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Hi my name is Tyler Swanbeck. I am a junior at Hebron Academy, and I am 17 years old. I love soccer, being a scholar, and I enjoy long walks on the beach. One of my favorite classes is Honors … Continue reading →

Fitzgerald signifies that watching is a better way to gain knowledge, about the reality of life and your surrounding, through the character owl eyes and the picture of T.J. Eckleburg. He employs the motif that watching is more knowledgeable than … Continue reading →

Evolution of Morality in Society Often the focus in the American society is how we have evolved as a country to bigger and better things. When talking about how we have improved on the morality of our country as a … Continue reading →

Every little boy eventually turns into a man. Some say that this process change takes years for a boy to fully mature. I, if you want to say ‘changed into a man’, became who I am today by the failures … Continue reading →

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” -Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau’s statement about being lost relates to the journey of the protagonist in the book, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Jake Barnes. Jake struggles … Continue reading →

Love is a strong feeling that propels humans to do crazy things. Throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the existence of Pearl and her actions shape the way that Hester lives her life. Many times throughout the … Continue reading →

“All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.” ―Tupac Shakur In the novella, “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets”, written by Steven Crane, there are two characters … Continue reading →

“At one point in your life you either have the things you want or the reasons why you don’t.” -Andy Roddick My dad was just three years old when his father passed away. At the same time, his mom had … Continue reading →

Hebron Academy Men’s Soccer; My Family We are a family of the present and past Showing our courage until the last- Day, we fight and live together The hope we share is like a feather. Why are our hopes and … Continue reading →

Your Destiny Has Already Been Decided In the book, The Sun Also Rises, the main character Jake struggles with the fact that he cannot be with the women he loves, Brett. No matter how hard Jake tries to keep Brett … Continue reading →