Silent Running

My heartbeat ran like a cheetah sprinting to seize prey. “My chin,” I thought.”What happened to it!?” That is when I realized that I hurt myself seriously. It was a scorching day, in the summer of 2013; yet, my brothers, Richard and Markel, and I decided to play outside. We put on our shoes and headed to our front yard. We went straight to basketball and in a few minutes, we were already sweating. Later, our neighbors, Kaito and Leo, appeared from their garage to join us. While our parents…

2020 Olympics Boom! “Run”, John said when the bomb hit their military base. John was in horrible pain when he lost his legs. Coming out of the military he knew it would be hard for him.John has been in the military for five years. Growing up with two sisters, he didn't have much of an option than playing volleyball. John has always enjoyed watching the men’s volleyball team. One day, his family decided to send in a video of him playing volleyball. The following week after that he got a…

minutes running and one minute walking opposed to seven minutes running and one minute walking. I decided the ten and one method the day of the run, I stuck with it and pushed through. Eventually I understood how to breath when running and how to run distances. One of the first runs our class did back in September in the ravine I felt disgusting afterwards. It was a hot day, I was running at the back of the line, I had cramps and I just wanted to take a nap. Feeling sweaty and sore, running up…

race was nothing short of miserable. It was raining, and about fifty degrees with high wind speeds. There was nowhere to take shelter or stay warm in the couple of hours leading up to the race, leaving me too cold to move around and warm up before running. It was finally time…

course we were running was a like the shape of a pretzel were we started at the finish line and had to fun in a big figure eight . We had to run the course twice in order to complete the 10k and we had to run up some hills and run alongside with a lake. The first 10 minutes I felt like I was going to beat the course in an hour, but…

Every step strained my burning muscles. I gulped for breath but received no air. Sweat dripped into my eyes. I felt no pain; I couldn't feel anything. I could hear cheering audiences drift as I passed. Mud clung onto my legs as if the substance took the role as a leech. I ignored gravity and lunged forward. All while the only thought I could form was why am I doing this? I started cross-country in September. My parents insisted I do a fall sport, and cross-country seemed the perfect sport for…

Rather than wading your way into a story, like most films do, Talk to Her dives right in, plunging you deep before you resurface with any idea of what the film entails. In the opening scene, a red curtain is drawn on two women performing on stage, running between chairs blindly. The scene is nothing short of odd, no characters are identified, neither is a plot. However, this is only the beginning. The film plays a ballgame with your emotions, rendering you forced to think about the complexity of…

Among the numerous great silent film directors, the three that are commonly mentioned surrounding that discussion are Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin. Having seen a greater amount of Charlie Chaplin’s wonderful work than the others, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd most certainly still got my consideration. In spite of every one of the three delivering awesome pieces of visual artwork, they shared some comparable attributes, but they each had unique differences which contributed…

ensues. The sequence has the drama and action of warfare with comedic pieces added in. One of the running gags throughout this sequence is that Johnny Gray can’t use his sword correctly. At one point, he brazenly unsheathes his sword, only to have the blade fly out and kill the hidden snipper who was killing of the cannon men. This scene also includes one of the most extraordinary stunts ever seen in a silent film: the Northern train going over a burning bridge that collapses as the train is…

The Key to Survival In the novel, Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler, the powerful perk of being educated is constantly demonstrated as the story progresses. Not only does it allow you to know what to do, eat, build, drink, and collect, but it also allows one who has general knowledge to be protected as a valuable asset for those who are curious and need educated guidance. Butler makes this very evident in the case of Keith. Due to his knowledge of reading and writing, he is let alone at…