The Basement Tapes

Stephen Chbosky’s first book follows the story of fiftteen year old Charlie, who, at the start of the novel, is incapable of forming relationships and being interactive with others. Throughout the book, he has to overcome many obstacles and attempts to find his place in the world. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult novel, told in the form of letters, that Charlie has written to the reader. It is coming of-age story in which the reader’s eyes are opened to the world of growing up,…

We all have that point in our life when we know things are about to change. That one memory that always reminds you of where your path changed. Sometimes for the best and sometime for the worse. What we do with the path is up to us and the choices we make. I am reminded of mine daily and the choices I made to continue the path to where I am now. It was the summer of my 11th birthday. About to be a preteen, the time when you are growing and learning. SO many things changing emotionally and…

Then there was the time cheesecake gave us all free tickets to the reds game. Well I still have a rental. So I drive us being the DD. We stop and get whiskey on the way and start taking shots every time we stop in traffic. I hardly remember parking. Apparently I passed out eating a hot dog while tailgating with everyone. Holly and (I forgot her name but she was amazing (lesbian and she picked me up from the hospital when I fell off the bluff on my birthday at the bar)) Put me in my backseat.…

Alan Watts once said “A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.” On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold “murdered one teacher and twelve of their peers” (Senior) inside Columbine High School. The massacre would become the “most lethal” (Senior) in the nation. Almost immediately after the killings took place, the media arrived at Columbine High School. With media comes many myths. After being consumed in the media coverage of the Columbine shooting, Dave…

Philip Zimbardo. It all started back in 1971 when Zimbardo and his colleague researchers began by preparing the psycho department's basement as a part of a prison. They turned 3 offices into cells with prison doors and 3 beds per cell. And when the setup was ready, they published a job advertisement stating: "Male college students needed for psychological study of prison life. $15 per…

A wolf has always been an important part of the Slavic mythology and folklore. It is involved in many of their rituals; a wolf is also believed to be a totem animal of the ancient Slavs. Wolves were considered travellers between the world of the dead and the real world. (CT 15) Moreover, in Slavic mythology they are closely related to werewolves and vampires. It may not be straightforward right away, but there are a number of similar ideas that can be found in the Slavic perception of a wolf and…

She decided not to. “Took you long enough. Where were you? Havin’ a shot with the old judge, or what was left of him once I left him dried up and spent?” Sam didn’t laugh. He stood there like an erect corpse. This wasn’t the feared downtown barrister, wordless, a strain in his eyes reminiscent of the old days of a near- gone and soul-lost man. Sweet Mary didn’t break the silence. She let quiet do what it did and come back to her. Listening to its mes- sage was a skill she’d learned from the old…

Good looking, charming, intelligent, well educated. Many people with these traits go on to make a positive name for themselves; however, one man took this concept in a different direction. Ted Bundy exploited his good looks and charm to his advantage taking the lives of young women and girls who were too trusting, and too vulnerable. And his path of terror made him one of the most memorable serial killers of all time. Ted Bundy’s full name was Theodore Robert Cowell, he was born at the…

Madiha is six years old. Her birthday is March twenty-ninth. Madiha enjoys reading books and doing her homework. She loves to play with her friends. Once upon a time, there was a girl named Mia. Every day, she would go to her aunt's house. Every day, she thought the walk was boring. Until one day, she went to a shop, and she found a beautiful rug. She took the rug home, and she found out that it was a magic carpet. She flew everywhere. She went to India to see an elephant. She went to…

"Well, use your head, son," he said, smiling. Which really meant, "That's all I'm going to tell you," or "I don't know the answer, so don't embarrass me." A Partnership Is Formed The next morning, I told my best friend, Mike, what my dad had said. As best I could tell, Mike and I were the only poor kids in this school. Mike was like me in that he was in this school by a twist of fate. Someone had drawn a jog in the line for the school district, and we wound up in school with the rich kids. We…