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The air is thick with smoke and people are running amok-- their screams echoing in my ears. I’m looking through the cracks of the trees, but a figure has appeared and seated himself in front of my view. Their face isn’t visible, but I can assume they’re not here to assist these helpless people; they’re devising a plan to harm them like a lion preying on zebras. All their faces are blurred as if my dream wishes to keep these people anonymous. On my left, a survivor is wandering by, unaware of the danger that lurks in the shadows. Without success I’m pleading for him to turn around and go back to the beach where it’s safer, but, nonetheless, I’m merely a wisp in a dream. With extreme diligence, the figure leaps on him and knocks him unconscious
before lugging his body through the tall grasses. My heart pounds violently in my chest as I pursue them and there’s a burning pain in my heart that is telling me no one is going to win this battle. Large bushes provide the predator cover while he tortures the captive and shouts in-audible words at him. The captive’s not answering, his face is screwed up into a pleading look, but he should know that mercy can’t be found in his abductor’s soul-- only darkness. Despite his constant begging, the abductor slices off his head with a quick movement of his arm. My stomach is sick now as I watch the abductor take pride in his kill and casually roll the head underneath his foot. Just as he begins trekking in the opposite direction, another man comes charging from the tall grass and tackles the other to the ground. They wrestle violently in the grass, trying to kill each other. Now both on their feet, the second man lunges and manages to smash the other’s face into a tree repeatedly until he sees the gore running down the side of the trunk.
Above the city, the men could see the destruction the city had experienced during the civil war. Many buildings were demolished and the streets crumbled. The Black Hawks were down low over the city, and the Little Birds were closing in on the target. Tires burning on the street near the target set alarm. It was a way Somalis signaled trouble and summoned militia.
As the somewhat timid, often overlooked brother of Earl Wyatt, Hearties got to witness the talents of Mason McKenzie in the role of Chad in season four of When Calls the Heart. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with this novel talent about how he became an actor as well as his experiences in Hope Valley and in the magical world of Once Upon a Time.
?If you remain imprisoned in self denial then days, weeks, months, and years, will continue to be wasted.? In the play, 7 stories, Morris Panych exhibits this denial through each character differently. Man, is the only character who understands how meaningless life really is. All of the characters have lives devoid of real meaning or purpose, although they each have developed an absurd point or notion or focus to validate their own existence. In this play, the characters of Charlotte and Rodney, are avoiding the meaninglessness of their lives by having affairs, drinking, and pretending to kill each other to enhance excitement into their life.
Toha, your mum is concerned about you not playing with your peers. I noticed you initially enjoyed playing by yourself when you first started at Jump Start, but now your sense of belonging has grown you are starting to play more and more with others. Recently I have noticed you are playing regularly with Riley, Lexi, and Jocab, who also enjoy engaging in dramatic play.
I am sitting in the University of Georgia Baseball Locker room and as I look around I can’t decide what to think about all of it. The whole team is in here, music blasting and my teammates dancing. I’m watching and observing the things around me wondering how I got so lucky to be in this place with all these great guys. In the room there are 4 game systems all hooked up with their own televisions. On the opposite side of the room are 3 couches with a massive television above playing the little league world series. Japan is playing Canada and Canada is winning 10 to 4 in the top of the 6th inning. All the lockers are nice and neat with name tags with our numbers and all have the matching stools in our locker. There are baseballs trailing around
The child’s game had ended. After I nearly ran Kurtz over, we stood facing each other. He was unsteady on his feet, swaying like the trees that surrounded us. What stood before me was a ghost. Each layer of him had been carved away by the jungle, until nothing remained. Despite this, his strength still exceeded that of my own. With the tribal fires burning so close, one shout from him would unleash his natives on me. But in that same realization, I felt my own strength kindle inside me. I could just as easily muffle his command and overtake him. The scene flashed past my eyes as though I was remembering not imagining. The stick that lay two feet from me was beating down on the ghost, as my bloodied hand strangled his cries. My mind abruptly reeled backwards as I realized what unspeakable dark thoughts I had let in. Kurtz seemed to understand where my mind had wandered; it was as though the jungle’s wind has whispered my internal struggles to him. His face twisted into a smile. He seemed to gloat and enjoy standing by to watch my soul begin to destroy itself.
Handling adversity is something that all people must do throughout their lives, but it is the ways in which individuals approach adversity that sets us apart. There are two contrasting ways in which you can respond to adversity: 1) you can either curl up into a ball and accept the outcome as it is 2) you can take control of the situation and work hard to make the resulting outcome in your favor. I faced adversity within sports when I was diagnosed with a physical disorder as a child.
“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” (C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, 1953). Upon first reading this quote, it felt like my grieving period was validated and that I was being encouraged to find my way again through some big decisions that would need to be made.
You’re asleep and falling into a dream, a dream that seems to be blended with reality, details of it so vivid that it seems to be real. First, you’re running freely through a field full of wild flowers with a gentle breeze blowing through your hair and then all of a sudden the sun moves away, dark gray clouds start to cluster together. BOOM! Thunder comes along, suddenly it becomes your worst nightmare with you running away from something, crying, sweating, screaming then BLINK, you open your eyes to see that you are safe in your own bed hugging your pillow and what you just experienced was the works of your mere mind.
It was a beautiful night. It was perfect for a walk. As I strolled further into the park a figure approached me. It was as dark as pitch so I couldn’t make out who it was. It was late; you wouldn’t usually see anyone at this time. My heart was beating faster and faster. The strange thing was I wasn’t frightened; it was just my heart beating rapidly. As the masculine figure approached, I began to walk slower. That was when I heard the voice.
Looking around the mole infested, rodent plague house now riddle with bullets holes, the more I realize how lucky I’m to be alive. One day before the war broke out, one of Megan’s friend and allies in the Scorpio gang warn her about the impending war and who the gangs targeted. If it wasn’t for that warning I along with many others who hustle the streets of Springfield would be among the dead. No matter how much I pleaded with my aunt to leave the house which was situated right in the middle of the battle zone she refuses. When I argue the point that her death would be certain if she stayed, she would bark back at me with a bold face look, “Death does not scare me it quakes at my very presence and flee. I’m invincible.” Her response was obviously hindered by the
“SMASH” my head hits the lockers hard “GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUNCH MONEY” Daniel says “okay” I say with a whimpery tone “here take it”i say while i give him $5.50.”WHOH WHOH WHOH WHOH that’s enough of that” Steven says. STOP RIGHT THERE!!!!!! let me tell you a little about what’s going on right now. Im Max the little kid thats getting bullied. Daniel is the tall,strong and really big kid that's bullying me and Steven he is the only person that i’ve ever told that i'm being
I’ve spent awhile trying to figure out where I’m going and the only thing I’ve realize is it doesn’t matter, it’s how I get there. I’ve been strolling the area and scraping for food. It’s not easy. My surrounding does not feel the same. I try to overcome boundaries but I always think something’s holding me back. Maybe it’s me or the fact that outside is like the walking dead. I feel like a living corpse, I’ve been around them so long! I think I’m paranoid. I wish that all my problems would vanish, but all my effects seem to be futile. I am wasting energy thinking I’m okay. I feel like I’m suffering ng from the lack of food. I can’t maintain my sanity. The little time gain from escaping those zombies has offset the anger which I have been holding
Snap! A branch just broke to the right of me. Rustling sounds are coming from the bushes. I look to the left, then the right. Nothing! I can't see anything, but I know there has to be something out there; noises just don't arise on their own. I look all around, searching every bush, tree, and shady spot to try and locate the noises; then, peace and quiet again. The calming sounds of birds chirping, the distant roar of the river, and the wind blowing leaves around, cover up the scary noises that I just heard. The back of my mind just won't forget those eerie noises, and I look all around me every five seconds for some kind of beast.
out of my hands, as if by its own will, into a small pool of stagnant