Many of the images and events in "Boys and Girls" have to do with freedom or the lack of it. The narrator defines freedom in a number of situations. In this story, the male world represents freedom while the female world represents confinement. In the narrator's perspective, her mother was confin...

Shadows Black is white and white is black in the me you will never know. Words are mysteries you define. Years mask mistakes like mounds of snow. Up is down and down is up again in my clever game of charades. And with you I can forget ...

Screaming Death When moving into a house you always believe that you will be safe from the outside world. Unfortunately, on July 17, 2000, my thoughts of being secure in a home completely changed. A reckless boy had driven his car into my house, driving through the kitchen and reaching my bedroom....

The painting Snap The Whip was painted by Winslow Homer. It was originally painted in 1872. The painting shows a real life scene. Instead of painting people just standing in one place with their best clothes on Winslow Homer drew people in normal life activities. Such as kids playing in the fields ...