The Painting \"Snowball\" by John Falter, is a mysterious painting that makes you wonder about what the man is out to accomplish. Is he trying to sell something? Is he out to cause trouble? Or is something going to happen to the man? The dreary atmosphere makes you sense something is going to ha...

Snowboarding Every year many children look forward to the whole week of no school although no one wants winter break more than I do. Every year it's tradition to spend a couple days in the wonderful Heavenly resort in Lake Tahoe, with the snow piling at your feet there is no better way to ...

An American Childhood By: Annie Dillard In the story An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard, it is emphasize the value of pursuing an important goal. The author recalls childhood to be the "only firsthand experience". Dillard's simplicity in writing her autobiographical work shows the...

Growing up, just like any other little girl in America, I loved to play with all my toys, clothes, and stuffed animals. Day in and day out that is all I used to do. I had no responsibilities, so all I would worry about was just playing. Growing up, My Uncle Smokey played a major role in my life a...

"Sonnet 130" is a sonnet by William Shakespeare that compares the speaker's lover to a number of other beauties. This comparison is never in favor of the speaker's lover. Her eyes are "nothing like the sun," and her lips are less red than coral. Compared to white snow, her bre...

Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," has three different characters: the horse, the owner of the land and the narrator. Each of the characters have a different objectives. I will focus on the narrator. The narrator's objective is to continue on his journey given to the r...

Sonnet 130 The theme of the sonnet is beauty in that Shakespeare is comparing the eternal beauty of the subject to the beauty of nature. Shakespeare paints a picture using a combination of metaphors and a simile. He starts the poem with a simile comparing his mistress\' eyes to the sun. He then...

A Night of Cocaine Have you ever wondered what it was like to try cocaine? About a month ago, I was wondering how it would feel to be on snow. A few of my friends were doing it quite often; being around them all the time it struck my curiosity...

Although the tone of both poems is bleak, the tone of 'A November Landscape' brightens at the end, while the tone of 'Winter' grows even more bleak The poems 'A November Landscape' and 'Winter', both portrays the coldness and the bitterness of winter. ...

Assignment 5: Make a rough outline of the important points of your story. Then tell the story to a classmate. Jot down additional details that you think of while you are telling the story. Granny The school bell rings at 3:05 I excitingly run down the hall. I am in such a hurry that ...

In today's world of thermal underwear and morning weather reports, much of the population of the world has lost sight of what it was like for our forefathers only a century ago. Before the invention of quick-start logs and windproof lighters, temperature and weather conditions were major concer...

Love doesn't have to hurt but it often seems to. Love is such a strong positive emotion that it is inevitable that there will be some pain associated with it at the same time. We see this theme is being demonstrated in a movie called Onegin written by Alexander Pushkin. One of the scenes t...

WHO AM I.......... My name is Heath Wesley H______ and I was born on the bright sunny day of March 2nd, 1987, while my mom was not bright and sunny at the time of my birth. My whole family was there at the hospital to wait the arrival of the new baby boy, especially my aunt Mary P_____ who was very...

The Healing Place In the newborn silence of an early dawn, in the innocence of my arrested childhood, I beheld a sight of such artistry, such intensity, such absolute magnificence; even these words do no justice to it. Tears came to my eyes and my heart was near to bursting as I sank to my kne...

"To Build A Fire" Imagine walking in the Klondike by yourself, it's snowy and the temperature is seventy-five below zero. In "To Build A Fire", the man was walking by himself in the Klondike when he had an accident that would result in his death. The man died in the Klondike because he fell in...

Where Do I Belong? "You're Not Catholic, Are You?" An essay written by Ted Solotaroff tells the story of how a young boy has trouble capturing his own identity. In this short essay Ted the young boy is going through a stage of not really knowing who he is and where exactly he be...

Speechless I sat there crying; tear after tear ran down my face. All of a sudden my life felt as though it had no place. I looked at the paper I held in my hand, thought it could have came out differently if I had not been such an imbecilic man. It all could have resolved itself differently....

Swinging From EarthLife can be so hectic but the least traumatic of times is childhood. Robert Frost understood that if you could live life like a child, life can be much more simple. He exemplifies this believe in the poem, "Birches." The poem proves that Frost's method of dealing with the chaos...

The Passion of SnowboardingTo some, snowboarding is just an activity, something to try on a vacation. To others, it's their passion. They live to travel the world and ride. It's a huge adrenaline rush and can be very fulfilling. There are many different types of snowboarding such as riding snowboard...

Journal 3CommunicationDue 2/9/00Perceptual Accentuation is almost a state of mind, it when you really want to believe something so bad that sometimes you can actually picture it. People who are really thirsty can picture an oasis in the desert. This is an extreme case but it goes to show how real a...

The Boston MassacreThere is much confusion surrounding the Boston Massacre, as to what truly happened. After reading through and considering each person’s testimony in the trial of Captain Thomas Preston, I believe that I have an accurate idea of the events that occurred.It all began on the ev...

Most of Jack London's stories are set in the outdoors. By using the outdoors as a backdrop, London offers a unique perspective to the story's themes and different character types. In "To Build a Fire," I believe that London uses the theme and character of a rugged, independent outdoorsman to show th...