The Grave Digger

Blank, dead eyes stared at the blank death like white walls, the pills had done their job. Lucille Chaleau was now like every other person in the glorified purgatory, Marie de Médicis Asylum. Her mind wobbled unsteady in her convulsing body, her vision became blurred, everything went black. It was simply another 6:30 p.m. With the sun’s rise screams pierced the air, jolting Lucille from her medicated coma like slumber. She looked about the whitewashed prison and grimaced. the only colour that…

Swish! I materialized into existence a foot above the ground before landing on my feet safely. I loosened the seals of my helmet and with a hiss, the airtight atmosphere around my head rushed out of meet the morning winter air. There was nothing better than taking off our helmet after wearing it for so long; after awhile it gets stifling and, under extreme conditions, unbearable. Nothing spoke more volumes than feeling the fresh air sensate your head. I took in a breath, confirming it: Cold,…

Quinn’s Fight How are you today, Quinn? We haven’t talked in awhile. I think that I get to come to the hospital after school today. I can’t wait to see you. Text me back when you get this. Love Summer I sent the text as I was walking out the door to meet the school bus. Quinn is my all time best friend, but lately its been a little bit different she has *cancer and has been in the hospital for the past one week. I miss her a lot like no one would ever understand. I’m walking to school as Avery…

Poem Analysis: ‘Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep’ How do people grieve when their loved one has passed? What does it mean when someone says that their spirit will be in their loved one’s heart? The poem “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep” has a melancholy tone that reassures the reader that their loved ones will be with them even after they die, so they have no reason to cry. The poem “ Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep” by Mary Elizabeth Frye uses rhyming, imagery, and metaphors to make the…

The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation by James Young, is a detailed exposé of cultural appropriation through research and real life accounts all ranging from things like religion, to archaeological studies and everything in between. This book seemed fitting to my topic as it takes cultural appropriation one step farther, and discusses the ethics behind it from a number of different viewpoints. Each chapter in the book is a separate idea than the last, being discussed in detail, edited numerous…

was the Native Americans Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). However, the outcome of the scientific analysis rendered null the application of the NAGPRA rules. This led to the allowance of more studies of the bones (Rasmussen). The controversy persisted for many years before…

excruciating pain. Then those mentioned that didn’t make it would develop pneumonia, and bleed badly from the ear, mouth, and nose. Then they were lucky to survive. If they showed cyanosis, they wouldn’t survive. There wasn’t enough coffins, and grave diggers couldn’t bury bodies without…

In the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak the theme words are powerful is illuminated through many different style’s of writing. Writing style is what makes an author’s piece of literature unique. This book follows girl name Liesel who’s life story is being narrated through death during her time of despair. Zusak uses the theme words are powerful to illuminate irony, object symbolism, and allegory as a style of writing. An element of style is irony,the expression of one's meaning by using…

Jerry is bank messenger by day, and an illegal grave digger by night. He is mad at his wife, because she is praying for him to stop digging up graves. He is mad at her because this is how he earns a living, and does not want to stop even though he knows it is illegal. Jerry calls himself an “Honest Tradesman” this is his cover name for the grave digging he does. There is a conversation in “A Tale of Two Cities” which is a turning point for Jerry…

serves to lighten the tragic stress of Ophelia’s death in the play. This type of character appealed to the members of the audience who could not afford seats and thus stood on the ground. The play would definitely get a laugh from this un educated diggers who would enjoy a relief to the long and the tensioned play. Secondly, they also contribute to understanding of suicide logic and universility of death. Death is common and awaits all individuals wether rich or poor. It cannot be influenced…