The Brat

I want to tell you about the time when I killed my baby brother. Well that’s being a little dramatic, I didn’t actually kill him, I just sold him to the Magic Man. I never liked my little brother, Johnny, I was thirteen when he was born and I didn’t see why my parents needed another kid. Since the day he was born they completely ignored me and I was always left to be by myself. School was my escape; I could be with my friends there. My friend Lucy was always kind of weird. Her long, raven black…

the two sides compensate each other with some integration, serious problems are avoided but in a dysfunctional family relationship, the Helpers can be the enablers for alcohol or drug addicts, can’t set limits and say “no” to children and can raise brats due to their wanting to please and inability to confront straight up. The profession of therapy attracts people of this character type where empathy and caring are easy but setting limits and confrontation are more difficult to which the…

Grasping his bronze forged shield and thrusting a nine foot long doru spear into the side of his enemies, the Greek solider known as Achilles, parted the Trojan army as Neptune parted the seas. Achilles being the true definition of a man of valor slashed his way through hundreds of Trojan soldiers and not a single one of them could land a scratch on this ancient death machine. However this Greek warrior was not fighting for a lazy king afar, no Achilles was fighting for his cause and for the…

stunned. The person who stood before us was the man of steel. "Superman! Just in time to see these unruly children meet their annihilation!" The Toyman laughed a revolting laugh. He was going to kill us. I wasn 't ready to die, not yet. "So good-bye you brats! Hahahaha!" Fire from the flamethrowers shot out towards us. Closing my eyes I then wait for the horrible agony to come. "No!" hollered Superman. I just want it over with at least I 'll be at peace. I flinched as the heat came in contact…

The lap of luxury is not miles away on a coastal sea. Of course, it is in a modern American dorm room, complete with bathroom and expensive food services. The times of studying are long gone when students could instead participate in Nudity Week and simply email professors instead of attending class. These are just some of the examples Tom Nichols utilizes while taking a firm stance on the structure of universities and the students of today. In The Death of Expertise, the chapter “Higher…

What is humility? Why is it important? Why do you need to have humility? Humility means a modest or low view of one's own importance; humbleness. Today I’ll be talking about what humility is. Why humility is important. We will also about the purpose of humility. “There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.” Maybe once we learn a little more about humility we could learn about the importance of humility. Humility is a virtue; it is one of the most important things to have.…

In Five Families, El Norte, and in Stand and Deliver, there is the common theme of breaking out of the vicious cycle of poverty. Education is seen as an opportunity to escape from this cycle and lead a better life; however, pursuing one is a struggle for many as family obligations and discrimination often block the road. The Martinez family resides in the Mexican highlands in Azteca, sixty miles south of Mexico City, and is best compared to the Xuncax family in El Norte. Both families face…

Sol walked over to the kitchen. It wasn’t until they reached up to the cabinet for a bowl did they realize that they’d been using their powers subconsciously. Sol hoped Anja never noticed. Glancing up at the TV, Sol watched as the news played a clip. It had a man making a vaguely red, almost crystal-like shield to protect himself from the cops. The reporter droned on, “The mysterious man is calling himself ‘Blout’, and several eyewitness accounts describe him as having a distinct scar across…

Everybody knows that a family dinner is a pleasant occasion. This is the case every few months when all members of the Williams and Garland family are home at the same time. Both children and adults put aside their overwhelming superiority complexes in order to love and support each other. One Friday evening the topic of this gathering was brought up in the Williams household by Mrs. Williams to her two kids, Mark and Sarah. Olivia Williams was highly educated and once retired, and raised her…

‘Burger’ is a word used by Americans to describe a beef or chicken patty stuffed between two buns and cheese. However, in Pakistan it is used to describe someone who wants to be, or is, ‘westernized.’ Westernized here refers to someone who can fluently speak English, goes to a private school, is ‘modern’ and wears jeans. On the other hand is the ‘Bun Kebab’(local food) who can be defined as someone who attends a local school or university with other Bun Kebabs, knows more Urdu than English, may…