The Trap Door

“Did you two kids see what happened,” says the man. The name on the pin he wore said Tom Riddle. Ginny said “He just got up and flew away, isn't it wonderful?” “It’s exact opposite, young lady. I’ve got the whole zoo looking for a way to trap the beast. This is going to cause such bad publicity. How could this happen?” says Tom Riddle. “Please don’t hurt him,” says Harry, looking disgusted. Harry and Ginny then ran away from Tom to decide what they must do.” “We need to save him,” says…

Ding dong. I rushed towards the door as soon as I heard the whistling sound of the doorbell. My neighbor and my best friend stood tall at the door with a soccer ball resting on his hips against his palms, inviting me to play soccer as he did every day. Once the fiercely hot burning sun started to set and the sky turned from bright yellow to a delightful mixture of orange and pink, I tied down my soccer shoes and rushed towards the ground with him, inviting our other friends on our way. We got…

When I got there, there wasn’t anything edible.. At this point, my stomach started eating itself. After a few moments on the floor starving, I heard a rattle behind me. I looked up and I saw some nachos on the table under the light. “Huh, that’s not a trap at all!! Okay, maybe I’ll just get a taste.” I couldn’t help it. It tasted amazing and… really warm, hot even. Something isn’t right. It feels like something or someone is watching me, but I was desperate for those nachos! “Just gonna take…

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After ruling for 40 years as Rome’s first king, Romulus was believed to have been carried away into the sky, where he became a god. Romans were proud of their city that they were sure that the gods must have had a hand in its birth. (Chrisp, 2007 pg. 10) The Romans were proud of the works they had done especially their architecture. The Romans built some incredible buildings. According to the Encyclopedia, The origins of Roman architecture can be traced to the Etruscans, who migrated from Asia…

Ambiguous Empathy: A Character Analysis “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”(Lee, Harper). In looking through the perspective of another, we learn to empathize with those around us. Many times, if ambiguities are presented, it becomes easy to assume the worst and express sympathy. Writers often utilize ambiguity to provoke empathy within their stories. Through the creation of pathos in the play, Death and the Maiden, author Ariel Dorfman…

attempts caused hanging to become the least favorable method of execution. During a hanging, the prisoner is restrained and led to stand over a hinged trap door (Melusky, Pesto). Joseph Melusky and Keith Pesto explain, “The noose is placed around the offender’s neck, with the knot behind his or her left ear, which will cause the neck to snap. The trap door opens, the inmate drops, and, if properly done, death is caused by dislocation of the third and fourth cervical vertebrae.” The firing squad…

and enjoy myself while working on the project because she assigned the groups too. The group that I was in, wasn’t too terrible, but it could have been better. Once we all got settled in, my group went to the most right corner of the room near the door, to work on our catapult. We strategically chose this area with precise calculations to get the seat next to the power outlet so we wouldn’t have to move to use the hot glue gun, since we can just plug it in the wall. Or we ended up sitting there…

often felt humiliated.” (626). “I was supposed to ripen.” (627). She doesn’t just lure the reader to enter into the maelstrom of emotion she felt as a Latina girl growing up in an overwhelmingly Anglo society, she lures them in and then shuts the trap door, and lets them feel the tightening of their chest and flush in their cheeks, as they enter into her world. This is pathos at its…

The town of Whoville is a small town, to put it in perspective, it’s like the size of just one snowflake. It was a town of joy and happiness, never ever was there sadness now that I remember. The town was a Christmas fanatic, they counted down the days each year, day by day. The month of December was the craziest months of the year, easy to tell is Christmas is always right around the corner. One of the brightest places, not one house wasn’t decorated with colorful lights. There lights lit up…