Monthly Archives: May 2022

Abrielle Johnson Honors American Lit. Mrs. Waterman 10/6/21 Will used to go to the Small Town coffee shop every morning. It was the perfect name for it since it was a coffee shop in a small town. However, it has … Continue reading →

Abrielle Johnson Mrs. Waterman  Honors American Lit.  5/12/2022 “Empathy is the medicine the world needs,”(Judith Orloff). For the longest time one of the biggest questions about humanity is whether or not humans are truly evil. Though human beings have done … Continue reading →

Abrielle Johnson Mrs. Waterman Honors American Lit.  3/1/22 The book, The Great Gatsby plays a very important role in American literature. Because of this, a lot of other works and cultural discussions mention it. The Great Gatsby is a book … Continue reading →

Dash! Pivot, zoom! Skid and pounce! All around the house she goes. Through the table legs like tree trunks. Then like a cougar she snaps to attention as she hears a slight crinkle. Her pupils grow wide like saucers or … Continue reading →

In The Scarlet Letter by Natheniel Hawthorne, there is a character that is revered by his culture to an extent that people can recognize none of his true nature. This is the Reverend Arthur Dimmsdale. Dimmsdale is a holy man … Continue reading →

I woke earlier than I ever had, on a mattress wet from last night’s downpour. I saw the leak but ignored it as I struggled into my sweatpants; I was worried about moving too slow, and losing the faith of … Continue reading →

In The Road, the character of the boy is initially shown as an innocent child. He doesn’t fully grasp all of what his father does, and he struggles to comprehend the reality of the post apocalyptic world. However, over the … Continue reading →

Prince once said: “No child is bad from the beginning, they just imitate their atmosphere.” The same can be said for Pearl, one of the central characters, was not bad from the beginning, she just saw the world she was … Continue reading →

A tragic hero can be defined as  a character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous and sympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat. A character who definitely fits this is the protagonist Maggie from the book Maggie:A … Continue reading →

My dream for the world we live in today is to be able to go to college for no cost instead of having to pay upwards of over sixty thousand dollars. Education is a basic right to humans and I … Continue reading →