Shut Out

giant building we ask Og where the food is. “Right down the hall and the last door on your right. I have a food court with just about anything you would want to eat.” As soon as we walked into the food court, the aroma of tons of different foods filled out noses. It was the best thing id ever smelt. There were tons of different choices. We chose the Chinese restaurant towards the front because we did not feel like walking down the…

Anyone with common sense knows that telling your wife or any other women to shut up is unacceptable behavior, but on page 6, Shirley Jackson writes "'Shut up, Tessie,' Bill Hutchinson said" (6). Usually, telling your wife to do anything along the lines of "shut up" would be unacceptable behavior. Even if Bill did not see anything wrong with what he said, someone would usually speak out against Bill and tell him that he should not talk to his wife or any woman like that. Instead…

Nobody moved, they knew there was a mad man with a sniper rifle roaming the camp, we kept our eyes peeled. 'Bang!' I looked over, and a prisoner fell to his knees, he got shot in the lungs, he was gasping for air, trying to scream, but nothing came out. He sat there with his mouth open, trying to scream, as blood flooded his shirt and chest. Eventually, he fell face forward, and he was dead. Now with 48 people, work was getting harder than it already was. We were sent to our cabins for the…

Almost everyone experiences a time in their life when they are certain they are correct and that everyone else is wrong. In William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies, a story about a group of young boys who are stranded on an island, the concept of one sidedness and disagreement between competing groups and people is illustrated multiple times. Through the use of symbolism, setting, and characterization, this book, Lord of the Flies, demonstrates that hunger for power can drive humanity to be…

he always got out, usually ensuring an encounter with her. "Pasta come inside and get washed up for dinner" His grandma yelled out. He always hated that name. It's like his parents wanted him to get picked on. He got them to call him Pas instead. "I saw you on your way back from Mrs. Patterson's house, did Pete get out again?" she asked. " Yeah I got him though" He said slowly continuing the daily conversation. "We should really get the door fixed or a way to stop him slipping out." said Pas…

just as harmful as having a kilogram of metal thrown suddenly at you - if not worse. I mean - who would care about a kilogram of feathers, anyways? It’s just such a small problem, you’re overreacting, they did nothing wrong, it doesn’t matter just shut…

concerned you were going to pass out. But, you insisted that you were okay, just tired. I thought to myself “No wonder, you haven’t shut up for the past two hours”. The stewardess gave you a beverage to help calm you down. I leaned back in my seat and knew I only had a few more minutes until we would be at our gate. Then the strangest thing happened, you kind of stared at me as we were landing. Since I had the window seat, I could not figure out if you were looking out the window to try and…

Mrs. Whitelaw’s CEP class is the class I looked forward to observing in the most. She and her two TA’s made me feel the most welcomed by greeting me every time I observed in their classrooms (none of the others made me feel unwelcomed). I believe that the welcoming also came from the classroom environment that Mrs. Whitelaw provided her students. The class was covered in the students’ school work and achievements. The classroom also provided escapes to any of the students that needed alone time…

I promise I won't." She apologizes profusely as I exit, but her words find empty ears. I make my way out of the front door, mind running wild with thoughts. Maybe she didn't mean it; she wouldn't go back to him. Would she? I pause in the driveway, trying to shuffle my feet forward but making no progress. I know that if I don't leave now there will be more:…

My mom calls me “manic” too. I lash out at people, I’ll start swearing unintentionally, I’ve actually thrown objects at people or at the floors or walls. One day when I came home from school my mom asked me how my day was and I told her to shut up. Actually, that’s happened way more than one time, with various rude responses. I have no filter whatsoever. I’ve noticed that I’m like this the…