The Mailbox

As a young child I was always being pushed to be a better athlete. I was the kid who had to take everything seriously and there was no time to be a kid during a sporting event. I wouldn’t be the type of athlete I am today if I didn’t have parents pushing me to be my very best. There are some parents who just let their children struggle, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. Most of the time parents are the worst judges of their child’s ability in sports. They’re children everyday with social…

The Color of Privacy James McBride’s stunning book tells the story of how his white mother was capable of successfully raising twelve black children. Coming from a Jewish, cruel, and dark past with an abusive father in the family, James’ mother, Ruth, finally opens up to his son after decades and decides to tell him the story of how she managed to run away from home, find happiness, and deal with strong emotions. Ruth lives through a lot of tragedies, sorrows, prohibitions, judgment, and little…

Entry #1: Within the first 10 pages of the book, the author Markus Zusak begins character development for the main character in the book, Ed Kennedy. Within the first page of the book Markus Zusak takes the readers directly into a bank robbery where Ed Kennedy and his best friend Marvin are face down on the floor while the robbery is taking place. Only hearing that part would make you think that both Ed and his friend Marvin would be somewhat scared for there life since the robber is carrying a…

Letter writing is a very important lesson; it is a form of communication that is necessary to have some sort of knowledge about. Eventually, we must know how to write a letter and the difference between the types of letters. In this lesson provided by Professor Kaya, she showed us different types of letter and note writing. While addressing both formal and informal letter writing, she also gave the meanings of both forms of letters. A formal letter is considered personal, whereas, informal…

I managed to reach a point where I began making false promises to myself and others about addressing my situation. Among those empty promises was the one where I claimed I would give up drinking, attend rehab and try to get my life back on track. I even fiddled with the thought of seeking inpatient assistance if things weren't working as planned. Let's be clear and fair. Even I was convinced that I was being genuine when I initially made these promises. I still trust that I made them with…

A1. The scenario is about a disgruntled employee who felt that his salary should have been more. He also felt that while he was being under paid the president and some other employees were making too much. He then set out to change this without authority, if he could only find where and how to do this. As an employee he already has access to the network and with his knowledge of hacking he decided to start spying and searching for inform on the human resource records system. To do this he…

He passes Dahmer’s house as the mailbox shows. Through the trees you can see the dark silhouette of Dahmer as he watches the jogger (Backderf 53). The caption warns about Dahmer’s emerging sexuality. This scene is when the reader learns that Dahmer is gay (Backderf 53). His hidden secret…

It is in human nature to be destructive. While humans cannot get along with each other; creating the value of money out of paper, drawing imaginary lines on the surface to claim who owns what land, and even declaring that humans own each other based on the colour of their skin. Wars started popping up across the planet, calling themselves a succession, a revolution and a dominance. One of the first major wars was titled World War One, which split the planet in half: The Allies vs. The Central…

different in the way that they act or behave in residence as opposed to their home. Furthermore, the rite of passage helps residence students transition into a new community successfully. Some of the formal rites of passage would be getting dorm keys, mailbox key, and the informal rites of passage include frosh as it changes a student’s status as a new university student (Flynn, 2016, Lecture 6). George Mead’s concept of the “game” applies to residence students as they have to know the rules…

Considering that the play “Doll House” had tremendous high ratings during the 19th century, I would like to adapt this scene into a live play because this famous play had an extraordinary production. I would like to work with professional people who want to work together on stage. The play will be presented in the Imperial Valley at Southwest high school during the holiday season. To me, the audience can relate the topic of the second scene when Mrs. Linde comes into action in the play. I chose…