Cold waves greedily lapped at my back. The pleasant breeze had been replaced with a strong wind, roaring with the pleasure of seeing me struggle. My water skis joined in the process of torturing me. They weighed down on me teasing “Ha, ha you’re gonna drown”. The boulders beneath the water seemed to boast their superiority in making me feel scared. My arms and legs tingled with the thought of sinister water creatures dragging me down to the watery depths, even though my skis could touch the bottom
Oprah, Lionel Messi, JK Rowling, Celine Dion; Names of ordinary people who just got luckier than the rest of us. Names of ordinary people who we just happen to love, laugh with, and sing along to. We all love that rush we get when watching our favorite actor, football player, or band members on the big screen. The feeling never gets old. Most people believe that celebrities are overpaid. With all my respect to those people, I oppose their opinion. Many reasons such as the talent of these celebrities
Asha Patel Realistic Fiction Short Story Emeralds The slightly nauseating scent of yellow pencil shavings, sweat, and the cheap cologne of teenage boys filled my nostrils. The deafening buzz of two hundred chattering students rushed past my ears. Blurs of bright colors from those cheesily inspirational classroom posters caught my peripheral vision as I sauntered down the halls of McKinley High School towards my ninth period World History class. I took my time to this particular class because gosh
Haunted Rooms of Battery Carriage House Charleston has a haunted house that is teeming with entities. The Battery Carriage Inn is a place where you can stay overnight and wake up to a ghost sitting beside you. As unbelievable as it sounds, many people have vouched for the existence of entities and strange happenings. In fact, it has been mentioned in many lists of haunted places and visitors and investigators have endless strange and chilling stories to share. Today, the main mansion is a private
It was 8:07, Saturday morning, when I awoke to an insufferable rapping on my door. I tried to ignore it, and sleep, but the knocking persisted. This went on for no less than thirty minutes, until, it suddenly stopped. The abrupt silence was unnerving. I sat up in my bed, wondering if they had finally given up, and gone away. I sat there, for several minutes, waiting to see if it started again, and was about to lie back down, until I heard heavy footsteps, on the other side of my wall. Believing that
Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh’s curse is a mystery book filled with wonder, mistakes and tricks. This book has many characters with extraordinary ability’s. As an example, Ingrid (One of Poppy’s new best friends), has the ability to memorize things almost as instantly as she sees it, and Poppy, she can do acrobatics and many tricks her other fellow students cannot. In the beginning the story takes place at Poppy Pyms family Circus but soon changes to St. Smithens boarding school. Poppy’s family is a
In “The Flowers”, Alice Walker explores the woods through the eyes of a little girl named Myop, but she soon realizes the world isn’t as nice as flowers. In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, Joyce Carol Oates follows a young girl named Connie who is focused on others and her own appearance, until she is introduced to the world in a unexpected way. Both Walker and Oates use young girls to show the harsher sides of the world and how their childhood changes to adulthood in different ways.
In the novel “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White, Wilbur is saved by a spider named Charlotte who unconventionally spins words in her web to help save Wilbur from the frightening reality of becoming dinner someday. Wilbur’s life is saved through the power of language of two female figures, first Fern and then Charlotte. Fern, who becomes a mother figure to Wilbur uses the power of language to persuade her father into not killing him. Fern uses the power of language to both resist the normative power
In 1973, the beloved children’s classic, Charlotte’s Web, made its first appearance onto the screen. Over 30 years later, a newer version of the classic hit the big screen. Since both were closely based on the original book written by E. B. White, the movies still hold true to the core values and overall plot. Between the two films, there arose many similarities, but there were still a few variations in the two films. This essay will compare and contrast the ways in which the original animated
Have you ever thought about what living in a world with talking animals and foods that can change your size would be like? Well, in the book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the main character Alice falls down a rabbit hole into Wonderland, a place filled with strange people, animals, and odd encounters with these characters. Some major events in this story are when Alice first finds the door to the garden, drinks the strange liquid so she would shrink, then she meets the Cheshire
Wonderland a place where the impossible is possible. Long before Alice slew the Jabberwocky and the Queen of Hearts ever said, “Off with his/her/their head”. There lived a girl named Catherine. Catherine was born into a high-class family that had the chance to marry her off to the short, chubby, and sweet King of Hearts. During a royal ball where Catherine is expected to receive the Kings marriage proposal, she meets the mysterious and handsome Jest. Fear of offending the King and angering her parents
The poem “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark immediately introduces the concept of an outsider “The Visitor” who comes to the household for a specific time to undertake a specific duty. The poet deftly analyses the themes of music and individual reaction to music in the poem. The visitor who is also the piano tuner is significant in repairing the musical atmosphere in the household such that even the cat evokes a musical response. The poet is set in the narrator’s house during the afternoon of the first
Alice in Wonderland Name of Course Moderator Name of Organization An Essay Name of Student Date of Submission Word Count: 875 Introduction The story of Alice in Wonderland is about Alice wandering though the Wonderland experiencing different types of encounters which are puzzling to her. In chapter 2, the biggest puzzle that Alice encounters is her own childhood identity. There are many different types of puzzles that Alice encounter some are the dream puzzles and some are the
John Logan’s 2013 play Peter and Alice is an emotional exploration of the two real life characters that motivated two great stories. Peter and Alice directed by Rob Croser is a story full of life. A consultation between the real Alice in Wonderland and the real Peter Pan in a London bookshop in 1932. It was a production that needed to hit the spot, as it was the 100th production by the company. While Rob Croser was successful in portraying the emotions of each character, the reoccurring motifs throughout
Lewis Carroll On January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England one of the world’s most well known authors was created. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, otherwise known as Lewis Carroll. Carroll is the author of the very popular children’s story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and many others. At a young age Carroll’s family knew he wanted to become a writer because of the simple yet meaningful poems Carroll wrote for his homemade newspaper. “Who in the world am I? Ah that’s a great puzzle.” - Lewis
Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll was originally born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England on January 27, 1832. He was the eldest of eleven children and they were raised in the rectory. At a young age, it was quite evident that Lewis was exceptionally gifted in various academic subjects and he even won academic prizes when he was only a chil. Lewis Carroll was a literary genius when it came to writing children's books and his works later became a major influence on the growing genre of American literature
The novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is merely a children's story, isn’t it? Plunging deep into the symbols and structure of the tale one could unmistakably see it becoming more complex and abstract as Alice gets deeper and deeper into her journey in Wonderland. Disney’s production of Alice in Wonderland has done a great job of bringing Wonderland to life with vibrancy and color, full of excitement and intriguing characters. Although Disney is successful with this side of the story, it fails
Alice, the main character of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, has been showing a passive figure from the very beginning. However, at critical times she responds actively to her situations which turn out to be smart. When Alice found a cake under the table, she fully analyzed the changes it would possibly bring about before deciding whether to eat it or not. In another case, Alice grew too big and was stuck in White Rabbit’s house. If she did not think out a resolution, she was going to be burnt
The book, Babbitt (1922), written by Sinclair Lewis, is regarded as one of the greatest pieces of American literature today. It tells the tale of a 46 year old businessman named George F. Babbitt. George Babbitt and his family live in a modern Midwestern fictional city named Zenith. Here, the Babbitt family enjoys all the luxuries of life any American middle class family can attain in the 1920s. Though George and his family are doing well, George often finds that he is not happy. He realizes that
(also known as Lewis Carroll) was born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. He is known for being a novelist, photographer, and mathematician but is especially known for his book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. His parents were Charles Dodgson (Father) and Frances Jane Lutwidge (Mother). His mother and father are first cousins. His family was primarily northern British with some Irish relations. He is the eldest son. He had seven sisters and four brothers. Lewis attended Richmond