Walking

Black Plague essay by chance leathers I am a simple man from London during the late 1300s. I was walking the streets of London at around midnight, during mid winter. Not many people were out in the streets, many stayed in their homes sleeping and keeping warm, but tonight I was restless, the night seemed different. Somewhere deep inside I felt something, but I continued walking down the street. Then I saw a shadow of what looked like a man, I couldn't help but cautiously stare at him as I…

Tom Godwin’s “Cold Equations” and Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” both share similarities in their respective views on the effect of technology on human freedom and individuality in the future. In “Cold Equations”, if a human stows away on an EDS ship, the computer systems of that ship’s calculations for the exact amount of fuel needed to get from point A to point B would be incorrect: “Additional fuel would be used during the hours of deceleration to compensate for the added mass of the…

Of course, people can’t walk as far as they can drive and that is exactly why a shift to a walking culture needs to happen on a city level first. There is a phenomenon that calls “drive until you qualify,” which is basically an idea that people would drive further and further from city center until they find a big house that they can afford. We…

when I see the exact opposite. The sheer panic of being that confused freshman scared me out of doing what I should of done and ended up hurting me in the end. I was facing a building I didn 't know the name of, I started to panic, so I started walking. I wasn’t going to turn around and go back into the building to look like the confused freshman I was to get my mind in order. Therefore, I turned right at what I now know is Magruder and headed towards the library. Once there, I still had no…

to where my window was and nothing was there I was horrified. We went back inside, Robert, Gilbert and I were talking about what we were going to do today. We thought about going to north central park around 12 a.m. Time passed by and we started walking to north central, Robert asked us, “What would you all do if a bizarre figure starts chasing us?” I told Robert “ I'd run and find somewhere to hide around the park.” We walked to the entrance of north-central around…

Walking quickly, I passed three identical red houses, my tension sky-high. Will the dogs come after me when I’m there? I thought. My heartbeat slowly quickened until it was beating out of my chest. Why do I have to do this? My parents knew I was afraid of dogs, yet we went here. Right next to the three loudest canines in the whole city of Markham. Realizing that I was quickly approaching what was my greatest fear, I didn’t think I would make it home again. Gripping my green-gray fall jacket…

story called Landlady. The story is a lesson that things that seem to good to be true usually are. A old innocent lady turned out to be a killer. Dahl builds a sense of foreboding by drops little hints throughout the story. Billy weaver is walking to the bell and dragon. He sees a bright sign that says bed and breakfast and decides to go there to check it out. He goes to the door and press the button. The author writes. "Normally you ring the bell and you have to wait a half-minutes…

in situations when am doing something new. She looked me square in the eye and said I looked beautiful. I told her I didn’t need to hear that, but on how to calm my nerves down that were eating me up inside. She told me that it was super easy just walking up the stage and getting my diploma, and that she was going to be there the whole time. Her advice she was giving me didn’t help me at all, until she notice I didn’t have any makeup on. I was so done, and stated that that’s how nervous I was, I…

The Crimson sun rises to the sky as the loud construction begins to roar through the streets, as it is an alarm clock just for me. However to be a late sleepers drilling is what you should fear, drill drill is what you will only hear for hours to day to months the noise will never escape your mind when you try fall asleep for this is the city that never sleeps. With a view that defines beauty, different buildings are something I see. Some made out of brick others with pointy tips. Brown, red…

of that action, and tiny, nearly insignificant facts can change the entire way the same action can be perceived. For example, a woman is walking to a store with a heavy box full of expensive ceramic bowls. She almost to the door and the box begins to feel like it is slipping out of her hands. A man happens to be in front of her and is in the middle of walking in the door. He turns around to see her, and even though he is entirely aware of her current situation, he decides to go in anyways…