The Mailbox

). She is out of touch with the reality that constantly threatens to break through her carefully sealed perimeters, “when the town got free postal delivery, Miss Emily alone refused to let them fasten the metal numbers above her door and attach a mailbox to it.” ( ). She clearly does not want to let go of the…

Elements of Music: A Closer Look In our everyday life, sound surrounds us almost constantly. With a simple walk to the mailbox, our ears are exposed to a number of sounds. Such as birds chirping, car horns blaring, neighbors laughing, and leaves scrambling. What causes theses sounds, though? How do we interpret them? Espie Estrella, a music education expert, states that sound is created when an object vibrates. Estrella continues by explaining that our ears sense these vibrations and send them…

Diablo Cody’s Juno is better at accurately portraying a modern relationship between “Juno and Bleeker” than William Shakespeare’s characters “Romeo and Juliet.” Juno’s depiction of a relationship is more accurate in modern times as a result of the timelines in which the character’s amorous feelings were developed, the speech and motives to bring happiness to their significant other, and the amount of maturity Juno and Bleeker show in difficult situations. But, on the contrary, Romeo and Juliet’s…

Residential Locksmith Los Angeles- Your home or apartment is the space that you normally share with your family, loved ones and close friends and also store all of your valuables. It is therefore important for you to keep this space safe and well secured at all times. At Residential Locksmith Los Angeles, we fully understand how vital it is to keep your home and loved ones safe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days in a year. Residential Locksmith Los Angeles has been in the business of…

Emily Waldo Bezy Geo. Honors 15 August 2017 “Geography & It’s 5 Themes”  Geography is the study of the Earth, specifically the land and its features. The subject can be divided into two categories: Physical Geography and Cartography. Physical Geography entails actual points that can be located using latitude and longitude as well as landforms, such as mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans, plateaus, etc. Cartography is the study and / or practice of drawing maps. In Cartography; one must…

The Organization that I chose to volunteer at was Amarillo’s Habitat for Humanity. The purpose of this organization is to build homes for low-to-median income families who qualify and complete their program requirements. Habitat builds these homes to range from three-to-five bedrooms. Their mission statement is, “Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.” Amarillo Habitat for Humanity is a Christian-based…

The magnificence of virtues as portrayed by grandiose statues as seen in ancient Greek and Roman culture is lost to us today, replaced by the common: what is able to be known by science and a focus on money and the economy. Billy Collins, in his poem “The Death of Allegory” portrays the personifications of these virtues lazing about doing nothing and lacking their symbolic props. Once objects of awe and beauty, the speaker gives the reader a sense that virtues, once revered and seen as noble,…

In the essay On Being a Self Forever, Updike reflects on the conception of selfhood and discusses his thoughts on subjects of death and religion among others. On writing about this, he devotes some time to the topic of nothingness: Perhaps there are two kinds of people in the world: those for whom nothingness is no problem, and those for whom it is an insuperable problem, an outrageous cancellation rendering every other concern [negligible].” (Self-Consciousness 228) This idea of the “two kinds…

After applying to colleges, you wait impatiently to receive a letter notifying you of the colleges’ verdict, everyday you’d rush to check your mailbox, only to be disappointed, and seemingly more anxious than before. It does not necessarily have to be a letter from a college, it could be your first paycheck that is taking longer to arrive than you anticipated, or a letter from the IRS that can either bring joy or dread depending on the context of the letter. Ironically even though our daily life…

English had the idea to stop the trading route to Spain to collect all of their treasure. However, Spain got their treasure back with the complication of a Hurricane that destroyed all but one ship which was believed to be on the Florida coastline. The mailbox system was then created. Mel Fisher was the creator. The system is a large pipe that is bent at a 90 degree angle. It is the width of a boat's propellors. The jets from the…