The Other Sister

relationships with their siblings. For me it’s my sister and how our relationship has evolved over the years. This short story is truly relatable to most people with siblings in some sort of way, brings insight as to why some people grow apart, and can make you think about how a relationship with your sibling is the way it is. Reading the short story “Boys” made me instantly think…

Many people believe that ethics are completely determined by religion (Blackburn page 10). However, Blackburn disagrees with this belief. During the nineteenth century, in western cultures, more people began to stray away from traditional religious beliefs (Blackburn page 10). Many philosophers believed that with the loss of religion also came the loss of ethics Blackburn page 10. Dostoevsky asked “If god is dead, everything is permitted? (Blackburn page 10). Blackburn’s answer to this question…

mall. My sister and I turned around to see a boy, probably around twelve years old, racing toward her. My sister called him by name, gave him a hug and asked him what was going on in his life. They talked as if they knew each other well. He and his mother chatted with my sister for some time before they left. "One of your students?" I asked. My sister nodded her head. Throughout the years, this scene constantly repeated itself. It seemed that no matter where we went in public, my sister…

The conflict I talked about in my conflict summary took place between my older sister and me in a Facebook Messenger chat. We started talking about her current relationship and the repercussions if she decided to bring her boyfriend home and introduce him to the family. The conflict started when I told her things she did not want to hear, for example, that her boyfriend would not fit in with our family because he is a different religion and race. The reason I said this is because my family is…

swing of the racket to the way they move across the court, Venus and Serena Williams are both brilliant tennis players. Both sisters are equally successful in their lives outside of tennis, but their careers in the game are very different from each other. Venus Williams was born on June seventeenth, 1980 making her the older sister in the dynamic tennis duo. Her younger sister, Serena, was born on September twenty-sixth, 1981. Both girls were enrolled at Rick Macci’s Tennis Academy at a…

symbolist painting by Denis, as part of his album Amour, of two sisters sitting by a piano. The younger girl, Eva, is playing the piano while her sister, Marthe, listens. Adagio refers to a tempo marking, indicating that the music is to be played slowly, or a composition intended to be played in this manner. Therefore, Denis chooses the slow Adagio movement for his title because Eva is playing the piano, creating music. The sisters look at peace and in a dreamy and relaxed state of mind as they…

narration the reader gets to understand that the narrator is not of clean hands herself. Sister, the narrator, is laden with internal conflict, insecurities, and low self esteem which spill over in form of sibling rivalry against her sister Stella-Rhondo. In brief, this story commences when Stella-Rhondo returns home from her marital home…

until he would have to leave. His first friend Charlie meets were Patrick and through him, he ends up meeting his crush, Sam. Befriending Sam and Patrick bring Charlie through thing he has never experience before. Throughout the novel, Charlie, his sister, and his friends fall in and out of a relationship. Each member desires the attentive of love from another person but it never able to maintain…

decision. My mom, Glenda, and my step-dad, Jr, where arguing for hours from as late as 11 pm to 2 am, with my baby sisters crying and begging me to do something. I took it upon myself to be the adult in the situation. My significant decision was giving my mom the ultimatum to leave my step-dad or I was moving out to another family member’s home, because I wanted to protect my little sisters from the dysfunctional environment. This affected my life by making me an adult at a young age. My…

Dialogue: I casually asked my sister,“So.. whats up with you, I haven’t really had much time to talk to you this weekend.” Sister responded nonchalantly,“ Nothing really, been busy with track and school work.” I said,“ How is track? Do you like it?” She responded, “ It’s okay I guess, it takes a lot of time out of my hands, but I really enjoy the people there. I made really good friends.” I said, “That’s great, I think track is going to help you manage your time more.” She said, “ Yeah, I guess…