The Hills Have Eyes

Winthrop reminded the colony of its purpose and the reason for existence. Drawing from biblical scripture, Winthrop declared the colonists to be a city set on a hill; chosen by the Lord God for a great work. He declared them to be God’s demonstration…

depiction of Southern life in the mid-1850s through the observant eyes of a refined and literate house servant. But one part of the story remained a tantalizing secret: the author’s identity. That literary mystery may have been solved by a professor of English in South Carolina, who said this week that after years of research, he has discovered the novelist’s name: Hannah Bond, a slave on a North Carolina plantation owned by John Hill Wheeler, is the actual writer of “The Bondwoman’s Narrative,”…

relationship, the helper embarks on a journey with the client to help him explore thoughts and feelings, obtain insight and make changes (Hill, 2014). In order for a therapeutic relationship to be successful, the three components of the helping process ,namely, skills, facilitative conditions (warmth, empathy and congruence) and self-awareness need to be present (Hill, 2014). This essay addresses these three components through analysing a selected 10 minutes of a 20-minute role-play conducted…

will see why people think she a monster or something. If you look closely into her eyes you will see that there is a whole other world in her eyes. But she was blind all she could see was the other world. But, she wasn’t born like this, a evil lady who was going to be her stepmom. That lady was jealous of her future stepdaughter was going to more beautiful then her. So, she decides to make a poison and make her eyes not able…

The site that I visited was Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, NC. I went to a sermon, with some friends, that took place on a Sunday night. When we arrived at the church, we stayed together and observed the site. The members of this church all seemed to be within their twenties and thirties; there were a few younger children and a few older women and men, but not many. Most of these people seemed to be from Christian ethnic backgrounds or just unaffiliated with any ethnicity. The service was very…

the reader. In “Hills like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway uses the imagery of the setting to symbolize the women’s indecision towards her abortion, captures the involvement of human interaction through subtlety and perception, and this short story represents in today’s society how women are still inferior to the opposite sex. First of all, symbolism is the main key in this short story. For example, the landscape represents light and darkness. On one side of the hills we have a beautiful view…

happy life” (213). In that statement, Hill is appealing to the logic of his audience and the common sense mentality of the age-old saying money…

Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin takes on a new perspective through historical events of five presidents with secret service agent, Clint Hill, protecting them each step of the way. Within the 430-page book, there are many lessons to be taught that secret agent Clint Hill exemplifies, and not to mention other characters in the book such as the President of the United States of America. From 1953 until 1977, Hill was under the service of five various…

Kingshaw, were forced to live in an isolated castle together by their single parents. To a great extent, Susan Hill makes main characters difficult to admire, especially Edmund Hooper and Mrs. Kingshaw who is the mother of Charles. In the novel, Hill focuses on establishing Edmund Hooper’s sociopath and Mrs. Kingshaw’s poor parenting and superficial and self-centred behaviour. Susan Hill make Edmund Hooper difficult to admire because of he is a sociopath and he reveals self-centredness and…

my burning muscles. I gulp for breath but receive no air. My head is exploding, my stomach is ripping raggedly like a piece of paper. My legs are about to fall off, aching so much. Sweat is running down my face into my eyes, burning them! Pain starts aching in my side, but I have to keep running. The competition, the family and out-lasting the pain are all minor details of running Cross Country. The competition is extreme, each race you are going against about 200 competitors and about 30…