Sling Blade

Oh Snap, That was my Wrist, Here's how it Happened… A few years back, I decided I wanted to be cool and have my Birthday party at Rollercade. When I told my mom, she was excited that I wanted to learn how to skate. But then again, nervous because there would be kids who are 10ft taller than me and don’t pay attention. But I guess I’d have to deal with that problem when it occurred. I invited ALL of my friends to come, but on the night of the party, only 4 people actually came, but I guess it was…

coned shaped and usually made out of boar’s tusks and leather. A strip of leather was wrapped around the chin to connect with cheek pieces. Aside from the spear, next in line for the soldier’s weapon was a sword. In Macedonia, a curved iron 17.7-inch blade sword was the favorite. Besides the physical weapons used by the soldiers, they also brought cavalry with them. Most men were on foot, but a there was a section of the men that rode in on horses. This allowed them to crush the other team’s…

in depicting a prettied-up, dainty adaptation of the feeling, the kind that awful artists expound on, and whose awful verse Romeo peruses while pining for Rosaline. Love in Romeo and Juliet is a ruthless, effective feeling that catches people and slings them against their world, and, now and again, against…

into her hands and willed them to stop shaking. She bent close to the man, reaching out to touch his shoulder. He let out a pained grunt. Before Taliyah could pull back, there was a quick breeze and a metallic flash. The sharp, cold edge of the man’s blade pressed at her throat. “Not yet time to die,” he said in a broken whisper. He coughed, and his eyes rolled back in his head. The sword dipped to the snow, but the man did not release the weapon. The first snowflake flitted past Taliyah’s…

Hi-Yo, Silver! Away! or Not? The sounds of multiple cap guns echo from the back yard, coupled with loud children’s voices screaming back and forth towards one another. Suddenly there is silence; you can only hear one child’s voice as he yells at the top of his lungs, “Hi-Yo, Silver! Away! For a lot of parents, this is a typical afternoon play session for the neighborhood kids, as they’re acting out scenes from the famous western T.V. series, “The Lone Ranger”. But for other parents,…

“To be, or not to be; that is the question”. Shakespeare is asking in these 6 words a question that man has pondered for centuries. Is life worth living? Is life worth the pain, suffering, and hardships that come with it? Is facing the slings and arrows of life worth it, or is it better for a person to sleep the sleep of death and never endure the pain, suffering, and hardships that this world throws towards us. The curious story of William Shakespeare begins with his birth which for some reason…

Courage, the ability to do something that frightens you. The strength to ignore your fear and move on. The power to ignore what others say and to ignore common sense just to hurl yourself into the unknown and smile as you fall. Courage is the force that lets empires rise and allows axes to fall. The force that lets the hero save the world, or lets the villain watch it burn and breath in it’s ashes. Courage is a beautiful tool that can change everything in a split second. It is also an incredibly…

A Close Reading of a Passage in William Shakespeare's “Hamlet” “To be, or not to be: that is the question,” (3.1.1) is said by Hamlet at the beginning of his soliloquy, and it has become a well known phrase since Shakespeare's time. Even though the phrase is infamous, the meaning behind it isn’t always fully interpreted or considered. The phrase can be known as a representation of the Hamlet play itself, but the phrase is actually the words of someone whom is truly depressed and questioning…

forward and away from your body up and over your head. It also enables us to perform movements like throwing and catching a ball. The rotator cuff is a group of tendons and muscles in the shoulder, connecting the upper arm (humerus) to the shoulder blade (scapula). But in order for our rotator cuff to perform these tasks and movements, there are four muscles that must work together to achieve this. The muscles the rotator cuff consists of is the supraspinatus muscle, infrapinatus muscle, teres…

ultures Children’s role play in pretend and make-believe situations is often referred to as a socio-dramatic play (Bragg, Kehily 61). It is a reflection of the social values and the cultural environment they live in. Although it varies in different cultures, and changes over time as society develops, it is a universal children’s culture through which children make sense of the adult world and develop their social identities. How children play is directly affected by how play is valued socially…