Indian Epics OU

Danger of the single story. Chimamanda used her experience of growing up in Nigeria in a happy home. She realized when she came to America that people often associated her with an African stereotype that she did not fit. As she came to realize she also was subject to judging and stereotyping people. She says that when people only rely on a single story of a person that they narrow their view and often are quick to judge others. I thought many of the points she made were very true. If people did more research and were not relying on a single narrative they may understand the world a little bit better. Her points made me reflect on my life and that I think everyone could be better about judging others less and trying to understand cultures unlike their own. Imaginary friends and real-word consequences- I found this video very interesting because it is a subject that I had never thought about. Even though I never thought about the effects of this I feel that it relates to me very much. ...

December 10th was a cold day at Wild Lake Elementary school. The school was preparing for the first snow of the winter. The kids had all arrived bundled up in coats, hats and winter boots. Mrs. Meek was a Kindergarten teacher. Her classroom was filled with 18 five-year old kids. She had been teaching at the school for fifteen years and was used to days like this at school. Due to the weather the school planned an indoor playtime, since going outside was out of the question. After lunch it was time for the Kindergartners to play in the gym. Each class lined up in a single file line and made their way down the hall and into the gym area. Mrs. Meek and the other five teachers all lined up against the wall and kept an eye on the children. Voices seemed even louder than usual as they echoed against the tall ceilings in the gym. "Mrs. Meek! Mrs. Meek! Catch the ball," yelled one of her students as he flung a giant bouncy ball her way. It bounced off of her hands as she failed t...

Emily ran down the hallway. "Its Halloween!" she yelled. Emily was 10 years old and had decided to dress up Jasmine her favorite Disney princess. Halloween was by far her favorite day of the year. Her love of candy and princesses all combined into one day.  Every year her family would go trick or treating around their neighborhood. Emily's favorite house was Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith always gave out a hand made surprise goody bag full of toys and chocolate. As dusk approached Emily got dressed in her Jasmine costume. Her mom, dad and brother all got ready to go trick or treating. As they left the house Emily saw ghosts, skeletons and spider webs. She went door to door happily saying "trick or treat" and receiving candy in return. The house on the corner had a bowl out front with a sign saying "please take one". So Emily happily took one piece of chocolate and continued to trick or treat. Finally Emily approached Mrs. Smith's house. To her surpri...

Dimly lit bar Source:  shamrockbar It was Friday night and Ben headed over to his local bar. He walked over to the corner stool and took a seat. The room was dimly lit. A flickering light hung over a pool table to the right and above the bar a neon light buzzed. "Whatcha drinking tonight hun?" said the friendly bartender. Ben just pointed and the bartender happily poured him a glass. "Now I know you're not just going to sit here in silence all night. If you need someone to talk to I'm here to listen. My name is Kathy by the way," said the bartender. "Ben," he said as he managed a smirk. After the small introduction Ben managed to begin to tell the story of his sorrow. How he had met a girl but in the end realized he could never win her heart. They had met online using one of those dating apps; her name was Kelly. Her profile caught his eye with a photo of Kelly and her dog walking on the beach. After they hit it off on their first coffe...

Small number of original languages that split up and became isolated. Similar words dont mean that a language is related but may just be a borrowed word. There are between 3000-8000 languages in the world. Some dialects are not considered another language but are very different. Anglo Saxon is what is considered old english. Old norse language then mixed with old english. French and latin language are still thought of a superior words to old saxon language. Aspects give you 12 possibilities in English but Japanese only has 2. A real word has grammar and elvish is a real language because of this. Languages are never logical and there are some words you just have to know. New words come from borrowing from other languages or putting two words together. Sometimes words will just gain new meaning. Dictionary just documents usage they don't make up words. The semicolon is used to link independent clauses. Grammar is a set of patterns of how words are put together. All languages have nou...

Dana was a beautiful girl, although she had not always been this way. She grew up in a small town in Montana and never saw herself as pretty. She worked as a waitress five nights a week and took college classes during the day. One day a man she had never seen before entered the diner, his name was Andy. She took his order and giggled flirtatiously. She had never gotten the butterflies over a stranger before. That summer they had a whirlwind romance. "Dana, I don't know how to say this but now that the summer is ending I won't be in Montana much longer", said Andy. Dana looked at him longingly as tears began to form in the corners of her eyes. He did not want to disappoint her, and without thinking shouted " I want you to come with me!" Fast forward to today Dana is a married woman. She isn't married to Andy as one would think, but his older brother Yani. She had packed up to move to Vegas with Andy the man she loved. However as they settled in Yani t...

Chocolate cone Source:  purepng Dave and his brothers were enjoying the last days of summer. The sun was out and heat still hung in the air. Dave, Mike, John and Paul loved playing in their neighborhood. "Lets go inside and ask mom for some ice cream!" exclaimed John. The other three brothers stopped and looked at each other in question. They knew that their mother never let them have ice cream on school days. As they sat under a tree for shade in their front yard all discussing who would go Mike stood and started walking towards the house. He walked inside and his stomach began to growl thinking of the chocolate dipped cones he knew were in the freezer. As he shut the door behind him he heard a voice calling from upstairs. "I have a question for you before you walk into that kitchen," the voice calmly said. Mike ignored the voice as he walked into the kitchen and grabbed an ice cream for himself. The other three boys sat outside as fifteen minutes past by....

Whiskers doesn't remember a time when he didn't live with Nina. He loved her so and when he wasn't basking in the sun from their living room window he was snuggled up next to her on the couch or in bed. He loved his human and couldn't imagine a better life. That was until the day Dave moved in. His life was forever changed that day. Whiskers no longer had a spot on the couch for him next to his Nina. If he wanted to lay in bed he struggled to find room in between four kicking human legs. Six  months of misery went by of having Dave push him away and Whiskers slowly felt like he was being replaced. He tried to live a happy life but longed for the days when it was just him and Nina. Angry Whiskers "I got the job in India", proclaimed Dave. This caught Whiskers attention because he knew that Nina had a job she left for everyday but had never heard of India. Nina did not look happy about this announcement. One day when Nina came home she was not actin...

Sita sees Rama and Lakshmana fallen Source:  blogspot Once upon a time their was a Lord and a King who lived in a magical land. The lord was named Richard and had a beautiful wife named Sara. His wife Sara was the most beautiful woman who wore a long pink dress and had golden hair the flowed in the wind. One day King Charles noticed how beautiful Sara was and kidnapped her. She yelled for help but the Kings army stopped her husband from helping Sara. She lived in the palace with King Charles but dreamed of the day that she would return home to her husband. The King was nice to her but she longed to have her true love back. Lord Richard gathered an army to win his wife back from the king and save her. The king never wanted to lose Sara and started a war. The son of King Charles, prince Andrew, saw his father losing the war and did not want him to be unhappy. Prince Charles had magical powers and waited for the right time to use them to help his father. The magic of Charle...

Source:  Ellsworth Young Newest version of this story located at:  https://sites.google.com/view/briannapportfolio/crane-and-crab The summer had been like no other. The reflection of the water shone as the blazing sun, gradually heated up the shallow waters of the lake. A small quaint lake filled with a population of ordinary fish stood idle from the nearby lush environment. Along with the fish lived a single crab who kept to himself and lived in the rocks as an observer of the lake. He saw daily interactions and each day noticed the tide revealed more earth than water and the temperature slowly increased throughout the summer. As the heat increased the depth decreased, shadows overhead of nearby cranes became a regular occurrence. The fish were picked off one by one, and until that day they had the safety of the depths of the lake. On that day the lake had increased to a depth and temperature that worried every fish in the lake, even the crab was dreading what was...