The kids would scream, and off we’d go. At the time, I was a sweaty, brown-eyed five-year-old, the youngest of three sisters, with one goal: to beat my older sisters to the front of the concession stand line. The distance from the bleachers to the licorice and lollipops was equivalent to a one-hundred yard dash. I remember my little legs took off sprinting. I was winning (at least I think I was), running faster than my sisters.
Steinbeck uses this imagery to give the reader a good picture of Elisa breaking out of her “manly work clothes” into something a little nicer. One last great example of imagery used by Steinbeck was when Henry and Elisa were going down the street to head into town. Steinbeck explains, “The little roadster bounced along the dirt road by the river, raising the birds and driving the rabbits into the brush. Two cranes flapped heavily over the willow-line and dropped into the river bed”. In this part Steinbeck gives the reader a great picture of the area around them by using imagery.
In the poem “Just as the Calendar Began to Say Summer”, Mary Oliver provides two distinct, juxtaposing tones. The first tone Oliver uses is one of childlike freedom. In the beginning stanza of her poem, she describes “[running] out of the schoolhouse fast.” This shows her eagerness to leave, and creates an idea of childlike behavior. She runs “through the gardens and to the woods,” showing her freedom to play in nature.
Through the center, winding from left to right, was a long hill street and down it, spilling into the middle foreground, came the mob carrying baseball bats and torches. They were marching behind a banner in a great united front of screwballs and screw boxes to purify the land. No longer bored, they sang and danced joyously in the red light of the flames. (184) In Tod description the painting we can see how he illustrate Faye Greener, the woman 17-year-old girl that Tod is attracted to but was hurt after he finds out she didn 't have any romantic intentions with him, she was the typical Hollywood female loved the attention and to be admired.
The Crucible: Salem Witch Trials: Rebecca Nurse Close your eyes and picture a lovely old lady, snuggling her grandchildren, baking pies, running around taking her granddaughter to dance recitals and her little, macho man to flag football. Then, each and every night falling down on her knees and praying to our Lord above, to protect those grandbabies of hers and for them to grow in His word. This woman is there for every widow of the community, loving them through their loss. She is at every church benefit and every town meeting. This woman stands on the corner of Main Street each day seeking out someone new to talk to about Jesus Christ, and the salvation he gives to each and every person.
I observed personal distance from Pat in the film. Personal distance is defined as “ one of Edward Halls’ four distance zones, ranging from 18 inches to 4 feet” (Chapter 6, 192). In the film, Pat decided to start his morning runs wearing his hoodie along with a trash bag on it, Tiffany would randomly come out of nowhere yelling “hey!” and join Pat on his runs. Pat seemed very uncomfortable with it and he would reply “ Hey this is my route ok just back off!
Parris tries to remember a verse, but stop when he hears a familiar song. This was a Barbados song in which he spent some time there before enter ministry. Then he sees all of it, first a girl naked running into a bush screaming, Tituba sings as loud as possibly with her hands raise in front of the fire. Betty his daughter screams at the sight of him and drops to the ground. Then Abigail drops a bottle as she turns to look at
Davison walked Tattenham Corner while the King, Queen, and their entourages sat and celebrated unsuspecting of what was to come. As the second race began, she prepared to make history as she climbed over the fences towards 16 oncoming horses and jockeys. Carrying a banner bearing the suffragette colors of purple, green and white, Davison rushed onto the track to remind “the king of his government’s callous injustice to women” (Atkinson 39). The collision of Davison, Anmer, and Jones left herself seriously injured, Jones with injuries minimal enough so that he could refuse a trip to the hospital, and the horse unharmed. Davison was taken unconscious to Epson Cottage hospital for her injures while Jones insisted he did not need to go and through he had a concussion and an arm in a sling, he and Anmer were celebrated as they walked back into the
For example, in the poem it said “For when she heard the explosion/ Her eyes grew wet and wild/ She raced through the streets of Birmingham/ Calling for her child. ”(Randall 25-28) This is an example of a sudden change of events, because in the poem, Mother had been smiling at the fact that her daughter was going to the church. But, then the explosion went off and as she ran through the streets “calling for her child” (Randall 28)
A little Israeli girl plays on a playground at her elementary school on a nice April afternoon in Sderot, a city near the Gaza strip. (Add Picture) She plays freeze tag with all her friends, climbs on the monkey bars, and enjoys the life of an elementary student. They laugh with each other and tell jokes, until they hear an air raid siren go off, indicating rockets have been launched from the Gaza strip.
There is a girl named Christine. She lives in South California. She plays in the NFL, her team name is The Clovers. One day, Christine was playing in her pre game and she was the one that had to catch the football and make it to the touchdown ,but then a woman ran after her, it was like she was a bull and I was a red little tomato, and then...KA BAM goes Christine’s back.
Chantell Lutz contacted me and told me her daughter, Jayenna, was playing at the park with some friends. Lutz went on to say at about 2000 hours Jayenna told her a male had struck her on the lower right leg causing her to trip and fall to the ground. Jayenna was standing next to Lutz and showed me her right elbow and I observed she had a scrap that appeared to be fresh. Jayenna also showed me her lower right leg and pointed to a red mark on the inside portion and stated that was wear the cane had hit her. Lutz stated she wanted to press charges against Ali for assaulting Jayenna.
Drained of energy, I drag my legs across the gym floor trying to run faster and faster. I keep circling around the gym like a track star in a race, trying to get as many points as possible for my team in this game of kickball. I almost make it to home base when someone on my team kicks the ball like a wild ape and it gets caught by a giant sixth grader. As we are switching sides to play the outfield, the principal came in to yell at some boys who were acting just rowdy and pathetic. Once the principal took them to his office we continued our game of kickball.
High School Football Games Every Friday night Wilson’s very own John Gurski Stadium is packed with fans as if it was the Super Bowl. Starting at 7pm, the Wilson High School football team took the field and starts to destroy the visiting team. Just in the first quarter the Bulldogs already have two touchdowns. Touchdown after touchdown, the Bulldogs lead the game twenty one to zero.
In “An American Childhood” Annie Dillard gives a glimpse into her childhood and growing up as a girl who liked playing sports and doing things typically boys would do. In this particular exert, the author talks about her experience of playing with her neighbors and throwing snowballs at passing cars. In the experience Dillard talks about one incident where, “a snowball hits the driver’s side windshield directly in the driver’s face.” (24) In the next few sentences the author gives you a feeling of adrenaline rush and excitement as the driver of the car stops and gets out and starts chasing the children.