The Story of Stuff

Have you ever heard a story where a man and his dog go on a journey through the Rockie Mountains. In this story you will. This story is about a guy named PJ and his dog Max going on a long journey. PJ is a 40 year old man who loves to hike,mostly in the Rocky Mountains. PJ lives in a town named Spearfish in the state of South Dakota. He has lived in Spearfish his whole life. When he was 6 years old he went on his first hike up Black Elk Peak (Harney Peak). He loved that hike so much he…

aunt would start to pack her things in our small living room in New York City. She would tell me, "Now Dill, start packin' your clothes and fix your playthings so that we can leave early tomorrow mornin'," and I would always scramble into my room and stuff my favorite changes of clothes along with my prized posessions into one large bag. Once I was done, I would throw it one the pile of my aunt's luggage and beg her to hire out a pilot to fly us into Maycomb. "C'mon Aunt Sally, I've saved up…

Omar N.Bradley said,” Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death”.This quote demonstrates that bravery comes within. Rikki had bravery to fight his enemies and beat them.The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is people find courage they didn't know they had when standing up for those they love. Rikki Tikki is a courageous and inspiring character in this story.Rikki jumped on to nag back and fought him (para 58-59).The character…

A Reconciled Love Just like most kids my story of how reading has impacted my life started when I was very young. A memory of my childhood was my parents laying my sister Ashley and I down every night to read us a bible story. I was always an adventurous kid, so for me story time was just another adventure. I have always enjoyed reading like my mom; however, I would prefer to be outside with a ball in my hand like my dad. Regardless of how hard I resisted, my mom would insist that I come…

In society people think that being mentally,emotionally or physically different than what the most people means that you never be able to do stuff without help or that some needs to tell you something.However In the story “The Girl Who Was Born With Two Arms and Two legs” Quarta is a leader because she is selfless,strong,determined and inspiring. The most Noticeable reason why Quarta is leader because Quarta is Selfless.For instance When she save Kako ( boy with four…

and so this is an important concern. If you don’t remember, you don’t learn. Anyhow, I found it very difficult to remember the stuff I read in “Into the Strawberry Fields” and in the other secondary sources. By contrast, I think I will always remember the story of Jeanne’s mom destroying the China rather than sell it at a loss. I will also remember the Chumash story, and how they view the sun as a god. The second advantage to primary sources is that they are more interesting. I was,…

This story was very judgmental to everyone. It was unfair to everyone in this story If you weren’t equal enough. If you were a pretty ballerina, you had to wear an ugly mask to make you ugly. If you were stronger than other people you had to wear a 42 pound timer, and it would go off every minute. If you weren’t smart enough, you had too also wear a timer and it would go off. This story was very rude and disrespectful to everyone, and nobody should…

it to his friends or family. Pushing the random thought aside, he continued. Static. This was a normal sound at the start, as the boy has been listening to tapes for the past three days. A scream could have happen, turning the tape into a horror story. Few seconds later, quiet, yet audible footsteps came into play. The person owning these footsteps grabbed what the boy heard a chair, sitting down with a light…

something bad happen in these stories Like someone dies or goes to jail. Also, these author discuss pain and how someone has to deal with it and accept what happened. Everyone in life has tragedy and pain but everyone has a different way of dealing with it. All three of these author write about tragedy and discuss how much pain a person can handle. In a Temporary Matter, Lahir talks about tragedy and pain. She talks about how people go through tragedy and pain, by saying that stuff in life…

Both short stories "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Landlady” by Roald Dahl are gothic, mysterious stories. The authors (of both stories) make the stories exciting for the reader due to the tension and suspense they create. There are some clear differences between the two stories, but also some similarities. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator is the main character in the story, and he tells the story from his own point of view. Dahl however is narrating the story more as if…