scared to even touch. I’ve learned to hide in the fabric. Reflections are avoided as I walk down stairs. Rapidly packing my lunch that I know I’ll barely eat. My mom comes by to send me off‚ a routine that barely grows old. Mom: Good Morning to you too Me: Good Morning Mommy Mom: You look thinner‚ Keep working on it! You’ll eventually get the perfect size I wish she knew what it was like‚ to hear that. What am I supposed to? Continue what I’m doing? Is that really what she wanted? But all I do
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Reading Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden‚ I cannot help but feel the poet now grown and becoming a parent himself‚ is reflecting. The poem does not talk of the authors present‚ but I can imagine that some life event has caused this revisiting of the past. The tone leaves one with a sense of regret‚ a longing to return to childhood‚ to revisit the unappreciated moments. The author seems to speak almost in a narrative‚ as if almost confessing to anyone who will listen. Thinking back to the
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Sara Nostant Late Winter Trot You can feel the cold breeze against your face. It’s pushing your hair back as you gain momentum. Normally‚ you might feel cold or uncomfortable in the cool air but the adrenaline you are feeling overrides the wind’s harsh bite. Above you‚ when you look up‚ is a path. You take the journey and spot scenery of copious greens and frequent browns. The smell of Christmas trees and recent rainfall is fresh in the air. You can almost smell the dampness and cold. As you
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year. I love the hustle and the bustle of Christmas time. There’s lots of holidays and there’s even more days off of school. To top it off‚ there’s snow! It’s by far the best season. The snow and the cold make up the unpredictable winter weather. Every morning is a new surprise because you don’t know what the weather will be like. I love that feeling because the same thing doesn’t happen everyday. The cold is so much more comfortable for me and I don’t have to worry about sweating or getting
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During F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story‚ Winter Dream Judy Jones was displayed as a villain‚ she was nothing more than a spoiled child who was raised into a pampered ill-mannered young woman. Despite her attitude Dexter was taken with Judy‚ and dreamed of marrying her someday. I chose to write a creative story from Judy’s point of view‚ adding irony to the story. My classmate Douglas Brodbeck pointed out that‚ “Dexter achieved everything he wanted to except for his final goal of being with Judy‚ and that
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A narrative (or story) is any account that presents connected events‚[1] and may be organized into various categories: non-fiction (e.g. New Journalism‚ creative non-fiction‚ biographies‚ and historiography); fictionalized accounts of historical events (e.g. anecdotes‚ myths‚ and legends); and fiction proper (i.e. literature in prose‚ such as short stories and novels‚ and sometimes in poetry and drama‚ although in drama the events are primarily being shown instead of told). Narrative is found in
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The morning song ‘Morning song’ by Sylvia Plath describes the birth‚ early stages of childhood and the sentimental value of a child in a very unique way. This poem was wrote from Sylvia Plath’s own experience of child birth‚ it can also be related to by parents‚ it could be thought it is aimed mainly at females as this poem is quite feminine. This eighteen line lyrics is structured in 3 line stanzas which are called tersest. It is a tender poem and the overall tone of it is quite mellow. The opening
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Cited: Goldman‚ James. The Lion in Winter. New York: Rand House Trade Paperbacks‚ 1981. Shakespeare‚ William. Hamlet. New York: Washington Square P‚ 1992. Shaw‚ George B. George Bernard Shaw ’s Plays. 2nd ed. New York: W.W Norton and Company‚ 2002. 203-285.
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It could be due to unprotected sex‚ failed contraception‚ being raped‚ being assaulted‚ and simply failing to be informed. There has been a pill made available to women as young as 15 years old who may find themselves in these situations. The morning after pill known as Plan-B‚ is a very controversial subject. There are many positives‚ negatives and ethical dilemmas that have to do with using the pill. Although this form of emergency contraception has been on the market for many years and has
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On a cold December day one week before winter break my life was flipped upside down. I was a 5th grader waiting for my mom to pick me up from school after tutoring but‚ my uncle picked me up that day I asked him‚ “Where’s my mom?” “Why didn’t she pick me up?” My uncle redundancy ‚ didn’t say a single word to me during the car ride home. As I got to my house‚ I saw the ambulance outside of my house‚ hoping nothing was wrong. I open the door hope the first responders weren’t there but as I open the
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