A True Romantic When I was assigned this topic to write about, I immediately thought of Eros. The ancient Greek word that describes the romantic side of love. Philos and Agape are really more spiritual in nature, but Eros, now that's a physical love. I envision Eros as the sweaty fumbling in the back of old Chevrolets, and the firelit evenings where everything seems to go just right and

Expressive Paper A place I visited as a child was forced into my memory very recently. This place is known around the world as The World Trade Center of New York City. When news hit of the building’s destruction, vivid memories of my time atop the one hundred ten story building began to reform in my mind. Visualizations, sounds, sense of touch, and even emotional memories

Extended Defintion Paper Example Extended Definition English Paper Hot or Cold: Good Pizza Delivery Employees Are you hungry' Are you too lazy to cook' Why not pick up the phone and dial seven digits to have a pizza rushed over to your doorstep. Does this sound good' In forty-five minutes, a good pizza delivery person can deliver a pizza

Family Christmas with all the Trimmings This family Christmas made me very nervous because our tiny townhouse was full of hungry people, people with very different personalities, backgrounds and families who were now brought together as one family, my family. They were all counting on my mom to present them with a feast that was just as appealing to the eye as it was to the pallet. I did

Fantasy Once upon a time in a far off land called Shatilay, there lived a beautiful princess named Sarah. She had hair of gold and eyes as blue as the sea. She was the most beautiful and sought after princess in all the land. Every king, prince, duke and knight from the four corners of the world came to see her – hoping that they would be the lucky one to woo her and win her hand in marr

Fateful Choices TRUCK FATEFUL CHOICES It was my senior year. I had just turned 17, precisely 64 days before that fateful 28TH day of February 1983. Basketball season had just finished, and we had a week off before baseball practice would begin. My buddy Todd, who lives in Hawkins Bar with his parents, had been staying at my house since about January 4TH because of an enormous mudslid

Favorite Place “MY FAVORITE PLACE” After much thought, I have decided that my favorite place is, my home because it is where I spend a lot of time, and each room is designed just the way I like it. The house I live in is over one hundred years old and is listed in the Middleboro Historic Society, at the Robbins Museum, in Middleboro. It is also very intriguing to think about all

Fear Definition Essay He was running, he didn’t apprehend what he was running from, but he ran and when he tried to look back, he wasn’t able to. What was he running from and why. He woke up drenched with sweat, it was only a dream. A dream that he wouldn’t want to remember. He sat straight up from his bed, beads of sweat rolled down the side of his unshaven face. Confused from the drea

That We Have a Dream I open my eyes. The first things I see are my sons. They have a strange look in their eye. Almost like they never expected to see my eyes again. Maybe they’re right. Maybe this is my last time to see. Maybe this is my last chance to speak. Maybe this is my last moment to live. Having just realized this, I ask all but one of my sons to leave. Martin will pas

Going Fishing “Wake up, wake up!” My cousin told me. I looked at my watch to see what time it was. It was 4:00 in the morning. I got dressed and met my cousin Mike outside my tent. It was a cold day in the mountains in Colorado. As we grab are rods and reels I recommend we eat breakfast. My cousin Agrees after a bowl of cereal we head out. We stop at the truck

Fresh Start Fresh Start Its a very warm day, the year is 2014, and the wind is blowing lightly all around us. The smell of sunflowers is tickling my nose as I sit here on the old, wooden, porch bench at my parents house in Lake of the Pines California, drinking my chocolate milk and listening to Camden’s plan of attack. Camden has been my best friend since the day we met at

Friends Friend Jen has been my best friend since we were kids. We have gone through everything together from braces to high school to marriage and children. She was always there for me whenever I needed a shoulder to cry on or and ear to listen. Jen was the type of person who was never quick to judge anyone or any situation, she always looked at both sides keeping

A Wedding Dress “Do you take this man to be your lawful lovely husband,” said the Rabbi in my cousins’ wedding. This day is the day that every woman dreams of, her wedding day. When she was a little girl, she used to plan this day with all her girlfriends, picturing it to be that “picture perfect wedding”. Everyone has a dream of what they want their wedding to be. Is it on going to be o

Getting....Smaller Getting.... Smaller.. Smaller.. Smaller.. Smaller.. Smaller.. Smaller.. Smaller.. Elevators have radically changed the kind of approach that I take on traveling from one level to another in a building and also whom I travel with while in them. Some people are terrified of the dark, dogs, flying, and some people are even scared of peanut butter sticking to the top

Gramps The scent of freshly cut wood and decaying leaves hung heavy around her nose, which was cold from the crisp fall air. As she walked down the winding, wandering dirt path, the leaves cried, crackled, and crunched under her feet, reminding her of all the happy falls spent with her grandparents in the south, the many days of playing in the perfectly sculpted mounds of multi-colored l

Hat He was probably the best friend I ever had. We went through everything together. He was there for me every time I needed him, through my parents divorce, and through almost every difficult time in my life since I was 13 years old. He was known as my Knicks hat. The New York Knick hat I got for Christmas when I was in 7th grade. That was the last Christmas I ever spent with my Da

Hotdogs The Dog A food in the world that everyone can relate to is the hotdog. The hotdog has been around for some time now. Meat companies started making the hotdog out of all the left overs of the animals, after they cut out the prime cuts. The meat companies used everything in the hotdog that was not bone and skin. People loved the hotdog; until, they found out what they were eat

Identity A Night On A Cliff Experiences of my own and of my friends have always helped me make decisions in my life. A friend of mine experienced an incident that has greatly affected my view of people that I don't know as well as my good friends. Now it is very hard to trust others because of this story. Stacey had been sitting in the dark, cold room for hours. She could feel

Important Person In 1954, a pregnant young Jewish doctor watched from a window in terror as a mushroom cloud rose thousands of feet above the horizon. It was followed by a shockwave that violently shook the village, shattering every window in its path, including the one she had been looking through. The terrified doctor was my grandmother, sent to the poor, barren lands of Khazaksta

Influence Of Media On Teenage Girls It is Sunday morning and my phone is already ringing. I roll over to check the caller-id and see if I even want to bother picking it up. Whoops! Did I say it was Sunday morning' Yes, I did. I run out of bed and quickly grab the phone. “Hey, Ali”. I try to play it off like I have been up for the last hour. “Listen Sweetheart, I’ll pick you up in

Inspiration Beauty Within I will never forget the fairy tales relayed to me as a child. These magnificent stories my parents read to me, were the only thing I enjoyed about bedtime. As soon as I heard the words "Once upon a time" I was drawn into a timeless fantasy, far away from reality. What I did not know then, was that I was not only listening to these tales but I was also learning

Academic Essay ACADEMIC WRITING Writing an Essay of Argumentation “Now this is the way I see it...” Discussion: First, choose a topic for which you are able to write the following: (a) a proposition or main point that you will argue for, (b) argument(s) supporting your proposition, (c) argument(s) opposing your proposition. Second, look for information (evidence) with which to bui

Joy Luck Club Mono. Joy Luck Club Narrative Four years ago now, a thick and warm summer breeze rustled the fabric of my windbreaker on the Arthur Hill baseball diamond. My father knelt gingerly a few feet away, tossing dirty baseballs up to me. I continually pummeled ball after ball into the fence. Home run. Triple. Probably a double. But my father wasn’t quite so pleased as I.

Leaving I felt the warmth of my mother’s hands on my soft skin while she held my face. Her soft voice whispered in my ear “good night”. It was a cold winter night after Christmas as my mother tucked me in to bed, like she always had. After telling me good night her lips hit my cheek to give me the last kiss she ever would. As she walked out, I told her “I love you with all my heart and a

Living A Dream (Descriptive Essay) Living in a Dream July thirty-first, summer, not too hot, not cold. Brian is eighteen years old, five foot eleven, brown hair, green eyes, full of energy and looking forward to tonight’s events. Brian is going camping with three of his close friends: Dan, Kate and Julie. Like a typical group of eighteen year olds, this is not just some “let’s roa

Long Distance Relationships Long Distance Relationships Long distance relationships have their ups and downs, just like a regular relationship has. However, when it comes to the bottom line, are they really worth it' Yes, they are 100% worth it when true love is involved. If two peoples’ love is so strong, no distance should be able to come in their way. I recently experienced a lo

Love Lost Love Lost Have you ever had a person in your life that helped you figure out who you were, a woman so special that through patience and devotion showed you a whole new way of thinking. She was someone who did not turn there back on you if you didn’t take the right path, and didn’t look down on your brutish nature. She was a woman who always seemed to be right, but never held i

Love Lost And Loved Again...or Do You Really Loved And Lost and loved again…or do you really' When I was fifteen years old, I fell into something so weird and crazy. It was love. I never wanted the feeling to leave but when it abandoned me, like a dog that lost a limb, I didn’t think I would ever want to grasp that feeling again. So, what I did I was took that love I had, wrapped it

Love Of Money A Journey Through My Life Take a journey with me if you will, back to a time in your life when you dreamed of being something great. Back to a time when you envisioned yourself becoming an astronaut, firefighter, doctor, teacher, or even a musician. I remember having the same kind of dreams as a child and would like to share some of those with you. However, I would

Memoir A Legacy Like John White The odor of incense is a smell that everyone has probably smelt before. As it spread through the large crowded church, I recalled the last funeral I had been to and realized it had been a long time. For my family, it was a much heavier scent since we were in the front pews closest to the casket. Outside, it was misty, cloudy, and drizzling, which matched