The Long Road

I’ve known Ellen since first grade, and we became friends in fourth when we were on the same battle of the books team. However, we started to grow apart in eighth grade, as people usually do when growing up. We started hanging out less and less so I was surprised when she invited me to go watch a movie (I can’t remember which) with her, her mom, and her mom’s friend. My mom dropped me off at her house and then we drove to the movie theater. I was surprised (yet again) to find out that Ashley…

Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, is a bleak parable chronicling the journey of a father and son across a desolate, post-apocalyptic America. McCarthy’s work typically focuses on themes such as human nature, theodicy and the evil within society, with an overriding nihilistic worldview. The Road follows through on this, with McCarthy prophesying our destruction as a consequence of these societal flaws, and reminding modern readers of how much we have to lose if we remain on this path of…

Noisy Mittens!! For three nights last summer, we heard what sounded like a baby crying from the driveway that runs behind the houses on my street. Then one morning, my dad saw a kitten run underneath our neighbor’s car parked in the driveway. He went over to the car and tried to get the kitten to come out from under the car while my sister and I watched from the deck. Finally we went down with a little cup of tuna and set it down near the car. The kitten came out slowly and quickly ate all of…

Rhetorical Analysis Draft The MD, DC, And Virginia’s Public Safety Campaign is about being a safe driver, reducing injuries and death around the region, increasing awareness about safety enforcement, and being street smart (street mart). I feel that the intended audience is all of the drivers and pedestrians of the MD, DC, and Virginia’s area. This campaign is trying to convince drivers to promote better safety while driving. This ad wants to “decrease the average number of 8 people being…

Bays Precinct offers a great opportunity to extend Sydney’s ferry Service and when redeveloped will offer to introduce new timetabled inner harbour ferry services. The introduction of a new ferry stop at White bay Power Station with the increase in productivity at White Bay and the potential increase in the number of commuters activity makes a stop here viable. With people disembarking from cruiseliners at White Bay Cruise Terminal to other locations, a stop here is a necessary in terms of…

Quarter past the hour, the bus was swamped as a freeway at traffic hour. Orca blue had camouflaged the city; fortunately, accents of flaming red had made their presence felt. Furthermore, it was evident that it was playoff season. As game time neared, my cousin and I made our way to our Hotel. Just hours before puck drop, the rabid Canucks fans, delivered some rather crude looks as we strolled down Robson Street in our Gaudreau shirts. Moreover, we modestly smirked back, as our flames were up…

windshield wipers to the highest setting, nevertheless I could not see as I pulled out of the alley. As I rounded the corner my car slid to the right across the road. Even though I had a ton of homework to do when I got home, I decided to drive slowly and carefully to make it home safely. As I was driving along I noticed a car alongside the road with their flashers on. As I drew closer and closer to the vehicle I noticed the car had a flat tire. I looked around frantic to see if there was any…

The Ways of a Small Town Who wants to wake to the sound of car horns, jackhammers, and all the different sounds of a city that truly never sleeps? Who wants to sit in traffic for over an hour just to move a mile every 5 minutes? When you’re living in a small town, you are never stuck in traffic or woken up by construction; you might wake up from the train though! Small towns offer hospitality, which is helpful when you are in need of assistance or any type of help and you often know who moves…

from the norm and take a different road. Maya was taking the road that not many people would travel. She had many opportunities to go home and go back to Mother but she decided not to and to stay out in the world by herself. Frost and Maya can connect based on the fact that they both had two roads. Frost had a road that people usually took and it was pretty standard and then one that has been overgrown because rarely did anyone travel it. Maya had similar roads. She could do what almost…

part, empty. There were a few students milling about, the yearbook committee in the back, talking in hushed tones, and the occasional stray teacher, but that was all. The air was thick with heat in south California, causing Dory to curse her natural long dark blue locks, which was pulled back in its usual ponytail. It was quiet, too quiet! She slammed her head against the table wondering how she had gotten into this mess. She took the towel to her forehead as she exited the locker room.…