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A Twilight Reverie: Creatures of the Night and Edward Cullen By : Joe Owens Twilight is what you get when you put a drop-dead gorgeous blood-sucking vampire and other creatures of the night into the mixture of teenage drama. Battering Rams and Sun Tzu By : Kenneth Ragpala There are a lot of words in the English vocabulary that are spelled the same yet mean something else. Black Berry Winter By : Andre Leite Alves “Son, the old man said. In my time I et things a man don’t like to think on. I was a sojer and I rode with Gin’ Forrest, and them things we et when the time come.” We turn to heaven and seek help to achieve things that seems impossible for us to achieve or do not exist in real life, hoping to get them someday by relaying on the supernatural forces. Our disposable western culture does not let us see that many of the answers we seek are already here around all of us; the generations that came before ours have a lot to advise us and in many cases we mistreat them and do not pay attention to what it can be passed on to us. Many things we seek are in front of us and we fail to see it, many problems we encounter in our lives are products of our own actions. As Americans we have the tendency of not taking responsibility for our own acts and we always try to find someone to blame. Old Jebb himself has a lot to share about his life, since he lived a long and ironic 100+ long years of life, in the old days it was very unusual for anyone to live past 70 years old. “Too strong to die. When I was a young feller just comen on and seen how things wuz, I prayed the Lawd. I said, Oh Lawd , gimme the strength and me strong fer to do and in-dure… The Lawd give me my prayer and my strength. But now He gone off and forgot me and left me alone with my strength. A man doan know what to pray fer, and him mortal.” His own belief made him strong and allowed him to live a long life; he never gave himself credit and always believed that outside sources were responsible for his long life. He is a warrior and a survivor that managed to overcome slavery, racial discrimination and social segregation. Had to seek inner strength even when everything seemed lost and without hope bypassing social labeling. The majority of people today fail to believe in their own capacity and try to relate personal achievement to outside forces due to cultural and historical beliefs. Winters be devastating and bring many parallel problems along with them such as depression, suicide and other psychological problems. The natural forces once again prove to the human being that nothing is stronger than nature itself. The human race could be categorized as a grain of sand on a beach when compared to all elements in the whole universe. “Whenever there was a flood, people from half of the country would come down… If it didn’t ruin your crop you couldn’t plow and you felt like taking a holiday to celebrate. If it did ruin your crop, there wasn’t anything to do except try to take your mind off the mortgage if you were rich enough to have a mortgage.” Life has to go on like everything else that surround us, as human beings faith is the last thing that dies inside of us. Many things die during the harsh cold months of winter and once spring time comes life goes on again. For human beings the same principle applies with our everyday life problems, they come and go. The seasons of the year or the waves on the sea represents that well. Faith is always present on our lives no matter how harsh things get, we always believe better days ahead of us will come and soon everything will be back to normal. “She wasn’t a big woman, but she was clear and brisk about everything she did and looked everyone in the eye from her own blue eyes and tanned face. She has been the first woman in the country to ride a horse…. I have seen her snatch up a pump gun…” Mom illustrates it well with her strong character and personality; she has to be in charge of many things around the house and at the same time take care, educate and be a whole model for her son. She breaks many historical taboos and overcomes many sexist issues that were present in the old days. “She was a self reliant woman.” Has her own energy source and does not rely on anyone else in order to survive and many depend on it instead. Many cultures even today still treat women as second class citizens and do not give equal chances to them, as human beings we use a very small portion of our brain’s capacity and many of us is convinced that we are the greatest specie in the planet earth. When someone does not have the appropriate tools to succeed this person has to use other alternatives in order to get what they dream of and Not in all cases, there are poor people with good character and honesty that manage to change their lives with hard work and overcome misery. In many cases the crime could be a quick answer to their problems on a short term basis and later it can bring many devastating issues, such the loss of someone that was killed by a criminal. Another dangerous issue is that since many people feel denied and invisible to society itself they think it is ok to commit all these crimes since they do not have any self worth, low self steam and feel that they do not have anything to loose by the consequences of their own acts. “I had never seen Milt Alley, but I knew who he was. He was a squatter and lived up the hills a way, on a shirt-tail patch of set on edge in a cabin. He was a poor white trash. He had lots of children.” With misery the social labeling system comes along as a present parallel issue that often we do not think about it since it turns into part of our everyday life. A good example is the person that collects the garbage, we all know he or she exists however do we know their names and anything about them? Ironically they probably know a lot about the people they pickup the trash from just by the waste itself. Without the proper guidance and education is very hard for someone to become “someone” in life. The human being is not bad by nature; the environment where this human being resides is what has the most influence over the humans. Many correctional programs have failed to succeed because once that human being was released and returned home, the whole cycle would start again due to the influence of others and the environment. We try to raise our kids to the best of our possibilities and hope that they carry on the same idea to the newer generations. As my parents use to say, we have to be better than what they were and so on. “That is what has happened since the morning when the tramp leaned his face down at me and showed his teeth and said: stop following me, if you don’t I will cut your throat, you little son of a bitch. That’s what he said but I followed him all these years.” If a tragic event happens and we loose our parents while we are young, then our destiny changes forever and we might end up being something else different that our parents intent for us.. “As for Little Jebb, he grew up to be a mean and ficey Negro. He killed another Negro in a fight and got sent to the penitentiary.” Both boys symbolize that well in a human being form disregarding their social economical class, race or religious belief, as human beings we need to look at each other as humans and not by the color of our skin. We must accept reality and understand that no one is perfect; life itself is a challenge that we all must to face it. Make use of all things available to us and do not feel sorry about yourselves. Self belief can be the stronger tool available to us in order to have emotional, material and spiritual satisfaction. Chinua Achebe's Background and Preparation for a Writing Career By : Arty Chinua Achebe,the Nigerian novelist who is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart, which has remained the most widely-read and discussed book in modern African literature, described his writing as an attempt to set the historical record straight by showing that African people did not hear of culture for the first time from Europeans, that their societies were not mindless but had a philosophy of great depth and value and beauty,and that they had poetry and above all, they had dignity Cours Florent School of Drama By : Harry Witchell Cours Florent, one of the largest acting schools in Europe with over 1000 students, has been considered for decades as the most professional drama school in France. Don Quixote meets Annie Oakley meets Huck Finn in “The Travels of Annie T. Hastings” By : pegan The Travels of Annie T. Hastings is a novel that develops several themes. One of them is the exploration of a heroine whose perception of reality is akin to Don Quixote. Face Painting By : Patrik Ewriter Face painting is of great fun and importance to the painter as well as the person whose face is to be painted. As you start giving vent to your sentiments, you see a wonderful image of great influence being born on the face you are painting. Famed Female Authors: The Attraction Of Books By : Paul McIndoe Britain has enjoyed an illustrious association with great novels and many home-grown writers. As well as the many distinguished male authors, there have also been some incredibly talented female novelists - many of whom are still writing today. Halloween Strange Creatures Costume: The Twilight Vampires By : Joe Owens Are you still clueless about what costume to wear this Halloween? Still stressing out about what Halloween strange creatures to don? Instead of looking like Halloween because of stress and costume troubles, spice up the season with Twilight characters as costumes! Literary Fiction: Annie Oakley Meets Annie T. Hastings By : pegan A seventy year old birthmother searching for the daughter taken away 35 years earlier is the protagonist of a novel entitled "The Travels of Annie T. Hastings." The main character, Annie Hastings, has many similarities to Annie Oakley which are explored in the following critique of this work of literary fiction Richard Wright Experiencing and Living Jim Crow in the U,S.A. By : Arty In both Black Boy and an essay titled The Ethics of Living Jim Crow, Richard Wright identifies several incidents which are vivdlly and dramatically recreated to show how much he suffered to feel the bitternes and pain of being part of a subjugated and despised race. But also he was as well equipping himself with the weapon tio fight against this scourge. This was through words. He went all out again to defy the Jim Crow law that forbade Blacks from borrowing books from the library. Scary Creatures for Halloween By : Joe Owens Since Halloween is one of the most celebrated festivals of the season, it is no wonder that people really go the extra mile to make the most out of it through parties, creepy decorations, and of course, scary costumes. Scary Creatures for Halloween That Cause the Loudest Screams By : Joe Owens In most cultures, Halloween is believed to be the time when the line that divides the world of the living and the sphere of the dead becomes hazy. Supernatural phenomenon and events pertaining to the paranormal become a focal point of interest during this festival. Scary Creatures in Reality and Wild Imaginings By : Joe Owens In the realm of mortals, life may seem to be closing in on black and white. We lead our lives with the orientation that only the quantifiable, observable and overt are deemed to be true. Scary Creatures of the Night: Vampires from the Twilight World By : Joe Owens It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to decode the compelling success of Stephanie Meyer’s vampire series, Twilight. If 17 million printed copies and a movie adaptation are any indication of its influence in young adult literature, then Twilight is redefining this genre through giving it an edge like no other. Searching for a Soulmate By : CG Walters No longer confined to material experience, Katerina crossed into the dimly lit room, invisible to its inhabitants. She had never visited this world before, never laid eyes on this person, yet Katerina’s bond to the lean, gray-haired man seated at the wooden table was so intense and immediate that she barely managed to suppress the impulse to reach out and embrace him. Sense & Sensibilty - One Jane Austens's Finest By : Adrian Jane Austen here tells the story of Elinor and Marianne, two sisters who represent "sense" and "sensibility," or restraint and emotionalism. Short Stories, Ghost Stories, Free Online Children's Stories, Love Stories, Funny Kids Story. By : Kontiki Radisson “Childhood is innocence and experience is knowledge” (William Blake). The motives of short stories are to give experienced knowledge to innocence. Our short stories are perfect blend of these two. SHORT STORIES: GHOST STORIES, LOVE STORIES, FUNNY KIDS STORY. By : Ta If you're looking for larger range of short stories - ghost stories, love stories, free children's short story, short horror stories - Welcome to the world of best funny short kids spanking online collection teach moral lesson through top interactive stories. Taking survey is now with a real legitimate online survey company By : gagan If you enjoy taking surveys online, jobslover.com is an ideal way to make a few extra dollars in the privacy of your home. Best of all, Jobslovert will not give out your personal information to its advertisers, so you don't have to worry about getting dozens of phone calls from people trying to sell you everything from health insurance to an online education. The Background to Achebe's Breakthrough for World Literature By : Arty Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist who is best known for his first novel Things Apart, which has remained for the past 50 years the most widely read and discussed book in modern African literature, described his writing as an attempt to set the historical record straight by showing that African people did not hear of culture for the first time from Europeans, that their societies were not mindless but had a philosophy of great depth and value and beauty,and that they had poetry and above all, they had dignity. The English Renaissance Period - Impacts & Influences on Culture By : dch English Renaissance started in the early 16th century and greatly influenced the art, architecture, literature and music of England. The Writers Blog By : Jewels This blog is entirely devoted to writing and the writing world. It is a place where people can come to read a good story; where fresh new authors can come for writing and publishing tips; and where writers and readers can connect with each other. Here is a sneak peek into the world of writing. Tibetan Customs By : Mary Huang There are lots of customs in Tibet,the main are presenting hada,kowtowing,bowing,toast or tea etc.If we want to learn more Tibet,these customs are the essential knowledge we should know. Uncovering the Truth about Mythical Creatures By : Jennifer Franco Myths are proofs of the brilliance of human imagination. As seen in pages of literature and the power of word of mouth, mythical creatures have taken off as an important remnant of history, culture and religious beliefs of our ancestors. Through these creatures and entities we come to know in books and from oral traditions, we embark on a paranormal and often magical journey to question how far we’ve come as a civilization surviving through years of cultural assimilation and accommodation. Who is Huckleberry Finn today? By : Ernest Berstein This paper takes a look at the theme of slavery to be found in Mark Twain’s classic book Huckleberry Finn which is claimed to have been a profound influence on all modern American literature. Themes are the fundamental and universal ideas that are explored in literary work and the theme of slavery in Mark Twain’s classic work two decades after the Emancipation Proclamation greatly influenced the way in which blacks and slaves were viewed and treated in America as we see in this paper. Why Reading Is Good For You By : Adam Singleton We learn how to read when we are very young, and from that age onwards it becomes an essential skill that we rarely think twice about. Wright's influence on the Course of African-American Literature By : Arty This article charts and measures the immensity of Richard Wright's contribution to the development of African American Literature as going beyond his own immense creative output to his critical prescriptive essay which charts a course for future writers to discern the immensity of their role as writers in moving their race forward. This influence extends to other writers like Baldwin and Ellison who were mentored and helped personally by him.

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