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“Where from?”
“United States”
“WELL-COME,” joyously declared a little kid from a Bedouin tribe in Jordan. Surrounded by ancient tombs, a sandy landscape, and locals wrapped in head scarves selling items from their tents, I felt out of place. Yet,...
Title IX became important to me at a sleepover in the 9th grade, when a friend’s mother informed me that its 40th birthday was approaching. As a severely unathletic teenager, I was initially disinterested in a 37-word ploy to get me involved in...
Two cars collide. Shattered glass flies everywhere. As much as you want to turn away, you stand transfixed by the chaos. That’s what it was like hearing my friend Sara’s life story.
The first day, it was her emergency room visits for the holes in...
Standing knee-deep in clear water, I peer at the minnows swimming lazily around my toes.
“Help, Daddy, there’s a Mexican!” wails a curly-haired girl from the security of a bright pink inflatable ring. Her pointed finger indicates to all the target...
Little grains of rice, smothered in my mom’s pomegranate-walnut stew, danced around in my mouth as my mind strayed away from my hectic day. Our shadows remained beneath us at the dinner table as the kitchen lights burned a picture of what I wouldn...
From my upbringing in Northern Ireland, a small corner of the world, I’ve learnt that it’s possible to catch pneumonia and get sunburnt in the course of one afternoon, so I always over pack. So too have I discovered that “I’ll pop the kettle on”...
“Does Mr. Fishy go up, up, up or down, down, down?”
I ask my class as I lay a plastic toy fish on top of the water.
“Up, up, up!” a little boy named John exclaims.
“That’s right! Mr. Fishy goes up, up, up like we do!” I tell my class.
A plastic...
In a world where odds often dictate outcomes, consider the curious case of a piano and its player: 88 keys versus 10 fingers. In almost any other scenario, such odds would be laughable – imagine a soccer team fielding 88 players against 10, or a...
The Question and Answer section for American University is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Is there a specific book you are referring to?
Ulysses loves to travel and has loads of energy, whereas his son is content to stay at home. He is anxious to go onto his next journey; he is experienced, and he desires new experiences.
Telemachus is content to rule, just to get by and keep the...
I'm not sure how much of the author's ideas are in the story.
