Author Archives: 18sperlb

Hi, my name is Bradley Sperl. I am a Junior at Hebron Academy, and have been attending since I was in the sixth grade. English was always a rough subject throughout my academic years, but the Honors American Literature Class … Continue reading →

Never before had I thought that I would be standing in front of a smoking pile of ashes that had previously meant so much to myself and my family. The view was horrifying, but elegantly simple. “What has happened?”, and … Continue reading →

In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, the soldiers must carry a variety of things. Essentials like food, water, and a weapon, to the not so essential like yoyo’s, condoms, and marijuana. The thing I remember carrying was a … Continue reading →

Hope lives at Hebron It grows among the hearts. It keeps the people free and true To what they are apart. The lives of all are bettered true And never shift to wrong. All that we shall ever do Will … Continue reading →

In Maggie: A Girl of the Streets written by Stephen Crane, there are three different dance halls that Maggie and her “boyfriend” Pete go to. The three dance halls are the Great Green Hall, the Irregularly Shaped Hall, and the … Continue reading →

You wouldn’t think that a tree could have a face, a face just like any other, and that it could die as well. Let me tell you about how I unintentionally killed a tree’s face. I was seven years old, … Continue reading →

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway follows the life of Jake Barnes and his friends living in Paris. Throughout the novel he performs actions while remaining truthful to himself and his friends, but his friends and especially himself commit … Continue reading →

There is a fine line between want and need that your parents most likely explained to you when you were young. If not, want is something that adds to your life, while need is something that allows you to survive. … Continue reading →

Gifts come in all shapes and sizes, even children.  In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character, Hester, has a child, Pearl, who was born from a relationship that was looked down upon by all of the townspeople. … Continue reading →

When I was younger, not exactly sure what age, I was in the store with my grandmother.  We had finished going through the aisles and picking out the necessities from the list written in my grandmother’s handwriting, and we were … Continue reading →