It's November, the shittiest month of the year. The past couple days have been absolute hell, I started walking around in my trench coat with the rest of the group and almost everyday we get attacked by the jocks, the odd thing is, Mary never gets attacked. She always gives a certain look to them, like a signal. I could be tripping though, cause I did get my head stomped on the last time I saw her give the look, so it could possibly just be my imagination. As me, Riley, and Boyd were walking through the lunchroom we noticed something peculiar, "What in the fucking hell is that?" said Boyd. He was talking about a large group of students gathered in a circle, shouting. We run over and push through the crowd. Once we are through we see a kid fighting …show more content…
Riley tackled the jock, revealing the identity of the other kid; it was Keith. Riley mounted the jock and started wailing on his face, Riley was tall, 6,4 to be exact, which restricted the jock from pushing him off. The jock was screaming and crying, his face was a bloody mess. Riley had an evil frown on his face while unleashing the flurry punches on the guy. Not long after this, teachers started pouring into the crowd and pulling Riley off the jock, I looked around for Keith but couldn't find him no where. The kids left and sat at their tables. Riley and the jock were dragged out of the lunchroom by the teachers, since all of my friends were no where in sight, I decided to skip school. I went to the spot me and the guys always hang out at, It's an abandoned bridge in the woods, we always smoke and drink there, and talk about how much we hate ourselves and how much we hate others. When I got there I encountered Keith, he was wiping blood off his face and having a smoke, cursing under his breath. I walk up to him and make conversation. "Hey man, are you okay? It looked pretty bad out there". "Nah man, I'm fine. The fucker got in my face and started talking major trash, I didn't even say a fucking
Rocky was embossed and guilty even though Bobby started it. Coaches want to stretch Rocky and have him learn the safety position , a position that opened up when Bobby broke his leg. Rocky takes on the challenge of playing both positions, but Jared comes into the picture from the soccer field to the football field and excels at the position because Rocky keeps missing practices due to Bobby. Bobby asked Rocky to run for student council and he was starting to be hard on Rocky. He started being late for football practice while Jared was always showing up on time. Bobby was angry about his best friend taking over his position, and he was purposely trying to make Rocky late so he couldn’t get that position. Rocky then realized after talking to Jared that Bobby was doing these things on purpose sense he was angry at Rocky for his leg. Rocky realized what was going on and got a temper about Bobby supposed to be his best friend and how could he do that to him. Jared stopped Rocky and talked him into talking and listening to Bobby instead of yelling and screaming. Rocky couldn’t find Bobby and had to head to the game against a good team. Rocky and Jared played a hard game against the Rangers with the rest of their team mates, some disappointment and flags but also some touchdowns! Finally Bobby shows up on the field and tries to make Rocky feel bad again, for his broken leg and ending his football season. But Rocky lets him know he figured out what he has been up to with the student council meetings, selling chocolate bars, and showing up late to practice. At the end Bobby apologizes and asks if they can be friends again. Moral of the story, is be a true friend; talk about your feelings if you are upset and do not yell at each other. Things tend to work out when you are able to
First, their was a big conflict inside the class room. Mr. Crawford was asking one of the students a question, and Jamal jumped in the conversation. Jamal was trying to help him out, so he told the boy to say his name, which was the answer to his question. Mr. Crawford was very angry. Mr. Crawford then tried to preach to Jamal by quoted some sayings. Mr. Crawford never got a chance to finish his sentence, because Jamal would finish them. Mr. Crawford then got mad. He then ordered Jamal to leave the class because he was embarrassed.
It is undeniable that human struggle is relative. It is relative to one’s background, life experiences, and strength- and at some point everyone is faced with an obstacle that they feel incapable of overcoming. In Surviving Hell written by Leo Thorsness, the author is captured after a mid-flight ejection in the Vietnam War. He spent years undergoing torture and solitary confinement, not knowing if he would make it out alive. Physically shattered, his spirits remained strong. Several events take place throughout the novel that ultimately kept Leo afloat. The significance of the church service, walking home, and Mike’s flag lies outside of their surface meaning, but in the mental battles won that propelled Leo and the other soldiers to do more
For centuries, authors have been writing stories about man's journey of self-discovery. Spanning almost three-thousand years, the Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Odyssey, and Dante's Inferno are three stories where a journey of self-discovery is central to the plot. The main characters, Gilgamesh, Telemachus, and Dante, respectively, find themselves making a journey that ultimately changes them for the better. The journeys may not be exactly the same, but they do share a common chain of events. Character deficiencies and external events force these three characters to embark on a journey that may be physical, metaphorical, or both. As their journeys progress, each man is forced to overcome certain obstacles and hardships. At the end of the journey, each man has been changed, both mentally and spiritually. These timeless tales relate a message that readers throughout the ages can understand and relate to.
In all religions key elements exist, cornerstones of their belief system, upon which everything else builds (Wilkins 22). These elements explain the world around us, from the fabrication of the universe to the meaning of life, imparting knowledge of the social mores and customs of the times (Wilkins 3). These myths testify to the moral and ethical code of the society that first conceived them (Wilkins 5). As with all systems of rule, an attempt to force the peoples governed by them into obedience creates possibilities for positive and negative reinforcement via religious beliefs (Wilkins 12). Good and bad, or in more common terms, heaven and hell. Punishment on earth is often short lived and quickly forgotten, but a threat of eternal punishment is well, eternal. From ancient Egyptians to current Judeo-Christian religion, there is always an eternal punishment for infractions of the religious law though the punishments and crimes may vary.
The sweat was dripping down my face as I pushed the weights off my chest. Everyone ran towards their bags after a student said there was a gun in school. Twitter was the first source that we checked just to make sure. Boom! The door slammed open as coach Ben yells “Hurry up and get out”. My heart started beating faster and faster. We didn’t know what was going on. As we were running to the gym everyone was panicking and pushing each other. I could feel the burn on my elbow but I didn’t know what it was. When we got to the gym my elbow was covered in blood. We were told to get down and stay quiet. Later on we were told a student brought a gun to school and was planning on committing suicide. That was one of many gun incidents at my high school.
Anger has always been the downfall of humanity. For generations man, had fought in war for many reasons, some claiming to be their rights. What right does any man has sending innocent people to their death? Anger has brought men to make careless decision without caring for the consequences of their action even giving their back to their own people. Men that fought courageously for their country, but no one will ever know their name. So many countless tears mothers have cried for their fallen love ones. Many innocent lives lost because of selfishness and greed. In the Iliad, Homer’s descries the moment when brave warriors enter the battle field and hey yell the cry of war, the same cry that men have cried
Life in the “Dark Ages” was unimaginably rough and horrendous for the people in Europe. Men, woman, children, and animals were cursed with diseases, plagues, and war. It is known that the most people would bathe was once a year if, they could. The Medieval Period sounds bad, and it was very but, good things also came out of that period that we still use today. While the poor and needy suffered plagues, the rich laughed and dined while drinking their wine. The life span for women was at most 24 years to live due to sickness and lifestyle of un-nourishment. When Rome fell, so did Catholicism. People thought that Christianity couldn’t have different types of Christianity. For example: Mormons, Lutheran’s, and Baptist’s. It was either you are a Christian or you aren’t a Christian at all. Many people died for believing in something as simple as believing that the Earth was round and not flat, for believing that you should eat or act a certain way. The lifestyle and morals of the British were so ruined and mixed up that they believed that prostitution and adultery was O.K or normal. In the beginning when confusion was striking at every doorstep, the Church made Christians pay money in order for them to hear their sins, and absolve them.
There have been times in my life where I have bought ramen noodles with some change that I had to hunt for. I have made it in coffee pots, I have ate it uncooked from the package, and I have perfected making it in a cup at a gas station. Ramen is a glowing reminder that everything is going to be okay even if it really sucks right now.
Throughout the many stories in the Greek religious mythology Hellenism, which meant to teach lessons and explain how the world works, there are a vast number of characters. One that has become quite known today through the media, and even teachings in school, is the gorgon Medusa. The name gorgon is derived from the Greek word gorgos, meaning “fierce”, “terrible” or “dreadful”. A gorgon is traditionally a repulsive creature with an innate hatred towards men and the ability to turn people to stone with a single look into their eyes. Some stories even write that their ability extended to not just humans and other animals, but also plant life in the sea. Greek literature and art often depict the gorgons as having scaly skin, large talons, wings, and the tusks of a boar; even when these additional attributes are not present, Medusa and her sisters possess horrid visages framed by nests of live, venomous snakes. Among the three sisters, Medusa, Stheno and Euryale, only Medusa was mortal, and thus the only one able to die.
Percy, Annabeth, and Grover went to Hades, in The Underworld to get Zeus’s master bolt back, thinking Hades had stolen it. “Return my property!” Hades shouted. “But I don’t have your helm. I came for the master bolt.” “You came here with it, little fool, thinking you could threaten me!” Percy had Zeus’ bolt all along in his backpack that Ares had gave him earlier, and had realized that he was set up. He and his friends went back to earth to find the missing items. “The prophecy was right,” I said. “You shall go west and face the god who has turned.” It wasn’t Hades; Hades didn’t want war among the Big Three. Someone else pulled off the theft. Someone stole Zeus’s master bolt, and Hades’ helm, and framed Percy. “Hey, kid,” Ares said seeming
The Greeks had a tragic world view. I believe that a tragic world view is a view of the world in which there is little hope for any progress; everything grows, matures, and dies. The values taught by such a tragic world are bravery, fate, humanism, and reasoning. There are many examples of the teaching of these values in the Grecian literary works. Examples of such works are: the epic poetry of Homer, The Odyssey and the Iliad; works of Sophocles, Oedipus Rex and Antigone; works of Euripides, Media and The Trojan Women; and Plato's retelling of the trial of Socrates, The Apology.
Everyone has different perspectives and ideas about what Hell is. This is especially true in The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and The Inferno. First, in The Odyssey, Homer’s explanation of Hell was very basic and contained the dead and was very dark and sad. Then, in The Aeneid, Virgil offered a more vivid and descriptive explanation of Hell that also explained that the souls of those who pass are being punished for their sins on Earth. Finally, in The Inferno, Dante presented a disturbing version of Hell and expressed how Hell was divided into sections; each section was dedicated to a certain type of sin. Dante then described the different punishments presented at each different level. While all three epics have different ideas of what describes Hell, there is no doubt that all three epics reiterate the same message that sins expressed on Earth do not go unnoticed. Though Homer’s The Odyssey, Virgil’s The Aeneid, and Dante’s The Inferno all shared the same characteristic of being epic poems and having a Hell or Underworld involved, each book offered different views of what exactly ‘Hell’ was.
It was St. Patrick's day and the day was coated with green. I got dressed in a green shirt, grabbed my bookbag, and stepped onto the school bus. When I got to school, everything seemed normal, at first. During class for the past week, we had been working on leprechaun traps and today was the day we would put them to the test. We put the finishing touches on our traps and cleaned up our mess. Our class had to leave the classroom to practice for the spring musical. When we left the room, it was spotless, but when we returned, the class shrieked in surprise. Toy bins were overturned and lying on the floor, colorful Legos spilling out. Tables were flipped over and chairs were upside-down. I ran over to my leprechaun trap to see if it had
“Five days, more like a lifetime, since I had landed in 4927 A.D. , a place of carelessness and obliviousness. I had yet to figure out my plan of escape since I had not figured out how to fix my damaged apparatus, but I saw little hope in doing so. My findings so far had been minescule, I suppose if I found time of leisure and no disruptions, I could maybe look around someone's home, if that was what it was still called. I had decided to call the species that live there Nescius, it seemed to fit the part. They weren’t very mature, besides for a select few of them, the Nescius all had dirty blonde hair, not very tall but also not short. When I first arrived they were all clingy, in fact they wouldn’t leave me alone.