One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey Quote: They put the graphite salve on his temples. “What is it?” he says. “Conductant,” the technician says. “Anointest my head with conductant. Do I get a crown of thorns?” (Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) Bromden and McMurphy are led to the electroshock […]
The locals call it the “Parma Dome” because of the immense concentration of rain in the small town of Parma. “You never can trust the weather radar because we live in Parma,” my resident Betty said. Betty was a retired factory worker who lived in Parma her entire life. After standing on cement floors, she […]
As he approaches me, he cheerfully greets me saying “Hey, how are you?”, and warmly shakes my hand. A bit unsure of my new surroundings, I give a shy response with a timid handshake. He asks, “Would you come this way please?” I slowly stand up and he leads me out of the waiting room […]
On a beautiful sunny day at fourth grade recess, all the kids are smiling, the sun is shining, one girl is knocked out and then there’s me.At the beginning of recess my friend Mya came up to me and whispered into my ear, “Michaela is spreading rumors about you.” Little fourth grade me turned as […]
“Oh, and another thing is that you get to walk around naked anytime you want.” I half snorted, half laughed as I leaned back against my pillows, pressing the receiver to my ear. “Uh, awesome. What else?” “Well, it’s just nice getting to make your own choices. Whether they’re smart or not. You get to […]
“I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handlebars, no handlebars” These are the words that I have carefully chosen to be my response when anyone asks me, “what do you plan to do with your life?” A lot of people in my position – high school senior to be – might begin to […]
The water appeared crystalline and ice-cold the first time I readied myself to jump off the high dive. I knew I wouldn’t die, yet an intangible force restrained me until I closed my eyes, bent my knees, propelled myself off the board, and cut through the surface. The no man’s land between the board and […]
The Industrial Revolution was a time of high profit but also the time of the devastating deaths caused by it. The Industrial Revolution was a time when the world of manufacturing changed the way we now manufacture and produce, the Industrial Revolution was also an important source of economic development to the United States. The […]
Again in the time of Shakespeare, performs have been a type of leisure for the folks of London. They’d not solely be seen by the wealthy, but in addition by the lowest member of the social scale. Shakespeare’s globe theatre was open to the public, and the solely perk about having lot of cash was […]
In a guide means forward of its time, Aldo Leopold wrote a group of essays framed round ecological understanding and relationship. A Sand County Almanac, written in 1949, first will get the reader to love nature and see magnificence in even the smallest creatures and vegetation. Progressively, Leopold brings extra of the harms from human […]