Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Literary analysis of “No Country for Old Men” : Is Greed Worth it? In No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy’s book explains the problem of greed; all through the book we mainly follow main character Llewellyn Moss. Who finds himself in a pretty scary place. He found a bag filled with millions of dollars of drug money and many people are hunting for him, to collect that money. He is running for his life for a great deal of the book. All of which is because Llewellyn loved the power of money.…

Mars Borges Literacy narrative My first comic I fell in love with was Baby Mouse— a sassy elementary schooler going through the ups and downs of early public education. She was funny, the stories were fun, but more importantly, I loved the look of the books. Every comic had a limited color palette of black, white, and pink, which I found to be the coolest thing. The speech bubbles were distinguished, the text had a unique font, the art was cute— sometimes I didn’t even need to read it, just…

Americans that have made a new image for themselves and those are the ones that are not calling other people racist because they know if they work hard enough for it then they can get it and not blame other people. This whole racism thing will never end tell African Americans let go of it. African Americans are the only ones that are dragging it out and keep bringing it up. The American society is trying to move on from this whole thing trying to think of everybody being equal because that is…

Robert Garland opens The Greek Way of Death by noting to readers that the way humans today hold death rituals might one day be found and considered very odd. Garland then reminds us that our feelings about death largely remains the same. In drawing this tie between the two civilizations, readers are reminded that while these Greek practices might seem weird, they were very real and important to the Ancient Greeks. In The Greek Way of Death, Robert Garland discusses death starting with an…

I was just going on a plane to Albuquerque, New Mexico and I didn’t know what laid ahead of me. My father, was part of the United Air Force so I had to move around a lot with him. I was just a shy fourteen-year-old with a wide nose, high cheekbones, and a thin and frail body. I never really thought about going into the army as it really never matched my shy and kind personality. The middle school that I went to in Afghanistan was a small hut where children sat down on the floor and learned…

in total control of the situation. The meaning of duelling when in older times men killed to defend their pride, has become in today’s world simply a fist fight, and in many cases just for the sake of money. At the beginning of the film Marcellus tells Butch that “pride is nothing compared to money,” yet he forgets about this belief of his when he lets Butch leave with the money earned from his betrayal so long as he keeps his mouth shut about the rape and safeguard his manhood. With regards to…

sounding story, I don't know what to tell you. This is an authentic story, the story of me. Yes, it might be sad at times, but this all really happened. My life has been pretty hectic thus far, I hate being a teenager. It was better when I was just starting off, a fledgling of sorts. My childhood self. I have to tell somebody about my life, otherwise I might forget some ultra-important detail. I probably should have started this sooner, but here we are, here, and now. This is the story of Jannet…

In today’s day and age, it seems that everything is revolved around social media. From posting about your day to uploading a video of you graduating, social media has taken on the role of being part of your everyday lives. Social media has so many great aspects that make living without it feel like we are in the Stone Age. One of the greatest aspects is the ability to interact with anyone anywhere. With social media, you have the ability to catch up on events or communicate with friends from…

already strong army, and, together, they take down the American president. To finalize, they make the Democrat party illegal and close down every liberal media in the US, throwing in jail anyone who openly spoke out against the government. The crazy story actually happened, not very long ago, in Brazil - a country that was living the most progressive moment of its history up until that moment. The military took over the Brazilian government in 1964, and with the conservative regime came…

had agreed to go to bed with King Arthur months ago and carry his child, to ensure she had enough resources to care for Wallace comfortably until he came of age. But that was not the sole reason why Drea accepted acting as a surrogate – hearing the story of how broken and bereft Queen Guinevere was over the fact she could not conceive touched Drea. It moved Drea to want to help, but she was also motivated for other reasons, one of which was to open her heart again in small ways. She found the…