The Hunt . Being much of a tomboy growing up on our farm in Door County my father figured that I was probably the only thing close to a son that he might ever have. He had always wanted a son but 5 tries and no luck. Now surrounded by girls aging from 19 to 7 he hoped that I might be a...

A quarter of a century was to elapse between the time when he saw his father sitting with the strange woman and the time when he was to see him again, standing alone upon the red clay of a Mississippi plantation, a sharecropper, clad in ragged overalls, holding a muddy hoe in his gnarled , veined ha...

Chapter One: "We're moving" I come home from school, put my torn, ready to be thrown out blue school bag down on our round "island" in the kitchen and storm outside to enjoy the very first day of summer vacation. The air is warm and the sun is shinning brighter than ever....

My emotional anguish has become my physical pain. Am I imagining these physical symptoms I am having? Am I causing these symptoms? How do I get rid of them? How do I make others believe they really do exist?On Friday night after the Knicks vs. Nets basketball game in Madison Square Garden, I was...

The Accident That Changed My Life I used to read in the news about people getting in car accidents all the time. The trouble is, I never thought it could happen to me. I guess you could say that I saw myself as invincible. With the way I'd been living my life, something was bound to ha...

After rolling out of bed (twenty-five min be for I have to be in school) I jump into the shower. After my shower I do my hair. My whole head is shaved except for one strip of hair going down the middle of my head so I can gel up a six-inch mohawk. I put on a pair of pants that cover my shoes, which ...

Ender's Game EssayIs science fiction in some cases creativity and imagination or is it a rude awakening?Ender's Game, Unaccompanied Sonata and Harrison Bergeron share the common themes of isolation and control. Ender's game is about a boy who was chose to save the world and had to be isolated in hi...