The Adventure of the Final Problem

is. The guard puts the axe right in front of my face and touches it, instantly his finger begins to bleed. There is no doubt that the blade will do the job. The countdown begins. 10, 9, 8, I stare out ahead into the crowd, and remember writing my final words to Bessy just last night. 7 ,6 ,5, 4, 3, I brace myself for impact 2, 1… and everything goes…

evoking images of someone who is at the epitome of humankind and who is to be admired. Sal goes on to describe behaviour that the reader recognises as immoral, “his innumerable girls and sex-parties and pornographic pictures, his heroes, heroines, adventures” (11). Kerouac provides the reader with outsider perspectives of Dean to solidify his immorality when Roland Major chastises Dean for his “sleeping with three girls at the same time” (46). Sal notes at this point: “I felt sheepish rushing…

At a first glance being able to edit while writing is a great tool; but is it really? While we are all consumed with the idea of perfection, we spend hours upon hours editing, as we achieve our final product our piece eventually it becomes exactly what we did not want. Lamott struggled with the same problem when she was constantly rewriting and crossing out her reviews. She would take the notes that she took from when she had gone into the restaurant and try to write a review. Attempt after…

homicide and father of three, Cameron Todd Willingham, became the prime suspect. After countless appeals and testimonies, inmate number 999401 was lethally injected in the huntsville penitentiary on February 17th 2004. Though after the execution was final,…

Spotlights in the Darkness Rating: I would rate The Hunger Games novel written by Suzanne Collins an 8.9/10 for these three reasons. First, I like the Hunger Games’ plot because it reflected the social problems that the world faced realistically. Problems like wars, destitution, or dictators are strongly mentioned in the novel. Second, I like the way it’s written. The complicated, polished way of vocabulary made the story dramatic. Lastly, The Hunger Games contained grieve, thorny feelings as we…

Clad in hunter green with braided up-dos representing the most popular heroine of our generation, my five best friends and I exited the theater following the end of the final Hunger Games movie, tears leaking out of our eyes at the prospect of the series coming to a close, the tragedies leaving the audience stunned, and, quite prominently, the hope resonating throughout each of our hearts. My own mind was reflecting on the series I’d grown up with, seeing as the books had been published my 6th,…

I think one of the biggest problems Crazy Horse faced was time, because his resources were limited, his people were struggling, and he was facing someone he couldn’t beat. Time would finally come when Crazy Horse realized it was in the best interest for him and his people to negotiate…

The two main characters in the film, George Khan a Pakistani-Muslim, and his wife Ella an English woman. The couple have six interracial children. Where the problem rises to the surface is when George attempts to force his children in accepting his Muslim lifestyle although the children have lived in England. The children acknowledge their father’s cultural background. Although it is difficult for them to comprehend…

didn’t really know the girl that well four years ago, but I remember thinking that she seemed quiet and humble. I voiced my thoughts to my best friend, but Diana reassured me that Vivian’s personality will shine once I know her better. Our first adventure together was when the three of us decided to spontaneously leave the science fair to go to a nearby McDonald’s. Along…

incident in the lavatory in the first book, the female characters also stand their own ground. A great example of this is Molly Weasley. Molly Weasley is the matriarch of the Weasley family. She serves a more traditional role as housewife, but in the final book she is responsible for the death of Bellatrix Lestrange. Lestrange shows women that they can hold power. She held high rank in Voldemort’s army due to her skills in dark magic. Other females such as Nymphadora Tonks, an auror “ or…