The Christmas Invasion

“ BANG!” I slammed the door shut hesitating to start a new life if the place I missed very deeply. I was threshing the moments at mars as the shuttle started to blast off. The shuttle wasn’t so bad, it was big, the colors inside were all gray, black, and white. I was pretty lonely in the shuttle all I did was sleep , read,eat the food in the boxes, and think about Nana. 6 months later I squealed knowing that the shuttle just landed. As I took a deep breath and stepped off the shuttled I thought to myself about how I took all this time and effort to see my Nana and she might be dead. “I’m here,” I yelled anxiously excited to see what the world looks like. As I limped out of the shuttle colors of blue and green we're everywhere. “Hey, I think this is the park by my nana's house,” I stated happily. I made it to my Nana’s house with in 5 minutes looking at all of the beautiful things. When I arrived at the house I rang the doorbell. “Hello, Nana, Papa?” I asked. It was silent. My Nana’s, neighbor came outside and stated “Hello i’m Harry styles and if you're looking for the people in that house the lady went to mars and the man went to the store” I grabbed my mphone7 plus took a picture and posted it on instagram. I froze and fainted. Harry Styles called 911. I was rushed to the hospital. All I could feel were the bumps hitting my head as we hit speed bumps. Hours went by, and then I rose up. I looked around and saw a bed, I looked down and saw a gowned. I thought to myself, why…

The Time I Got Stitches The worst thing that’s happened to me in my life was the time I had to get stitches. It was the summer of 2012. The weather was warm, but the wind was blazing. My cousin and I, who happened to live next door to each other in our old apartments were playing volleyball in the middle of the street, while our family were in the house hanging out. The ball we used was not hard so it could move with the wind. There were another set of apartments which everyone called the…

There are many instances in my life during which I thought to myself “this is why I want to become a doctor.” However, there are only a few moments where I have thought to myself “this is why I will become a doctor.” Since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to become a doctor. Although I cannot pinpoint the exact time when this idea was born, I can say that it has stuck with me for a majority of my life. While shadowing at hospitals and physical therapy clinics, I always felt that…

Beowulf In the poem, Beowulf, a warrior from Geats comes to help Hrothgar, the king of the Danes whose land is being attacked by a monster, Grendel. Beowulf is successful and kills Grendel. To show his bravery and abilities, he even kills Grendel without using weapons. However,Hrothgar is still in trouble, because Grendel's mother is now trying to get revenge. As the poem continues, Beowulf kills Grendel's mother in her lair with a sword that giants used. After the victory, Beowulf returns…

Imagine seeing yourself staring at the sky at a big black object. You know that it’s foreign. Is this what you were waiting for? Is this it? In The Invasion From Outer Space Steven Millhauser gives a remarkable story about a town that is invaded by ,what the people call, “inanimate dust”. The people of the town get extremely disappointed on what they get and slowly find out that soon their town will be buried alive never to see again. The people of the town knew that they were going to be…

intransigence began. That which lead to them being rounded up by the greek soldiers and to form a circle. Once gathered up were forced to eat the skin of a pig and worship greek god idols, which were two forbidden thing for Jews. Then one of the greek soldiers ordered the high priest to kill the Jews that had disobeyed. The high priest got his sword and killed the soldier for giving him orders and turned on his soldiers and with the help of the other Jews defeated the Syrian-Greek soldiers.…

Scrooge becomes a kind compassionate person who brings the christmas spirit with them. Charles dickens is not only showing us how people can change, but he also reminds us of the meaning of christmas, something that many people have forgotten through the year. Christmas is about giving, celebration, and kindness, these ideas change the mood of the world as a whole. “I have always thought of Christmastime, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the…

with light flurries, but my pipe and the weather seemed to have a calming effect on me. I couldn’t help thinking about the Roman soldiers. Being a soldier in a foreign land prompted evil behavior, but that was war. I was glad to be away from Nam and all the trapping of war: the killing, the bullying of women and children. I was thinking about my mistreatment of the Vietnamese women when I realized that I had reached the sidewalk in front of our house. My aunt and uncle were pulling up to the…

and operators are Christians and they portray this belief by the way they conduct their business. McCoy 's adheres to a long-standing decision to remain closed on Sundays. Despite what some would view as an inconvenience for not getting the chance to shop on a Sunday, McCoy’s customer did not seem to have a problem. This was evident by the fact that the company was doing good economically. The company’s chief executive officer stated that, their employees appreciate being a part of a company…

In the 21st century Christmas has developed from its original intent. This case study will investigate the social construction of the Christmas that we know today. Social construction is a phenomenon that embodies a set of ideas created by society and is acted upon on though cultural and social practices. Two billion people worldwide celebrate the traditionally Christian holiday of Christmas on December 25th. Christmas trees, Santa Clause, gift-giving, and decorations seem to now dominate the…