The Morning Rush Essays

A blaring alarm sounds and a young woman sighs. Her morning begins slowly; she drags herself around the bedroom. plucks her uniform off a hanger, and drudges to the washroom to brush her teeth. She leaves herself plenty of time to organize and compose herself before she drives to work at a nearby Starbucks. Upon arrival, she offers a cheerful greeting to her coworkers, which they return. Before she orders herself a drink, she hangs her green apron on a hook in the backdoor and places her

CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Background Carpal tunnel syndrome is the entrapment of median nerve at the wrist. The median nerve originates from the brachial plexus at level of C5 to T1. It passes down through the midline of the arm in front of the elbow joint supplying muscles of the forearm continuing to the hand supplying the front of the thumb, the two first fingers and the lateral half of the third finger (Elsevier 2001). The symptoms in carpal tunnel syndrome include numbness

Many authors utilize imagery to allow the reader to engage in and understand their works. In Robert Frost’s “Birches,” there are several instances where the poem contains heavy usage of imagery for this purpose. The meaning of the poem “Birches” is very under-the-surface— the entire poem focuses on bent birches— too vague for the central purpose to be clear and solid. However, the poem’s copious examples of imagery enable the audience to grasp the scenery that Frost is attempting to describe. In

Today I woke up pretty early for a summer day, around 7am. I walked downstairs and asked my dad if we could go fishing today. He said yes and suggested that we get ready to leave. I got my fishing pole, fishing net, and my extra fishing pole string. While I was getting my stuff my dad called his friend Jimmy and asked if he wanted to come as well. He said yes, but he will be coming later. I brought my fishing stuff to my dad’s car when I realized he brought his old fishing pole out. I asked him,

Tenacious Tumbler         Crack! In my head I can hear the noise of the bone in my leg breaking as my feet slam onto the mat. My gymnastics coach, Ms. Adams, rushes to my side as I clutch my leg in pain. I recall her saying, “Claire are you okay? Just hold on…” That was two weeks ago. “Claire, are you in there?” Hmm? I lose my train of thought as I come back to reality. Standing in front of me, I see the familiar face of my best friend, Tanya Wilson. Startled, I respond, “I’m sorry, what?” “When

Not conforming to society's standards. This is something people have struggled greatly with since the beginning of time. Why does it seem that so often we let what society says is right dictate the way we see the world? Why do we let others viewpoints control our actions? Harper Lee gives the reader a lot of insight into how these issues have been present in our society throughout the years. Taking these issues straight on through the unbiased innocent eyes of a young girl in the 1930’s is very beneficial

In “Something in the Orange”, the color orange is constantly repeated. He states “I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun, Something in the orange tells me we’re not done” (1:15). He is reminded of this lost and hopeless feeling he has when he sees orange in the sky. It is repeated, signifying that the color orange makes him feel hopeless. The orange

Hi Sunshine, Good evening hope you had a good day and I must say it was lovely to hear the sound of your angelic voice first thing in the morning so soothing. You did tell me about your last relationship and how it went bad after 8years, once I am in I am in and there is no going back with me and I don't only want to see you 1-2-3-4 times a month I want to see you everyday but as for now we are getting to know each other and I am enjoying getting to know you Joyce. I have so much love to give and

The poem 'Phenomenal Woman' begins with directly addressing the stereotypes that are placed on women in society. This is done when Angelou states what she feels a woman's qualities are supposed to be by saying. 'I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size' which shows the reader that while she might be aware of the pressures and expectations that are placed on women, she is not willing to conform to these; an idea that comes from the fact that the first stanza is based around her successes

America and because Chicago has six of the seven biggest railroads in the country, with one quarter of rail traffic in the US traversing the city. Sanburn discusses competition between commuter rail systems, who exercise right of way between morning and evening rush hours, and freight lines, which exacerbates congestion. Sanburn cites the concern of CEO of Metra, Don Orseno, that the activity of freight trains remains stagnant during these periods, and this can cause an expensive delay to product arrival

The California gold rush was something that got our country’s back then. In 1848, James Marshall had discovered gold in California right along the American River. Once people found out about it, they started moving to California in hopes of finding gold as well. I was one of those people who decided to venture there hoping against all doubt and be one of the lucky few to find any. It took me a few months to save up money to go on the trip to California but once I did, I began my journey. It took

In the movie Modern Times, the protagonist Charlie Chaplin displayed different faces of the labor economy market: unemployment, frictional unemployment, cyclical unemployment, seasonal, and the discouraged worker. In the introduction of the video I notice how workers were highly monitored by their shift manager and the advance technology of surveillance cameras to insure all workers were working. All workers were required to move fast like the machinery in order to produce at their maximum output

allowing me the opportunity to speak to you on an issue that affects us all in this great city of ours. Highways are designed to make commuting quicker, however, in peak hour traffic, they resemble shopping centre carparks. I experience this every morning on the Centenary Highway going to school. Unfortunately, this is a common issue on all highways in Brisbane. It is frustrating knowing these motorways are designed to make commuting quicker,

500 Days of Summer (Tuchinsky et al., 2009) is a movie about relationship between Tom and Summer in a span of 500 days. The movie discovers how the protagonist fall in love and fail to maintain his relationship. There are many theories presented in this movie but the most obvious ones are: Love and Relationship Stage. Due to the fact that love in this movie is presented with heterosexual couple, there is also gender issue. Hence, this essay will focus on the analysis of the stages of the relationship

Jack London’s short story, “To Build a Fire,” is the tragic tale of a man "who, against the advice of an old timer, ventures out into the harsh environment if the Yukon with only the company of a wolf-like dog. Due to his failure to heed the Old Timer's advice, the man is unprepared for the below freezing temperatures and becomes a victim of the harsh terrain. Towards the beginning of his journey, the man gets his feet wet as he falls through the ice into the water of a spring. The extremely low

Thomas Paine gives three reasons in his text “Common Sense” (1776) as to why the colonists should take up their arms against Great Britain. First, Britain’s enemies are our enemies. Secondly, Britain will only leave the future generations with debt. Lastly, the British rule has tyrannized the colonies for too long. One reason Paine gives the colonies to take up arms again Britain is because America would not have any enemies. Britain’s enemies, are America’s enemies, because the colonies belong

2.jpg Views: 7 Size: 12.8 KB Well Karl, how are you? Been a long time. Which was worse then, hell on earth under Communism, or death as a welcome relief? “Well, it came as a bit of a shock, you know. Death was so sudden, like waking up one morning thinking you’re the smartest kid on the block and finding out you’ve shared all you have and everyone is laughing because they’ve now got more than you.” Looking back, what other scams could you have come up with? “Well, I did think of that myself

way. He also build this persona named “The Tramp” that would be known all over the world and would lead him to a career that would last him more than 75 years. Charlie Chaplin made over 28 well known films like The Kid, The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush, The Circus and City Lights. His most iconic motion picture was the Modern Times in 1936. In Modern Times The Little Tramp is having a hard time keeping up with the modern world. The Tramp was living in an industrial

Quite as what has been suggested by him, comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton made films to express their attitude to the social changes; it can be said that some silent comedies are the reflections of the uncertainty during that era. Stuck to the old value in 19th century, Chaplin implicitly expressed his resistance of mechanization, capitalism and modern society . In his film Modern Times (dir: Charlie Chaplin, 1936), Chaplin played a worker who is mechanized as a robot on the assembly

Matilda "Mattie" Cook is a fourteen-year-old girl living above a coffeehouse in Philadelphia with her mother, grandfather (a former military man), a parrot named King George, and an orange cat named Silas. Eliza, a free black woman, is the coffeehouse cook. A typical teenager, Mattie is always in the middle of daydreams, beginning to notice boys and getting into all kinds of arguments with her single mother, Lucille. (Sounds like some things never change.) What happens to the main characters?What