The Run

I Need You Now “I Need You Now,” by Lady Antebellum, was featured in the 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty, and it was used in television series such as Hellcats and The Glades. The song tells a realistic story about a man and a woman who loved each other, but their pride kept them apart. In the beginning, the woman sings about all of the "Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor" (line 1,2). All of the perfect things they've done together, came to an end. She missed him, and now she's…

tool for communication, teenagers use it alike. With many questions emerging that should teenagers be allowed to use the internet for social media, or to restrict them from utilizing this essential tool that many find useful. In the article “Let Kids Run Wild Online” by Danah Boyd touches on this topic that some may find controversial. I believe that teenagers should be allowed to use the internet for it is a tool that is being implemented more in our lives. Researchers…

ball. The day seemed perfect enough for the day I had been waiting for for two years, getting my first home run. I always doubted myself when it came to something big. Usually I worked better if I had something to work towards, but what? The heat was reflecting off the field onto the players The day seemed perfect enough to be the day I had been waiting for for two years, getting my first home run. I always doubted myself when it came to something big. Usually I worked better when I was working…

The film and book of A River Runs Through It really resonated with my love for the outdoors and brought attention to the similarities the Maclean family has with mine. Great sense of community arose from being able to partake in activities that connected multiple students together over an English assignment that was based off experiential education. The English department should keep up the common activities that is based from a book the department must read for the semester. For people that…

Personal Narrative I’m going to be writing about the Kanas City Royals postseason run. Some of the places my story will take place in Kansas City, Los Angeles, & San Francisco. So the reason I’m writing this is because I love the Royals. This meant so much to me because it was the first time in 29 years since the Royals have been in a playoff game. So I turned on the television and started watching. They where playing the Oakland Athletics, winner goes and plays the top seed Los Angeles Angles.…

I never seemed to give back or take in the real meaning it beholds. Nature holds many secrets and it takes an individual to investigate to find out. If you do not stop once in awhile, you will never see that opportunity that faces you. My last ski run of the day gave me opportunity to see beauty in the world and showed me that I have someone watching over me. The snow is falling and the clouds cover the sky in grey as if there was a forest fire on the other side of the mountain. The…

was right. There was only one thing to do. He had to run away from the farm. He flew up on the fence post and down into the field. Then he took off running. He ran across the pasture and into the woods. Toby came to the highway, and he walked along the road until night fell. He found a trailer filled with hay, and he climbed upon a bed of hay to sleep for the night. When he awoke the next morning, he remembered he had run away…

illusion of a perfect world. This is far from the truth as these societies are often corrupt and their citizens are repressed. Citizens are deprived from learning about the entire past and how their government works in Fahrenheit 451, Anthem, and Logan’s Run. A central theme in dystopian works is the government’s use of propaganda which causes the protagonist to have a desire to change their society. The societies in dystopian works are very tyrannical. Often times, the government uses…

Film Review: Room “Truck. Wiggle out. Jump. Run. Somebody.” Lenny Abrahamson’s Room is just a story of primitive living. It is Emma Donoghue’s critically-acclaimed novel of growth in an enclosed room between a mother and son. And it blossoms into something much more -- a plant, a flower. The dynamic duo between Abrahamson’s melodramatic direction and Donoghue’s brilliant story sheds light on the beauty of life and growth. This is Donoghue’s story (and her first screenplay). Like Abrahamson’s…

Throughout my life, I have been raised and attended schools here in Naperville, Illinois. I attend Steeple Run Elementary, Jefferson Junior High, and Naperville North, which are all in District 203. Each of these schools are co-ed and public. Recently, my high school is ranked within the top 100 of the best public high schools within the nation. For each of my schools, especially high school, the curriculum is structured more informally than formally. This means that we, the students, are giving…