Arawata Bill (Creative writing)

Mostly all that I can usually see is the color grey yet the mountains and all their streams.. rivers and rocks still stun me with their beauty. The rocks glisten with water from the river. The river is complimented by the rocks.. which make it look more raging than it actually is. One thing that is better than all the rest is gold. I know it's here too. The river's roar is so loud that my voice is muffled. It doesn’t matter anyway. I'm all alone up here. Small beams of light leak through the top of the tarp.. which was meant to keep some rain out. It's coming to it's end soon. It has practically no effect now. My mind starts to awaken. "Another day." It thinks. Another day of the search for gold. Another day looking for my next pay. Another day of the hunt. When I roll over out of bed.. I try to think of where the gold is most likely going to be.. but this boggles me. My body is aching. My stomach isn't very appeased. I would eat.. but I wouldn't want to waste the very minimal amount of what you may call food up. The things that I could eat are old corned beef and rock-hard biscuits. Appetizing. On my feet.. I can definitely feel the effects of yesterdays struggle up the mountain. I stumble over to the exit of my temporary home. On the way.. negative thoughts strike my mind. This will probably be one of my last trips. My time is nearly up. I decide that positive thoughts are a lot better. I’ll make it home with hundreds of dollars of gold. I wonder how much gold I’d have by now if I were 10 years younger. My mind becomes a war zone. I scan the environment. There are trees sprinkled around the landscape as if they were on of a child’s cake. When you look around and past nature’s beauty.. it’s actually quite an ominous thing. The clouds roll overtop of the area.. while the river is pulling then smashing anything it can touch. Suck you in so that it can destroy you. All it takes is just one misplaced foot for me to never return home. I’d better be careful. With all my gear ready.. I think of what I may get today. I may get to be rich. I may just waste more time of my life. I step off from my perch on a rock.. which is jutting out of the ground like a sinking ship. I set off on my journey. This was one of the most memorable days of my life. Why am I living it again? Why is it that it’s all that I can think of right now? Maybe it’s just not right how I’m dying. Should I be out there right now? Instead of dreaming.. should I be putting up a fight? Or has It all left me? If I did fight this.. I’d only die a week or so later. I try to get into a comfortable position. My body starts going numb. I think of what I’ve done throughout my life. Who I am. All my accomplishments and failures. I don’t know if I’m supposed to go out like this.. but it feels right. I close my eyes.. and start to drift off. This is the end. A summary of what this describes is: It pretty much shows that Arawata Bill was a curious man. Also.. he was very confident that he would find gold and live off of it.. even though he knew that gold is hard to come by. Thanks - Tom

Macbeth Essay Draft

In William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" a event of which I consider to be a major turning point was when Macbeth meets the three witches. I thought this was a major turning point because without these three witches.. Macbeth wouldn't have gone insane from his "Vaulting Ambition"

A reason why this is such a major turning point is because the witches predict that not only will Macbeth assume the role of Thane of Cawdor.. but he will become king too! This is a turning point in more ways than one. Because this starts his previously stated "Vaulting ambition." Without Macbeth’s ambition.. he wouldn’t have killed Duncan.. or at least he would have prolonged his demise.

“All hail Macbeth.. thane of Glamis!
All hail Macbeth.. thane of Cawdor!
All hail Macbeth.. king of Scotland!”

This is evidence of the turning point.
This turning point also displays a lot of qualities of Macbeth.. helping the audience learn a bit about Macbeth and Banquo. Macbeth’s childish ways are heavily displayed throughout the play by showing his lust for power. He wants what he shouldn’t be able to have. Another demonstration of his childish ways is how much Macbeth hates losing. He goes to great extents to prove to lady Macbeth that he is a man.. instead of a “mouse.” Another point of this is he tries so hard to be king.. and kills anyone who is in his way. So much so that he would kill his best friend. I

n my opinion.. all of Macbeths negative features are amplified after the scene with the witches’ prediction. Shakespeare demonstrates that words can go a long way.. and that a small group can change a nation.

In the play of Macbeth.. there are many turning points. One of the major ones I chose to examine the turning point when the witches told Macbeth his future. Essentially this started Macbeth’s insanity.. and started his kingdom ship.. and malevolent ways.

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-Tom