The Bad Beginning

It was a cold Friday night, the temperature was below freezing. I was working at McDonald’s, it was the only job I had been able to keep in the last couple of years. I was always recognized from the managers for being so friendly and kind to everyone including my co-workers, except on this specific night. I had been having mood swings all day and was not feeling good at all. I clocked in and got to work, for tonight's shift I was working in the drive-thru. Working drive-thru on Friday night was…

Change has been a big deal in my life since I was three years old. The reason being because my parents were divorced in 2004, so I was used to changing situations at a very young age. I got very good at this because I had a new surprise waiting for me almost every time I would go to the other parent’s house. I never knew whether it would be a good surprise or not. Because of this there was a lesson that I learned at a younger age than most people. The lesson being that, ”In order to live a good…

You’ve lived in your apartment for many years and have acquired more stuff than you thought possible. Your space is filled with everything you own and your dedicated supplemental storage compartment on the ground floor is filled to the brim too. Now, you’re ready to make the move, to a larger apartment, a condominium or to your first house. Much work needs to be done first, so we’ll examine the steps you must take to move forward. 1. Purge what you don’t need. The first step here is this one:…

she was overcome in negative emotions, however as the hour passes the emotions begin to change as the plot twist with dramatic irony. A story that begins as one about love suddenly becomes one as a quest for identity. From heartbreak, to a new beginning, and finally an ill fated death, “The Story of an Hour” is an emotional see-saw for the reader. The story begins by telling that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with heart trouble, which has relevance as the story progresses, and that her husband…

ones-- several come to mind, but throughout the entirety of television's history, it is 2008 that lays claim to the beginning of what may be the greatest show to ever air on television: Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad. For…

Macon’s son had been killed while he was very young. This disaster left Macon struggling to pick up the few remaining pieces of his life and fit them back together. But every transformation that affected him truly helped Macon and gave him a new beginning despite his old age. Other characters…

emphasize who he is as an individual, rather than becoming a duplicate of his family. Suddenly, since Lam moved to America, he does not recall is old ways of living, therefore he is on a quest for his identity presented by rejection, change, and new beginnings. All of a sudden, the family has moved to America, and Lam begins rejecting family functions. Since Lam came to America, he began the quest for his identity, whereas his mother already had an opposing idea of…

When I get out of the airport after a long travel. I stopped. Looked. And listened. New environment, new people, new language and a new beginning for me. I moved here in Michigan back in 2014. I 've heard lots of beautiful things about this state, this whole country actually. And even before I come here, I already surmise believed it. I was exhausted; I grabbed all my bags and lay down on my bed and locked the door. I stayed there for a couple of minutes thinking about what would my life…

ache even before she was told of the death of her husband; this showing that her current state of life is not something that she enjoys. Once the initial shock of the hearing that her husband died had passed she was soon able to realize the new beginning…

Similarly as a winged creature secured away a pen longs to fly, so does a man restricted to a part and controlled in a home. In the short story, "Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin, the lady is caught in a cold marriage and a constrictive house. Comparable topics are likewise found in "The Revolt of 'Mother '," a story composed by Mary Wilkins Freeman. Despite the fact that both stories share the topics of imprisonment and limitation, physically and inwardly, the ladies in the stories have…