The light shined on the patient. She had beads of sweat on her forehead and her cheeks were as red as apples. I looked across the bed and saw her husband holding her hand as tightly as possible while he held her knee up with the other. His face was full with excitement as his baby was to be born...

In the novel, it is apparent that the ward is filled with individuals that do not meet society's expectations. It is through McMurphy's existence on the ward that the patients finally feel human and learn what it feels like to be accepted. Society has certain expectations from people, a...

A high school senior 17 years old Jeff Browning is a successful student at Hamilton High until he found out that his girlfriend Christina Calderon was pregnant and he was very upset because he knew if he became a parent at his age it would ruin his dream of getting a debate scholarship and going to ...

The phone rang about seven times at midnight. No one else woke up, so from some place I found the energy and strength to let go of my dreams and answer the phone. At the other end was the receptionist from the emergency room. She gave me news that I did not want to hear: my sister had been in a c...

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...

"Mommy Tyler pulled my hair." "I want some cookies now mommy." Where do I plan to be in ten years. Well I will be twenty eight years old with a BA degree form Hartford University in registered nursing. Married to a great man to whom will be the love of my life. We will have ...

Ann: Chapter 1: Anywhere: Pages 3-24 Ann and Adele left Wisconsin and headed for California in a stolen car. Adele had taken Ted's Mobil Credit Card, so they could pay for hotels rooms and food. Adele rear-ended someone at a red light. They stayed at The Luau Hotel, for about a w...

Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz is a chilling, haunting debut about the ties that bind families together and thesecrets that can tear them apart. The main characters, Amanda Starkey and Ruth Neumann were brilliant in their escalating encouters. Both experiencing love, hate, life and death; hold...

Leaves of yellow, red, and orange covered the ground on a warm fall afternoon. Through the sky flew a blue Frisbee with a man striding quickly behind it determined to snatch the flying disk out of the air. Screeching in the background someone yelled, "Stop, Johnny!" Johnny looked back to s...

Hi! My name is Karina Rosales I am 22 years old and I am a teen parent. I was 13 years old when I found out I was pregnant. At first I was in denial until a pregnancy test confirmed it. I could not believe what that pregnancy test said because I never planned to be pregnant or had even thought of. ...

Tillie Olsen captures the overwhelming love a mother has for her child in I Stand Here Ironing. The story is an example of the struggle of unconditional love and guilt, which go hand-in-hand in motherhood. The narrator in this story is a middle aged mother who has an inner dialogue rehashing the ev...

Child abuse is fast becoming a trend in today's society. The book "A Child Called It" by David Pelzer thought light on this issue...by telling his story. It was a family of five, a Mom, Dad, and three sons, whose lives were fulfilled with love and care. In this story Dave, the oldest ...

For most of my life I have been on my own. My father passed away when I was very young. My mother remarried, and I never got along with her husband. I then decided things would be better for everyone if I left. It was very difficult being raised without my parents. Having to move from place to plac...

The society that is currently lived in is one that is filled with the idea that the way a person acts, or looks can determine whom one will become friends with, and where one's life will lead that person in the future. Although it is unfair that a single person's fate can be determined by these fact...

Billy Collins' "The Lanyard" is a perfect Mother's Day poem. The narrator reflects on a lanyard , a simple woven bracelet, he made for his mother one year while away at summer camp. His memory was triggered by a simple daily event: he stumbled upon the word "lanyard" while leafing through a dictiona...

A Coma to Remember Surprises come when we least expect it. They are revelations that come in many shapes and sizes. Whether it is from loved ones for a momentous celebration to fate for a rendezvous with death they can really change your perspective in life. Surprises are like gifts, gifts of enli...

Title: Ceremony Author: Leslie Marmon Silko Introduction: Ceremony is a novel written by Leslie Marmon Silko. It deals with the gender roles of three women are significant to the development of a character namedd Tayo who is half-white and half-Indian. These three women a...

Chris stopped to catch his breath. "I'll catch up , you go on without me " as he held his chest. Baillie stopped in concern, "you've been doing that a lot lately are you okay?" Tim ran on, glad to be ahead for a change. "He's a trooper, its not like he is going to die or something." Their mothers we...

A good example of Modernism is a short story called "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen. This story not only portrays gender roles but also family roles. Here the narrator is a mother giving the reader a glimpse into her life, choices she made as a mother, and being a single parent. ...

What is a love story? A love story is a type of story that depicts much love toward someone or some persons. In To Kill a Mockingbird the love affair was Jem and Scout. The story is on the love of a family through the great depression and one of the most racist time periods. Though there are many pr...

In the novel, Silko explores the gender roles of four women and the significance to the development and actualization of Tayo's character. These four women are Tayo's birth mother, Auntie, old Grandma, and Ts'eh (a Montano). Because Tayo is of mixed ancestry, half white and half ...

Three years ago, I grew up quickly, but I grew up even faster about a year and a half ago. When I started working about a year and half ago, I was also going to Calhoun and being a full-time mother. Now that I am going through a awful divorce, I have realized that my main problems are that I do not...

After the Bomb - Book Summary After the Bomb written by Gloria Miklowitz is a thrilling novel that takes place before, during, and after a bomb which supposedly was sent from Russia by accident. L.A. and surrounding ...

A good example of Modernism is a short story called "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen. This story not only portrays gender roles but also family roles. Here the narrator is a mother giving the reader a glimpse into her life, choices she made as a mother, and being a single parent. ...

Mrs. Johnson finds herself standing once again in all too familiar surroundings. Bent over the bathroom sink she waits impatiently, praying the little plastic stick will deliver good news this time. Again, it reads negative. Disappointment sets in. She decides now is the time for someone else to...