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What effect does a child have on her mother? Or more specifically, what about when the child was conceived accidentally and born without a father? In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this is the exact circumstances that Pearl is … Continue reading →

The first colonists of America came over to escape religious persecution and had the ability to practice their religious freedoms. Puritans were a group of extremely religious followers of the bible. Their society reflected the bible in their best interpretation, … Continue reading →

No matter what, it is a never ending cycle. This cycle can take however long it needs, but, whether big or small, it always has an end and a beginning. In The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway uses Jake Barnes and … Continue reading →

Many famed classics have been built around the literary element of a tragic hero. Characters such as Oedipus Rex and Hamlet have risen to the top of their aspirations only to fall back to the depths of death due to … Continue reading →

I remember that day very clearly. The sun was beating down on us as if we were the anvil and the sun the hammer. Relentlessly conforming us into what was desired. What was expected. It was only a matter of … Continue reading →

Tick….Tock….Tick….Tock….Tick….Tock. Decisions. Decisions. You have to make a decision but you’re not quite certain exactly what to do. You eventually decide to just play it safe. Nothing different. Same old you. There are numerous intangible things that someone carries throughout … Continue reading →

He makes his way down the street A lonely man trodding on his feet Ice covers the path as well as his mind Like a formidable fortress, defending his thoughts From the warmth and feathers perched in his chest A … Continue reading →

At age eleven there was a great deal of things I did not know; however, I did know the general rules regarding everyday social dynamics. There was not much I would say to people other than close friends and in … Continue reading →

I was a good kid in elementary school. I had been home-schooled from grades two to three, and then attended Crescent Park Elementary school for 4th and 5th grade. When I went to Crescent Park I was quite, nice, athletic, … Continue reading →

Drivers License I walked into the well lit and old-people smelling basement of the church for the second time in my life, hopefully the last as well. From that moment on I forced myself to smile for the next hour, … Continue reading →