Monologue from "Dying Light" by Jason D. Martin | Dying Light is a play about people dealing with their own mortality. Jenny is a bright star in the night that is death JENNY: | Glioblastoma. That’s what they say I have... Glioblastoma. Sounds like some kind of science fiction laser. My Glioblastoma is set for kill. Just give the word Captain and I will vaporize the alien beast. ’Course it’s not from Star Trek or Star Wars or Star Blazers. It’s from real life. But like one of those
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It is essential to stand up for what you believe in because if you did not stand up for what you believed in everyone would be the same. Like the same religion‚ thoughts‚ and no one would have a voice to speak out. Like today people are speaking out for black lives matter like people in the NFL some teams in the pledge of allegiance are taking a knee‚ locking arms‚ and some teams are not even coming out to the field until it ends. And other people outside the NFL are having riots‚ and some are also
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The Bingham Light In the small town of Dillon South Carolina was a small community called Bingham. As a child we were told many stories of the Bingham Light. Ghostly haunting stories by many were told about the farmer John Bingham and how he haunted the woods. This is a short story of my experience. According to legend‚ which changes from generation to generation‚ the farmer tried to warn an oncoming train with his lantern of the broken train tracks‚ which resulted in him being decapitated
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“The Love of My Life” In today’s society the perspective on love has changed significantly. Every day people’s viewpoints of love are altered by many things in their surroundings such as social media‚ television‚ school‚ and home life. The amount of failed relationships has increased significantly over the years. It is very difficult to grow up knowing the true meaning of love while receiving so many messages that show you that most or all relationships are bound to fail. In the short story “The
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Does My Hair Offend You? The way we look tells a story about where we are in life or where we’ve been. From our head to our toes we get summed up and judged based on the way we style our hair‚ whether we wear make-up or jewelry‚ if we wear a t-shirt and jeans or a dress‚ and if our nails are painted or bare. Heaven forbid if we cut our hair short and happen to be a girl. Allow me to take you back two years. I was a junior in high school and my main concern in life was‚ purely and simply‚
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The Light Bulb: One of the Most Useful Inventions in the World People need light to be able to see. In the morning‚ there is sunlight. But in the night‚ people use electric light made from light bulbs. Without light bulbs‚ people would not be able to see and would have to rely on their other senses to do tasks. Without light bulbs‚ our lives would be very different. The light bulb is a very useful invention that people all over the world use every day. The creation of the light bulb can be traced
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The Grendel in my life The day had been in its adolescence‚ and the afternoon sun rose yonder the mountainous region of the vicinity. The misunderstood and oddball of a child stood erect; depressed and troubled by his own perception of reality. On a daily basis‚ he felt as if no one would ever come to understand him‚ and people became no more than brains piloting slabs of meat. Some would call him sociopathic or even psychotic in his nature due to the fact that he had lost the ability to distinguish
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Every man in his life faces the ups and downs. Sorrows and pleasures are two parts of life. In fact‚ life is full of bad as well as good incidents. Some of them are forgotten with the passage of time while others leave an everlasting impression on the mind. We do not forget them for the whole of our life. We enjoy the moments of pleasure while the moments of sorrow plunge us into despair. We cherish the moments of pleasure throughout our life. Such a moment came to me last year when I learnt
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Sharnika Buckham Neil Conway ENG1010 P01 April 2014 Life Living With My Grandparents I remember my grandmother being here as if it was yesterday. She passed away in October 2011. She died from an enlarged heart and silent killer cancer. Going to her funeral in her hometown in Jamaica was a devastating and hurtful moment for me. The days I spent thinking of her brought tears to my eyes. My heart felt swollen; I would think to myself this couldn’t be real; she is still here with me. How could
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Park. My girlfriend Rosie was 21 years old and she was also working at Tarza as an Administrative Assistant. We started dating in January of 1998 after our co-workers set us up on a date. Since then after work we would go out to one of the many bars in Tumon with our co-workers and party the night away. This was our daily routine since we had no kids or curfew to worry about. We were young adults working in the heart of Tumon which was the party capital of Guam. So on January 3rd of 2001‚ my life
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