Genre: 9th

LARRY HO

All these questions, including the troubles Keats was facing, caused him to go in and out of depression. Keats, bombarded with all these difficulties in his life, as well as his doubts about whether he was doing the right thing, was still able to become one of the major poets of the Romantic period.

HANNAH H

A Review of Freshman Year: Lessons Learned   I was at a diner with some of my friends from school (one of them being the girl Jordyn I wrote about in my “first day of school” piece— it turns out I actually had spelled her name wrong there) and we were eating plate after plate Read more…

JING-WEI L

Crane’s The Third Violet is essentially a love story between an artist and a girl with a higher social status than he. Situated in a peaceful rural area where vacationers can enjoy hikes in the woods and picnics near streams and rivers, The Third Violet has been criticized as a work that is confusing, and too short, and “were it not for the dog and one or two touches of nature, we would not like it at all” (unsigned). This speaks volumes about the critic’s opinion on this particular story. He or she plainly disliked it.

LARRY H

  COURAGE     Courage is a trait; it helps create heroes and aids in the destruction of villains. People all over the world have gained this trait and used it to protect what they believe in and what they love. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an African-American social rights activist who fought for Read more…

LARRY H

FAMILY     Family is usually defined as one’s blood relatives. Your family can make you smile; they can cheer you up when you are down. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, once said, “Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile Read more…