold, the audience is drawn into the film. This is because, in American culture today, we tend to thrive on drama. It sets our heat racing to watch two lovers fight with one and and breakup not only to find love and…

GET ALL THREE BOOKS IN THIS SERIES IN ONE EASY-TO-READ BOX SET AND SAVE MONEY BY BUYING THEM COLLECTIVELY! BOOK ONE: SPOOKIEST BATTLEFIELDS reveals momentous battles that shaped American history. It is no wonder with all the violence and bloodshed that these battlefields are among the most haunted places in America. Discover the spooky spirits that haunt these battlefields, such as Old Green Eyes of Chickamauga, The Lady in White, The Phantom Rider of Brandywine, and Shiloh's Drummer Boy.…

The Nobbys lighthouse designed by Alexander Dawson was first lit in 1858 because of the prominent position at the entrance of the port and the crucial use of navigation. Nobbys light is also the third lighthouse constructed in NSW after the Macquarie light in 1818 and in the same year with the Hornby lighthouse. Before the establishment of the present lighthouse (1854), the first beacon was lit on this area (Signal Hill) in 1804 with a range of merely 7 kilometres. Later in 1821, an oil burning…

It seemed that every author we went over they always had something going on. Wither it was drugs or suicide, something interfered with their pursuit of the “American Dream.” After much reading, the stereotypical white picket fence, two kids, a dog, and a stay at home wife became more of a myth than a reality. Specifically, after learning of Earnest Hemingway’s family and their history of suicide diminished the thought of the “American Dream”. Before and after him a total of 7 generations had…