MONOLOGUE FOR AN ONION: AN ANALYSIS Cutting an onion breaks cells in its skin causing a reaction that results to the formation of volatile sulfur compound which‚ when mixed with tears coating our eyes‚ becomes sulfuric acid. This triggers the tear ducts to produce more tears to alleviate the imbalance in acidity the irritant has caused; the longer the eyes are exposed to the acid the greater the quantity of tears produced. Sue Kwock Kim uses this certain property of an onion to tackle a specific
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I wake up every morning and thank God for keeping my family safe‚ and letting the men in my family see another day because cops are out here killing men like them if they look or move the wrong way. The world is filled with anger and pain from the past. I can say that I am no longer like them I have accepted it and moved on. Although I am not ignorant to the fact that my great great grandmother was raped by her owner and had 4 children for him. When she died my great grandmother had to take care
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Snowball Fight “Oscar watch out!” Said Billy as he threw a lightning speed cold snowball right at my face. That recently happened to me last year in December of 2015‚ here after school. Billie was so delighted that he had knocked me out with a snowball. He didn’t bother to wake me up. He just stood there waiting until I woke up. Before that‚ Billy and I decided we should have our own snowball fight here right after school. We also decided whoever won would earn money from the loser
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The hunter waits. She is patient‚ silent‚ controlled; a perfectly tuned instrument of death. She uses the shadows to hide from the eyes of her enemies‚ her pelt melting into oblivion. It is a perfect night for a kill; for the moon is hidden away in its own veil of darkness and the stars are too cold and distant to shed their light onto the mountain side below. Yet‚ she does not flex her claws against the earth in anticipation‚ nor feel the rush of blood roaring in her ears. She is calm‚ silent
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I feel the blood drain out of my face‚ Blake fucking rivers. The most arrogant‚ annoying guy on the planet. He doesn’t give a shit about school! I raise my head and look at his direction to find be is already looking at me‚ he is not happy either. ahh shit. ❤ "I can’t believe I’m stuck with Jared for this project‚ he hates me" Casey groans‚ linking her arm with mine as we make our way to lunch. The past few classes went by in a blur. Jared and Casey dated last year but she ended up breaking up
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This book is my attempt to quiet the voices in my head‚ and put them into a chronological story. This book may confuse some‚ but keep in mind that this is a very confusing world‚ and to put it into words is stressful. In order to completely understand what this was like for me‚ you would’ve had to have been there‚ experiencing these events alongside me‚ and since I was alone‚ I’ve done my best to describe what it felt like to live through those years. I used to believe that once I’d written everything
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Sam nodded at Eric and together they walked toward the pool‚ Sam grasping the charcoal stick in one hand like a vice. They started painting their faces. It seemed wrong‚ somehow‚ to create a war mask out of colours that symbolised goodness‚ safety and love. As they plastered on the mask‚ Jack hurried them. “Come on you two. We don’t have all day!” As they finished their masks and looked at their reflection the water of the pool‚ a new emotion rushing through them. It was as if they had been taken
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Empowerment of the Grieving I was being rushed into the hospital. I will never sleep the same again. I can still hear the my brother’s screams for help. The face my mom had on when she saw me will stick with me forever. My own sobs of pain. I will never be the same again. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just left for school‚ a smile on my face‚ my backpack on my back. My brother and I piled in the car‚ him in the back and me in the driver’s seat. I knew something was going to happen
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Abigail sat still and quiet‚ hoping she would go unnoticed before falling victim like the others had. It was judgment day all over again and it had only been a week since the last. Each rock of her body drew eyes to her careless movements and Abigail’s inmates eye’s screamed at her to stop. If she continued to act out‚ she’d be chosen as the next meal‚ the next victim. The desire to escape brewed within her stomach. The pot was stirred with each plea from the current target‚ making Abigail’s insides
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The silence of the room is getting to Natalie. She turns on her portable speaker and a love song starts playing as the forward relaxes in the tub in the hotel room in Portugal. She closes her eyes and feels the tension leaving her body. "Scoot forward." Natalie opens her eyes and scoots forward. The presence of another body is felt along hers. The familiar touch of her girlfriend’s and she leans back into her favorite goalkeeper’s body. "Excited for your first CAP?" Natalie asked. "I am. It’s
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