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…
Mars vs. Earth “Aaarrrgh!” Jimmy woke with a start. He just had the worst nightmare he could have ever imagined. He looked around. Everything seemed to be in place. He wasn’t on Mars. He wasn’t about to get dissected by aliens. Jimmy’s parents hadn’t awakened yet. He looked beside him. The digital glow-in-the-dark-clock told two Read more…
The progression of friendship between Legolas and Gimli in The Fellowship of the Ring All friendships tend to weaken or strengthen over time. One such example of a strengthening friendship exists in The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. The friendship occurs between two of the main characters, Read more…
The da Vinci Disappearance Leonardo da Vinci strolled through the crowd slowly with his mind on how to improve his new flying machine. Ever since he was a child he had pondered about how things worked, while all the other children were playing games. His biggest dream was to invent something that would Read more…
The author for the state of Alaska is Paul Greenberg, a critic and editorialist for the New York Times. As he travels through Alaska, Greenberg provides his story and goes into fine detail to describe to the reader what he sees. At times, the story seems promising. When Greenberg lands in Alaska, he encounters a Grand Aviation dispatcher who tells him, “If you’re here to write an article, you’ve got a lot of material.” The reader is filled with hope. What will they learn about the largest state in the United States … what does “a lot of material” refer to? Unfortunately, Greenberg does not pursue Alaska’s scope and variety any further; instead, he chooses to focus on the two friends that he meets in Alaska. Greenberg goes simply through his journey in Alaska: his conversation with Jac upon arrival, his meditations on Alaska’s Yu’pik Eskimos and nature, his fishing journey with Jac’s friend Ray’s family, his conversation with Jac after his return, and his departure from Alaska. This essay seems like a casual run-down of events relayed by Greenberg to the reader – in fact, it seems more like “Why I Live at the P.O.” by Eudora Welty than an informative essay.
