Twelve Days of Christmas

Safe Haven Throughout my childhood I experienced many changes and difficult times. When people hear the word sanctuary they typically think of a place but for me it is something I can do just about anywhere. In my early childhood some of my best times with my family were when we all bonded by watching television together. Television has always been my favorite way to escape reality and all the pain brought with it. Whether I was creating memories or using television to help set my goals,…

tell the future, twelve-year-old Miranda must figure out the person who knows everything about her and write a letter back to them. This novel is immensely intriguing and will wrap up any reader for sure. Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know exactly where and where not to go by the sixth grade. They know where to go, the grocery store, and where not to go, towards the crazy guy on the corner. But things start to unravel. When Sal and Miranda are walking home from school one day, the…

without the things you see and use every day. What if you couldn’t see color, the sun, wildlife, and all the things we take for granted. In “The Giver” this futuristic world was designed to be perfect. Every one would have sameness and life would be boring. Memories do not exist and only one person can have a memory at a time. Those people are like Jonas and Gabriel, which have the special and rare lightly colored eyes. Whenever Jonas had just turned twelve he found out he would become the new…

Camille Pissarro-----A Great Impressionist As many of you may know, Camille Pissarro was a French artist born on 10 July 1830 in Denmark. Pissarro was a French Impressionist painter that was not so well-known by public, but he is greatly respected by Paul Cézanne as a painter. At first glance, Pissarro's paintings seem very ordinary. They have neither Van Gogh's passion, melancholy, nor Paul Gauguin bright and primitive, but after looking deeply and carefully, you can gradually see the…

conformity equates to happiness. At the Ceremony of Twelve, where all twelve-year-old children receive their lifelong job assignments, Jonas is surprised to learn that he has been chosen to be the new Receiver of Memory. The elderly Receiver of Memory acts as a reservoir for all the community's memories of the past and Elsewhere, the rest of the world. The Giver begins transferring his memories to Jonas, showing him snow, love, pain, and color. One day, Jonas…

the pursuit of wealth!” (Dickens, Charles.) From the words of Ebenezer Scrooge, we see that society in England during Charles Dickens’s life despises the poor and harshly judges the rich who seek more fortune. Set in the Hungry Forties, A Christmas Carol portrays a time of famine, hunger, workhouses, and innocent people thrown into jails. Dickens uses his characters’ difficult lives to create awareness of the struggles of the less fortunate and the lack of useful assistance to help them.…

preserve tradition in light of opposition. People develop everyday rituals to keep from focusing on troubles of life or to fill voids of time throughout the day. These patterns include waking up early to run two miles, watching the sun rise over the horizon while perfecting yoga poses, or praying to God at various moments throughout the day. Couples, whether married or dating, build their lives attaining understanding of each other’s needs and likes. On occasion, when they lack focus on…

Darkness, this is all you know. Imagine never catching a glimpse of a shooting star as it whizzes past your murky window. Imagine never witnessing the illumination of Christmas lights on a frigid, December night. Imagine never perceiving the simple wonders of the world: autumn leaves, goosebumps, and sandy seashells. How could one live like this; how could one find the strength to carry on? This is where some may resort to literature. Literature can provide assistance and encouragement for a…

of traditions of the U.S.A, because of the immigration. One of these traditions is Thanksgiving Day, the 1st October. For instance, in Nova Scotia, the celebrations last for twelve days and feature is the appearance of masked people called “belsnickers”. In Quebec province, celebrations finish on January 6th, with the “Party of the King”. In many parts of French Canada, a meat pie is severed on Christmas Eve, called “Tourtiore”, which consists on pork, potatoes and onions. Three Festivals in…

King Lion said to the council: “So, it was the mosquito who annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit, who startled the crow, who alarmed the monkey, who killed the owlet - and now Mother Owl won’t wake the sun so that the day can come.” was the best. I thought that the progression of the art was the heart of the story. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters was also beautifully illustrated and totally supported the story. It’s easy for an adult to comprehend the art in the…