Arielle Donovan is a fifteen year old girl who has just lost something very important to her, her best friend. On a dark summer night, Jenna leaves Arielle’s home without her insisting she’ll be right back, but never returns. Arielle suffers through a summer alone, desperate to find out what happened to her friend, but lacking the energy that the experience of loss has drained from her. On the afternoon of her fifteenth birthday however, Arielle has a dream. She sights Jenna outside her kitchen window, runs outside only to bolt after her as Jenna sprints away. Losing control of her body and breath, Arielle’s world becomes hazy as she sees her friend run into the burning structure of the old Dexter orphanage, and she is powerless to do anything after being confined behind the Iron Gate that protects the place.…
Religious freedom was something America struggled to completely achieve for many years. Historians have written articles that explain why it was so hard to achieve religious freedom in America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. One of the historians was Maura Jane Farrelly, who wrote the article “American Slavery, American Freedom, American Catholicism”. In Farrelly article, she “ explores the relationship between American slavery and American Catholicism”(Farrelly, 69). Another historian would be Charles H. Lippy who wrote “Chastized by Scorpions: Christianity and Culture in Colonial South Carolina, 169-1740”. In Lippy’s article, he writes about “religious diversity and religious tolerance and how it extended to Trinitarian Christians”(Lippy, 270). Farrelly’s article was very clear and also used many primary and secondary sources, while Lippy’s article also used many sources it was not very clear and had me confused a couple of times. Which is why I would recommend Farrelly’s article instead of Lippy’s to students who are taking History-131.…
1. The story takes place in the fictional country of Opium. This country is located between the United States and Mexico. Opium, was established by a powerful drug lord named El Patron (which means "the boss" in Spanish). This story also takes place in the poppy fields, where Matt first lived. It also takes place in Alacarian Estate.…
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” - Lee Iacocca…
Sally just shrugged as they were trudging through the muddy, rainy, and crowded streets with wet coats. Everything was obscure, the gutters were filled with dirty water. Their drenched feet and boots whined as they stepped on the cemented sidewalk.Their bodies had gave up on providing heat and presented to the atmosphere’s harsh temperatures. The small droplets upon their face chilled their skin and faintly glowed due to the foggy streetlights. The wind howled and echoed into their ears while the rain pattered down upon the ground .The water flowed down along the sidewalk flooding the drain system. The cars zoomed by so fast that the puddles splashed like a tsunami. With only the streetlights providing illumination along the street, the road…
One of the important techiniques present in this short story is personification .personification is used extensively in the short story to help create realist suspense.’rain threathened “ ,’wind had died’ ,’dark crowed’ , ‘panic stirred’,’the tall victorian houses frowened down disappearing”.these quotes from the short story shows how an inanimate object is given negative characteristics of a human {ie , wind had died, dark crowed ‘}.From these personifications used in the story we are able to identify that the main purpose of this technique is to create suspense.The personification creates the suspense as the inanimate objects were the ones who are following her.…
Summary: The book is about a boy that is a clone name Matt. Matt was created by El Patron for body parts but Matt didn't know that because he thought he was different and special. When Matt was young he didn't know he was a clone until he got to the house of the Alcan when Mister Alcan told his children and the maid that he is a clone and Matt overheard them. Matt didn’t believe them though. They kick Matt out of the house over the night. Then they notice that he is El Patron clone and brought him back in and put him in a shed like place. That is when Matt realized that he is a clone and even though some people hates and doesn’t respect him he still have some people that stills loves him. Then Celia Matt's so call caregiver (Matt and I think that is him mom) and also the cook told El Paton. El Patron was mad and ordered them to get matt out. After Matt got out he had a good life. For example he got to become a great music player, he got kind of a girlfriend, also learned how to survive and escape dangerous things from…
The darkened sky marked night time, trees were darkened outlines, seeming to close around her. The numbness encouraged her to stalk towards the alarming sounds. Amanda halted and barely held n a gasp. A woman, laden in black clothing, was crouched on the ground, her back to Amanda. She thrashed and let out blood curdling scream. "Hello?" Amanda tentatively whispered, the woman turned to reveal a clown like face. Amanda stared dumbly upon the realization that she was Ben's sister. Nobody could understand why she failed to turn up to the funeral but now she knew…
The field of wasps is what my grandpa used to call this green lucious piece of land that was by our farm the field was very beautiful but the wasps would sure injure you if you were caught hanging around the blue oaks on the property.Well one day I remember walking on that luscious piece of property it was a hot humid mid June summer day 1974 as I kept walking I could just feel the sun glaring on me my legs were trembling and had I had swet coming off my brow.Well all of a sudden I heard someone yell telling me to get off the property as I was startled my the middle aged man yelling at me from a distance away I realized my grandpa was not talking about insect wasps he was talking about this family that owned the piece of property they had the…
The persona might be realizing and imagining things because of the rain. He might be a well-known or a rich person that is dreaming to have a simple life. As a result, the persona takes time to see things in a simple word from listening to rain.…
Franticly, Elodie searched for Evan. The laughter of children outside grew louder and louder, penetrating the walls she built to protect herself. Hysteria overcame Elodie as she sat against the wall, breathing rapidly. Looking at the rays of sunlight through the window, heaven seemed so near. Suddenly, the image Evan reflected off of all objects in the room, his beautiful voice of blooming spring was everywhere, yet it couldn't fill the silence Elodie tried to neglect. Elodie doubted the presence of her existence as everything around her seemed to not see her, to not comfort her, Evan was nowhere near. She reached for the phone and dialed Angelica's…
"Goodbye, thanks for the lift!" Lisa shouted to John as the car drove away. The sun had already disappeared from the sky by the time she arrived home. Lisa unlocked her front door and went inside. The house looked just like she had left it. Her horror book lay on the table, just where she left it, waiting for her to read the last pages. Lisa locked the door and threw the keys onto the counter.…
Warm tears stung her eyes as she looked at the small tintype photo of Aaron he‘d had made while in town. Staring across the haphazard hills to the northeast, she had a vision- from there, they would…
And that’s when I saw her. A dismantled peach in her right hand and a smudge-covered iPad in her left, she stood absentmindedly staring into the distance, quietly humming under her breath. I introduced myself to her and her dad, who replied with a bird-like squawk and a firm handshake, respectively. Once her father left I turned to Lauren, who was analyzing me with squinted eyes, and I made the biggest mistake I would make that week: I showed her our schedule. Seemingly harmless at the time, this simple action would be the catalyst for a full blown tropical storm. I pointed out the activities we would be going to: field games, swimming, and a handful of others. But there was only one activity that caught Lauren’s attention. She looked up at me with wide eyes, “Climb tower?!” I grinned, feeling encouraged, “Yes! We’re going to climb the tower!” She giggled, pointing at the tall structure in the distance. And then I said the most soul-crushing word that an impatient, excitable pre-teen girl could hear: “Tomorrow!”. It was as if I had told her the world would burst into flames at noon. A mixture of confusion and intense anger flooded her face. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she slowly opened her mouth, taking a deep breath. Then, the storm hit. Her ear-splitting shriek sent shock-waves through the area. As the other campers watched in horror, she thrashed around on the ground, her tears splashing me like ocean spray. I tried to calm her down, but to no avail. I checked my watch - it had been ten minutes since I had arrived at camp. I took a deep…
notation of what he saw as a child. The aim is not to explain but to make real…
