Swinging

The rest of the soldiers started to come after us, swinging their weapons to drive us away. I turned and ran back towards my home, rushing inside. My mother nearly dropped her book when I came barreling in. “Mom! You missed it! There was this big demonstration in the main square! This group called the Phantoms…

Distracted driving is a dangerous and common problem today. My mother is especially terrible about staying focused on the road. It’s understandable that a mother of three is busy and -has to learn to multitask, but not when it comes to driving. She’s had countless fender-benders, traffic violations, and close calls. One of her most famous incidents happened a few years ago. On this day, my mom had forced me to go grocery shopping with her at Wal-Mart. It was the summer before my parents had…

create a contrast between the man’s setting and of his memories. Firstly, the narrator in this poem pointed out different views of imagery from the man. In lines 2 and 3 describes him “back from the hospital, his mind rattling like the suitcase, swinging from his hand”. This line shows that the character could possibly be confused and sick. The poem goes on providing…

Swinging the door open, I press my sweaty palms against my jeans and nervously walk to the front desk. “I’m here to pick up my results,” I choke out. The woman behind the desk asks for my name, and I give it to her. She hands me a thin stack of papers, still warm from being printed. Leaning towards me she whispers, “You know, you can come back and retake the math segment in thirty days if you want to, sweetie.”…

begin making his way to the back stall, just as planned. Too late she realized he was standing in the stall door, bigger than she realized and she was too weak to jump over him. Her mind was so awash with fear of dying she failed to see the bucket swinging from his big jaws and fresh water dripping down the sides. He moved ever so slowly towards her, head down, humble in his gift of life sustaining water. He sat it before her and stepped back several feet before lying down quietly, face to the…

There was once a great beautiful place to live called the Pedigree Palace. It was know world wide with thousands of travelers come to visit this kingdom and all of its glory. Queen Lola was the ruler of Pedigree Palace. Queen Lola took over after he husband the great King Taz was killed in battle to protect their kingdom. After King Taz death, the rest of the world has agreed to stop the violence and live peacefully amounts each other. For the longest everybody abided by that rule, until one day…

driven off while those within the apartment answer questions another shadow asks. Eventually the shadows return to the room and sit on the couch. Continuing around the room I glance at a clock positioned against an opposite wall. A large pendulum swinging in the base of the main body. The pendulum swings to the left, slows, and then switches directions. It continues to do this and has done this for as long as I can remember. The clock bongs and the shadows turn off the television and walk around…

Entertain The Pain! America’s most fearful nightmare brewed like a horror film coming to life in the1930s. Starving families, skyrocketing unemployment in a short amount of time and the stock market crashed in 1929. With people losing their homes even a cent could not save a life. The 1930s was known to be the hardest times of America. Despite the grim decade, music ruled the young and old. In 1938 a traffic of young teens stood in line in front of Paramount Theater to see the ultimate song,…

This crime would fall under factual causation, as Sam would not have sustained the injury but for Liam swinging the bar stool in order to hit Tom. The actus reas of this crime is when Liam swings the bar stool and hits Sam with it inflicting some bruising. This act will fall under battery; battery is the infliction of violence. As it is unclear as to whether…

the president they serve under. Due to this they are more concerned with the president’s domestic popularity and issues rather than international conflicts. Overall, while the Hawk and Dove concept seems more of a stable relationship, with the two swinging into power and influence back and forth like a pendulum, the presidential supporters, seem to not only cause conflict between the two causing a stalemate but also has caused significant problems in some of our nation’s foreign policies.…