The Lightning Thief

experience as a little cub scout in those days. Being away from home did not help my fear of severe weather. I always had a constant fear of lightning and tornadoes, which did not help the fact that I was attempting to sleep in a lightning storm at around midnight one night. I also had moments where my life would flash before my eyes, especially when a lightning bolt hit not too close but not too far from where my…

to show the passion of destruction in these types of paintings especially in the Shipwreck in Stormy Seas. Like society can depict how people are afraid of the situation that is happening to them. Furthermore, the intensity of the winds and the lightning bolts show how the…

angry. The pool was overflowing with water, the chairs were being thrown across the pool, against the gates by the forces of nature. The sky was getting darker and darker as the monster moved closer. Jolting from the clouds were sparks of flashes, lightning bolts touching the tip of the highest wave and disappearing back into the sky. My toes were tingling with fear, I wanted to disappear under the pillows and blankets. However, I began to feel more excited. There was a force within the storm…

Stop Wildfires Before They Start. Wildfires have different names, such as forest fires, bushfires, and unplanned fires, which occur across the globe. Wildfires are an uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside area. Wildfires get pretty big in size and they can go at a very fast speed of fourteen miles per hour. Fire can change the speed and the direction at which it spreads out from its original source. It can be devastating because fire has the ability to…

lighting rod, stove, bifocal eyeglasses,(Block 42). His ingenuity helped build the foundation of the United States, which wouldn’t have been accomplished without Benjamin Franklin. The first invention that showed ingenuity was the invention of the lightning rod. “The lighting rod was the result of a flash of genius that came to Franklin after years experimenting with electricity” (Block 40). “After Franklin learned about the success of the sentry-box experiment in France, he installed a tall,…

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury is a story about two boys who live in Greentown, Illinois. The two boys, Jim and Will grow up quickly in a few days when a carnival comes to town and they must try to help the lonely people of the town who long for something. The carnival feasts upon the town's people who long for something more and turns them into freaks that become part of the carnival. Disney also turned Bradbury's book into a movie that was released in 1983 and had Bradbury…

Dry, hot days and nights. The sun beat on the backs of the Crusaders who were desperate for any moisture, draft or shade. The heat was so unbearable it had prevented them from sweating and was causing some of the Crusaders to overheat and perish (Britannica School Library-Battle of Hattin). To make matters worse the only available fresh water, had dried up (Crusades: The Illustrated History, Thomas Madden). A faint thundering sound began sound. The tired eyes Crusaders opened in worry, than…

Introduction: The name of our hotel is the Green is Grass. The concept of our hotel is about green, environmental friendly and sustainable development. We will build our hotel in an island of the Caribbean Sea, named Barbuda. And the location we chose in the island is near the sea. So it not only we can provide the ocean or lagoon view to our guests. But also we can use the nature resource convenient. This paper explain the following of our utilities: Overview of Grass is Green Hotel, materials…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin, one of our Founding Fathers, had a very interesting life in a way of writing and inventing. His passion for writing always took him from one adventure to another. However, these are not some ordinary adventures that we may experience in our lives. These are adventures that made him write Poor Richard’s Almanac, create the US Postal System, and contribute to write the United States Constitution. If we were to seek one major theme to…

I am sitting in my room, eyes puffy and red from trying to fight back my tears. The Hundred Greek Names Project is due tomorrow. Although the name makes it sound like there are only 100 essays to write, there are actually one-hundred eight, and I am on number eighty-five. Not only that but the rain outside is not helping. It is only making me want to quit and go to bed even more than I already do. I look around the room and take a deep breath. I do not have time to breathe. I am sort of in a…