Creative Writing: The Allegiance Anthem By Charles Stone

“I don’t, and he probably does, scum that he is - but I doubt that the other girls are deans” (150). I do like how Wade always has her back, “I could get on the phone and threaten to fly back there and kick his ass” (150) there is something beautiful about their dysfunctional relationship. I love how Wade gushes over her even though I feel like he is smarter than her but he leads not to be. I realized he was a hopeless romantic “Why don’t you write a love story instead” Angelia said. He looked up from his screen in surprise, “You mean like... Our

Nothingness… There isn’t a thought there isn’t awareness. My mind is without any ability to distinguish the sights, physical feelings, or emotions. Unaware of consciousness. only aware of the numbness. What?

As foreseen throughout Roy's lifetime, the unrelenting grasp of three main of the seven deadly sins (lust, pride, and wrath) plague Roy till realization is come upon him. As seen with the poisonous yet attractive Memo Paris, the mind of Roy is quickly addicted and will not stop to realize that there is so much more good with Iris Lemon (whose child is of Roy.) Though Roy tries to resist Memo, he still lingers on to

Blink has caused me to open my eyes wider and has pushed me to analyze further into the split second connections that go on in not only my brain, but those around me. Blink has pushed me into a different subject in which I have never thought about before which covers split second ideas and the world of thin-slicing which ties into our every action and reaction. I have come to conclusion, like Malcolm Gladwell, that we will never truly understand what goes into the actions of thin-slicing and snap-judgments. However, I have learned from Malcolm Gladwell that past experience seems to tie into many of our thin-sliced ideas and snap judgments and is the main cause that seems to drive these two ideas. In section 2 when I read through 50%

He heareth not, he stirreth not, he moveth not; The ape is dead, and I must conjure him. I conjure thee by Rosaline 's bright eyes, By her high forehead and her scarlet lip, By her fine foot, straight leg and quivering thigh. And the demesnes that there adjacent lie, That in thy likeness thou appear to us!” In this example Mercutio is teasing Romeo for his love of Rosaline by calling him names such as lover and madman. Now if im among my friends you can usually find me doing some sort of teasing towards my friends. The most apparent teasing you can find me doing is towards my friend Sean.

Already having fame and glory on his back, he knows that Tangerine is the perfect place where he can rule over people, not even knowing the monster that he truly is. With his phony personality, he portrays an honor roll, all American attitude with only his brother Paul seeing the evil monster on the

Who the hell was he and how long had Hazel known him. He was good looking too. The bastard! Making a good study of the man’s face Cass promised to find him later just to see what he was dealing with. It was never a good sign when I man made a woman laugh like that.

All of these heroes have flaws which they struggle with, as all of us do. Iron Man is described in the article as being “pompous, womanizing, hard-drinking genius”, Batman is the alter-ego of the “rich playboy Bruce Wayne” and Indiana Jones is characterized as someone who makes a lot of mistakes and has the same line of thinking as all of us. What separates those men from all other and makes them worthy of being called heroes is the fact that they are not brought down by those flaws and they fight for what they believe is right despite them. That one minute more is the moment when we can see who are the ones strong enough to not give in to their shortcomings and thrive regardless of their own inner demons.

Physically, he is a “body capable of enormous leverage.” One gets the sense that this is an able bodied man who is fascinated with his wealth and sexual feelings. More telling, however, are Tom’s own words that describe his anger towards Gatsby, “I won’t let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.” Such a line reveals a sort of arrogance, perhaps ingrained in him through years of opulent living and hanging out in high social circles. His disdain for Gatsby only grows, and such anger begins to bleed into Tom’s perception of society itself: “Throw everything out the door and have intermarriage black and white” The racist undertones reveal Tom’s frustration that has reached the point of bigotry. He no longer directs his anger just towards Gatsby, but towards other members of society as well. Tom, as a result of his hatred for Gatsby, can be blinded from reality in moments like this.

The National Hitman Qualification Tournament is a clear example of this, with all the participants looking like Chow Yun Fat in "A Better Tomorrow" except one who is the spitting image of Leon, from the homonymous French film. Another example is the dialogue Sawaki has with Joe regarding the profession of contract killer and its difficulties. Shinichi Tsutsumi as Sawaki and Ren Osugi as Joe are great in their parts, with their biggest achievement being that they appear utterly serious among all the nonsensical incidents and dialogues that occur. Lastly, it is extremely funny to watch Susumu Terajima, who has made a career by portraying Yakuza, to act as a police officer. 11.

Diaz has overcompensated the trait of masculinity when it comes to Yunior. Yunior has been involved with many women in his life however; he has chewed and spit the women up like a piece of gum. Yunior is not afraid of commitment; he simply has never been taught how to treat women the proper way. His family checked out and his only understanding of love and relationships is based off his father’s infidelity and his brother’s insensibility towards women. The men in his life have shown a high level of masculinity and have furthermore abused Yunior.

Well, here were two more chances. I tried to visualize myself speaking confidently into the mike, but all I could picture was row after row filled with people staring at me. SPEAKING UP Shawnelle 's dread of public speaking is shared by