The Jacket

and Other Difficult Dialogues” the reflections came quickly from memories regarding my sister Nina interest in The Black Panther party. My mother was quite upset when Nina wanted to style her hair in a large Afro hairstyle, and wear a black leather jacket, dashiki with bell bottomed blue jeans. By Nina being four years older than myself, I felt that she was standing up for something she believed in as a teenager. Moreover, Nina wanted to hang out at the Black Power rallies that were going on…

The Orient Express Hercul Piorot was a private and a retired Belgium officer, who boards the Taurus Express Train for a vacation to Istanbul. While a board the train Piorot befriends Mary Debanham and Colonel Arbuthnot. Piorot became suspicious of the two because they acted like strangers, but were too approachable to each other just to be strangers. After the trains Arrival in Istanbul, Piorot checks in to the Tokatlian…

name! You just met her! Genma couldn’t help but let his eyes travel over her body. She didn’t look comfortable in what little she wore. He nodded to himself, taking off his flak jacket, and offering it to her to cover herself. She gingerly took it and put it on. An image of her completely naked save for his jacket flashed in his mind, sending tremors down his spine. He shook his head in an attempt to get the image from his mind before it engraved itself there. “Um, sir, are you…

For what a blue parka I’m wearing!” she argued. What a jokester she is. Little Red Riding Hood should own her own comedy club. “Don’t be absurd! Your jacket is the same shade of gray as red.” Ok I may be a little color-blind here and there. “I’m not little, for what long hairy legs I have! I don’t have all day. If I don’t deliver this package by noon, the boss is going to have my head!”she exclaimed.…

to where I used to be. On the way to the track meet, the school bus window condensation blurred the view of the outside world. All I could see looking out my window were the blurred lights of passing cars in the darkening afternoon. My canada goose jacket rested beside me protecting my hip from pounding itself into the metal framework of the moving bus. My headphones blasted Roy Wood’s Waking at Dawn album, while the other teammates on the track team listened to their own tunes. I clutched my…

five from Poland. As soon as the hurricane slow down the coast guard went out with planes and helicopters to try and find something. Days passed and they didn’t find anything until Saturday when they found life rings with the name of the boat, life jackets and…

it 's durable, good for working in the fields and also very affordable to purchase. High ranking citizens would, however, wear silk which is soft and smooth made out from cocoons of silkworms. Both genders would wear a dress jacket with an upper short shirt jacket/ waist jacket, lower floor-length skirt, long silk belt with a ring jade and a cotton shawl around arms, known as a Hanfu (漢服). The Hanfu would often have detailed embroidery of a dragon or flowers behind the garment made out of…

of intense reading. His mouth is thin and is flanked by deep wrinkles that meet his mouth with a slight smile. His silver hair is slowly falling off the top of his head, and seemingly collecting on his eyebrows, chin, and jaw. His brown tweed suit jacket fell around his protruding belly. Reaching high above his head, he writes a bullet point followed by “White Lie.” He slowly turned to face the crowd of students while simultaneously inhaling.…

The Sparrow On Friday, November 18, 2016, my wife and I saw the 7:30 showing of The Sparrow, a play written by Chris Matthews, Jake Minton, and Nathan Allen. The play is about a high school girl (Emily) returning to her former school after a tragic accident in the second grade, in which she was the only survivor, forced her to move and attend a different school. Eventually it is revealed that Emily has super powers when she saves the popular cheerleader (Jenny) from falling from the school’s…

(Robinson 9). Afterwards, Maddox realizes how deadly the young security guards at Manifold are, and realizes that he shouldn’t have underestimated them. Later, while the Chess Team is attacking a terrorist camp in Siberia, Queen removes the hood of her jacket, revealing her long her wavy blond…