Dan Santat’s inspiration for his award winning book “The Adventures of Beekle” was inspired by the birth of his first son Alek. He wondered before his birth how his son would look and feel like. A few years after Alek started school Dan “eased his son’s worries about making friend (Hsu, 2015)”. This book actually reflected the author’s softer side. The name Beekle actually was Alek’s first set of words that he spoke and this really shows how really inspired the author was by the imaginations of his son (Hsu, 2015).…
Have you ever had a “conference” with your family? Sitting in the kitchen or living room and talk about important things in a family. The article I read for this assignment, “CONFAB” by Ian Frazier, talks about having a conversation about something important with children. At first, he begins his article dealing with having conversations with kids. He mentions that making time to have conversations with kids is important.…
Lil gave me a ride home; we will enter the sorority together. She’s known about the cult, for years and Mom arranged for her to give me a ride and fill me in on a few things. Her obsession for doing the mermaid show at Weeki Wachee seems over the top, but our humor match inversely matches our size mismatch. We share the same size funny bone, but our anatomic bones differ by immense margins. She’s Xena sized, but unlike Gabrielle, I could lick crotch without dirtying my knees.…
Dede Antanas Rudkus- Jurgis father described as a proud, hardworking old man. Determined to find a job, because he believes he should still be able to contribute to the family. However, his old age, weakness, and competition makes it nearly impossible for him to find a job. Therefore, forcing him to pay one third of his salary to a man in order to get and keep the job.…
In the short stories “Saving Sourdi”, by May-lee Chai, “Fences” by August Wilson and A Small, Good Thing by Christ Church. They both tell about different cultures and different situations they faced. Though the families are different in race, culture and time period they are the same. The love these families show may seem different to others but are very much alike.…
Nae only wanted what was best for her sister, she always wanted her to be happy and safe. When their uncle introduced a man to the family, I knew something was up because it happened soon after Ma fired Duke. I was feeling the same emotion as Nae. I was surprised that Nae did not try to save her sister from what she knew was about to happen. The only thing Nae did when Sourdi married this man was fake her excitement.…
In a sleepy town called Zulandale there was a building that was paranormal. Many people around town would always talk about 4931 W Coleson Lane. That’s where the business was. The business next door got much more business then we ever did. There is a window between Blakely’s Coffee and Hamilton’s Corner.…
Okay. Okay, so introduce yourself, name and age. My name's William Vacious Vafakos.…
T, Teresa, Jacklyn, Tzippi...it doesn’t matter what you call her— Tzipporah is the best friend you can ask for! Tzipporah is caring, positive, intelligent, social, and funny. Even when she can’t get out the punchline of a joke because she’s laughing too hard, her laughter is contagious to everyone! Not only is Tzip hilarious, she’s also very talented. She is a master at writing, drawing, dancing, and ice skating.…
Creature tried talking to him by saying, “child what is the meaning of this? I do not intend to hurt you; listen to…
It was 1800, I was 11 years old when I was kidnapped by warriors from the Hidatsa tribe. While they were attacking my village, they killed many villagers then they took me to their Hidatsa Village. It was a very long journey, I would say they took me around 500 miles away from my home. It seemed like the walk took forever; my legs felt like they were both broken and my whole entire body felt like it couldn’t move another muscle.…
Doflamingo was not in the best of moods, in fact he was kind of pissed. One one had screwed up a important order and then he had to clean it up which lead to him losing his temper. Now, Doffy was walking back to his room. Hands stuffed into his pockets with a clear frown on his features. Opening the door to his room he saw S/…
Sierra Doup My life is very rough, our life is very rough. I am Mirriam, and my daughter has not returned for a long while. My daughters name is Itibisam, and she has gone missing. I ponder at home in the dark, wondering when she would arrive. she is not often late to return to home.…
No one can remember any more exactly how it came about that the black bear Wakini overpowered the strong gray grizzly Wakinu. The black bears say that Wakini was just feeding on the contents of an ant hill when Wakinu came up to him and quite rudely stuck his paw in as well. A great fight ensued, with gray and black hairs flying on every side. Wakini was, of course, in the right, for no animal may ever touch another's prey. Wakinu thus received a just punishment; but that was by no means all -- like a defeated warrior, he had to leave his tribe forever.…
Though, close in distance, Sailor Rock was much harder for Greg to get to from the north side, rather than the dirt road they had always used from the west. Limping uphill on one leg with a crutch and maneuvering through rocky and uneven ground, was difficult enough, until he had to pick his way through the prickly bushes and small trees where the ground leveled near its base. Since he couldn’t go very far without elevating his leg, it took him two full days to finally get there. The wild plums and berries he found along the way kept him from starving, but it didn’t give him enough energy to climb to the top and for his body to heal. What happened to the well-worn trail that opened up to the clearing at the base of Sailor Rock?…