The Next Line

Tenth of December is a collection of short stories by George Saunders. In Tenth of December, Saunders uses the theme of selflessness and sacrifice for others in multiple stories. Saunders shows this theme multiple times with a transformation of a character in which he/she ultimately acts in a selfless manner, often at a cost to him/herself. “Escape from Spiderhead” and the title story, “Tenth of December” both demonstrate this. “Escape from Spiderhead” is about a man named Jeff who is…

structure. The title “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” is repeated four times throughout the poem. It is the first line of the poem as well as the ending of two stanzas (stanzas 2 and 4) and the second to last line of the entire poem. The line “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” also repeats four times and is the final line of the poem. The two lines evoke a sense of urgency for the reader, almost to invoke the idea that death is coming soon and his words should be heeded.…

of the wavelength. As it was impossible to measure the true standard curve, the data points and subsequent graphs demonstrated the qualitative information collected and the trend of these values. The calibration curve closely resembled a straight line, with only minimal deviations in either direction. This indicated that the solutions examined and the data attained had a low percentage of error and high accuracy. As the concentration of the cobalt (II) solution decreased, the absorbance also…

poem about being ungrateful for things done everyday. Composed of three main sections, not by stanzas but by line breaks. In the first section, the speaker describes how his father rose early during his childhood, even on Sundays, to do chores. In the second section, the speaker describes how he got up later after his father was already done with all the work. In the final two lines, the speaker explains his regret for failing to understand his father’s selfless efforts. Through the use of…

According to the first line in stanza three, “She strikes and strikes the shrilly circling boy till the stick breaks in her hand.” The woman must be very angry if she beats the boy so hard that the stick she uses breaks. The speaker uses a metaphor to describe this image by saying…

partners. We are going to try a new game.” I looked at my new friend Morgan saying, “Come on let’s be partners.” The game was a combination of charades and mirror. By the end of drama camp, we were close friends. The instructor told us to come ready next week to start practicing for the play. We would receive the script in an email later on that week. I went home super excited I was going to be in a play. Waiting anxiously for that email, I thought to myself, “Is this play going to be on stage…

thought I was, and would literally kick my butt. Somehow I took those offenses quietly until I received a rather rude wakeup call; my best friend at the time played a huge role in my hazing. The bullies enlisted her help, and together they wrote three line rhyming limericks under the guise of a secret admirer. These limericks came about once every week for a month, and progressively got meaner until they were basically poems about how ugly they…

Catholic Charities is a non-profit organization that has been in service for 94 years. They offer a multitude of services such as group homes for the handicapped and mentally delayed, Family service centers that offer services such as help with rental and energy assistance as well as diapers for children as well as many others. The services continue to grow on a yearly basis with one of the most important of them being that of mental health and substance abuse treatment to the population. As…

OT room at the table. The OT and Kean began to do heavy work at the table. The OT began by making Kean sit in the chair and with the resistance band tied to the bottom of it she had him push his feet against it and count to 10 and repeat it 3 times. Next, still sitting down on the chair, the OT had him bend down, grab the band and pull it up for 10 seconds 3 times. Lastly, the OT made him hold to the side of the chair and push himself up and hold for 10 seconds 3 times. She turned to Kean’s mom…

There I was in the kitchen opening up the scores to my ACT. I have been waiting months to see what I got. I thought to myself, all this studying finally paid off. I remember right after we completed the test how well I thought I did, that even though this was my first time taking it, I was going to get a score no less than a thirty. My mother was in the living room reading a magazine, I was in the kitchen about to open the letter. I opened the letter and saw my score. It was a twenty… I…