Story

“Hi I’m Ira Muan nice to meet you” I shyly murmured with an awkward Filipino accent, eyes wide, full of fear and apprehension. Engrossed in an unfamiliar setting at the age of fifteen, everything was vague and dubious to me. In this unfamiliar land, people subsist in all forms and color. White, dark skinned, light…

People will experience inequality at least one point in their life. Whether it’s being treated differently than others, receiving criticism, or even being discriminated against. In the short story, Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, the author Chris Crowe emphasizes the constant inequality and injustice African Americans had to…

In Judeo-Christian mythology, one of the best recognized stories from the Old Testament is the story of Noah and the Ark, and how they survived God’s great flood. This story is a common one throughout many mid-east cultures, both past and present. The most notable of these is in the ancient Mesopotamian mythology, with the…

Once there was man who lived back in the seventies and was an extremely horny hippie. He lived in a village right outside of London, England where they lived off the land, smoked a hell of a lot, and had orgies every night. This particular hippie REALLY, REALLY enjoyed the nightlife, because he was so…

The environment influences the characters and how they act. The setting of The Lord of the Flies takes place on an island in the middle of nowhere. This story is about a group of kids that get trapped on an island after a plane crash. There are no adults with them because they all died…

Over 100 years ago lived a man who loved to entertain neighborhood children by telling magical fantasy stories to them. The children loved the stories. Then, on the evening of May 7th, 1898, a little girl asked him, ( about the wonderful characters he had created, ) “Where do they live?” The man looked at…

“Bzzzzzzzzz!!!” the alarm rang. Small dirty hands hit the off switch and gotout of bed. The scrawny boy walked over to the window in his old spider-manpajamas and looked outside. Everything was white as far as the eyes could see. The ground was covered with a silky smooth blanket of fresh new snow, whichconcealed the…

There are many variations of the story of Medusa. However, I find this one more detailed and precise. Medusa is a part of the chain of Greek Mythology. These stories or legends are not real and are usually told to get a point across or for entertainment. Medusa also shows the relationship that society had…

Fantasticas Endless Realm of StoriesMoo-oo-oon Child! (Ende 225) Screams Bastian. His hopes of this endless story to rid its endless entity has nothing but created a nightmare in his and Atreyus world. From the Gnomics project of the mammoth-like Sphinxes to the rescue of the Child-like Empress to the Water of Life, Atreyu and Bastian…

West Side StoryWest Side Story is a modern novel version of Shakespeares play,Romeo and Juliet. The two main characters are Polish boy named Tony anda Puerta Rican girl named Maria. Maria is Bernardos sister, the leader of astreet gang named the Sharks. The Sharks are a Puerto Rican gang. Tony isa member of the Jets,…