"A Day's Wait" Literary Analysis

"There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse!"

-Washington Irving

Imagine, a young boy sitting quietly in bed, obsessing with the grim fact that the apparition of death is looming over his head, searching for new victims to take as his own. This is a near accurate description of Schatz, the miserable, nine years old protagonist in Ernest Hemingway's "A Day's Wait'. In the story, Schatz catches the flu, and must stay in bed and rest. However, though he appears calm and collected on the outside, he is actually nervous on the inside, distressed by the possibility of his premature demise. Although Schatz thought he was going to die and was worried in the beginning, he figured out in the end that he was going to survive, and was relieved.

Initially, the gullible character Schatz fears his untimely death, glutting his mind with worry. When Schatz comes to know that he has a 102 degrees F fever, fear strikes. When he was in France, his friends told him that that you will die from a 44 degrees C fever. Schatz makes the foolish mistake of mixing up the Celsius and Fahrenheit and reaches the conclusion that his end is near. Furthermore, in order to ause of something. As you can see, Schatz was very worried about his supposed early departure this proves my point that he is worried, the author has written,"His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in bed and seemed very detached from what was going on.... he was looking at the foot of the bed very strangely." This shows that Schatz is worried because those are the signs that are shown when a person is deeply disturbed or stressed.

Towards the end, the the previously worried child, Schatz, was relieved to find out that the end was not near. When Schatz tells his father why he looked nervous, his father clears his false thinking by saying that the thermometer in France on a different scale than on the one where he lives. As it is written by the author, “But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack and he cried very easily at little things of no importance.” I can infer from this quote that the stress took its toll on poor Schatz, but he hid all his feeling to try to act brave. When he found out that he was nowhere near dying, he was relieved, which caused this to feel many types of emotions. It is like blowing a balloon and then popping it. Just like the balloon, Schatz was filled with pressure (worry).

Overall, in the beginning although he thought he was going to pass away and was paranoid towards the end Schatz realized he wasn't going to die and became relaxed. As you can see Schatz, at first was worried according to his mood throughout that part and then towards the you can tell he became relieved after the relaxing look in his eyes. Now you now the boy who was sitting in his bed without a word frightened actually had nothing to be afraid about.

Snow

Silently descending,

in the darkness,

of the night.

Not knowing,

the next day it will bring

merriment

into many peoples lives,

sliding,

throwing,

laying,

enjoying,

all part of this extreme event.

Glistening,

the trees in a beautiful coat of white.

Bombarding,

the roof of the house

as if trying to make it crumble.

After the excitement comes,

the warm luscious taste of hot coco,

the bask,

pleasant feeling from the fire place,

and the requiescence of laying in your bed after the 

glamorous day you just lived through,

All the joys that 

snow 

brings to you!

Soccer Poem

It takes time and practice,

Waking up at dawn,

and playing till you get the hang of it.

You will face challenges,

blood,

injuries,

sweat,

and exhaustion,

but you will learn to deal with this.

Along the way you will be supported,

by parents,

coaches,

and teammates.

No matter what the condition outside,

splintering rain,

blistering heat,

or even gelid snow days,

you will play.

Your body will hurt from head to toe,

but you will continue to play

the sport of the world, 

the game of the feet,

Soccer 

    

Sandy Poem

Expected,

came with disaster,

destroyed

everything in its path

let loose,

wild rain,

rampage winds,

and waves devouring the crisp golden shore,
like a famished child at lunch, 

but we were ready,

except some people,

who under estimated,

and now they will see the result,

Sandy

left people

devastated,

alone,

helpless,
in the bitter darkness,

people are 

stranded,

stuck

in a hopeless land,

they need us 

and we need them

so lets help,

and we will get help when we need it,

Sandy 

Compare and Contrast Essay: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid

Two frequently meeting rivals facing each other one on one in the sport of soccer, between these two teams no one ever knows the final outcome. Wouldn't that be fun to watch? Well these two teams are Barcelona and Real Madrid. Both these soccer teams are rivals and they both are amazing at the sport they play. Both these teams play in a league known as La Liga and they both dominate the league. Usually the league finals are between these two teams. Even though both of these teams might seem similar to you they are different in who their star players are and their playing styles.

Both these team have many star players and they need them in order to succeed. Let’s start with Barcelona, one of their best players is Lionel Messi a young forward, that is extremely fast and has an awesome shot, he has won so many awards I can’t even list them. Another star player of Barcelona is Puyol, he is a dedicated defender who is the current team captain of Barcelona. Carles Puyol has never played on any other team except his international team. Puyol has a very powerful and accurate clear and a prodigious amount of stamina and he is pretty fast too. On the other hand there is Real Madrid, one of their very well-known and very skilled player is Cristiano Ronaldo a venerated midfielder, Ronaldo has jaw-dropping moves he can get past almost any player with a swift move he also has a very good shot and is fast as well. Another Real Madrid superstar is their very own goalkeeper, Iker Casillas. Casillas has lightning fast reflexes and barely ever lets a shot go past him, He is currently Real Madrid’s Captain. As you can see both these teams have very varied star players.
  
These very successful teams both have very different playing styles. This time let’s start with Real Madrid, They usually have two-one forward/’s, four-five midfielders, four defenders, and a goalie. This helps them keep control of the whole field and it gives them very good passing opportunities. Then there is Barcalona who almost always use the same formation of three forwards, three midfielders, four defenders, and a goalkeeper. This helps them attack from multiple ways, get lots of crosses and create trough pass chances. Now you know how their formations differ and how their formations help them vie for victory.

Therefore you should now be able to say that both of these teams are similar in some ways but are drastically different in terms of their star players and their playing style. Now it is easy to see that each teams elite players are different and contribute in different ways and also that their playing styles involve different formations which helps each individual team in different ways. Now I bet if you want to watch a top-gear soccer game you watch Barcelona vs. Real Madrid!

  

Hurricane Irene vs. Super Storm Sandy

   Imagine the wind blowing over 70 mph, destroying everything in it's path. The waves devouring the shore at record heights. Rain hammering the surface causing devastating floods.This natural disaster is called a hurricane, New Jersey has experienced these type of storms many times before. But, two very recent super storms, Irene and Sandy, have caused a prodigious loss to the myriad amount of people in New Jersey and other states along the east coast of the USA. Although both of these storms caused disasters through out NJ, they differed in terms of in what ways each storm effected New Jersey.

   These storms were both very harsh on New Jersey both they ended up effecting NJ differently. For example, lets start with hurricane Irene. Irene mainly effected us with coastal flooding and with the record amounts of rain. After Irene a huge amount of peoples house were half way submerged in water, It took some people a full year to recover from this catastrophe. Then about 13 months later super storm Sandy made land fall on NJ, bringing history making high winds, and massive storm surge. After this super storm almost the entire state of New Jersey was left sitting in their freezing houses with no power because of fallen power lines, and almost all the famous boardwalks were partially destroyed. Both these storms wrecked the state of New Jersey in many ways but as you can see now each storm effected us differently. Today many people around New Jersey are still recovering the combined damage of both of these powerful storms.  

Hurricane Irene Flooding

Super Storm Sandy High Wind Damage

   

             

New York vs. California

   New York and California, two places I have visited, two extremely enjoyable and entertaining destinations, and two places that people often have to decide between. Many people from other countries hear about these place sand dream to go there. These places are amazing travel locations there are many similar and different things about each place. Both these places differ in terms of climate but have some similarities in their attractions and famous cities.

   The climate of these places are very different. Let's start with the big apple (N.Y.) their average 90 degree summer and their snowy and gelid and winters. While on the the other hand, in the Golden State many residents have never even seen snow. The climate in California is mainly scorching hot and in the winter temperature seldom goes below 40 degrees. Now let's take a look the attractions and famous cities in these grandiose places. In New York there is the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, The Museum of National History, and etc. In the El Dorado state there are fabulous attractions such as Hollywood  the Golden Gate Bridge, Disneyland, the San Diego Zoo, and and many more. Even after all these extraordinary sites both these states have extremely exalted cities within them. For example, California has San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. While in New York there is the one and only New York City. Now that you know so much about these magnificent places..... Which one will you choose!!!