I was standing by the race track, the cars flew by at incredible speed. The announcer said the blue bullet in lane 4 won the race. The crowd was applauding and cheering. That was the end of that pinewood derby, now we wait for all the results and then the trophies. My Dad, my brother and I have been involved in a group at our church called Christian Service Brigade or CSB for short.…
Exactly on that day, there's another event. Kyle gets suspended from school, because he's accused to have abused a girl in the girls locker room a few weeks ago. That also means he's suspended from football and can't play at the today's friday night game, what's terrible for him, and even more for his dad the Colonel. As he heard that, he goes to the Principals office where all the named kids are located at this point of time, and Kyle gets called to come there. As he sees his dad assaulting the people in the office with a knife,he runs back to his locker to get a gun his father gave him to 'in case'.…
“Whatever you are be a good one!” - Abraham Lincoln. My Michigan Hero has been there since day one. He does anything imaginable. In my eyes can carry the weight of the world. He’s hands down one of the most amazing people i’ve known my whole entire life.…
Slipping my boots on, my focus was fully on the task of getting my mare bathed and ready for the barrel race we were heading to that evening. My thoughts racing in my head as I reached for her halter and lead from the hanger on the tack room wall. I've been to barrel races so may times in the past twenty years that I should be at ease, but I'm almost more anxious now than I've ever been before. Walking toward the gate, lost in my thoughts, I'm wondering what the night ahead has in store for my partner and I. When I say "partner" I mean my horse.…
Many people have influenced me in my life. One person has stood out and helped me with many things in my life. My personal hero is my grandma. When I was younger she helped me through a lot. Whenever I mad a mistake she would be there to help me fix it.…
The night sky was black with grey clouds, the wind was howling. I could sense some fear in a old womens farm. As my friends and I were hiding in the to old barn behind where they put the horses in. The sense of fear grew stronger and stronger as I scratched my paws against the warped barn doors. The others creeped slowly coming from the north to the front porched tried ripping the sod, so they could get into the house.…
The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass brings light to the tragic and barbaric ways that his fellow slaves were treated. Douglass gives us glimpses into the daily struggle that slaves have endured just to survive. Although, the slaves went through a lot, no matter how broken, they might seem, they are never truly broken. Until the last breath of air escapes their lungs, they will never accept that this is all life has to offer them. All they wanted is to finally be free and to be treated as human beings.…
Those who change themselves will change the lives of others. In, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass, the protagonist uses his life as an example from the experience of slavery to change the mindset of other during the 1800s. While living as a child in Maryland, Douglass craves for freedom, and then fights his way through by using resources that shifts his life from where it was. In addition, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, is a narrative by Harriet Jacobs. This historian chases after freedom as she influences others during her journey.…
In The Narrative, Frederick Douglass makes use of acquired writing abilities to express the struggles and despairs slavery presented. He uses multiple themes and supports his presentation as two separate characters, both narrator and protagonist. One of the first presented themes pertains to the masters of slaves often using ignorance as a control mechanism. Douglass begins to explain his early life by revealing the few details he had about his birth, revealing how he was incapable of knowing when he was born. He recognized that white children were all aware of this information, and this injustice was a partial source of his childhood unhappiness and frustrations.…
So it finally snowed! I’m happy that it finally did and I built a snowman during the storm and it looks kind of…squared you could say. Since the snow is heavy, more of the leaves are now fallen off and it’s starting to look like winter. Today I went to my grandparents’ house to spend the few nights until thanksgiving. While driving out there, the corn fields and the bean fields were all covered with snow, you could tell that the deer were out and about since you could clearly see the footprints in the snow.…
I held the sword to his throat as he tried to move words are spoken “I am the ruler of this village today is a bad day to come into my land” A wolf spirit shadows me as I push the sword into the bandits neck, you die now I push the blade deeper into his neck cutting his artery the bandit starts to bleed out, I am Charles Running Horse you picked the wrong village.…
The time that I recall when I had to stop digging and solve a problem is when I was competing in a barrel racing event. Whenever I would began my race, leaving the alley- way headed towards the first barrel I never pushed my horse hard enough, which caused us to lose time. In order for me to fix the problem I had to go back into the practice pen and go over my fundamentals. When I went back over all of my fundamentals I figured out the problem. Which was I wasn’t being aggressive.…
I can always recall Winter semester being the most difficult during high school. That’s due to the fact that it was Wrestling season. For myself, it’s the hardest physical task that I’ve ever had to do. However, it was just as mental as it is a physical sport. For that very reason, making it to the state wrestling tournament was one of my most memorable personal accomplishments during high school.…
Cody was swinging in a baby swing on the playground. He was holding on with both hands in a firm closed grip on the chains. His mother was pushing him and the swing. When the swing was pushed, his feet was bent under the seat. When the adults where talking, Cody would look to the adult that was speaking at that time.…
Chantae Jacobs My dogs Max and Tyson are one in the same. They’re both amazing silly dogs that love to play. They both have a lot of energy throughout the day and always find something to get into. Max and Tyson also have a lot of the same eating habits.…