The Terrace

1,186. 1,186 is the number of people killed by police in 2015 (Petrohilos, 2015). In 1991, Rodney King could’ve been one of those numbers, with the perpetrators getting off scot-free. The acquittal of the four officers who brutally attacked Rodney King was an outrage to the American people as well as being the catalyst for the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Rodney King was driving one night when he was pulled over and beaten by police. Upwards of one-hundred miles per hour, Rodney King’s car was…

he?” one of the fishermen shouts. “Sleeping,” I call, not caring if they see me crying. “Let no one disturb him.” “He was eighteen feet from nose to tail,” the fisherman who was measuring the fish called. “I believe it,” I reply. I walk into the Terrace and asked for a can of coffee. “Hot and with plenty of milk and sugar in it.” “Anything more?” says the proprietor. “No. Afterwards I will see what he can eat.” I say. “What a fish it was,” the proprietor says. “There has never been such a fish.…

Vincent van Gogh once said, “I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process” (“Vincent Van Gogh, and His Paintings”). The only thing a lot of people know about Vincent is that he truly did lose his mind and that he cut his own earlobe off. They don’t know anything about his work or his history. Vincent was a unique and unusual man, yet he truly was an artistic genius. Like so many, though, this wasn’t realized until after he had already passed. The oldest of six…

One of the best modern day adaptations of the Divine Comedy is the movie Seven. In this Dramatic Mystery, John Doe, a serial killer, carries out horrific murders based on the concept of contrapasso from the Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy is referenced several times and seems to be the source for the serial killers seven murders as each relate to a deadly sin. From the opening credits to the seventh day of the film, the movie replicates Dante’s use of symmetry: the number seven refers to the…

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Lord of the Flies. A classic novel, a heartfelt movie, and influential words that last some individuals a lifetime. To speak beyond modern words, Lord of the Flies, a legend. William Golding tells the thrilling experience of young British boys who have become stranded on an undiscovered island after their plane crashes. One of the main characters, Ralph, of whom becomes the leader, is able to make his way through the unfamiliar conditions by observation and self defiance. When first introduced,…

There was a store on the corner of Benson and Terrace Ave. Most who walked past pay little attention, for it was old and beaten down. The brick structure was covered in old faded graffiti with cracked windows and no sign to say it was open. Teenagers would dare each other to go in at night but none of them ever came back. So the store on the corner of Zwing and Terrance Avenue stayed where it was with police tape surrounding the cracked brick. However, to the people inside it was beautiful. The…

Charles first started to be pressured to be married, he thought Diana was much too young. After all, at the time she was only 16. However when her sister reintroduced the two at a pheasant hunt at Althorp, and Diana taught him how to tap dance on the terrace. He began to see her as more than just the girl next door, but still too young. However, in July of 1980 Diana visited the royal family's Balmoral Castle in Scotland to see her sister, Lady Jane, who was married to Robert Fellowes,…

We spend a third of our lives sleeping, that is a lot of time as not to pay attention to what happens while we sleep and dream. Why do we dream, do dreams have meaning? These questions have long intrigued scientists. Many people might not remember their dreams, and even those that do usually only remember one or two, but we all dream every night. For centuries scientists have been studying dreams, according to our textbook, scientists are deeply divided about the meaning of dreams and their…

Once upon a time there lived a widowed man and his beautiful daughter, Ella. Ella was kind hearted. She had beautiful golden colored hair, and her eyes were blue like forget-me-nots. The man was kind and devoted to his child. But he also felt she needed a mother’s love. He gave Ella everything she desired. So he married again, his new wife was a woman with two daughters. They were called Anastasia and Drizella. The man soon died. After his death Ella grew to know the stepmother’s true nature.…