St. James Island: A Short Story

It out muscled the storm and reached its destination. The Monitor saw the Merrimac destroy the other two Union ships the Congress and The Columbia. After the Merrimac took out the final Union ship, the Minnesota, the Monitor got ready to battle. The Merrimac hit the first blow. It hit the Monitor preety hard.

Elie is scared when he says, “My father just received several blows across the face for asking where the restroom was”(39). Once Schlomo (Elie’s Father) received several blows across the face, he overcame that obstacle by working hard the next few hours until bedtime came. He was scarred both mentally and physically by this occurrence. He did not let this roadblock, or obstacle, stop him. It’s a good example when Elie says, “It’s over, God is no longer with us, but the march continued to go on”(76).

ORPS NE PEUT CONTENIR - L’ouragan intérieur—Charles de Leusse (Body can’t contain an inside hurricane) Pensacola, Florida 1:15 a.m., September 16, 2004 The flickering candle flame reflected in the wide eyes before him. It had been a favor to let Chip ride out the storm here, but the noises outside were making Rick Harris question this logic.

There was a storm coming and I warned Governor Niclous Ovando about the storm but he did not adhere to my warning and he lost twenty-four ships, and he also denied me entry to the port of Santo Domingo, my ships got damaged but we repaired them. I had built a garrison in Panama, which was attacked by Indians on April 6th; here I lost one ship and a number of men. I was denied entry to Hispaniola because the natives said that my administration was ineffective and cruel, but I went anyway. We lost a lot of men and all four ships in the fourth voyage

Jefferson is calm because he now knows that he has a month to live. Before he would act like an animal and eat his grandma’s food off the floor and say things like “Im an old hog” and “I’m going to show you how a old hog eat” (Gaines 83). He even said rude things about Grant’s Girlfriend. In the first few visits his replies were very hostile but now they are more lax.

My great-grandmother used to say, “Live your life in such a way that when you die, even the Postman will miss you.”   I never thoroughly understood those words until Jimmy Fesmire, a prominent figure and deacon in my church, passed away in a car accident after attending a Sunday morning service on a clear, sunny day in May last year.   His passing was untimely and truly unfair, but even after death, he continued to impact lives.   The number of people he had helped with a servant’s heart and cheerful mind was innumerable.   Jimmy Fesmire is the only individual I know whose life mirrored my great-grandmother’s quote.

The Almost Kiss Adolescent: 1972, subject age, 15 years - Mom and Dad were having a barbeque party. Many of their friends were there. Sam was here with his parents and two sisters. Krissy was in the kitchen helping Mom with the potato salad. Dad was outside at the smoking barbeque turning burger patties and hotdogs.

For example, Equiano mentions that at times on the deck he see's his companions come up dead, and so he says, "which I began to hope would soon put an end to my miseries" (172). At this point, he wants his audience to know that leaving the wretched ship is better than living through misery. This is an example of emotional appeal that provoked empathy towards the Africans. Also, he describes the smells of the ship. Equiano says, "the air soon became unfit for respiration from the variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves of which may died" (172).

Sometimes he laughs so hard he has to hold his scarred stomach, and his eyes look warm and brown, and not as army green. In any case I weep. Once, on the night before Memorial Day, we ate shortcake together at a cafe in Reno.

She usually gets good tips because she is nice to her customers, and she shows that she cares. On Thursday July 20th, the restaurant was starting to close up about 30 minutes before their usual time to close and a customer walked in. He sat down in Donna’s section and she took his order. The cooks and other waitresses were angry with this To Kill A Mockingbird Shadowing Assignment: because they wanted to go home early.

Tarentino was a regular at Mikes Donut Shop, says the owner, Ann Hunt. She now cherishes his "Top Cop" coffee mug that he would drink out of every day. There was even a sandwich named after him in town at the restaurant. "It 's a meat sandwich, it comes on a doughnut. That was their big thing.

The Hidden History of Governors Island Situated like an emerald amongst the blue waters of New York Harbor, Governors Island is a place rich with history that dates back hundreds of years. Off limits to the public for generations, the island has become much more accessible in recent years and is now visited by hundreds of thousands annually. Despite its newfound popularity among New Yorkers and visitors alike, few people truly know the hidden history of Governors Island. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Lenape Native Americans, the island was rechristened Noten Eylant, or the “Island of Nuts” due to its wealth of chestnut, oak and hickory trees by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. In May 1624, the island became the landing site for Dutch