We Gotta Get out of This Place

only to con them out of what I want. I understand pretending to sell Bibles is wrong, but it is the right employment for me and I do a heck of a job at it. The people I do convince to buy from me are great people, just the belongings I want from them are even better. I am a very materialistic guy, so the nicer the products the family owns, the more attracted I am to them. I had been around town and came across the farm house with a name on the mailbox that read, “Cedar,” thinking this was the…

A song written by the group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, titled “Ohio,” tells the story of Kent State and embodied the feeling of many of the American Youth. The song has lyrics such as, “Gotta get down to it/Soldiers are cutting us down” and “We’re finally on our own.” The war had finally seemed to reach the home front. All of these events, and others, worked together to build resistance against the Vietnam War in the public’s eye. The Soldiers and What They had to Endure: There is no single…

ability to control both the plot and life of the main character with huge events like job loss and even hangings. Miller demonstrates that when these leaders are selfish or get too fixated on a certain situation then it can lead to the downfall of the main character. Miller also shows in these stories that if a leader doesn’t get what he wants, then he will often make others lives miserable even if he doesn’t necessarily mean to. In the Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller shows how Howard’s…

4 years ago I was playing basketball in my small town where my mom grow up called Johnsonville. It was a small, friendly place where everyone knew everyone. My grandmother decided to sign me up for a recreational basketball league because I loved basketball so much. “SWAY!!!”, my grandmother called, “It's time for practice.”. “YES MA’AM”, I called back. As I hurried out the house, I grabbed some shorts and a shirt along with my new basketball shoes that my mom ordered for me while she was…

dreams. George and Lennie had a same dream, which was to get their own land and live there someday. In chapter 3, George told about the house to Lennie, and said, “We’d jus’ live there. We’d belong there. … we’d have our own place where…

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is about two ranchers searching and dreaming for their place in Salinas, California, during the difficult times of the Great Depression. These two men, George Milton and Lennie Small are not just friends, they are each other's only family. Of Mice and Men displays the two ranchers friendship and illustrates qualities of friendship and exploring how to be a good friend or family member. Other times, Steinbeck illustrates the outcome of when the relationship starts…

You have to take what life throws at you and make the best out of it. My best friend told me about her job. She was working at Chuck E Cheese during this time. She did everything from being a party host, to wearing the Chuck E costume, and interacting with the kids. So one day, I decided I should look for a job and where should I apply. Kelli mentioned that Chuck E Cheese was looking for new employees. I wasn’t sure if she was joking or not so I reacted normally. “Really,” I asked “it didn’t…

mother rushed into my bedroom with super human speed, trying to get me out of bed. Today was the day that i was going to America. Mother and I had heard all sorts of things from the neighbors about a place called Ellis island about how heavenly the place was said to be, and about how bad it could be If one was to say the wrong thing. Me and mother barely had enough to support ourselves, so it took quite a while before we were able to get enough money to go. Even though mother had to work more…

Around 20-30 years ago, you likely laid in the following familiar position at one point in another. Back on a thin "sleeping mat" that was laid on a cold tile floor, surrounded by the other twenty or so members of your kindergarten class. But you weren't sleeping, and aside from maybe one kid who was already wise enough to respect sleep, no one else was either. You stared at the ceiling knowing that as soon as the lights flicked on there would be a rush for the toys, and you'd be god damned if…

Rogers and the Schroeder Gang “We gotta ‘nother one, Rattlesnake.” said Steve the Sheriff. “Looks like he got his clock cleaned pretty good. They put the .44 caliber right between his eyes.” replied Rattlesnake. “Yep, point blank. They left a gold dollar coin on his chest, too. It had to be Ricky Schroder and his gang. There’s a million dollar reward for his capture, too. Dead or alive.” “Come on Steve; let’s head over to the bar to see if there were any witnesses to this here crime scene.…