an enemy and did not hate him but went ahead to kill him with a grenade. If somebody is not an enemy then he should be a friend‚ if it was not a matter of life and death why kill him? We are forced by the laws we obey to disobey our own will. The story “Ambush” tells us about a soldier in war who never wanted to kill but did it anyway because he was obliged to do so. “There were no thoughts about
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The opportunity was an open door to human trafficking and a closed one to any reality she had before entering this world. Angela’s story may be as tragic as it gets‚ but it’s more than that. Her constitutional right was ripped away from her hands when she was forced to work for a family that neglected her basic needs for living. Many people couldn’t imagine a world that does not implement any constitutional rights. That’s why as a nation‚ efforts need to be made to combat human trafficking
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Imagine a world without imagination A prominent leader said to me today‚ imagination is for children...practical ideas are for adults...hmmm not sure how you get the ideas without imagination. It got me imagining a world Where we worry less about terms like Web 2.0‚ Podcasting‚ Social Media and more about how we can use technology to help change the world for the better... Where we talk about verbs rather than functions.....conversations vs marketing‚ value vs finance‚ hearts and minds rather
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Loss is often sudden and painful‚ like a kick to the gut‚ but the pain eventually fades leaving you with only a memory of the past. Sometimes‚ though‚ it is not a kick. It is a rusty razor gash that opens up your belly leaving you desperately trying to stuff slippery innards back into a yawning wound. Even when it heals there remains a jagged scar and a dull ache as lingering reminders of what has been lost. I once counted Professor Gregor Szaranev as a close friend. I suppose I still do even though
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hands fidgeting with the cross that hanged from his neck. With a small glimpse of light appearing‚ he fixed himself upright‚ proud‚ straight and still. His hands brushed the victory medal as he saluted to the rising sun that glared over the nation. Without hesitation‚ back straight‚ hands stiff and elbows bent‚ I mimicked as he turned to face me. His impassive expression suddenly filled with colour as he lifted me onto his shoulder. “Come on‚ let’s make some morning tea”. *** Stepping away from my
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Flames were raging behind Karlie‚ engulfing anything and everything in its way. All that she could feel was the scorching heat and all she could smell was the smoke. Debris blinded Karlie as she tried to escape the horror creeping up behind her. It seemed like fear had caused her to forget that she had just lost everything; her home‚ her parents and her friends. A dagger pierced the layers of Karlie’s heart as a cyclone erupted from her sparkling blue eyes. She knew nothing would ever be the same
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Separation and Divorce Separation- is a legal status where married couples may disentangle their finances without divorce. Divorce- is the final termination of a marriage‚ canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between two persons. Shoba and Shukumar‚ having planned a good life ahead of them had a sudden change in plans when their child had died. After that incident Shoba planned to separate from Shukumar and this did not help save their
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Reading the story “The Chase” took me back to an event I feel if I had to judge anything that grossly affected my life this event without a dough takes the cake. Picture this am twelve years old and it is the first day of summer. It is the day my friends and I waited for all winter‚ opening season for swimming. Each day my friends and I took the long anticipated walk to the local swimming area “Lake Sona Vista”. This was the recreation area the black families who lived in Hartsville‚ South Carolina
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couldn’t handle. Now the local Selkie clan would meet the three male Leopard seal out in the ocean in their non-humanoid form. The Leopard seal shifters differ vastly from the Selkies. Selkies required their fur pelt to take on their Selkie form‚ without their pelt‚ cannot change into seals. Whereas‚ the Leopard seal shifter is able to alter by will alone. It’s handier to be a shifter when traveling abroad‚ far easier than explaining why you would have a seal skin in your carry-on.
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notes on electricity comes to cocoa bottom- the poem captures the reactions of the community to the arrival of electricity in cocoa bottom‚ a developing village in the caribbean islands. it starts with the childrens perspectives- creates connotations of childish reactions from the village and a sense of wonder and excitement. ’grannie patterson...peeped’ creates sense of community as involves all generations within the community‚ builds sense of anticipation. ’drawn like a pencil line’ portraying
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