The Whispers

The Boys in the Boat, a nonfiction novel by Daniel James Brown, and Seabiscuit a movie about horse racing, may seem like they have many more differences, but in reality they are extremely alike. For example, how the coaches and trainers will do unusual things to improve the team or jockey for their competition. Even though some of their coaching techniques are similar to the races weren’t as close in Seabiscuit compared to the Boys in the Boat. In both stories the coaches are determined, and…

until he turned his head just a fraction of an inch. On him, I saw a plastic device spanning from his ear to the temporal side of his head. The boy, Mustafa, was hearing impaired. If a car stereo were blaring full volume, it would sound like a mere whisper to him. This made verbal communication nearly impossible,…

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS, is a life threatening disease which attacks one’s muscles, thus greatly impacting the victim’s physical function. People who suffer from the chronic effects of ALS usually encounter a lifetime of excruciating pain and physical disability. Those who are diagnosed endure the slowly progressing stages of the disease. As a result, people tend to reflect upon their lives before they were diagnosed with the illness, and may wish to have done things…

It was a humid and quiet day with my dad. Sitting in the woods waiting for one thing and only one thing. The only thing to hear for miles was the wind whistling in your ear as it passed. It was the last wednesday of the month, November 29, 2016. The second day of rifle season at the same time the last day of rifle season. A lesson came in as the bullet hit, a lesson that will never be forgotten. Sitting in the wood’s did not smell delightful, smelled like dirt and that’s it. Freezing sitting…

starting to think this jacket is lucky. So I went to play kickball and hit a homerun every time. Back in class all of the sudden BING, BING, BING, the fire alarm went off. All running outside, I grab my new jacket. Walking past all the older kids. Whispers starting filling my ears with good things about me and my jacket. When the fire drill we did the state capitals I was the only one who got all the state capitals right. So then I got a HUGE bag of candy. Every girl came, saying do you want…

the very name a paradox to the inhabitants of it. Inside the building many roads became lost in time, circling around in partial delusions of grandeur. Pip too became lost within the halls of the building, chasing after an elusive specter. She had whisper ideas power of how…

The blame of gender roles must be laid upon the shoulders of society. “Since the moment we are born, we are being moulded into the being society wants us to be”(Crespi). When put into this perspective, a person would be hard pressed to find a niche for individuality. Individuality, which was a corner stone for society itself. Never the less , roles have been placed upon people labeled with the gender of male or female. These roles are time bombs with the power to destroy. All too often they…

as a way to achievement acceptance in society, mostly known as the media, however, there is more than looking slim in every weight loss program. Author Kim Brittingham states that “Every weight loss program, no matter how positively it’s packaged, whispers to you that you’re not right. You’re not good enough. You’re unacceptable and you need to be fixed.” Brittingham argues that weight loss programs might seem beneficial, however, it is only telling people with weight issues that society sees…

The moonlight shining through the Oval Office lands on a man with green hair, white skin, and what seems to be Secret Service uniform. The man stands in front of the President of the United States with a harpoon gun to his head. The smell of blood fills the room. The man has a grotesque and wicked smile on his face, identifying him as the Joker. The Joker puts the gun against the President 's head and pulls the trigger but only a flag with "BANG!" on it comes out. The Joker puts the gun against…

that can relate to hierarchical roles are employment, education, parenting, even marriage. Women have fought for years to get equal pay or to prove that they can join the job field. The third sentence states “that wind blows in her ears and trees whisper to her”, illustrates that woman in general enjoy and nature, appreciate the wind blowing and the sounds of the trees. The last sentence stated, “he sets himself apart from woman and nature.” In this last statement, we can acknowledge that men…