Throwing stick

Rudy hated to go home with his left ear bleeding and his right eye almost closed. Once again, he had another dreadful day at school. It all started when he walked in to school twenty minutes late, wearing his extra short pants and the ugliest sweater he owns. “Today is going to be a good day, but I hope I don’t get a detention for being late,” he thought as he shuffled inside quickly. Just as Rudy got to his locker, the rude eighth graders shoved him inside. Rudy shrugged it off like usual, but…

My dad always told me stories about many Native artifacts that he found in the past when he found in the past, when I was a little kid. He showed me many arrowheads, axes and poetry. Even in my grandfather's old shop he had many artifacts on the wall. There was so many artifacts I did not know what they all was. Sometimes my dad would take me places to go find artifacts. We always found many artifacts and we had a good time. Sometimes when I held the artifact I would wish that I could go back…

Before it ended, they started throwing picks into the crowd, but I did not get so lucky as I did last time. While the lead singer and bassist left the stage, the drummer was still getting up and he threw one of his drum sticks into the GA crowd, and the other right in the area where my mom and I were sitting! It was a crazy rush of girls pushing and running to get the stick. With my mom having sat closer to the stage than me, she had a pretty good opportunity…

What is the difference between an angel and a demon? They began in the same place, and are powerful in doing what they want. Both are persuasive and influential in their dealings with others. The difference is their goals and their motives; angels protect kindness and order and demons advocate chaos and cruelty. Many times in literature, characters will represent the idea of angels versus demons. One such case is The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. In this book, Simon represents all things…

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Analysis One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel, written by Ken Kesey and published in 1962. The novel was adapted into a film, produced by Michael Douglass and released in 1975. The film was directed by Milos Forman, with screenplay by Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben, and was the second film to ever be awarded all five major academy awards. The film is a moderately accurate portrayal of the film, but it loses the crucial aspect of Chief's point of view. Chief…

Shortly after Simon goes out to try to find out what the beast really is, he stumbles upon the Lord of the Flies and gets sick. Lord of the flies is a pig’s head on a stick that jack killed for food . As he is stumbling down the mountain, he runs up on Jack's camp and they beat him to death thinking he is the beast. After realizing he's not the beast they push him out into the ocean as a instead of burying him. As he’s…

story, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby has only been mentioned by name throughout the book, however he is revealed in chapter three and is quite different than one would think. Gatsby is notorious for throwing lavish parties and still sustaining a life of wealth, almost as if to gain reputation. Yet, Gatsby is a humble man who sticks to the sidelines at his own parties. Even the storyteller, Nick, has trouble finding him at the party. A quality trait Gatsby utilizes is the ability to blend in, as well as…

getting everything ready for the long ride to the boundary waters. After we were packed my uncles and grandpa were getting the canoes in the truck while my dad help put the stuff in the cars while my cousin and brother and I were keeping ourselves busy throwing our knives at the ground and see who's…

The exact definition of a sport is “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature”(Dictionary.com). This definition shows that there doesn’t have to be teams throwing balls at each other and trying to score goals for something to be a sport. Dance falls perfectly under this definition because it truly is an athletic activity, and it really does require a lot of skill and physical prowess. Looking at the definition…

The French and Indian War was caused by land disputes between the British colonists and the French over the Ohio River Valley region. The French and British were both claiming the same territory as their own. After Britain’s victory, a policy they enforced prior to the war called salutary neglect, which avoided strict enforcement of parliamentary laws to keep American colonies obedient to Great Britain, ended. However, following the war, the British began heavily taxing the colonists because of…