West Side Story

conflict between Glenn and Greg reached a point where they were communicating with Dale rather than each other, bringing in a third party may be the key to resolving the issue while saving face for both parties. In bringing in a third party, both sides can avoid the threat by using the third party as a scapegoat as a method of saving face (Novak, 2009). A third party scapegoat would accept the responsibility for the process and the decision, thus lessening the need for Glenn and Greg to be…

to fly into the faces of unsuspecting people . Soft music filled the air, giving it a sariel feeling. Couples danced together in rhythm to the music, but it was all I could do to not grimace in discomfort as I danced. We were swaying gently from side to side in tune with the…

“No, no… wear that one. With a flower in your hair!” Never in her life had Liliyana seen such a flurry of activity in the Twins. Her sisters, cousins, and aunts all swirled around her eagerly, tearing apart their wardrobes to find the perfect dress. They were to prepare for a king’s arrival and by now it was well known that one of them was meant to wed the newly crowned King in the North before he turned for the Lannisters further south. It was only a matter of which one. The prettiest had been…

The text by Nathaniel Van Yperen, “I am Your Father: the Villain and the Future Self” talks at length about perceiving the villain of a story as a version of one’s “future self”, as in Star Wars between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. Van Yperen describes Darth Vader as a villain because Luke can see himself someday turning out like his father. The concept of the “future self” can also be applied to Junot Diaz’s work, “Fiesta, 1980.” Nathaniel Van Yperen defines a villain as someone that a…

Magic In Our Hearts It still seems like it was just yesterday. The smell of the roses, the cloud of hairspray covering my home from left to right. People running around trying to get ready. Somehow everything seemed to be passing by so slow for me. I felt such calmness and peace going through me. I looked down and could see I was only half ready, still wearing my blue basketball shorts and Pink Floyd t-shirt. Make up was already done and hair was almost done just needed a few…

sun-bleached top. The yellow paint, though redone every few years, seems faded and washed out. Next to the road on either side, the ditches are populated with all kinds of wild flowers and brush. Vibrant shades of green, yellow, and purple pop in contrast to the brown skeletons of bushes. To one side, downtown Dubuque pokes through the valley of two grassy slopes. To the other side, I see rolling hills populated with soybeans and corn stalks. Three plain houses dot my surroundings; all are worn…

Maeonia is a unicorn who lives on the East side of the rainbow. That side is like a city side. It is very busy there. Everyone has very important unicorn duties there. Maeonia is very different compared to the other unicorns that live there. She likes to explore and look at the beauties of nature around her. While the other unicorns are too busy to even look at the rainbow that is always around their city. One day Maeonia leaves to go look at the new blooming flowers since Spring just arrived.…

North Richmond Street was not a noisy neighborhood which the siblings and friends enjoy playing around old houses and one of the boys had a desire for love of the neighbor. North Richmond Street was a quiet dead end street until the kids were release from the Christian Brothers’ school. Also on that street, there was an abandoned two alarm house that was far away and lonely from the neighbor’s houses. The rest of the house on that street were aware of the ok living within each other, they…

From Money to Nets to Lives Humans often take their own lives for granted; never thinking too much of those who may be less fortunate. We go about our daily lives worried about celebrities, or sports; rather than food or uncontrolled diseases in our country. Many others do not get that luxury. Rick Reilly writes his article, “Nothing But Nets,” on the back page of popular sports magazine, Sports Illustrated, to request money from his audience, so that mosquito nets may be purchased for African…

lively riverbank. Although a train will travel one way, the tracks go a different way. This is a lot like Jig’s decision. Also, Jig and the American’s relationship is like a train track. On a train there is the two side rails that travel North and South which could be Jig’s life on one side and the American’s on the other. Also, one outside rail could be have the baby and the other could be get an abortion.…