John Graves Simcoe

Who doesn’t love a good party? I’m sure we all do, but have you ever stopped to think about how it all comes together? There will come a time when you will be asked to plan a party or event, whether it be a milestone birthday, wedding, and/or annual function. This essay will provide the necessary tools to do so. As President of a cultural based sorority, I had my fair share of planning events. The process can be time consuming and frustrating, but with attention to detail, organization of…

It was extravagant. She had come to wish me well. She had said to me. I was scheduled for surgery the next day. She was not my doctor, thus how extravagant it was of hers to come and wish me well? But she had come and she had wished me well. And once she had done so, she had left. When the examining room door had closed behind her, for reasons beyond me, I hopped off the table, went to the door, cracked it, and watched her grow small down the long, sterile hallway, until the corner took…

Blank, dead eyes stared at the blank death like white walls, the pills had done their job. Lucille Chaleau was now like every other person in the glorified purgatory, Marie de Médicis Asylum. Her mind wobbled unsteady in her convulsing body, her vision became blurred, everything went black. It was simply another 6:30 p.m. With the sun’s rise screams pierced the air, jolting Lucille from her medicated coma like slumber. She looked about the whitewashed prison and grimaced. the only colour that…

Swish! I materialized into existence a foot above the ground before landing on my feet safely. I loosened the seals of my helmet and with a hiss, the airtight atmosphere around my head rushed out of meet the morning winter air. There was nothing better than taking off our helmet after wearing it for so long; after awhile it gets stifling and, under extreme conditions, unbearable. Nothing spoke more volumes than feeling the fresh air sensate your head. I took in a breath, confirming it: Cold,…

Quinn’s Fight How are you today, Quinn? We haven’t talked in awhile. I think that I get to come to the hospital after school today. I can’t wait to see you. Text me back when you get this. Love Summer I sent the text as I was walking out the door to meet the school bus. Quinn is my all time best friend, but lately its been a little bit different she has *cancer and has been in the hospital for the past one week. I miss her a lot like no one would ever understand. I’m walking to school as Avery…

These past sixteen months, as member of the Boys & Girls Club, has been a momentous time of my life. One of my key aspect of involvement at the club, is helping the kids with homework. Most of the times when the kids comes to the Boys & Girls Club from school, the chances of them having homework is very high of them having to complete their assignment to turn it in the next day. I utilize the time I have to devote all of my time and energy to assist them with their homework. I personally know…

Poem Analysis: ‘Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep’ How do people grieve when their loved one has passed? What does it mean when someone says that their spirit will be in their loved one’s heart? The poem “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep” has a melancholy tone that reassures the reader that their loved ones will be with them even after they die, so they have no reason to cry. The poem “ Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep” by Mary Elizabeth Frye uses rhyming, imagery, and metaphors to make the…

Despite offering a different character’s point of view, several of the dramatic techniques resident in Miss Julie are exhibited. Even more importantly, Strindberg again insists on placing the family of the play in the context of a Darwinian battle of the strongest. It is natural for us to expect similarities between The Father and Miss Julie due to the close proximity of their writing, but the points made about Strindberg’s later work help provide an additional insight into the playwright’s…

In the case of Of Mice and Men, there are many choices that the characters have made. Resulting in either pleasant or unpleasant circumstances. George chooses to look after Lennie after his Aunt Clara dies. George is often seen getting angry at Lennie as shown in this quote from the novella: “Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want. God a’ mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all.” “An’ whatta I got? I got you…

At first, he is bored and dull, no better than one of the "sheep" he makes fun of. Later, as he watches McMahon, the butcher, "Patting his mouth and looking after them, sizing up their joints,”Sammy begins to sympathize with the girls. Then when Lengel scolds the girls and falsely tells them that it's store policy that they have to have their shoulders covered, Sammy realizes, "That's policy for you. Policy is what the kingpins want. What the others want is juvenile…