The House of the Rising Sun

everything in my bag to get through the week, I placed it in the trunk of my ‘95 Buick Regal, grabbed a water bottle and granola bar and headed out. It was the summer after my senior year of high school and I had agreed to help a family friend roof houses until school started. I had never roofed before and not knowing what I had gotten myself into, I said yes and now I was driving halfway across the state at four in the morning. I was headed to Elkhart, Kansas, a four hour drive from my home…

reporter Shane Smith says that, “melting glaciers are also a factor to the sea level rising, in the country of Bangladesh it is said that people are having to move their houses further back from the water because of the rising of the water levels. Since 2009, 25,000 homes have been destroyed.” Also it has been said that “by the end of the century, 15% of Bangladesh will be covered in salt water.¨ The sea level rising is also causing damage to our…

atmosphere traps radiation emitted by the Sun, caused by the gases burned by fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide, for example. In turn, this phenomenon results in less heat escaping into space as needed. Global warming is a very serious issue because carbon dioxide can stay in the atmosphere for up to a century, so over the course of the next century, the effects may be irreversible. If the Earth continues to warm, it could result in melting ice caps, leaving us with rising sea levels and little to no…

When she returned she said that she had seen a man, who had told her that 'The whole community would rise from the dead; that all cattle now living must be slaughtered'. The girls returned home and told their families what had happened but they were not believed. Later, however, when Nongqawuse described one of the men, her uncle Mhalakaza, himself a diviner, recognised the description as that of his dead brother, and became convinced she was telling the truth. As a result, between April 1856…

not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters… Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me… And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever,” (“Psalm 23 NASB”). “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, references Psalm 23 through the similarity in names between the valley of ashes and “the valley of the shadow of death”. In Psalm 23, the valley of the…

The Most Dangerous Game “Twenty feet below him, the sea rumbled and hissed. Rainsford hesitated. He heard the hounds. Then he leaped as far out into the sea as he could.” When Rainsford head rose out from the dark cool water he saw Zaroff aiming down at him in the water with his pistol. But before Rainsford had a chance to react he felt hot lead enter his arm then. As soon a he felt the bullet from the pistol, he submerged back underwater so Rainsford did not have a good shot on him. After…

Carbon Dioxide in Water Examine the role of carbon dioxide to Earth’s chemical equilibrium by researching the following: Atmospheric CO2 Composition • Present a graph showing global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the last 150 years • Describe the overall trend that this data shows. The graph shows a positive relationship between the number of years and the concentration in part per million, which suggests that as years go by, the concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere is increasing…

He soon found a way to make all the money he needed, and purchased the house directly across from the house with the green light. The green light becomes a symbol of Daisy throughout the novel. Gatsby ends up being so intrigued by the green light, that it is was almost more important to him than Daisy. She becomes a dream that Gatsby has in the green light itself. He finally realizes this when he is with Daisy at his house, he is staring at…

bathroom as I quickly brush my teeth and put my bathing suit on. I run over to the window to see if Tristan is here yet, but I can't focus on anything other than the waves crashing onto the shore of the white sandy beach only being barely lit up by the rising sun. Beeeeeep! Beeeeeep! Beeeep! As Tristan's loud car horn pierces through the air, at 6 A.M., you can probably…

Mary Rowlandson had proximity to the events in Lancaster. A good example of this proximity can be identified when Rowlandson states, “On the tenth of February 1675, came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster. Their first coming was about Sun-rising; hearing the noise of some Guns…” (Perkins). The details recount of that attack given with a precise time and date adds to Rowlands credibility to her engagement and proximity to the events…