The world we live in today is full of surprise and mystery. Anything that exists could or does have a hidden meaning or message. Scientific studies show that some ancient scripts and symbols are not languages. They're actually just warning signs or messages. But today we give hidden meaning to ...

The Road from Coorain By Jill Kerr Conway I found it very difficult to read this book. I understand that it is the story of Jill Kerr Conway's life, and that it would be hard to make a life sound interesting where you grew up isolated until you were 11years old, never coming in contact with...

It was the month of June 1996. My dad was very sick in the hospital so my mother sent my younger brother and I to my cousin's house for the week. It was a Saturday and I was more than ready to go home for the weekend. I missed my parents and I was anxious to see how my father was doing....

It's All for the Money In our society today, we have many problems. One of these major problems is the fact that people are obsessed with making money. Everyone needs money to survive, but where should the madness stop? Many parents love money so much that they will allow other people, oft...

My first abortion was the most painful, unforgettable thing I had ever experienced.. It was not something I never want to go through again. I was only fourteen years old, a freshman in high school. The pain I endured was more mental than physical. Although it happened well over five yea...

Chapter 1 In chapter one the main character Maia Wojciechowska wakes up from a dream to the sound of a plane. She thinks it is her father's, but when she runs outside with her new puppy to see, Maia finds out that it is not her father's plane. The plane flies over parallel with her runn...

One of the transitions that I have experienced in the past is coming to America, early in the morning of August 1991, I left my mother and the house where I'd grown up. My mother helped me carried heavy suitcases to the bus station. "Have you gotten everything what you need?', my moth...

Yesterday I was cleaning out my closet, when I came across an old cardboard box with the word "Treasure" written sloppily across it. I was about to throw it away when I realized what it was. This was my treasure box. This was where I kept all of my coolest and most precious items. As I...

Stress! What is stress!? Stress is when you want to cry for no reason. Or you just snap at people when they didn't do any thing!! People get stressed over little things and BIG things. Or a whole bunch of little things. Some people might get stressed from working to hard like as a stockbroker wit...

There has been more talk than usual lately about the abuse and angry beating of helpless people, mostly children and many women. I think about it. I have never been beaten, so empathy is my only weapon against the ugliness I know vicariously. On the radio someone talks about a chain of violence. Whe...

Although remembering all the events that occurred between the time my mother and father got divorced, in 1986, to the present time is quite difficult, there is nothing that could make me forget my mother's strength and determination throughout the years that I lived with her. Being that I was only t...

The play Medea-Redux was disturbing, yet very realistic for a true story. At the beginning of the film I immediately new that this lady was on drugs or was abused in her past. She felt like she had a lot of pain in her life. When she told her story about how her 7th grade teacher and her class we...

A Great American It's 6:45 AM, on August 15th, 2001. I'm 8th in line in front of the Driver's License Bureau on 36th St. North. I'm the only one without a felony conviction. I'm also the only one in the line who didn't bum a cigarette off my mom. In my left hand...

He always loved his gin in the morning, noon, and night; it came to him like water and it was impossible for him to leave home without it. No one could ever sway him from his essential life fluid. It wouldn't matter whether you cried, pleaded, or begged on your two knees, he would not stop. H...

Kimberly A. Samuels When comparing two poems, several aspects need to be considered. Speaker and tone, subject, figurative language, and imagery are these aspects. When comparing and contrasting Ben Jonson's two poems: "on my first daughter" and "on my first son" ...

SURVIVAL Do you ever survive the effects of divorce? If you have experienced divorce, or knew someone that has, this is a question you will ask yourself. Ron and Lilly were married for fifteen years and during the course of their marriage had three children ages 8, 10 and 12. Ron worked as ...

On September the 3rd, 1946 Meursault was born in France. He had a full head of red hair when he was born. As a baby, he never cried. He was very shy around people and never smiled. He seemed unhappy and ate little if anything. His mother couldn't take him to the doctor since she had no mon...

It Is Just a Game- Parents and children is sports It is not uncommon to hear a child say to his friend "my parents are psycho". Most often people do not even think twice when they hear that. It could be a serious cry for help. Parents sometimes cross major lines when talking about ...

Few people say, "In the situation of the unborn child's parents, the one who is affected most is the mother. Obviously, she carries the baby". But what about the reaction of a father? Does abortion really affects him? This only by his own choice. Whether he wants to change his li...

My Mom has inspired me to be a better person because of all the hard times that we've been through. She has been able to wipe the tears from my eyes and embrace the smile on my face. She is the person who I think is one of the most amazing people I know, therefore she is the person who I look ...

Have you ever sat down and wondered how things can change in a matter of minutes? I will never forget the day when my whole identity had changed. My mother was picking me up from dance class one night and she had gotten into a fight with my dad, or who I thought was my dad. She looked at me and s...

When I had first picked up "Prozac Nation" I was a little doubtful on weather I would like it or not. I went out on a limb, and decided to buy the book. I decided to start reading that night. I being a person who usually dislikes reading, and can't read more than a chapter at a time,...

I read the story "A Child Called It". It takes place in a little city known as Daly City in California. Daly City was known as one of the good towns in California. The story begins by describing a young and happy family sort of like the "Brady Bunch" of the 1960s. It was a fami...

It is dark. All is quiet except for the squeaks and cracks of this 19th century house sinking into the foundation of the ground. I open my eyes and it is still dark. I reach out my right arm in hopes that my hand will find the button on my petite lamp. A soft glow illuminates my room. I sit up and s...

" Don't you have a father?" a question that I had to oppose with everyday. Ever since I had developed a longing for a father, I had realized that one could not function without the presence of his father. Everyday I had to defy with all the criticisms that my own friends bestowed upon...