Stick fighting

lunch, everybody gathered around and watched Tinlef give me a sword-fighting lesson. He started by demonstrating some of the basic moves, like hacking, slicing, and dicing. Then he picked up a stick and used it to show me how to slash and gash while at the same time shouting orders, “Turn to the left a little. Not my left, your left. Okay, now keep your blade straight and your guard up,” he said and whacked me in the leg with his stick. “Ouch, Tin,” I said. “That’s what happens when you don’t…

is one of the heroes I admire. One of the reasons why I look up to Misty Copeland is because she is a leader. She is the first african american prima ballerina. The second reason why Misty Copeland is a leader is because she has compassion. Misty sticks out because she is the oldest in her group. My last reason why Misty Copeland is one of my heros is because she’s determined. Misty continued to push through even if girls put her down. To sum it all up, Misty is one of my favorite heros.…

invasion plans overseas. Unfortunately for them, America declared war the very next day. Three years later, in May 1945, Germany surrendered. This meant that all military attention would now be directed to Japan and their surrender. We continued fighting, and eventually dropped…

Lady Macbeth, the Id, like the Ego is. She is the one who comes up with the idea for the murder and encourages Macbeth to commit it. He is also influenced by Macduff, who represents the Superego. In the final battle, when Macduff and Macbeth are fighting, Macbeth proclaims he “bears a charmed life” and that “no man of…

the behavior therapist for Benjamin and Drew was already in the house when I arrived. He was at the dining room table with all the kids and Ms. Orbach talking about their day and playing a game called pixie stick. The object of the game was to get the children to help each other pick the sticks that would be easiest to get. In this game there were no winners or losers it was just a matter of whether or not they work together. I observe them playing the game. I noticed that even when rules have…

he says, “What a great day to run!” Just by hearing this famous phrase, it sticks with me, which makes practice a little less harder to endure. Then, when it’s a day that we have a tough practice, all he has to do is give one of his legendary pep talks to motivate. He really has to bring out his positive mindset when it’s a hill workout. In between sets he brings out our greatness by telling us it’s a choice to keep fighting or to give in to the negative thoughts in our head. We are always…

knocking, and she picked my bag up and dropped it on the ground at the end of the staircase, and said, “Your living with your dad now” I instantly denied it, but she started to walk up to me after fighting and I tried to protect myself from my mom getting close to me with a stick but she took the stick from my hands and hit me with it and I can remember that something broke within that moment. In my self-conscious state, I broke a window after I was told I was moving, I was overwhelmed with rage…

demonstrates how people often feel overwhelmed when an intense stressor is presented to them. Conrad utilizes complex syntax to describe to the reader how unusual the native’s attack appeared to Marlow. Marlow describes the initial barrage as “Sticks, little sticks, were flying about – thick: they were whizzing before my nose, dropping below me, striking behind me against my pilot-house.” The native’s primitive weapons had nearly no effect of the Europeans, yet Marlow describes them as “thick”…

Macduff becomes angry and stops mourning and starts thinking about fighting Macbeth. His masculine role returns and he is willing to fight to the death in order to bring justice to his family. Many could argue that the character’s in this play strictly stick with their socially acceptable gender roles. They could say that Lady Macbeth was just simply “acting in the moment”, therefore her gender shouldn’t be questioned in that particular scene.This may be true, however people need to look deeper…

Although these two texts share the theme of courage, there are still some differences. In “I Escaped a Violent Gang,” Ana is trying to get out of the gang, which is something that risks her being killed. But in “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote,” Susan is fighting to get equal rights, which is something that would only risk getting her in jail. In the memoir, “I Escaped a Violent Gang,” the author shows us that the theme is courage. In the beginning, Ana didn’t have much courage to do what she…