the restaurant was like walking into a time machine. Everything in the venerable Skyline Chili was just as it had been nineteen years earlier. I was still just a thought in my parents’ minds and they only needed a table for three. Something timeless about the establishment’s sparkling blue plastic booths and the familiar picture of the Cincinnati Reds team on the wall simply captivated us. The eatery became a memoir of the 1990s that my family grew to love as we frequented the corner both every Saturday
great-grandfather’s immigration form which contains nothing more than his name, his age, and the town he came from. I’d worked hard to discover anything, but I came to dead ends every time. So I turned to my father’s side of the family and, to learn about them, I travelled to where they came from, suffering long flights in the middle seat, stomach jolting at every hint of turbulence not simply because I felt I needed to know my history, but because I wanted to. That is my key-- I enjoy making discoveries
It had been so long since I had last been here. So long since I had last been with them. So long since I had seen it all. Regardless of the time that had elapsed, or the years that we had all aged, my return would erase any distance created, it would feel like I had never left. I knew it. The rectangular screen in front of me shows an atlas as our plane’s edging towards the destination. The picture of the plane trembles ever so slightly on its predetermined trajectory. The distance we have
I loosely returned her hug. Her embrace was full of emotions. Her daughter has left home; not just home but the country. London was my home, that's where I was brought into the world and I never dreamed of moving away. I found comfort in the hustle and bustle of the city. The roar of the buses, the hum of the constant electricity surging through the underground lines – even the horns of pissed off drivers that stupidly decided to try and drive through London
up to the carousel, tons of questions start racing through my mind. Who owns this place? Will they mind if we go on the ride? How did it turn on? How long has this place been abandoned? Is it even abandoned? I start wheezing. Kelly looks at me right away. She knows that when I’m wheezing, I’m flustered. “Oh, come on Sydney. You’ll be fine. Hear that?” She asks
under some clothes. I regretted not putting the keys on the hook, but I didn’t learn my lesson from that you see back in high school again, I had an honors psychology class I had a big paper at the end of the semester. The class had to write a paper about someone approved by the teacher and diagnose them with a mental disorder. I ended up procrastinating instead of going on my study schedule of doing the paper little by little and having someone check the
“It was like hearing every goodbye ever said to me - said all at once” (Lang Leav). The last time my father saw me I was fifteen with nothing but skinned knees and smiles. It’s hard for me to talk about - it’s even hard for me to write about. I’m at a loss for words. I don’t even remember saying goodbye. His absence left its mark. The dinner table is much quieter. There is more room in the coat closet. There is less laughter. Some nights I still find myself waiting for him to get home from work
act this is what made the colonist put there foot down and decide not to be under king George the thirds rule. This essay will show some key facts on how the stamp act is a key player in the colonists moving to the Americas. My essay is on why I feel that the stamp act is one of the most important documents on why the colonist considered themselves other than British subjects. My essay will show key points on why I feel this way. I feel that the colonist felt that nobody was standing up for
ethic, that moving up in status meant moving out of a black neighborhood, into an integrated neighborhood and then goes on to describes how his identity as a black man, or as a resident of a black neighborhood, determines how he is perceived in each of the California neighborhoods he lived in. He ends by describing his “predominantly black” Oakland neighborhood, the cultural kaleidoscope of the local businesses, and the residents’ quiet patriotism as “a human neighborhood”. JP The Reed essay demonstrates
Background Stephen King is the author of the essay, “Why We Crave Horror Movies.” He has written many horror books. Stephen Kind spent part of his childhood in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Stratford, Connecticut. In the end though, he ended up in Durham, Maine. He was constantly moving, and he would then attend the University of Maine. That would be where he would meet his wife, Tabitha Spruce. Today, Stephen King is an established author. He has won many awards and allocates. What advise would he give