In the beginning, I felt like he used that as if his emotions fell into the water through her and never came back. ... But throughout the poem, the author kept fresh in the mind of the readers that someone was being abandoned. ...

• Word Count: 1379
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

My mom's tired eyes reddened and watered with tears. ... The smell was clean and fresh, the grass nice and green and there was lots of it, I couldn't even compare it to the fast paced life in Fairfax. ...

• Word Count: 1710
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog, had written in reference to immigrants in America, "Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you the milk's gone sour and the honey's stolen." Immigrants from the 1700s to mode...

• Word Count: 2291
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School