No Such Thing as Vampires

Kat Graham once said, “There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even sexier.” Women have to fight for what they want to be in life. Many people call the life that we live in “a man world,” however it is not just a man world it is also a women world too. Many thing can be blames for the image that makes people believe that women should live up to. There are also many issues facing young women in America today: employment opportunities, violence against women, and women health. For example, employment opportunities is as challenging for women everywhere. Women use to be just housewives and later in time this…

directions and gestures say, “She crosses through the room, goes to the window, opens it, and brings in a feeble little plant growing doggedly in a small pot on the window sill. She feels the dirt and puts it back out.” (Hansberry 930) Later, whenever the family is packing up to move to the new home, Mama grabs her plant. Beneatha says, “Mama, what are you doing?” Mama replies, “Fixing my plant so it won’t get hurt none on the way…” (Hansberry 975) Beneatha is caught off guard by this gesture,…

Hogdman is that how he cares so much for his mother that he does not want to hurt her. The same can be said about me because the last thing I would want to do is hurt someone, especially one’s mother. I would rather do right by her as Hodgman tries to do also through the memoir. It could be what some call the mother son effect. Where both the mother and son have a special bond with one another. In the memoir he states that, “She has been my rock and I am convinced that, at some level, she has…

forget recess, where all my problems flew like the wind as I played tag. Headaches and sleepless nights weren’t even trending in elementary school. Oh careless days I miss you! Writing has influenced my life in many ways, it has allowed me to express myself in silence, expanding my vocabulary skills, and help me communicate with others verbally. In 6th grade my beloved teacher Mr. Harris who loved literacy, made it his duty for us to focus on writing first thing every morning. I enjoyed…

Different, everyone is different, and as a society we should accept these differences. We all want to find who we really are and what makes us, well, us. I’ve always questioned myself and wondered every day if I am a “normal” person. Today I am slowly discovering who I am and honestly, there is no such thing as “normal” or “perfect”. No matter who you are, there will be people judging you and that I something we all got to live with. Someone once told me, “You have to find your own voice and…

As many people know or have come to learn, there is no such thing as the perfect parent. Everyone is going to slip up and make a mistake, that’s just called being human. Even today, we have everything handed to up on a silver platter, and yet we still make just as many mistakes as people did in the 1930’s with nothing. Atticus Finch is the father to Jem and Scout, a respected lawyer, and friend to all that cross his path. He was unconventional, and some folks of his time frowned upon the way he…

“It’s the little things that are vital. Little things make big things happen” (by john wooden), I agree with this quote by Mr. Wooden. I may not be related to vampires, but it is true little things the vampires do help our humanity. It has created believer to keep believing in science fiction. By having the power of the underdog, it has created a new culture, fear, and monsters. Vampire literature has changed dramatically over the centuries. The old vampire is a blood-thirsty, emotionless…

monsters like vampires and zombies presents itself as an allegory the “day to day existence.” Articles like “Why Vampires Never Die” by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan and “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead “ by Chuck Klosterman emphasizes the correlation between folktale and reality. The difference between Folktale and reality is that folktale and reality is that folktale are variations of stories from many cultures, while reality is something that exist and can be…

There are many examples to prove that Werewolves are way better vampires. For example, did you know that once a werewolf reaches maturity, their aging stops and they enter a state of virtual immortality in which they are free from physical old age and have an infinite lifespan? To prove how I know that werewolves are way better than vampires is because, werewolves travel in packs, while vampires travel alone. They say that if you mess with a wolf, you'll get the pack. This means that if a…

Who knew, a vampire could write a serenade. Irony, along with many other voices, are things that poetry allows a writer to express. In Dana Gioia’s poem “Vampire’s Serenade” irony is very prominent. Dana Gioia, a native Californian, is an internationally famous poet who has published four books of poetry, three literary criticism, and over two dozen literary anthologies. “Vampire’s Serenade”, included in the anthology Poetry Speaks Who I Am, is a poem about a…