The Girl Who Played with Fire

That Moment There were many hours spent in the gym preparing for every game played throughout the year. The laps up and down the court sprinting to get into shape all to prepare for the one moment of glory. Knowing now that anything is possible I probably should have put more effort into every practice I had. For me this year will be different. I have already spent more time training. I played over the summer with some of the best teams in the area. Making myself better was the goal of the…

Elizabeth Knapp The case of Elizabeth Knapp is one of the most well recorded cases of possession of a young working girl. She was a house maid in the home of Samuel Willard, a revered minister of Groton, Massachusetts, when her fits began. She behaved as though she had pains, could see spirits, and was tempted by someone to attempt “destroying herselfe” in the fire. According to Willard throughout his journaling of these events, the fits Elizabeth experienced were always around others and…

American history. It began in Salem in 1692 when two girls and a village slave named Tituba tried to look into their futures (“Salem witchcraft trials” - American History). Shortly after, the village girls began to behave strangely by crawling under things and making abnormal noises. It came to a point where they ended up screaming that they were being tortured (“Salem witchcraft trials”- World Book Advanced). Since two of the three affected village girls were the daughter and niece…

urbanization. Trades were becoming mechanized as times were changing, and so more men and women were working long hours for little pay in factories or mills. Along with industrialization came many immigrants who began to crowd industrial cities. Overcrowded and unsanitary cities resulted from immigrants who wanted to have industrial jobs and be prosperous. The influx of immigrants…

The blame of gender roles must be laid upon the shoulders of society. “Since the moment we are born, we are being moulded into the being society wants us to be”(Crespi). When put into this perspective, a person would be hard pressed to find a niche for individuality. Individuality, which was a corner stone for society itself. Never the less , roles have been placed upon people labeled with the gender of male or female. These roles are time bombs with the power to destroy. All too often they…

quickly as possible. The house had caught on fire late in the evening, and the blaze had spread rapidly. Calling for Ella, Martha had hurried out immediately and called the fire department, but she never saw her daughter emerge. When the firemen arrived and there had still been no sign of Ella, Martha feared she would never see her daughter alive again. As she stood and watched with the neighbors, she hoped she had no need to worry, that her little girl would be all right. And then he showed…

little girl's greasy braid. She managed to bring it all together with a little bit of grass creating a recognizable blue-eyed doll. People played in one corner as Sammy played in the corner with his matchbox luring ants and setting them into a deep crisp. With each ant, he envisioned himself as an almighty ruling over a colony of peasants choosing who would live and who would die. The Breedlove siblings ceased to speak to each other despite being feet away. Instead, they escaped the…

Hypersexualization of Women and Girls in Media: Is it a Problem? In a society focused so heavily on physical attractiveness, an emphasis on sexuality is no foreign concept. It has become all too common to switch on a television or drive by a billboard and see girls in an unnecessarily sexualized light. In fact, studies in the 2000s found that 10 times more hypersexualized images of women than men were featured on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine (Donovan). This representation of women and…

year old?? While on the ground, still crying in terror of what just happened, I hear someone approach me. “Hey honey,” my dad whispers softly. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know you and Savanah were with the group. We were just trying to scare these older girls and have a little fun.” With bright pink puffy eyes I turn to him. “I--It’s ok-k-kay,” I can barely get any words out. Without saying anything else, my dad picks me up, and puts me on his shoulders. Yes, I am riding on the shoulders of the great…

Keneally tells the true tale of Czech businessman and Nazi member, Oskar Schindler, and his heroic deeds during the Holocaust in his book, Schindler’s List. The story follows Oskar, as he joins the Nazi forces in hopes of attaining a wondrous profit, who runs a factory to receive payment, luxuries and contribute to the war effort. Oskar, shortly after reaching his position among the Nazi and SS parties, comes to the decision to help save as many Jewish lives as possible after witnessing the…