Sundown

4:30 am with my eyes all watery. I quickly ran to the bathroom and splashed water on my face. I was cooled down and relieved, but no longer could go back to sleep. I just stared at the stars from my window, then slowly saw them fade away. It was sundown and I got ready. I took a shower and cried in there too.When I came out, it looked as if a bee had stung me. I told my mom goodbye and walked to the bus stop. The bus took me directly to school and when I arrived, the supervisors instructed me to…

The number of exercises was absurd as well as the difficulty of them. At sundown the sergeants put our names on a board under squad numbers. We had an hour to group up and find our housing. After we found our squad, I was chosen to be the leader. The sergeant showed up to my squad and gave me a topographic map of the area. Our…

Throughout My Antonia, Antonia undergoes many hardships, yet she perseveres. She never loses the “fire of life” as Jim calls it, and refuses to accept the problems in her life. Never asking for help or pity, Antonia faces her challenges head on. Her eventual success at the end of the book is a direct result of this. If we take success to mean happiness, it is clear that the way Antonia solves her problems has a direct relationship to her contentment and the end of the book. Antonia’s success…

Sukkot is the harvest festival. Celebrations about being delivered from enemies are the Purim and the Hanukkah. The acceptance of youth into society are held when they become twelve or thirteen. The Sabbath, a period of time from work from Friday at sundown until Saturday when the first star shows, which gives each week a…

The angles which attempted to justify slavery was based off of ignoring and the manipulation of facts or religious beliefs, which still did not fully make slavery ethically acceptable. Those who were slaves and witnessed or experienced the actuality of the situation were able to uphold the wrong that was conducted through slaveries existence, which ultimately aided their racial freedom. The enslavement of African Americans was looked upon through multiple angles and those who attempted to…

September Favorites Long time, no see. University has been a whirlwind of experiences that I’ve barely had time to catch my breath and just breathe. I meant to post once a week on here, but as you can see, I missed my goal. Between figuring out classes, homework, making friends, rushing, joining clubs, and exploring LA, I feel as if I never have time to myself. I find myself constantly surrounded by my suitemates (perhaps the best people at Pepperdine), constantly laughing or complaining about…

Dimitri himself doesn’t realize he’s fallen in love with her until they share a moment along the cost of Yalta filled with the rich scenery of sundown and their first kiss. Yalta serves as a shift in the atmosphere from the couple’s romantic moment to the harsh reality of their marital statuses. It also serves as the focus point where Chekhov and Gurov meet the woman that changes their opinion on…

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a self-governing territory of the United States on an island of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean. The Puerto Rican political relationship with United States has remained steady and non-violent since the take over after Spanish-American War. The island is considered a part of America, but votes on whether to remain a Commonwealth separate from 50 states or become the 51st state. Political relationship is quite extensive with United States Federal Government…

How to Overcome the Occasional Night of College Insomnia Insomnia, we have all experienced it at one point or another during student life in college. You have finally gotten all that school work done and now all you want to do is get some well-deserved sleep. After preparing for bed, you get all snuggled up under the blankets and close your eyes. A little while later you glance at the clock to see the time and three hours have passed. What is going on with your body and why isn’t sleep coming…

As America began to recover from the Civil War, the country was jolted into a second industrial revolution. The Homestead Act encouraged thousands to move to the West and Great Plains and take up farming. Railroads connected the country, making America linked like never before. America was quickly becoming the world’s biggest industrial juggernaut as all corners of the nation became occupied with people looking for their own slice of the American Dream. Most of them however, never saw those…