A special dad is hard to find but my father was a wonderfully eccentric man. He was a gentle, hardworking, generous, avoided conflict and always tried to make people laugh. He didn't tell others what they should believe or how to live their lives. Even as a parent, he was often reluctant to give his...

Slowly he walked down the hallways. His head ducked down, and his eyes slightly closed. His head was slightly turned towards the wall; he was trying to hide his tears. The slow movement of his tears felt like wet drips of sand, gently carving paths of heartbreak across his face. His heart felt as if...

A Walk of Life I thought that A Walk of Life was a pretty good movie but it did lack in some places. A group of high school seniors meet at a cement factory to initiate a potential boy into their group. This incident serves but one purpose to introduce Landon as a reckless, superficial character ...

Chapter 13: At the outset of spring, a stranger ­ an exquisitely beautiful young woman of exotic appearance ­ appears at the family's cottage. Felix is ecstatic to see her, kisses her hands, and refers to her as his "sweet Arabian"; later, the creature learns that her true name is Safe. The cre...

Leslie is my girlfriend whom I love with all of my heart. Whenever she comes near, I can smell the perfume that lifts me off of my feet, smelling her makes my whole day slip away. It's like the first rays of sunlight right after a terrible storm. When I see them, I don't ever want the moment to go....

Uncle Jerry God bless Uncle Jerry. As a child, Jerry was always there for me. I was a fatherless three year old whose mother was on welfare, and Jerry was the father I never had. I considered Jerry superman. His vibrant smile and his well built frame epitomized his larger than lif...

The summer was never ending, day after day spent in fields of waving corn, the gentle sound of humming insects filled the air, and sensual concoctions of a an English summer meadow filled ones mind. In a giant oak tree seemingly there since the dawning of the ages, sat a young boy and girl, both to...

The summer was never ending, day after day spent in fields of waving corn, the gentle sound of humming insects filled the air, and sensual concoctions of a an English summer meadow filled ones mind. In a giant oak tree seemingly there since the dawning of the ages, sat a young boy and girl, both to...

Good drama is built on conflict of some kind -- an opposition of forces or desires that must be resolved by the end of the story. Streetcar Named Desire employs exactly that. An opposition of forces, and desire, all of which must come to some sort of resolution or conclusion at the end. This is the...

In John Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums, the reader is introduced to the seemingly timid and shy Elisa Allen. Elisa is routinely planting her yearly sets of Chrysanthemums, which appear to be the sole receptor of her caring and gentle touch, but all the while it is evident that "the chrysan...

The story is always the same. Open your legs, open your heart, get nothing in return. Lust is not just a story full of snap shots that resemble a memoir of a whore, but instead, a picture of a complex girl who cannot escape her own demons. She would look into their eyes, yearning to find a moment t...

Flirt Alert Girls have taken the social scene into their own hands. Gone are the days ofold fashioned? relationships. Gone are the days of having to wait around for a guy to make the first move. Nowadays, girls have the upper hand and they are becoming more professional at flirting. Flirtin...

When you're stuck in the snow If you have the misfortune of getting stuck in snow, and almost all of us will be stuck in snow sooner or later in life. Get out of your vehicle while being very aware of the traffic around you, safety should always be your main concern in any situation whether it...

Edna's Awakenings Symbolism is one of the most obvious factors in Kate Chopin's Novel, The Awakening. The meaning of each place and objects create major symbols throughout the novel. The ocean is a sense of freedom and solitude. Love is also incredibly symbolic throughout the novel,...

AMBITION IN FRANKENSTEIN Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something. In the novel by Mary Shelly, Frankenstein, there are three key players in the role of ambition. Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton, and The Creature all have different goals or types of ambition. Whether it's ambi...

As a child, I had always looked to my father as a hero. To me, he was strong enough to take on an army one handed, tall enough to reach for the moon and give it to me, and wise enough to know everything about everything. There was nothing my father could not do. He took time to teach me to read,...

Analysis on Frankenstein Mary Shelley presents a novel about romanticism. She has introduced a man by the name of Victor who has created a creature made of other humans. However, after he has seen that his creation was not what he imagined, he was terrified and fled. The creature after open...