Why Are You Looking Grave?

words could draw stretched out ahead. Forest niches me-andered here and there; the untamed river ambled in and out of sight as they passed through the valley of Big Turtle. "Ma, why couldn't I bring my doll?" Her daughter Cassie's question jolted Sarah back to reality. "We had no room for her in the wagon, honey. We'll get you another one when we get to our new home.” How do I tell her the truth? "When? I want her now!" "I don't know when, Cassie. Soon I hope." Glancing at her husband, Effird,…

breathing killer. We became terrified by this reality. “The killer is using my writing instructor’s syllabus to taunt us. Or maybe he’s trying to help us. He quoted Poe and Doyle, what else has he quoted?” “What about the officer you spoke to? What did he say to you when you called?” “He died without understanding his death – that’s from Chronicles of a Death…

he is trying to stay connected to his dad even though he is gone and to make sure that he knows he still loves him. Oskar had a close relationship with his dad and spent most of his time with him when he was alive. Oskar was in his fathers’ room looking at all the stuff he had laying around and to remember him, Oskar found an envelope in his dads’ closet, hidden in a vase inside was a key that had the name Black in red pen on the envelope. This is when Oskar is set on an adventure to find out…

reader as narcissistic. Freud states one way “we may approach the study of narcissism is by observing the erotic life of human beings, with its many kinds of differentiation in man and woman” (87). Men and women assess their lives differently. By looking at the…

author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, exuberantly demonstrates the necessity of college towards one’s success: "It was in nineteen-nineteen, I only stayed five months. That’s why I can’t really call myself an Oxford man." Tom glanced around to see if we mirrored his unbelief. But we were all looking at Gatsby. "It was an opportunity they gave to some of the officers after the Armistice," he continued. "We could go to any of the universities in England or France"(Fitzgerald 139).…

boy, Mr.Wiesel taught him many things about life and adulthood. After the war, he says he grew apart from his father until they were thrown in together at Auschwitz. As a child and an adult, Mr. Wiesel was very focused on his religion and he says, “You went out on the street on Saturday and felt Shabbat in the air. He wrote of his community of 15,000…

elderly people face with regard to living in poverty and another macro-level fact the older you get the harder it is for you to get a good job and your career field so should you get displaced for example a recession or depression and you lose your job you get laid off if your elderly and you have to go back out into the workforce regardless of the experience you bring to the job it's going to be harder for you to get a good job in your career field then it will be for someone fresh out of…

during one of the most chaotic times of Israel's history. When most of Israel is doing what is right in their own eyes, there is hope in the story of Ruth. Ruth shows us that why faithfulness is important, God rewards those who are faithful to him. Boaz is a good picture of what Israel should be striving to be. He is looking out for those in need, following the laws set forth by Moses, letting the widows and the poor glean off of his fields. Taking care of the those in need and holding, not only…

There were many different, but key moral and legal arguments in the discussion for the Indian Removal Act. The goal of this act was to allow the United States access to the lands East of the Mississippi river. There were many different reasons why Congress decided to pass this act, however the primary reason was because the Indians were sitting on large reserves of untouched riches and minerals. This act, however, went against the law, and was highly immoral because it was taking over lands…

Macbeth is a complicated story, full of betrayal, witchcraft and murder. In Shakespeare’s famous play, Macbeth, Macbeth is a loyal subject, who fights bravely for his king, until three witches approach him and bring him the news that he himself will be king. The story then takes a turn for the worse, as Macbeth becomes greedy for power and will do anything to take and secure it. Macbeth commits terrible crimes but then realizes what he has done. Macbeth has a theme of guilt and conscience. This…