Third Day

The two characters are training with different brigades at this time. But one day they come together to do a training exercise but when they see each other instead of training they laugh with joy and mateship. After this incident Frank decides he wants to join the light horse with his best Archy. With a few discussions with officers…

‘Chocolat’, written by Joanne Harris, is a novel that talks about the way of both the protagonist and antagonist got to where they are now. They are in a small town in France called Lansquenet-sous-tanner where the protagonist Vianne runs a chocolate shop. Things are hard for Vianne facing tradition and the black man. Joanne Harris is trying to use symbols to describe two major meanings in the book with the wind and the black man. These are all looks on the effect that the church has on the…

could have a Nothing Day, he suggested. I don’t think you are, he said. They told me that those days are canceled… He thought again. You know what? I’m going to come up with our own day. My daughter and I used to have these days when we had nothing to do, and they are not called Nothing Days. Let’s call them… Let’s call them lazy days. Yes. We’re not having a Nothing Day. We’re having a Lazy Day. What are Lazy Days? Well… That’ s a good question. You get to be lazy all day. You can’t go to…

building funds from donations of schoolchildren in Victoria, and emblazoned across a building in the main playground of Victoria School and above the schools blackboards are the words 'DO NOT FORGET AUSTRALIA'. Each year, they even hold a small Anzac day…

The most important holiday in Mexico is the Day of the Dead, El Día de Los Muertos. Surprisingly, this holiday is anything but depressing. In the weeks before, Mexicans excitedly prepare to welcome the souls of the dead, who come back each year to visit the living. From October 31 through November 2 this year, I attended this fiesta with my roommate Manuel. By sharing Day of the Dead activities in his family’s home, in the marketplace, and in a cemetery, I have observed that Mexicans, unlike…

people every day. We see a man in a suit with hair gelled back buying flowers and assume they're for his wife. But they're actually for his dying mother. We come in contact with clerks at the grocery store, telemarketers asking for money, a woman rushing past you in the airport, but you have no clue who they are, what they do. They all have their own stories, their own lives, and we only get a 5-second glance into those stories. Take into consideration that there are 86,400 seconds in a day, and…

the movie, but he couldn't. Memories of Lucinda slithered into his mind, blocking out all the noise from the movie and the laughter from the impersonations being done among the students. Daniel's mind swept over to their memory of their Valentine's Day…

holiday. The origins of Halloween can be traced back to the pre-Christian festival of the dead, also known as Samhain. This ties to the theme of Religion since it was the Celtic’s largest and most important holiday. They believed that Samhain was the day where the ghosts of the deceased where able to communicate with the living. It was later “adopted” by the Christians; they tried to convert the Celtics into their…

Celebrating Columbus Day: Should We? The issue of whether the United States should continue to celebrate Columbus Day or not has been a topic of interest for quite some time. To some people Columbus Day is a ridiculous day on which we glorify genocide of the Arawak Indians while to others it is considered a day of great importance and a celebration of an honorable man in history. Columbus Day is actually the latter description, but to prove this an agreeable definition is needed. What exactly is…

Every year the 1st and 2nd of November in Mexico is celebrated Dia de Muertos, a tradition that honors the life and memory of the those who had died and a great experience for those who wish to know more and involve themselves in a traditional Mexican celebration. In a touristic place as it is Mexico City there are many things a tourist can see and experience if he or she is in there at the time. People can go to the city’s downtown where many altars filled with food, cigars, alcohol, candies,…