The Peaceful Town Of Littleroot People: Summary

Ishmael prefers the city life over his village life as fleeing to NYC saved his life. In the village, Ishmael definitely felt more connected as his culture and traditions were similar to other people. However, after the war, Ishmael was very scarred and lived life in fear and distrust. He couldn’t think about anything but survival. His restless mind always permeated his mind with horrific flashbacks and war memories. Before coming to NYC, Ishmael already had a set interpretation of what NYC was like. He “envisioned it as a place where people shot each other on the street and got away with it….people drove in their sports cars looking for nightclubs and for violence” (Beah 193). He wasn’t ready for war and violence again. However, he was reassured

One day, the twins were at peace, because it was their birthday. They planned a party for all the Greek gods and goddess to go to. They Party was going to be a big bash with a party and an after party. Harper and Aquamarina invited King Midas to come because he was the God of Gold and the twins coveted Gold. King Midas kept turning things to gold and could not make it to the party, so he came to the after party.

There was once a warrior named Theonitis. He was a good man had many friends though many foes. One those foes was named Argonis, he was the worst of men he would kill you in battle and put your head spike. He was the most evil of men. On one fateful day Theonitis had wounded him in battle wounding him and ever since that day Argonis had hated… he had waited for a chance to kill him since then. Little did he know he was about to get it, later that night Theonitis was hunting and saw the most peculiar light. He didn't know what to do so he went closer until he could almost touch it. Then the creature turned and saw him with this closer look Theonitis saw that this was a phoenix and not just any phoenix a pearl white phoenix. He had became friends

Sadly the planet was not in either of there hands and it ran rampant without order or logic. Creatures who formed on the planet were called Demons or Tagradorians, in their formal language. After hundreds of years, the planet had not made any progress in helping itself. Finally the hatred combusted and exploded! Moon and Sun were sadly caught in the cross fire! Giving Moon many burnt black wounds. Darker than any abyss they had ever seen. Moon collapsed from his normal orbit in pain. His entire left side was paralyzed. This new side of Moon was as we know, ‘the shadow of the moon’. Sun named him Stormy because the uncreative ‘the shadow of the moon’ was far too long. Stormy shared everything with Moon including Moon’s beautiful heart. Moon’s heart made Stormy unwillingly kind and friendly. However, sometimes the pure darkness of Stormy’s genetics strikes their heart like a storm covering the moon, making Stormy

Not only that but that when the chief’s daughter fell ill the Sky People dug up a tree and laid the girl next to the hole that remained. When they laid her next to the hole she fell through the hole where two swans caught her. Then they put her on The Great Turtle’s back and it counseled that she was a symbol of good fortune. The Great Turtle sent all the other animals to bring the Sky World tree back with earth covered roots. Many animals tried but failed, coming back to exhausted and died. Finally an elderly woman toad had just enough energy left to spit a mouthful of earth onto the back of The Great Turtle. The earth was magical therefore it grew and grew enough for the Sky woman to live on. The swans circled enough till it grew in to the land mass it is today. But it was dark so The Great Turtle called the animals to put a great light into the sky. A little turtle climbed into a black cloud collecting lightning as she went. She made a big bright ball called the sun and a smaller ball called the moon. Then The Great Turtle commanded the animals to make holes in the comers in the sky so the sun and moon could go down as one when up as they circled. The Sky woman gave birth to twins, one good called Tharonhiawagon, one evil called Tawiskaron. From her breasts grows the three sisters; corn, beans, and

Odyssa followed the path of the sea just as the Phaeacians told her. As she was walking, she ran into someone. His name was Apollo, the god of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery. At first, he startled Odyssa, but he told her that he wanted to help her find her way back home, so Odyssa agreed to let him come along. At first, she didn't seem to trust Apollo because she never met a god before, but as time passed, she grew to like him.

Have you ever heard of bleeding trees? Have you ever wondered why they bleed? Well, there was once a woman named Rita Greene and she was a Sunday school teacher. She was really holy and always put her religion first. One day her church had a huge event to hopefully get more people to join their church. The event ended at 12 AM in the morning and she and the preacher stayed up until 3 AM in the morning cleaning up the mess left over. Rita walked home as she usually did and took the same path she always took. As she walked, she saw a tree with a weird branch on it. “That’s odd,” she told herself. She didn’t think too much of it until she got closer and closer to the tree.”Oh dear heavenly Lord!” she said a shaky voice once she realizes what it

Long ago the god of the sun Apollo wanted to challenged the god of the moon his twin sister Artemis in war. The only way could send a message to his sister Artemis was if he called upon Hermes the messenger for the gods. He called the messenger god Hermes and said “can you send this to the god of the moon Artemis?” said Apollo. Artemis got the letter and opened it.

Town is a series of thirteen short stories, each of which is told from different teenagers in a small town in NSW. Over the course of the year we meet a number of different young people from the town and are invited into their lives. The stories tackle a number of important and relevant young adult themes, including school life, family dynamics, sexuality, rumours and reputations, disability, illness and death. Whilst Roy does not shy away from tackling hard and confronting issues, his stories are told with a blend of humour and pathos which draw the reader in and allow him to entertain as well as to engage in some powerful social commentary. All of Roy’s characters are well-drawn and realistic. Readers can easily relate to these people and

There once was this boy, named Dummy. He never listened and always sat around doing nothing. He had two older brothers who were handsome and never failed to listen. One day, their mom told the boys to go cut wood and they listened and did as they were told. They came back with two trees cut all up. When the next day they went out to cut wood, their mom gave them some cheese cake along with beer and wine. When they ran into this old man who said “ share some of your cake and beer with me i'm dying” The boys said “ go find your own food you filthy animal”. the old man cast a spell on the boys. One day, one boy missed the tree and hit his leg with the axe. The next day the other man missed the tree and hit his head with the axe. While they were

There is a lot of myths about wolves and the moon. One is about a man leaving the spirit world to receive a flower for his love but he didn't know that once he left he couldn't go back. When he realized he couldn't go back he asked the gods for one more thing and that was to be boon in a wolf. Another one is that they are howling at the gods to try and get their gifts back. They had fought the humans on a selfless act and that upset the gods so they took their beloved gifts back from the wolves. The moon and a god named Quae Carcajou was in love and one day the trickster spirit told Quae Carcajou that there was some pretty flowers in the human world and that the moon would love some, so Quae went and got her some but when he came back he couldn't get in and the one who was standing guard at the spirit world entrance told him he couldn't and after he did that he put the trickster spirit in

In “A Small Place”, the author Jamaica Kincaid talks about her strong feelings about and tourism in regard to her home country Antigua. Antigua is a 10x12 mile island in the West Indies and it was discovered by Christopher Columbus (Kincaid, 80). Many people don’t know about the background of places we visit, and Antigua is no exception. Kincaid believes, “A tourist is an ugly thing”, and expresses that belief throughout her essay. It is true that there a few tourists who actually know about Antigua and the events that took place there, but there are also some tourists that may not be fully aware of a country’s

Sneaking out the house at midnight for the fourth time this week. I slowly slink out the front and the brisk night air tickles my cheeks. Closing the door, I endure the most painful silence as the ever so slight noise may wake my sister. It finally shuts and I wait for a moment to see if anyone rushes to find who left or entered the house. After a few minutes, I decide it's safe to go. I walk down the driveway as the midnight breeze embraces me. As I reach the sidewalk, I look to the moon. It's tender white light illuminates the sky, but is polluted by the harsh yellow light spewing from the street lamps. Despite how ugly the street lamp light is, it still does the job of providing adequate quite well. I turn left down the street and head toward

“I have an idea.”, Apollo exclaimed. Then Apollo explained the idea to Artemis. “It’s decided,” Artemis remarked, “We shall go back tomorrow.” The next day they went back to the grand home of Zeus. The same loud voice echoed throughout the room, it was as if they had never left. “Enter.”, Zeus said, “What do you want this time?”. “We have come to make a compromise, we--.” Artemis started to say. “Enough said, now be gone.”, Zeus said. “Hear us out.”, Apollo added. “Fine then”, Zeus stated, “Make it quick.” “We still want the fire, but how about we make part of the day light and the rest of the time it goes back to darkness.”, Artemis started to say. “Why should I take your offer?”, Zeus asked. “Well,” Apollo started to say, “The mortals will love you if you grant them light.” Finally after hours of talking Zeus agreed to the plan. It was the next day and Zeus granted them the fire. It took a while to decide what the details of the day and night cycles were, but finally they came up with an idea. “We should call the light, the sun, and the darkness, the moon.”, Artemis decided. “We can split the credit, I will have the sun and you can have the moon.”, Apollo said “Ok.” Artemis remarked. “Also,” Apollo

The next day Artemis was there only a few minutes before yelling out into the night sky she wished there was color in the sky that would be as beautiful as the sun. Then the next night Zeus Artemis father came to watch the stars with her and as she sighed into the night because there was no color or beauty in the sky Zeus knew just what to do. So then next day Zeus when to Artemis and told her to do just as he said and he would have her wish granted if she did exactly as he said. Then he said “Artemis I know how much you like watching the sky