The Day the Earth Stopped

Venus is a planet that no one on Earth can reach. Ray Bradbury the author of All Summer In A Day uses author's craft to enable readers to live life on Venus; the sunless planet. Crafts like symbolism and descriptive language create deep rooted meanings in the short story. Sure, simile and metaphor can help you picture the image as well but not as good as the Crafts mentioned above.…

After leaving the Planet a desolate wasteland the Zarbitz returned to their ships en orbit and fired their artillery at Earth. Earth was completely obliterated and the Tarukfama's vessel was destroyed as well. With the life force absorbed on Earth it allowed the Zarbitz to replicate at an alarming rate. They attempted to hunt down the being who they thought lied to them about the Tarukfama, but he had vanished without a trace. The…

to destroy all human life by flooding the earth. God thought that this man named Noah was some what of a decent righteous man and he told him to build an ark in seven days and that he was to put his family in the ark and one of every kind of animal that was in existence, a male and his mate. So Noah did what he was told. And in seven days god let it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. Everything was covered in water and when the rain stopped Noah waited 40 days and sent out a raven. The raven kept…

In the story, Journey to the Center of the Earth, the main characters are Professor Hardwigg, his nephew Harry, and their guide Hans. Professor Hardwigg is a tall thin man with wiry glasses. Harry is a young boy who is very scared of the journey to the center of the Earth and he tries to a secret from his uncle and their Icelandic guide, Hans. Hans is a very strong man who will save Harry and Professor Hardwigg countless times. The book takes place in several locations including Hamburg…

Long ago before Earth was even a planet there was just space in the universe. Nothing but dark matter, maybe even stars or other galaxies scattered apart billions of light years. There was one goddess named Coatlicue who was a woman that had created Earth all by herself. One day when Coatlicue went for a walk around the land, she found a ball of hummingbird feathers. She pondered whether she should keep them. After decades of pondering, she finally decided to tuck in the ball of hummingbird…

Are We There Yet? For the past few years, many reports and debates have focused on the drastic climate changes here on Earth. Some will argue that rapid deforestation, littering, and greenhouse gasses are causes for the strange weather patterns on this planet. However, others will argue and say, “It’s just the planet’s natural cycle.” Like most people, I had never really bothered to pay attention. I didn’t have an opinion, but it seemed like I couldn’t escape the heated topic. It was impossible…

the summer days on the land with “great green and yellow grasshoppers” on the tall green grass. This colorful language paints a peaceful image. He says,”For my people, the Kiowas.” This also shows the admiration he feels for the land because it is a part of his family. To Momaday, the plains are home. In contrast Brown starts off his piece in a negative tone, giving off a negative image to the land. He describes the land by writing,” the sun baked the dry earth drier, the streams stopped…

of the beings on Earth and how nobody was worshipping and fearing him except for one family and that was Noahs family. One day when Noah was praying to God, he said “I am going to put an end to the people of the earth because there is lots of evil in the world because of them, you must build an ark and fill the ark with two of every animal, every type of food and your family because I am sending a great flood”. Noah did exactly what God told him to do. It then rained for forty days and forty…

Erica: Hi Noah, I was just telling the kids about how God gives all of us “do overs”and about the big thing God wanted you to do. Ryan: One day God told me he had a giant do-over planned for the World. He told me to build a boat that I called the “Ark”. Erica: How big was the Ark? Ryan: Well, it was huge. It was about 1 ½ football fields long and higher than a 4 story building. It had a deck that went around the boat that could hold 20 basketball courts. It was big & it was sweet.…

connections between the earth’s atmosphere and the rising temperature of the earth. There are still those who do not trust the science behind global warming, and debate whether global warming is a scientific fact. However, the rise of carbon dioxide emissions cannot be debated. These emissions and a number of other things are combined in to the commonly referred term of pollution. It’s a frightening thought that the pollution of the earth has been normalized to the point that it is seen purely…