entire novel, The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, the father and son are on a physical journey, which aids in their mental integration of the post-apocalyptic society they are faced with. The father and son take a physical journey across the states in search of a better life, but the constant reinforcement that there is not many better options enforces the fact that humanity and the world they once knew has transformed forever. As the ambiguous characters traverse through the roads of the states they
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The alarm is set for 5:30am. Three and a half hours before the chairs start running. Outside is dark and empty. It feels wrong to wake up without sunlight. The bitter smell of coffee fills the kitchen. Breakfast usually consists of an hard boiled eggs and avocado toast. Skis, gear, and lunches are packed from the night before. Stress fills the 45 minute car ride to the snow packed mountain. I see snowy pine trees and cringe as faster cars pass me. Time seems to speed up on race days. Ski racing is
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Overwhelming excitement filled the old yellow school bus as it twisted and turned through the Great Smoky Mountains. Adventure was about to happen, the greatest experience of my eighteen years is about to happen. The adrenaline rush of the event to follow is unmatched in terms of teamwork, nature, and the strong bond of friendship. Little did we know, but my friends and I were about to come close to the sweet release of death, then directly after, experience the warm embrace of life. The bus has
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Title Day 1: I opened my eyes, sitting up straight, only to realize that everything was turned 90 degrees to the right… …Next to us, a yellow school bus lies on its side. Pieces of glass scatters everywhere. Black smokes exit the cranky engine, traverse up to the height of an oak tree, then dissipate into the blue sky. The bus won’t ignite its fuel and start working. Blood spilt on the grass and on the bus walls. We try to shake and wake up the driver and our couch, but the responses were the two
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One day my family was going to Las Vegas, and we pulled up to a gas station to ask for directions. The man told us the way was through New Mexico where they tested the atomic bombs. We were driving, and then we heard a pop! We lost control and ran in to a big rock. I wondered what happened. I thought where are we were going to sleep at? My dad and I went to go ask for more directions, and we split up. He went to the gas station again, and I went in the mountains. I didn’t see anything, so I
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fork in the road. As they carefully chose a road to take, they noticed that it lead to a sign that read “Left is your lucky way!” Tock noticed that the message was written on top of other words. They both didn’t think much of it. As they walked on a dirt road they noticed that it got darker faster than the two other roads. In the middle of the road, there was a sign that informed them that happiness is an hour away. Since Milo and Tock were driving, they can see ahead of the road since they had
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STATE Me my family we were all silent looking at the sites of madison. finally we got there Johnny's bar & grill are last stop before the kohl center. while waiting for our food we played basketball on a mini court. we tried to reenact the best plays of the season. I remember the time the trevor had a wide open court with adam pronschinske behind him trevor threw it off the glass and adam slamd it. but that was awhile ago. finally are food and drinks were here we ate up and still had lots of time
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perseverance of Fort Repose, Florida after a nuclear holocaust strikes the world. Randy becomes the unelected leader of his community and must help the people come together to fight for their survival. Throughout many trials and hardships, the people of River Road keep an optimistic point of view on their new situation in life. No matter how different people were from one another, everyone becomes equal after the disaster because they are all fighting for the same thing, the desire to survive. Randy realizes
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Before diving into technicalities, lets follow the basic progression of logic it takes to arrive at the conclusion that valets must give keys to drunk guests. A drunk guest requests keys from a valet. The keys are his, as is the car, the valet cannot take this persons property without a clear legal reason. But doesn’t the valet know the man is drunk and is about the commit the crime of drunk driving, so he has a legal responsibility to deny the guest his keys? While this makes sense, valets are not
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Around 3:30pm on November 21st, a school bus with thirty-seven children crashed into a tree and flipped over. Seven elementary school children were killed and several were hospitalized in intensive care. This accident was all over news media outlets ranging from CNN to Buzzfeed. What I found most interesting is that media outlets including CNN, NBC, and People all had multiple articles on the events that had occurred. I decided to focus on one of People’s articles titled “Chattanooga Bus Crash: Why
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