The Characteristics of Animals

There are many reasons that people will admire animals, they are caring, selfless, and loving. However, the first trait of animals that comes to mind is that they are loyal. Humans typically admire this trait because everyone wants to have loyal companions. No one wants to be stabbed in the back or double-crossed; they want to have friends that are loyal to a fault, who will always have their back.

In the two essays “The Courage of Turtles” and “The Death of a Moth”, Hoagland and Woolf admire these two animals because of how courageous they are. In Woolf’s essay, he talks about how he witnessed a moth’s courageousness and how he admired it. He says that in its last dying moments, the moth put all its energy and effort into flipping itself over. Woolf admired this last effort because even though it was useless, it took valor and pride to accomplish.

The animal that I admire the most is the dog. The reason that I admire this animal so much it because they has many qualities that I would like to have for myself, happiness, protectiveness, and loyalty. These traits mean a lot to me because they are what I look for in a person. I want all of my friends to be loyal and have my back; I want them to always be happy and able to cheer me up, and protect me from any threat. Animals mean a lot to me and I admire all, no matter how big or how small. They all live life without complaining, are courageous, and are loyal to a fault.
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Dying of Fright

In the essay Total Eclipse, Annie Dillard writes about watching the moon cast a shadow over the sun. This passage caught my attention because she talks about what it looked like and what she felt when the moon had covered the sun. I liked how Dillard describes what she was thinking while watching, and how she compares it to a different time period. Comparing herself to Emperor Louis and how differently they reacted was interesting and drew the reader even closer to the essay. I also like how she took many familiar items that we see everyday, and was able to describe them in ways that the readers have never seen before and make the period unfamiliar. I did not like how Dillard had compared the moon and sun to a dragon. I thought that this was out of context and made the reader a little bit confused. I think that by writing this passage, Dillard was trying to convey to the audience that this moment was not like any other she had ever experienced. This makes the passage fit into the whole story line because she had described how she

felt and how it was different from a normal everyday.

Chill of Death

In the essay Once More to the Lake, E. B. White talks about two times, past and present.
In the beginning of the essay, White starts off with the past and moves towards the present. After White is in the present, he keeps flashing back to the past and remembering all of the things that he had done when he previously went there. White continues to look back to the past throughout the story and misses all of the things that he used to do with his family, and what he used to do there. Throughout this whole story, white is having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that the lake is immortal, and he is not. With each day and each time he looks at his son, he knows that he is going to keep aging even though the lake wont. The last line on the essay really reiterates this because it shows that the narrator is coming to terms with the fact that he is closer to death, then he is to life.

Heart Troubles

In the essay "The Story of the Hour" Mrs. Mallard has a heart issue and had to be told in gentle ways that her husband had died in a unfortunate and tragic train accident. When she was told, she breaks down into tears and locks herself into her room and at the end of the story when her husband, Brently Mallard, walks in, Mrs. Mallard collapses and dies. The ironic part of this was that Mrs. Mallard did not have a heart attack when she had found out that her husband had died, but was so surprised when her husband walked in, she did. Throughout the whole story, Mrs. Mallard looked out of her window and thought to herself. She realized that she had never known how much she had longed for time to herself and freedom from her husband. Even though she was still sad that her husband had died, she had the feeling of hope rising inside of her. She had the hope that with the days to come, she could live her life freely and have fun by herself. At the end of the story after Mrs. Mallard had died, her family was told that she died of a heart attack of joy. This did not seem to be true and it seemed that she really only died of a heart attack of surprise.

Mystery Object

The object is green, but it is also purple, yellow, red, blue, lime, brown, orange, and pink. All over this one of a kind creation there are sharp points and edges, but it is also smooth and flat. There are holes, bumps, indents, and pieces that have chipped off, yet it is also smooth, flat, and curved. The object gives off an aura of peacefulness but the area around it is noisy and bustling. Hardened sprinkled Cherios and shells of all kind of colors surround this mystery object. It is bigger then a phone but smaller then a desk drawer. What am I?