Indulging in Consequences As we get older, it is common to reflect on prominent moments in our lives, whether it be a monumental accomplishment, a tragic crisis, or an exciting event. This memory could be joyful and positive, or a sad reflection filled with regret and guilt. Either way, these memorable occurrences benefit our lives in a positive way and are always learning experiences. An example of these core memories takes place in a bakery, where a six-year-old boy makes an impulse decision that alters his life forever. Gary Soto skillfully delivers a strong moral and biblical message in his short story, The Pie, by using imagery and illusions to engage the reader.…
Jean Louise was at school and it was lunch time, all the kids got out their lunches and began eating. The teacher walked by and look at all of the kids meals and came upon walter cunningham. Walter didn't have his lunch with him so Miss Caroline asked him about it and offered him a quarter. She then offered it a second time, this time being a little more impatient due to the fact Walter would not take the quarter. Jean Louise stepped in and tried to explain to miss caroline why he would not take her money.…
As the men were on their way, they saw a poor old man who greeted them humbly. The three men were rude to the old man when they told him it was time for him to die already. The old man led them on a crooked…
When I got back to the office, the woman writer asked me, just for her own information, what the squashed guy had looked Eke when he was squashed. I told her. 'Did it bother you?' she said. She was eating a Three Musketeers…
“That man walked that walked in was kind of strange.” said the lady that walked past Walter. “ What do you mean?” her friend responded. The lady paused for a moment. “I don’t know” she said, “He went into the store looking for dog buscuits.” “Dog buscuits? Why is that strange?”. “I Think he was looking for buscuits specifically for puppies. I thought it was funny and laughed.” The two women just looked at eachother. They decided to walk into the A&P to see if they could find Walter. “I need puppy buscuits.” Walter said. “Any specific brand?” asked the cashier. “It says puppies bark for it.” “ He doesn’t know the brand” said the lady to her friend. “I think I can go over there and try to help him out, I have three dogs of my own.” The lady…
Sue works for a company called X-Pest Pty Ltd. One day Sue walked into the lunchroom of the business. In the lunchroom was a number of male and female staff that were looking at the latest Queensland Netball Team calendar called “Chicks of Netball”. The players in the calendar were semi-naked. As Sue walked into the room, Bruce, who knew Sue was very shy around men, was pinning up Miss October on the staffroom fridge. As Sue came over Bruce looked her up and down, and then looked at the calendar, and, confident he could humiliate Sue, said in a loud voice so that everyone could hear, “Too bad we don’t have any real chicks working here like the ones in the calendar. All we have is these scrawny little girls who appear to have nothing to offer real men!” As he finished Bruce grabbed Sue on the bottom. All the other people in the staff room laughed as Sue, embarrassed, ran out of the staff room.…
All of the sudden the ice cream store phone rang the lady answered, “Hey, Mona. No. Not a customer. Just-” (Matson 95) then she got cut off by Emily. Emily just kept on making the lady behind the counter more and more mad because now she wanted to talk to Mona herself.…
Nixon’s Visit to China and its Implications for American Foreign Policy President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China from February 21st to the 28th of 1972 was a monumental shift in United States foreign policy towards China. However, the change did not just alter American foreign policy towards China. The announcement of Nixon’s visit to China sent shockwaves across the globe. The change in American foreign policy following Nixon’s visit to China in particular affected many of America’s Cold War allies.…
Sarah good was known as a dirty beggar. Her and her husband would go door to door and ask people for charity. One day Sarah knocked on the door of Mary Warren and asked her for a loaf of bread and some cider. Once Mary turned her away she heard Sarah mumbling under her breath. Sarah seemed to do this every time she was turned away. After that for 2 days Mary felt like her guts were going to burst…
They have made it one tenth of the way on the 1000 mile journey. But suddenly he see a man riding a horse pulling 2 cows behind him. So he rides up to him and asks “Where did you get those two cows from Mr.” The guy jumped up and yelled to him “I just visited my brother that died a couple days ago and he gave me his last two cows he had.” The trail boss sat there and was thinking then he pulled his head up and said “Ok partner have a good trip” and he ran past his with his horse to check out the land over the hill. That night the cook made pork chops and beans.…
Work is an important part of life. Most of us need to do it in order to make a living. Sometimes, going to work is more complicated, however, and there are things you gain besides money. There are also things you lose besides the time you spend in your job. Though the stories “The Smell of Fatigue,” “Cakes,” “The Jungle” and “Goodfellows” are all about work, they are quite different from each other.…
Baz Luhrmann resurrected the dying story of “The Great Gatsby” from the 1920’s by modernizing it to appeal to today’s audiences. People almost 100 years ago had greatly varying morals and lives compared to those of today, which Luhrmann realized and took that as a chance to tweak the storyline to grasp the attention of newer viewers. Anyone who has read the novel can instantly tell how different it is from the movie. Nonetheless, Luhrmann’s style and idea to take on the story from a new angle is fascinating and indubitably caught the attention of the nation when it came into theatres.…
Here in the folk tale the son is treating his father poorly, and then their son thought that is how you, treat elderly. Then the couple finally, let the Grandfather eat at the table again, with a clay dish like the rest of…
A boy was sitting on his steps, waiting for his parents to tell him to get in the car. This boy's name was George, George's family was moving from Mississippi to Tennessee, because his father got promoted for his job. Now he will be the manager for the whole company! George was happy for him, but sad that he has to leave his friends, go to a new school, and live in a new house. When it was time to get in the car he grabbed his dog, Shadow, she was an amazing dog. He also grabbed his electronics, because what kind of 12 year old would not play electronics. A boy that doesn’t play electronics is like a ladybug with no spots. When they finally got to Tennessee it was so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk. Then they grabbed their luggage…
Summary: According to Watson in China's Big Mac Attack (2000), fast food restaurants have made significant inroads in Chinese culture; therefore, he asks the question: "Is globalism - and its cultural variant, McDonaldization - the face of the future?" (p. 360) - an important question as we initiate our study of western influences on the rest of the world. Watson answers his own rhetorical question by…