Going Home It's been twelve months today since I got on a plane and said goodbye to a little boy. A little boy only three years old who you can say is still a baby not a little boy. I think of the look on his face when I told him that I wouldn't see him for twelve months, it still kills m...

Home Alone In 1990, the hit comedy "Home Alone" was released on video. This movie is a nasty, evil, and sadistic motion picture. In the same respect, I think it is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. For those of you who do not remember this film, it was about the McAllister f...

NEW SIMPLISTIC LIFE During the war the harshest acts can be witnessed, some of which can seem unfathomable, causing changes in those people exposed to them. Hemingway's short story, "Soldier's Home," includes many examples of what war can do to a young person exposed to the harshest ...

Women working versus staying at home Undoubtedly, education holds the key to a successful future. So why is it that women shouldn't have the same opportunities and rights as men? It boggles the mind to think that in the past women options after high school graduation were limited strictly t...

The transformation from a teenager to an adult often involves lots of emotions and events that are unforgettable in a person's life. The changes in emotions and behaviors are sometimes strong enough to temporarily push a person away from his/her normal life. I myself experienced quite an intere...

The poem from Home and Away, seemed to start off on such a nice soft note, but it then becomes increasingly harsh? I'm not sure if I am using the correct words to properly describe it. When I read the first few lines, I thought this was going to be a "feel good" kind of poem. But as I kept reading ...

Finding Your Identity Knowing the fact that no human could be perfect, my determination to accomplish the impossible was merely unstoppable. I would never be satisfied with any of my accomplishments for they were never perfect enough. Instead of giving myself a pat on the back for the amount ...

Finding Your Identity Knowing the fact that no human could be perfect, my determination to accomplish the impossible was merely unstoppable. I would never be satisfied with any of my accomplishments for they were never perfect enough. Instead of giving myself a pat on the back for the amount ...

The thoughts of what I was going to do was going to do the next day went through my head. Finally I did go to sleep but then the alarm woke me up to its ear splitting buzz. My hands having a mind of its own pressed the off button with effort. My eyes squinted to see the time 8:00AM. For me this was ...

It was June 2008. Kathy, Zach, Danny, Nika and I just returned from the annual family reunion. It was mid-day when we arrived. I pulled in the drive, and said "Man, am I sure glad to be home". Kathy turned to me and said, "Me too!" The kids got out, and grabbed a few things to start u...

It's a long bumpy ride home in the trailer. The war has ended, finally. I had been in the front line for 2 days. People will always say I'm lucky and a hero. When I get home, all the town will respect me because I have been through absolute hell. It doesn't appeal to me as much as yo...

The story I chose to write my assignment on is the "Quilt" by Tayama Katai. There were a couple of reasons for me to write about this wonderful short story. One of them was that I could not get a hold of the other 2 books anywhere. The other more important reason was that I felt conn...

The Insignificance of Words A man walks down a dimly lit street; the bright red lights above the hospital’s exit are now just a faint glow behind him. As he staggers along the city blocks back to his quiet row home, he ponders the tragic news he has just received regarding his mother’...

Government or Family After reading a recent article on were loyalties lie with the common foot soldier in the civil war. I put my self in there place and asked myself. Would I be loyal to my country or my family? After thinking of this for sometime I reached a conclusion. I would think that...

The Insignificance of Words A man walks down a dimly lit street; the bright red lights above the hospital's exit are now just a faint glow behind him. As he staggers along the city blocks back to his quiet row home, he ponders the tragic news he has just received regarding his mother's...

War And Ones Self In Louise Erdrich's short story, "The Red Convertible", she demonstrates how going to war has an effect on ones self. The main character, Lyman, has a younger brother named Henry who went off to war. When Henry came home after serving in the war, he was a changed...

Just imagine being out in dense forests, hearing the bombs and shots being fired in the not too far off distance. Being far away from home and knowing that anyone could die at any moment if they are not careful is a very frightening thought. Anything that can take the soldier's mind off of the war ...

BROKE ON TWO INCOMES Back in the day there was a lot of women staying home and taking care of the children while the man went to work to support the family. That was normal back then. Now a days no on in this society can afford to have one spouse stay home or at least that ...

Corruption In the play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Linda Loman's character is portrayed two different ways. Some people think of Linda as a "controlling mother figure" who is actually the one to blame for her husband and sons failure in life. Others believe she was ...

Cameronized Denver! There are no words to describe my love and passion for the city of Denver, Colorado. The mountains, the skyline there is nothing like it. No city is quite like Denver. The most important part of why I love Denver is because I was born and raised there for 7 years. I hadn'...

The day was perfect on May 10, 1981 and it was Mother's Day. The sun was shining warmly and the grass soft blades of emerald green on a background of a deep blue sky. To celebrate, my two sisters, my parents andI decided to have a bar-b-que. We invited our boyfriends, a few close family member a...

A Scary Conflict I can remember taking a family vacation out of town somewhere back in the 80's. Like every other black family, I was the little kid in the back seat of the car being ignored by my parents and older relatives. In my mind I'm thinking, "Why does my mom ignore me when we have com...

Early one morning I woke and I was feeling really depressed and upset because I knew that something really bad was going happen I could just remember the way I felt when my mom came in from court with my brother and told me they were going to lock him up for six months the night before when all that...

On fall break of 2004, October 19, I went to the White Oaks Nursing Home. I went there to volunteer and visit an old friend of the family. While there I did a lot of observing. I began to think of the Utilitarianism Theory and how it applies to some of the ethical issues dealt with in the nursing ho...

On Friday afternoon, Penelope Shelley sat in the school cloakroom waiting for the other children to go home. It was one of her 'Plans to Make Life Easier'. If she was out by the school gates at the end of the day, the other children saw her. It was easier to sit in the cloakroom until they were go...