The following is a Personal Response inspired by Italo Calvino’s short story “The Distance of the Moon”. All characters are of his creation and as such, credit pertaining to them goes to him. […]
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Polished Critical: The Surmounting of Oppression by Means of Empathy Birthing Resilience
Megan Wilson Ms. Hunnisett ELA AP30 January 7, 2015 The Surmounting of Oppression by Means of Empathy Birthing Resilience Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in[…]
Summer Cherries
Task: Write a diary entry pretending you are Blanche. In the diary, explain why you didn’t want to let the newspaper boy go; whom he reminded you of; and why you kissed him. […]
On Laughter, Language, and Tears
This November, Oxford Dictionary has caused what can only be described as an uproar in their release of the 2015 Word of the Year. Instead of keeping to convention and nominating a phrase strung together[…]
The Rising of the Tide
My grandmother always told me that if I was quiet enough at night, I would hear mermaids singing out on the rocks in the bay. As she sat in her chair, rocking in rhythm with[…]
Of Glass and Sand
The essence of Life is that it stops. Like Sand in an Hour Glass there is a finite amount of Seconds, Breaths, Lungfuls of Air that you as a Body get to take. All grains[…]
Trial By Fire
Author’s Note: Penelope Thloloe is a very real, very incredible individual. This short story is nothing more than a fictionalized version of her life based off a prompt I was given in English Class. This[…]
This I Believe: Purpose Grounded in Love
This I believe: people come into our lives with definitive purpose. They come to be a lesson, a blessing, or sometimes they come to be both. The philosophy may be clique and perhaps a[…]