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need this,” Aiden grumbled, tossing Luke an oxygen tank. “If you don't want to die that is.” Lucas attached the oxygen tank against his suit and stepped on the platform. Aiden got into his suit and pulled the lever next to him. The platform under him shook. The platform under them gradually rose, as the roof above it opened. Aiden pulls the lever again. The platform below them locks into place, as Lucas and the rest of the team carefully stepped off the platform, landing on the rocky surface…

If someone handed you a book of your life, would you read it to the end? This is a cliche we hear a lot nowadays. On Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Some people hear this quote and think about the future chapters. Your first marriage. The birth of your children. The death of your parents. But what about the first few chapters? The chapters that shaped you. That taught you to react the way you did in the end. Would you want to read them. Relive all your failures and embarrassing moments again, or…

Tangerine is a book written by Edward Bloor. The characters have many choices to make, which each have a very strong impact on one another. In this book, Paul meets many different people, some being nice to him and some being rather mean. Paul is almost completely blind, and has to wear goggles in order to see. He decides to be on a soccer team at his school, Lake Windsor Middle. He than has to move to Tangerine middle school and join a different soccer team. His many experiences in this book…

that the bright star appeared to be among the fixed stars, beyond the moon. The intellectual community, which followed Aristotelian doctrine, believed that no star was supposed to be there, so this find was an unsettling discovery. This information shook confidence in the “immutable laws of antiquity and suggested that the chaos and imperfections of Earth were reflected in the heavens” (Britannica). With help from Denmark’s King Frederick II, Brahe established a large observatory on the island…

continue to be the backbone of civilization while those who are privileged take what they have for granted. One of the focal points of the movie is the importance of family and how that allows one to go on and have a purpose in life. The Great Depression shook the fabric of what American family is and what it means to care for each…

This is a summary of many ways on how people were tortured during the time period of 1800-1914. The story creates a fascinating account of the use of torture throughout history which is openly a crime against humanity. The practice of torture was legal for at least 3,000 years, and formed a part of most legal codes in Europe and the Far East. In The History of Torture the complete story of torture is told, from its earliest uses right through to the present day. The book I read explains the…

Junipers maroon plastic pod glimmered in the afternoon light as the ferris wheel began its climb to the top. Juniper -- a 13 year old from Boston -- had chosen to come on this cruise to get a view of the city, as her parents stayed at the bottom. Her family had come to Seattle on Summer vacation to try to escape the constant dysphoria of everyday life, so far this venture had the opposite effect. From the ferris wheel Juniper started noticing black vans scattered through the city. Even…

My breathing slowed down as I ran through the door of ‘Misty’s Salon’. All eyes turned to the door at the jingling of the bells, causing me to push my fingers through my frizzy hair. I began walking down the aisle until I reached my chair. I dropped my bags beside the chair my customer was sitting in and slid on my plastic gloves. “KeKe,” my friend, Camry, said from the customer seat as I began separating her hair. “You’re late again!” Camry Milton, my best friend since junior high. She’s had…

routes doe to exposure to the cold and damp. This prevents the needed blood and oxygen from reaching the foot. Shell shock was another condition that sent people from the front lines. It was from the stress of war and the constant loud noises that shook the battle field. To top of all the problems, there was a lack of medical staff and…

Shakespeare’s use of metonomy imagery distinctly presents Antony as a two faced man with his own hidden agenda and his own silent intentions. Earlier on, Antony shook hands with Caesar’s killers and declared a new loyalty to them, all the while formulating a plot on how he could avenge Caesar’s death. This is easily noticed because only when all the conspirators have left does he begin to speak of the things that must be done. One of which applies to the conspirators when he wants “woe to the…