The Hurt Locker

Growing up, I had many problems with my left leg and foot. Looking back, going back and forth to the hospital and doctor’s appointments really made me into much stronger person that I am today. As a result, it made me want to become a nurse so I can help other people out the same way those doctors and nurses did when I needed help. I had multiple surgeries done on my leg which prevented me from doing a lot of activities growing up. At the same time, I feel like I let my leg problems get in the…

Susan Sontag states that “the essence of camp is love in the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration”. (pg. 1) This essence is everywhere in “But I’m a Cheerleader”. The entire film runs on a potentially true storyline by making it artificial. This is done by having the film lack seriousness. “Camp is an art that proposes itself seriously, but cannot be taken all together seriously because it is “too much”” (pg. 4). I believe that this phrase perfectly describes “But I’m a Cheerleader”.…

(Bevington, 2014)King Lear and elderly King of Britain decides to step down from the throne and wanting to divide his kingdom between his three daughters. Before he divided the kingdom among the three daughters, he required them to show their love for him in words. Lear waits with a prideful heart and expecting to hear kind words from his daughters it was far from what he expected. Two of King Leer’s daughters Goneril and Regan manipulates him speaking highly of him and makes him proud. His…

just getting to my prime; it was exactly where I wanted to be. I was content with my skills. I cannot even remember doing anything to my knee. All I knew was that it hurt. During halftime I put my “just-in-case” knee brace on and continued to play. After the game, as well as that night, my knee felt sore, but nothing too bad. It hurt to straighten my leg…

Marina, the Unsung Hero of “Uncle Vanya” “People might not remember us, just so long as God does.” (Chekhov 90) Secondary characters in literature are all too often ignored, and “Uncle Vanya” is no exception. However, in this play, secondary characters, most notably Marina, help provide balance to the antics of the Serebryakov family. She is a constant and is someone they can rely on. Through working for the family for years, the rest of the cast has learned to depend on her. Furthermore, the…

saw different kinds needles and some thread. When the doctor started, I was not in pain. He numbed my foot so that's why. The doctor continued. It took a long time just laying down in pain. When the doctor was at the edge of my wound it started to hurt so I told him and he gave another shot and quickly finished. When he finished I look at my foot and see stitches in a line of my foot. I got twelve stitches. Then the doctor brings a cast and I put it on my…

IMPETUS: the force by which a body moves. A single flickering street lamp illuminated the abandoned streets below. Ash danced on the wind, interrupted by the charred, black skeletons of what had once been sturdy foundations to village houses, coating the parts of the street where there was still gasoline with burnt memories. It settled on the occasional corpse, mimicking skin where the muscle had been touched by fire, drawing halos of gray chalk around the shattered skulls of innocents that had…

The Tragedy of King Lear has been a great source of cogitation over the many years since it was written by William Shakespeare. Such thinking may be at variance with or derive from a legion of other interpretations. In Act 2 Scene 4 we find Lear in ultimate dismay at the betrayal Regan and Cornwall have exhibited to him. Through their treatment of Kent, by putting him in the stocks, Lear takes personal offence claiming “Tis worse than murder.” Order v disorder is apparent within the positions…

was when I was ten years old and I still have never ran into anything more painful. The wart was on the bottom of my foot. It was under the big toe on my left foot. At first it was a pencil tip sized, darker skin colored mound on my toe. It didn’t hurt when I walked on it or if I touched it. When it first grew I didn’t know it was a wart I just thought it was a random spot on my foot. Over a couple weeks it got bigger. It got to the size of about an eraser on a pencil. I was laying on the…

A pearl is an item that is glorified for its extravagant beauty, but how can a thing with such beauty cause such an ugly demise? “The Pearl” was written by John Ernst Steinbeck in 1947. Steinbeck was an author known for using experiences from his from his travels, the people he met during those, and his own life experiences, such as his marriages to inspire beautiful novels giving insight to the lives and struggles of others he hoped to better shape other’s lives. In this novel, Steinbeck takes…