Staring

Cleo and the Leopard Cleo and the Leopard lived in the same neighborhood, sometimes even in the same tree, but never at the same time, because they were not friends. But they understood each other’s speech and sometimes spoke to each other. As a baboon, Cleo spoke more than the Leopard. Words came to her readily because she was always talking with the other baboons. The Leopard was usually silent. When the Leopard tried to sneak up on some tasty little mongoose under Cleo’s tree, she and…

percent of U.S. homes had no less than one TV, and those sets were on for a normal of over seven hours a day. The run of the mill American spends (contingent upon the overview and the season of year) from more than two to right around five hours a day staring at the TV. It is huge not just that this time is being gone through with TV however that it is not being spent taking part in different exercises, for example, perusing or going out or mingling. Electronic TV was first effectively…

problems and how he could meet other people with the same health issues if he went to public school. So, Auggie enters fifth grade which is considered as middle school at Beecher Prep in Manhattan. In the beginning, Auggie fears the image of many people staring at him. But his mother tried to make him less fear…

school day consists of for many students in our current school system. The vast majority of students simply don’t enjoy school, this is reflected in their grades, behavior, and attitudes. Some students even dread school, spending every minute of class staring at the clock just waiting for the bell to ring. This happens for students of all ages, elementary to college. Over the summer I I ran into one of my former students, Anderson, while I was at work. I asked him if he was excited to start…

In Avi’s Crispin, Asta’s son, Crispin, is “mistakenly” charged, with burglary and the murder of a priest. After the death of his mother, the steward of the manor proclaims him a wolf head, where anyone may take his life without punishment. Crispin escapes his village, Stromford in a perilous adventure to explore liberty. On his jeopardous journey, he is hunted down by his foes, who are destined to take his life. He encounters a juggler called Bear, who greatly impacts his life for the better.…

Suffering: The Odyssey of Humans Suffering is an intimate part of mortality; something that adds to the human experience and something the gods cannot understand. It is something that pushes humans to be better. The realization that mortal life is short can make it more meaningful and can make one understand what is truly important. Through Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus demonstrates that virtue can be acquired through tribulation and that sometimes one must endure to gain what is…

Bimba I hopelessly sit on the chalky sidewalk alone, isolated from the roar of street cars and buses intrusively honking their obnoxious horns. My thoughts surround me as I wait for someone to make a simple gesture and toss a small bill in my decrepit Tim Hortons’ coffee cup. The petite awning of the Korean restaurant I sit my back against, along with my cup and two nickels, is all I have. Ever since I lost my job, I cannot bear to see the face of a human, especially my own. Listening to the…

Connor. “Y-y-you d-d-don’t think. . .?” She stutters. Connor, finally speaking, “Maybe.” Jonas, more concerned with filling his belly, doesn’t notice anything strange going on between the other two. When he finally does look up, he sees them both staring at him with eyes as pale as his and Gabe’s. As his mouth falls open in astonishment, he starts weeping tears of joy. “You’re our real parents, aren’t…

Werner was staring at me. His hand was outstretched but his fingers didn’t look right to me; they were bitten and bruised around the cuticles, an inhumane shade of purple. He kept moving in and out of visibility, a whitewash of color buzzing around his head like a halo. “C’mon, Liesel,” he was murmuring. His pupils were dilated. “Don’t go with them, Liesel. Think of me. Don’t go.” A rowdy woman was screaming at me on my right. She was the devil perched upon my shoulder while Werner was…

Truthfully Shin has nothing to hide; it seemed to be a common occurence when he stumbled into a bar after a stressful day. There was always someone he sat next to, always someone who tried to read into him and figure him out before he's even opened his mouth to utter a syllable. It boiled down to Shin being a complete mystery; that of which was not human, though nobody ever made heads or tales of that. "No. I'm a when the need arises drinker, but typically I deal with my stress through dance…