8:00 P.M. The crowds on the beach were in a festive mood. Thousands had gathered for the big show and the Comet Roman was not disappointing. The comets colors kept shifting as the sunlight hit the giant ball of ice. It had taken on a reddish purple hue and the crowd cheered as the first of the meteorites streaked across the sky.…
Ashlyn Mok Professor Leonard HCOM 100, Section 39 7 April 2016 Richard Kuklinski Introduction (Attention getter) DOCUMENTARY. Today, I am going to inform you about the life of a notorious mafia hitman, Richard Kuklinski, who was also known as the Iceman. There may be many mafia hit men out there, but Richard Kuklinski will forever be remembered because of how open he was to discuss his life and killings on camera. According to Jane Ridley, author of the article “Meet the Undercover Cop Who Brought ‘The Iceman’ to Justice” from the New York Post, posted on May 3, 2013, “Kuklinski got his nickname (The Iceman) because he often froze his victims’ bodies and then defrosted them (to throw off) the medical examiner’s determination of the time of…
As I stared across the bullet-torn battlefield I wondered how I ended up here; hiding behind a crumbling wall, clutching my gun as though it were a lifeline. How the young kid I'd once been now bore a dirty, camouflage patterned uniform. There I was, contemplating my life in the middle of a battle. I shouldn't have been surprised when a hand suddenly shot out in front of my face and smacked me upside the head. It was so unexpected that I nearly stumbled out from behind the rubble and right into the bullet whizzing by.…
Nevertheless, he kills the man and attempts to reassure himself by explaining the reasons for shooting him. In the end, he has no real defensible reason and wonders at how "quaint and curious war is" to make one kill a man as easily as becoming friends at an inn. The idea of having a drink together…
“ but hey at least we have food” I mumbled David just shook his head and started laughing. He walked up to me and asked if I was…
On Dec. 21, in central London 40 billion pounds were being transported in a highly guarded truck. After a split second alarm went off in the vehicle, the police stopped the truck and searched the back the confused policemen suddenly realized something they had just lost 40 billion pounds. When the police searched for evidence in the tunnel the found a locket showing four friends frozen in time, smiling. The police had found two of the friends in eastern London.…
LITERARY TERMS Word: motif Definition: A recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work, unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme. Quote: “I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South.…
“I take no joy in this, and I promise Emily will die quickly, and painlessly. Take comfort in that.” “One can only be so comforted with a gun pointed at his head, cabrón.” wheezed Samuel. The man tilted his head at that. Very few who were unfortunate enough to cross paths with him spoke to him in such a matter, let alone were allowed the opportunity to speak at all.…
The gazpacho soup downstairs would have to wait until later. It was not often that Eutropio would reject his wife's simple cooking, but there was an urgency in his eyes that told of trouble. Seeing this she'd approached the window beside him. Peering out, the loving couple gazed down with a plummeting sensation in their empty bellies, acknowledging the three soldiers climbing off their magnificent stallions and turning with a look of disgust to the front door.…
Paws would sink down into the sand as she landed just a few yards from him, head held low as she turned her body to face him once again. Her body tensed upon seeing his pistol letting out a loud growl as she took a step or two towards him as if daring him to shoot. He would send a round into the ground near her forcing her to retract her steps, hackles raised showing her aggression ready to lunge again at any moment. [b]" You want to shoot me? I thought we were friends.…
The wind was wisping through the people filled streets of Soledad, in the distance George and Slim were strolling towards the saloon. “There’s the place,” Slim announced with a sigh of relief. “Finally,” exclaimed George. When Slim and George stepped into the saloon they were greeted by the warm, but boisterous environment.…
Good, Ulrich thought, the fool believes I have put this feud to an end, perhaps when my men arrive we can lift the tree off him, then throw him down a very precipitous hillside, with his current injuries, it would kill him most definitely. Or maybe he will simply put a bullet in him and end his miserable life, he will not be to picky as to how his life ends, there is no need for me to scourge him, just as long as I know that it does. Now Ulrich would simply just wait, if his men come first I will continue to pretend to be friends, but only until I am able to end his life safely. Ulrich hoped the man lying near him would stay quiet, he detested this man and it took everything in his power not to insult him.…
The calm waters erupted and chaos broke out after the announcement on the radio. I couldn’t hear anything around me, all I could hear was the sirens ringing in my ears. “PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED! WE NEED TO GET BACK!” , the figure beside me shouted and shook me out of my paralyzed state.…
Of Mice and Men In Of mice and men George and Lennie are introduced as two men who travel together. To sum the story up, George (the brains) and Lennie (the bronze) started traveling together when Lennie's aunt Clara died. After running away from weed George and Lennie found a new job on a ranch in Soledad, California. They met Candy, Curley, Slim, and alot of other people.…
The park rangers came around telling everyone that we need to leave because the river was coming up over it's banks. It wasn’t just us here at the campground, but there were tons of other people here camping. The other…