The Cornfield

wanted a horse. Papa and Travis shook hands on getting a horse. Travis thought about his decision and wondered if he should get a dog. Travis used to have a dog-named Bell but he got himself killed by letting a rattlesnake bite him. Travis plows the cornfields and he has a mule name Jumper. Travis has a little brother who likes to…

As children, any one person can remember growing up and having many questions about the new world that they have encountered. So naturally, they would flock to the smartest people in the world to get answers to these questions, at the time, parents. But, as they aged and learned, whether it be from personal experience or schooling, it was understood that parents were not as intelligent as they were previously given credit for. Thus as they age, people become more rebellious and have the urge to…

After Mr. Harvey is done sexually assaulting her Mr. Harvey shows her a knife and asks Susie if she loves him, Susie says yes, but Mr. Harvey still murders Susie and cuts her up into pieces. When Susie shows up in heaven, she meets a young girl named Holly, later they find out that they are roommates and become friends. Three days later Susie’s mom (Abigail) and her dad (Jack) receive a call from detective Fenerman telling them that the only think that they have found is Susie’s elbow. The next…

I learned that feeling at home is something that I value very highly. I like being in familiar places with familiar people. I find that I am very happy growing up in a little city surrounded by cornfields on each side as long as I am in the presence of my family and my friends. The entire experience made me a lot more grateful for where and how I was raised. Since my trip, I have made an active effort to appreciate Indianapolis and even Indiana in…

Kaia Greenwood Honors English 10 P2 September 25, 2017 The Lovely Bones 2. The narrator of the story is Susie. Susie is narrating the story from a first-person point of view. 3. A tone shown demonstrated in my book is tragedy because a 14-year-old girl disappears, and no one has any clue what happened. 4. The story takes place in December of 1973 in Pennsylvania. 5. The conflict or main problem of the story is Susie’s death. Susie’s death takes place on December 6, 1973 by her…

to know what they’re eating and make a change for the sake of their health. In a National Geographic article by Jennifer Ackerman, "We've let the cat out of the bag before we have real data, and there's no calling it back," says Allison Snow, a plant ecologist at Ohio State University. (Ackerman) Snow is known for all her research on gene flow or gene transfer. What she and many scientist worry about in that Genetically Modified Organism are being developed to fast and that are releasing…

The Pequot War is best understood by inspecting wider cultural, political, and economic changes that happened following the arrival of the Dutch in 1611, and the English in the 1630s. For a time, the Dutch and Pequot controlled all trade in the region, which resulted in short term stability as many Native tribes were irritated of their subordinate status to the Pequot. The arrival of English traders in the early 1630s switched it up and resulted in intense competition and disputes for control of…

Even though hard work and time commitment are required to grow a cornfield, growing and nurturing one’s own farm, in results, gives sense of accomplishment. In contrast, by eating someone else’s corn does not give a satisfaction that a person would get if they he or she put times into cultivating it. The real satisfaction…

America means so much more than television shows and Barbie dolls. Firoozeh Dumas immigrated to the United States with her family, and with that experienced America not only for her but for her parents as well. Firoozeh learned english and had to interpret her parents for a large portion of first stay in America. At first to Firoozeh America was just a place where everything seemed cleaner and more free. Firoozeh had the stereotypical life of an immigrant. She and her family went to all the…

is very lonely.Mr Harvey has left a long and dreadful trail of dead girls behind him as he moves from one anonymous girl to another, and Susie’s turn comes quicker than she expected while walking home from school Susie takes a shortcut through a cornfield one day, she runs into mr. Harvey and accepts his invitation to have a look at a hideout which he had dug in the ground and furnished with a…