Stand My Ground

February 19, 2016 being on Catalina Island for my birthday weekend it was finally time to head back to long beach and get back on the rode to get home shower and get some rest. I had been a very fun experienced but over all going up and down the hills got be so warrant out I needed some rest. When being in line to get on the Catalina Island expresses in was time for my boyfriend and I to find two seats in which we can be seated for the hour long on sea. My boyfriend found two seats next to an…

Stephen King’s The Stand is said to be an extremely lengthy novel about the hardships of mankind and the battles of good and evil. At first sight, while it may seem to be all about how the extremes of good and evil fight and give balance, The Stand goes deeper than that. Stephen King isn’t writing about our extremes, but about how we perceive them. People see the world in extremes: black and white, good and bad, etc., but the vast majority of the things that make up our world fall somewhere…

I look across the table at my best friend. The worry on her face is apparent; I know that she is having second thoughts about this wedding. She has been thinking about Jimmy, and I know she misses him. “Sadie, trust me, you will do great.” I tell her. “There is absolutely nothing to be nervous about.” She runs her fingers through her hair and taps her foot nervously. I walk around the table to stand behind her and fix her now frizzy hair. “You can’t ruin your hair yet. You still have to walk…

Poem Analysis: ‘Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep’ How do people grieve when their loved one has passed? What does it mean when someone says that their spirit will be in their loved one’s heart? The poem “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep” has a melancholy tone that reassures the reader that their loved ones will be with them even after they die, so they have no reason to cry. The poem “ Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep” by Mary Elizabeth Frye uses rhyming, imagery, and metaphors to make the…

Common Ground is a local nonprofit in the Shreveport Bossier area. It serves the Cedar Grove neighborhood, which is a neighborhood that is higher in crime and poverty. Common Ground has been creating relationships for over ten years within this neighborhood. Throughout the years they have created programs that help better serve the people within the neighborhood. Common Ground is a faith based organization that works towards following in the ways of Jesus. History of Common Ground Common…

“They throw the ball I hit it. They hit the ball I catch it.” By Willie Mays.I won’t tell you every crook and cranny of Willie’s life story but I am going to tell you some things that I’ve found are the most interesting about him and his career, for example his parents and his mentors and achievements.You may or may not know who he person is but let me tell you he is a role model for many to-be baseball players and in fact he has even been in the Hall of Fame. He has accomplished many things in…

In order to fulfill the requirements of this paper, I attended a ministry called Common Ground. Common Ground is an after-school mentoring program for underprivileged children in kindergarten through fifth grade that reside here in Waxahachie, Texas. This ministry has volunteers that help the children with their homework, includes a reading program to help the children become better readers and improve their comprehension skills, and allows the volunteers to spend one-on-one time with the…

vary in the observation of noise or sight. Animal activity in whole was to board to run a report over. Instead, there was always an abundance of squirrels in the woods. The factors involved in this experiment were the time of day and the weather. My purpose for the experiment was to determine if Squirrel Activity was greater in the morning compared to the evening. I hypothesized that Squirrel Activity would be greater in the morning at 7 a.m. than in the evening at 7p.m at the Campus Woods.…

racist era. Walter Lee, son of Lena (Mama) Younger, has been given the opportunity to teach his son, Travis, what it is to be a man. Given the moment, Walter finally discovers his own “manhood” and tells the white community where he and the family stand (pg. 151). Lena Younger had just inherited her late husband’s insurance money of ten-thousand dollars. While she would like to save the money for her daughters schooling and a house for the family, Walter Lee had different plans in mind.…

be just described in just a couple of words. When you go to a High School football game in Texas you can see faithful supporters filling the stands which are waving their hands and homemade signs in support of their team. You hear the cheers and screams from the crowd. You can smell the hot dogs, burgers, pizza, pretzels, and popcorn from the concession stands. The marching band playing loud to match the noise and energy of the crowd. This memory could not be possible without the financial…