...“The Never Ending Nightmare, a Nightmare within Itself” I will never forget the day when one of my worst nightmares became a comical reality. It started out as any normal Friday the Thirteenth, or so I had thought. For my sense of time had completely been forgotten. Beep! Beep! Beep! This was the annoying sound of my alarm clock that I would wake up too every morning. I used to dread this sound but lately, it was like a gift from God. I had been restless the past couple of nights—tossing and turning about my bed. I would have dreams, no, horrible nightmares of performing in front of a large crowd and just freeze. I was not able to move nor was I able to speak. I would just stand there in front of what seemed like the whole world and sob. This sounds like an exaggerated case of stage fright only, it was not. I had never experienced anything of the sort. I would enter stage left, cross downstage, and then begin to recite my self-published, might I add, monologue to my peers and professors. About a good four minutes in, the lights would start to flicker. It did not bother me at first, but it continued. Eventually, the lights shut off completely. The only light remaining was the ghost light placed at center stage behind me. Suddenly, an eerie fog made its way through the cracks under the doors and in the walls. Everyone in the audience seemed to twist into a sick-like, monstrous mutation. Their faces went from laughter and serenity to anger and despair. Even their bodily appearances...
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...Thien Tran Bane Long ago, deep inside the prison of Pena Dura, a legendary child was born. His father ruled the prison and has power over everyone. The child mother died while giving birth to him. But just before she passes away, she gave the child the name Bane. Bane was raised in the harsh and dangerous prison environment for many years. He read a lot of books so he can gain knowledge about the world outside of the prison. He also got stronger building up his body in the prison's gym, and learned to fight in the school of prison life. By the time he was a teenager; he had learned four different languages and was one of the biggest and strongest guys in the prison. Every night, Bane would get haunted by nightmares of the people that were killed in the prison. As each day passes by, the nightmares keep on getting worst. It got to a point where he would wake up each night and go kill people in the prison because he wanted to get rid of the nightmares that has been haunting him in his dreams. Bane’s father couldn’t do anything about it because Bane was too powerful. The only way to stop Bane from killing people every night is too expel him from the prison. A few days later, Bane was banished out of Pena Dura prison. With nothing but his clothes, Bane decides to make shelter in a cave in the woods. As he sleeps, the nightmare still haunts him. Every night, he would get up and go kill wild animals because it eases the pain. Bane was not happy of his actions but it was the only way...
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...last time I was with her. I still remember this day like it was yesterday. It was almost the worst day in my life. My day started out just how any other day would. I woke up and got me and my little sister breakfast. Then I went to see what my mother was doing. I couldn’t find her at all I looked all over. I went in to her room. She was asleep and I couldn’t get her awake, which then wasn’t a big deal because she was hard to wake up. But then a couple hours later I tried to wake her up. She wouldn’t wake up. I was shaking her and slapping her hand. I had my twin sister try to wake her up. She couldn’t get her up. Then I called my great grandma, she came right there. She only lived a mile down the road. When she arrived she went in and tried to wake her up. She had no luck. So then my great grandma started crying. She then called my grandma she came as soon as she could which was like ten minutes. When she got there she went right to my mom’s room. She was furious. She knew what was going on. My mother had overdosed. She had been over dosing for awhile now. My grandma tried to wake her up she couldn’t. She called the town cop chief, she told him what was going on and he came and he brought the ambulance. When the chief got he sat down with my grandma on the front porch and talked to her about the situation and how long she had been overdosing. Meanwhile the emt’s were prepping my mother to take her to the hospital. I was holding my little sister as she was crying. She had no...
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...The Nightmare society faces “Are some, like Dracula or Grendel, chosen for curse and others for blessings?” Timothy K. Beal displayed this in his article. Some of our flagrant fears are the monsters that are encountered in life. Grotesque aesthetics, evil mentality, and other characteristics represent the monsters who haunt our dreams. However, what goes through the mind of the monsters to pursue the acts of villains and proceed to be a terrifying figure intimidating a frightful society. Both Grendel and Freddy Krueger reflect the values and attributes of their respective time periods. The menacing monster in the story Beowulf was a force in his time period. Grendel a descendant from Cain who represents evil and now Grendel has brought...
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...People have many different emotions that can help, or hurt, them. Anger, joy, sadness, all of these persuade us to do different things. They can make you do irrational things like hurt someone or make you inspire joy in someone else. Some of these emotions can be your greatest attribute or your worst nightmare. Emotions and reactions like these can be found in the main characters in An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. The greatest attribute Elias has is his compassion for those around him. Elias’s greatest attribute is his compassion. He shows his compassion when an unfair execution took place: “No one looks at Barrius’s bloody remains. He is a traitor. He is nothing. But someone should stay. Someone should mourn him, even if for...
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...were asked to describe a trip to the Zoo it most likely would include phrases regarding exotic animals, great atmosphere, happy children and the chance to knife a kid in the throat. That is of course if you are Patrick Bateman. In the thirty-eighth chapter of American Psycho we are introduced to what will become a mothers worst nightmare. Patrick Bateman is filled with homicidal needs. “… my homicidal compulsion, which surfaces, disappears, surfaces, leaves again …” He is incapable of truly escaping this need for murder. He is a sadistic, lethal and complex person with the skill set needed to get away with murder. As we follow him through the Zoo of Central Park in New York City, we quickly learn what foul thoughts travel through Patrick’s devious mind. He sees joy but wants chaos. He sees laughter but wants despair. He throws coins into the seal habitat with the purpose of them choking to death for Gods sake. The man is without a doubt a psychopath! He gets a rush of excitement from the scene he can create and control. He wants the attention and he wants it now. As he’s standing in the darkness of the penguin habitat he spots a young boy with his mother. The mother asks the boy to throw away the wrapper of the last meal of the five-year-olds life – a candy bar. As the boy approaches the trash can in the dark corner of the room the merciless Patrick crouches behind it. Patrick quickly catches the attention of the young boy and lures him in his reach like a killer animal lures...
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...-One Walking into school after months of not showing up was like walking into a nightmare. I forgot the smell and the peeling paint and the tiled floor. I forgot how the people talk and walk and stare. But being here again, it comes back in huge explosive waves. I feel sick. All I’ve been feeling lately is sick. I search for my locker. All the numbers are wrong, jumbled and unreadable. Asking would mean something is clearly wrong. I hold onto all my books, my backpack pressing hard on my shoulders. The bell rings and it is louder than I remember. I clench my teeth. The sounds resembles nails on a chalkboard, at least to me it does. Every day for two months I went to history class at this time in Mrs. Waters’ room. And now, I have no idea where it is. “Edith,” a girl’s voice says. I turn. “Yeah,” I say to Clara. Clara is the sweetest person on the planet. For the longest time I thought she was super fake because how can someone be that nice all the time. But she just is. “You have Waters still, right?” “Yeah,” I say. She loops her arm around mine. “I’m glad they didn’t change it.” “Me too,” but I don’t really care. Pulling me around corners and through different hallways we end up in history class. The room looks familiar, but a faraway familiar. Like a dream or déjà vu. She sits in the front row right next to the teacher’s desk. I escape to the back, the corner, right next to the window. Clara looks around and then moves to the seat in front of me. “I get it,” she...
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...were asked to describe a trip to the Zoo it most likely would include phrases regarding exotic animals, great atmosphere, happy children and the chance to knife a kid in the throat. That is of course if you are Patrick Bateman. In the thirty-eighth chapter of American Psycho we are introduced to what will become a mothers worst nightmare. Patrick Bateman is filled with homicidal needs. “… my homicidal compulsion, which surfaces, disappears, surfaces, leaves again …” He is incapable of truly escaping this need for murder. He is a sadistic, lethal and complex person with the skill set needed to get away with murder. As we follow him through the Zoo of Central Park in New York City, we quickly learn what foul thoughts travel through Patrick’s devious mind. He sees joy but wants chaos. He sees laughter but wants despair. He throws coins into the seal habitat with the purpose of them choking to death for Gods sake. The man is without a doubt a psychopath! He gets a rush of excitement from the scene he can create and control. He wants the attention and he wants it now. As he’s standing in the darkness of the penguin habitat he spots a young boy with his mother. The mother asks the boy to throw away the wrapper of the last meal of the five-year-olds life – a candy bar. As the boy approaches the trash can in the dark corner of the room the merciless Patrick crouches behind it. Patrick quickly catches the attention of the young boy and lures him in his reach like a killer animal lures...
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...RoleBy zaheer0027 | April 2013 Page 1 of 14 SECTION 1 1.1 Tina is an adolescent. At 11 years old she has not yet developed, nor is she expected to have developed, a strong mental (or physical for that matter) capacity to process all negative and/or traumatic experiences that life has already thrown at her. She is at a very impressionable age.There are various points to keep in mind with respect to her unique situation viz. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. She is very young and vulnerable being 11 years old Her father was not present in her life having walked out when she was 3 years old It is very possible her mother had a slew of relationships with other men whilst she was growing up Tina’s mother is not a rational individual. It is clear her mother’s frustration has boiled over and blaming Tina for her failed marriage Mother remarried bringing a new set of dynamics to her life. The mother is working hard at keeping her new marriage afloat and is clearly not supportive of Tina The step brother is quite old compared to Tina and Tina would look at him as a protective figure in her life No mention is made of the attitude of the step father towards tina so i am inclined to assume he has not abused either emotionally or physically and is of sound mindFrom this summary it is evident Tina, at 11 years old, has endured severe and potentially lifelong trauma. Tina has grown up without a solid father figure in her life. A man/father-figure is seen as the solid rock or foundation of any family. Historically...
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...When someone hears the word “abortion”, the first thought that rushes into their mind is the death of an innocent human being. However, it’s not that simple. In 2014, over 650,000 women had to make the hard decision to end the life of their baby. Abortions don’t just happen. A mother only decides to terminate her pregnancy when she truly believes that she isn’t capable of providing a safe and loving environment for a child. Many may believe that abortions are a convenient, easy way out of a mistake, but it is much more than that. This procedure can prevent babies with severe disorders from suffering, financial crises, potential mental health problems, The United States Constitution guarantees our fundamental rights of privacy. There was...
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...pregnant before they even reach the age of 20 (“11 Facts About Teen Pregnancy, 2017”). Similar to most modern day teen pregnancies, there is plenty of drama, which keeps the reader interested. She is just a normal teen with a cliche Dad who kicked her out when he found out that she was pregnant. As if giving birth at 16 weren’t scary enough, she ends up undergoing the birthing process alone. She faces almost every mother’s worst nightmare, complication during the birthing process. Childbed fever was killing mothers during the birthing process at an alarming rate, and no one knew why. In the place you should feel safest, you were now in great danger. You had a better chance of surviving childbirth at home than you did at the hospital. People were going crazy trying to find a cure. Medical students were even practicing on cadavers of previous childbed fever patients, while simultaneously trying to treat the mothers currently suffering. Hospitals were overflowing with mothers whaling in pain. The overwhelming foul stench filled the air. As time went on, more and more mothers were painfully dying, being poked and prodded by physicians and inexperienced medical students who were just trying to help. The need for a cure had become vital. Well known physicians of the seventeenth century like John Clarke, Alexander Gordon, and Charles Delucena Meigs, are just a few of many who conducted theories pertaining to childbed fever. As Nuland claims “The seventeenth century is often—and correctly—called...
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...entering such an unapproachable place, for it seemed so imposing and somewhat dangerous, especially when music was being played. That old arched way oak door had been present is my worst nightmares. Inside the church, the exquisite frescoes reflect perfectly the unity between this earth and the unseen kingdom of angels in such a manner that one cannot say where one ends and the other begins. However, I would never get in there because I wanted to, not in a month of Sundays. Of course John was a nice guy after all. I met him at the coffee store. I was sitting upon a four-legged rich brown stained table, and he was in the one next to me. He showed himself really real and edgy; yet he was complex to read. He looked at me curiously, like if there was something of me that captivated his mind. He slowly approached me and slowly started talking about the beauty of nature and life. The sweet despairing sadness in his eyes captivated me. A mysterious, brooding thick London accent accompanied his sweet look; I was immersed in his overbearing strangeness; but I still could not get her out of my mind. The memories and the laughs and the hugs and the kisses, everything was still there in my mind. Everything had happened so fast, from one day to the other my life had been over. I became a disgrace for my family, my mother blind by the situation decided she would end up with whatever was happening between us. She is a devote woman who looks kind, friendly, generous and gentle but that’s actually...
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...The Essential Role of Goddess in Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey Just as women were viewed as inferior to men during Homer’s era, a first glance at Homer’s epics The Iliad and The Odyssey portrays goddesses as inferiors to gods. Despite the era’s bias to men, the goddesses are of equal importance to the plot of his stories as the gods. The goddesses play vital roles as either helpers or nightmares to men by often determining the results of an action. Homer did not establish the goddesses in his epics merely as minor structures to blend in the background. Rather, he established dynamic goddesses who were both powerful and intelligent. In fact, in many ways the goddesses controlled the gods by having an influence in their decisions and actions through manipulation, persuasion and guidance. By influencing the gods, the goddesses also played a large role as shepherds for human fate. The goddess’s constant intervention in the mortals’ lives was driven by favoritism, love or sexual desires, and their pity for the weak. Although the goddesses are often restricted from doing as they wish by the gods, they have proven, in many occasions, to overpower the gods through manipulation. Goddesses were often told what to do by the gods. Tasks such as delivering messages from Zeus were often carried out by Athena. Just as Hector told his wife, “Go home, attend to your own handiwork at loom and spindle, and command the maids to busy themselves, too. As for war, that is for men, all we...
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...uniquely inspiring story that is sure to touch your heart. He was, a four-year-old boy, who lived with both of his parents and two siblings, had a relatively normal life. Things soon started to change as his parents' marriage started to fall apart, resulting in his mother developing an overwhelmingly dangerous alcohol addiction. With her marriage hanging by a thread, his's mother began to blame him for that happening, thus, resulting in upcoming years of unthinkable torture, as well as physical and mental abuse. At first, this abuse was kept a secret from the world. Including their own family. He had become his mother’s slave. He had to do every household chore she could think of. Even unnecessary things. He was no longer allowed to interact with anyone but his mother and that was only to experience her disgusting torment. But that wasn't the worst of it. He was not allowed to eat. On rare occasion, he would be able to eat the scrapes he cleaned up after his family ate their meals. In the beginning, his father would try to defend his son, and rescue him from the evil grasp of his wife. But his wife would always give the excuse that he was a "bad child". After his father tried to rescue him, which made his mother even more angered because it made their marriage worse, he was forced to sleep in the garage. The scraps from his family that were his survival, were taken away too. Now, he was obligated to steal from his school, which happened to be the only place outside of home that...
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...Nothing can overcome the love a parent feels for his/her child. If you can’t let go, of the person you love, they may never get back to you again, so sometimes you have to make some decisions in your life, but they can turn out to be your worst nightmare. The short story Ice Break is written by Astrid Blodgett and was published in 2012. The story is about a girl named Dawn, who is going on an ice fishing trip with her dad, her younger sister Janie and their uncle Rick. Dawn’s mother warned her father about going, because it is late in the season and the ice could break, but they are going anyway. The relationship between her mother and father is not the best, and that is why her mother doesn’t want to come, and says she have some work to do. When they get to the frozen lake, they are looking for Rick and suddenly the ice breaks under them. The father tries to save Dawn first by forcing her out of the car window, but she won’t let him go, so he squeezes her fingers till she let go. Afterwards he tries to help Janie, but it is too late and they both drowns in the car. The end of the story is about their funeral, and is very tragic. Dawn is the middle sister in a sibling crowd of three. She is a regular girl. She pays Janie to go ice fishing with her and their dad, because she doesn’t want to be alone with him. “I didn’t want to be alone with Dad. He was always grouchier when it was just him and me. He was scary when he got mad. And he never knew what to talk about with me...
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