The Way Home

My favorite baseball player is Rod Carew and I decided to read the book he wrote about himself as a kid and as a ballplayer. In the beginning of the book Rod talks about his life growing up in Panama and how he did not have a lot of money. In the middle of the novel Rod talks about his career for the Minnesota Twins and what it was like to become a professional ballplayer. Towards the end of the book Rod talks about the end of his tenure with the Twins and him joining his new team the California…

batter but then be the best fielder on your team. I feel numbers are just numbers they change all the time so I personally don’t think you can see how good an athlete is by statistics. Just like one of the guys said at the end of the movie that hit home and took the words right out of my mouth. He said “It’s all about the heart and dedication you put into the game. Also the group of players you put together to play the sport. You can’t approach baseball from a statistical beam counter point of…

Softball has always been a favorite past time of mine. The heat from the summer days, the smell and taste of Gatorade and sunflower seeds always bring me to the memory of playing softball. Merriam Webster Dictionary defines softball as a sport that is similar to baseball but that is played on a smaller field and with a ball that is pitched underhand and that is larger and softer than a baseball When playing softball, you have to have a glove for catching, a bat for batting, cleats for playing…

lighting has caused the stars to be harder to see now than ever before. Most children in the 21st century have looked up at the Milky Way in wonder at some…

the characters to search for meaning in their lives. The main hindrance to their own personal discoveries is materialism. Materialism prevents the characters from flying by "weigh[ing] [them] down" the way a peacock with "all th[e] jewelry" on its tail "weighs it down" (Morrison 179). The only way for the peacock to "soar" is to relieve itself of its "jewelry" much like Milkman, Hagar, and Pilate are only able to find purpose in their lives after shedding materialism (283,179). Milkman is in…

back. I learned some people’s stories, and they told me how they really were interested in a relationship with God. I don’t think I had ever felt a better feeling knowing I was able to influence that. As the sun began to set, the group made their way back into the hotel. Alexandra and I both laid on our beds in silence, staring up at the ceiling. I looked over at her and she seemed to be deep in thought. Finally, she spoke…

Figure C- Honeycomb As brought out earlier, mathematical patterns are present here on earth, but they also appear in outer space too. The Milky Way Galaxy, for example, contains a near perfect mirror image of itself. This is prevalent since it has two major arms, Perseus and Scutum-Centaurus. In addition to mirror symmetry, the Milky Way Galaxy also contains logarithmic spirals similar in design to nautilus shells and sunflowers. These logarithmic spirals are present from the center of…

this film is shown through the portrayal of the Siamese cats; the animals are portrayed as sinister, dangerous, and conniving. They are shown with slanted eyes and buckteeth, while speaking with poor grammar and accents. This portrayal is one of many ways in the film that stereotypes are exaggerated. More examples include the melodramatic, romantic, and pudgy Italian chef and the overly Scottish terrier. Studies show that stereotypes often arise in children’s lives from the media. Disney films…

Uranus: Uranus was discovered in 1781 by a British Astronomer named William Herschel, using a 6 inch telescope. At first he thought that it might be a nebulous star or even a comet, but after continued observation, he realized that it appeared to be a disk in the sky that moved relative to the stars. The movement was far too slow to be a comet and soon enough he realized that he had discovered the 7th planet at the time. At first, he wanted to name it Georgium Sidus which translates to…

Six of Crows is far from a bad book. It is somewhat satisfactory, however I was expecting myself to be blown away. The first two books of The Grisha trilogy are something I highly regard. So unsurprisingly, I am ecstatic with Six of Crows’ prose. I was ready to be swept off my feet, but sadly that did not happen. There are a lot of factors, I considered why this happened. My top choices are, I finished The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes last night. And it’s everything I wanted and more. It is…