I knew war was going to change my life but I never thought it would be this dramatic of a change. ... We had our own bickers and scraps now and then but so does everyone when the stress of going off to war in a month is on your mind. ... There were two sides of the platoon and every night the DI would say "Port side shine 'em up, starboard side shower up" or vice versa, meaning that whatever side would shower up would jump in the shower and whatever side would shine had to polish their belt buckle and their boots. ... You have to cover me while I go upstairs and steal someone e...

• Word Count: 2540
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

So I saw all these terrible things going on. ... We either don't know where to begin or don't know where go. ... I would go to the source which would be the person talking. Go up to them calmly and ask them what was going on. I always go to the source then to the root. ...

• Word Count: 3025
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

And off she would go, wherever she was, to tell her father, though it meant going all the way to Makati, Rizal, where she lived with her parents in a new house on Zapote Street. ... This, and the furniture, the shell lamps and the fancy bric-a-brac that clutters the narrow house indicate that the Cabadings had not only risen high enough to justify their split-level pretensions but were expecting to go higher. ... He couldn't bear to see Lydia and Leonardo rise and go up together to their room. ... His car had broken down and he had had it repaired and now he could not go home. ... Said C...

• Word Count: 5098
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: High School

She let her youth and whatever beauty she had slip away in the dark recesses of the dusty old house, all the while clinging to the notion that she was a member of the long-dead aristocracy. ... Hawthorne goes to great lengths to state the resemblance between the Judge and the Colonel . ...

• Word Count: 2711
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School