Skunk

As I stand at the eye of the factory, dark smog engulfs my lungs, leaving me struggling for breath. Gazing out through the grimy bars of the window toward the sky, I'm blinded by the evil haze, rendering me sightless to see the love of my life. The horrible smoke grasps onto my limbs like desperate ghostly hands as I sway, leaving shadows etched onto my skin. I've never liked this job; I've never liked this place. It’s a relentless, soul-crushing cycle. Damn you, black fog, why must you leave me…

music to my ears. The next day, as I arrived at the pool for open swim, I decided to add more cicadas to the container. As I walked onto the pool deck with the large bottle in my hands, I unscrewed it, but as soon as I caught a wiff of the terrible skunk spray stench, I couldn’t put it back on fast enough. Foul odors oozed off the bottle as I held it straight out in front of me. “I’ll be right back!” I scream to the other staff members as I busted through them, taking the most direct route to…

But at that night, a skunk goes in to his tent. When he screamed, it made real bad smell. He could not see anything and could not do anything. When morning came, he made some spears, and sharp things that can hunt animals. However, a big tornado came and made everything wrong…

Just about everyone had been in a situation that should have had a negative outcome, but somehow a miracle happened and one walked away with a clean slate. Some may call it fate, but others may call it destiny. These circumstances happen every day in one’s life. Naiburg stated about fate that, “We might call it chance or an emergent property of the field” (446). She also stated how destiny is “accepting all that we are and acknowledging all we have experienced, however shameful” (Naiburg 447).…

When I was younger, my friend Nathalie and I always played living in the wilderness. We were two orphans running away from the police and the nasty warden of the orphanage. The forest near our school and the fields next to my parent's house were our home. Alone in the wilderness we had to survive on our own; find food, build a bivouac and make a fire. To get the needed knowledge we just had to read up on it in my scouting manual. Brian, the protagonist in Gary Paulsen's novel “Hatchet” written…

When people think of the most dangerous creature lurking the ocean depths they think of sharks. More specifically, they think of the largest predatory shark and most well-known species, the great white. The great white shark has grown a reputation as the deadliest and most fearsome creature to ever swim in the ocean. These beliefs have come about mostly due to Hollywood’s overexposure of the predatory fish as a deadly, human devouring monster. Although the great white may not be exactly exempt…

Before we go into the different uses of Cannabis Sativa, one must be acquainted with the plant itself. There are so many street names it’s hard to keep track but just to name a few: The devil’s lettuce, mary jane, doobie, reefer, ganja, flower, and skunk. Cannabis Sativa is a dioecious plant which, for all of you non-plant experts, means that it produces a male plant and a female plant (Strumolo). In an ideal environment, Cannabis can…

Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiography about life of Anne Moody and her struggles with growing up black in Mississippi. As a child, Moody could never comprehend the lack of fairness among blacks and whites. As she grew older she expected to understand and find out why races were unequal. However, when she never found the answers to those questions, she felt a great deal of frustration. Moody wanted equality for African Americans and she wanted to join the cause to support them. She…

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Describe a setting in which you have collaborated or interacted with people whose experiences and/or beliefs differ from yours. Address your initial feelings, and how those feelings were or were not changed by this experience. A couple summers ago my family and I took a vacation to our home country: The Philippines. The Philippines is a country in the Pacific Ocean filled with wild beasts, tropical climates, exotic food choices, and unbelievable tourist’s spots. My adventures in the Philippines…