The House of the Dead 4

It keeps me sane. … The trouble is who could replace me? … The answer, of course, is nobody, which has prompted me to make a conscious, deliberate decision-to make distraction my vacation. Needless to say, I vacation in increments. In colors” (Zusak 4-5). “Death” says that he takes vacation in colors which he uses as a distraction. The first book that Liesel stole was ironic because she found The Grave Digger's Handbook at her brother's grave. It’s also ironic because Liesel stole the book in…

Myrtle Wilson had seen the car passing and she thought it was Tom Buchanan, so she jumped in front of the yellow car, to find Abby Sebahar Mr. Moorhouse English 11 4/29/16 herself dead (Fitzgerald 136). It was Daisy who killed Myrtle Wilson, however Gatsby refused to let her take responsibility due to the amount of love he had for her (Fitzgerald 143). George Wilson got wind from Tom Buchanan that it was Jay Gatsby’s car…

around her friends and family, and she even cries in the privacy of her room, but deep down she feels a sense of relief. Josephine insists that Mrs. Mallard goes downstairs and she does. They get to the bottom of the stairs and Mr. Mallard enters the house. Richards tries to hide…

guinea pig and she was made fun of so she thought this was the perfect opportunity to prove them wrong. She spent all summer vacation teaching her little pet guinea pig named Jenius how to do many tricks. She taught him how to come, sit, stay, play dead and balance a cookie on his nose. No one believed her when she told them of her smart guinea pig and at school he fainted because of a cat so they still thought she was lying. When she got home her dad didn't believe her to so she showed him and…

parts all over his house. They feed the need of his cannibal mind, bloody murders he left behind. Jeffrey Dahmer, master cannibal. Jeffrey Dahmer, master of the gruesome.” Jeffrey Dahmer was born May 21, 1960 to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. Dahmer was said to have a normal childhood, up until age 4. Dahmer became uncommunicative as he got older. He had no hobbies and had little interaction between the ages of 10 and 15. Throughout his high school years, Dahmer was very interested in dead animals.…

Lo, I’m With You Always For almost two months the disciples of the Lord had been confused, frustrated and downright scared for their lives. Their Leader had been killed and even though He rose from the dead, He is now telling them that He will soon leave them again. It was in this setting that Jesus gave “The Great Commission.” He said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe…

sheep, as they always share a common opinion on her, without anyone having any original thought about the reasons or significance of her acts. She was either pitied (“poor Emily” – Faulkner 5, “people had begun to feel really sorry for her” – Faulkner 4) or dehumanized and misunderstood, and either way, viewed as a “stereotype rather than as a living person.”…

Did you vote during this presidential election? Did you feel proud when a poll worker handed you a sticker? This election was my first time voting. I felt every aspect of an election—from accomplishment in voting to stress in announcing a new president. Women did not have this constitutional right until 1920. Before the Progressive Era (from 1890 to 1920), women maintained traditional gender roles, as wives and housekeepers. They were not considered full citizens of the United States. The…

The Civil War was a great example of not meeting eye to eye. It took place from April 12, 1861 through April 9, 1865. This was a war to determine whether or not the South also known as the Confederacy would succeed from the North also referred to as the Union. Everything about the Union had snapped and soon caused “most terrible war in the nation’s history” (Brinkley 2014). The year 1864 through 1865 greatly impacted the lives of the soldiers and civilians of the Civil War. The Union hard war…

want to be with other people. An example of how Charles Dickens sees his community. Through out the stave his only friend Jacob Marley’s comes and visits him. Scrooge is terrified because it was not possible for him to be there because he has been dead for over seven years. Jacob Marley came to tell him to change his way of living because if he does not he will end up like him and be alone and…