As a senior in high school, I didn't think anything could happen to me. August 28, 2003 started off as any other day. During my first two periods, everything remained normal. As usual, my friends and I went to lunch after school. We discussed where we wanted to go and I suggested Subway. Leaving school, we were on our way. Little did I know, a couple of miles down the road, I would have my first car wreck.
My boyfriend and another friend were in a car in front of me as we left the school. The main road had been backed up because of construction, so we decided to take the back roads. These long winding roads helped us get there faster, but we couldn't have ever guessed something of great gloom would ruin my whole week. As we made our way to the intersection to cross the highway, my boyfriend got in the wrong lane. Stopping in the middle of the road, I tried to let him get back in front of me. He wouldn't so I stopped at the red light.
Traffic seemed to be backed up like cars parked at a concert. The stoplight having turned green, the cars started going and I found myself crossing the highway. The smell of fresh tar, sounds of honking horns, sight of hurried drivers, and the cold air coming out of my air conditioner made me feel as if everything was as it should be. Seeing all the backed up traffic, I .
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soon realized it would be hard to get into Subway's parking lot. Turning on my blinker, I stopped to wait for the traffic to pass so I could turn into the lot. A man in a pretty, dark blue truck backed up a little and waved me through. The next moments were terrifying, surprising, startling, and most of all depressing. .
Halfway across the road, I felt like a little kid driving bumper cars at an amusement park. By the time I put my car in park, got out, shut the car door, walked around to see the damage, I finally realized I had pulled out in front of someone I could not see.
Wrecking My First Car It happened so fast I can hardly remember what really happened. ... Wrecking my first car has taught me a bunch of responsibility. ... But then on my way home from a party I wrecked it. ... Being in a car wreck has influenced me in many ways. ... I hope not to be in any more wrecks, but that is all I can do. ...
My first car wreck According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 710 persons were killed in various road accidents in Lagos between January and November last year. ... I had never been involved in a car wreck before. ... My dad and I were on our way back home from church when we stopped at a red light. ... Later on my dad told me he was going to visit the man at the hospital so I decided to tag along. ... After a while, we left the hospital and all I could remember was what my dad had told me before. ...
The Wreck of the Sindia My project deals specifically with the shipwreck of a sailing vessel named The Sindia. ... A wrecking company would be hired to salvage all it could from the ship. ... My Grandmother can recall playing in and around the ship as a child. ... My Grandmother and Aunt can remember there times spent playing on the ship. ... The wreck of the Sindia is just one of them and there are many more shipwrecks that lay off the Ocean City and New Jersey coastline. ...
Imagery of a Horrible Occurrence As I grew up my parents used to tell me that everything happens for a reason. ... In the poem, Auto Wreck, by Karl Shapiro, Shapiro uses vivid details to display to the reader a disturbing car crash. ... In stanzas two and three of Auto Wreck, Shapiro portrays a stiff, lackadaisical atmosphere. ... In conclusion, Karl Shapiro's, Auto Wreck, has a lasting impression on the reader. ...
Imagery of a Horrible Occurrence As I grew up my parents used to tell me that everything happens for a reason. ... In the poem, Auto Wreck, by Karl Shapiro, Shapiro uses vivid details to display to the reader a disturbing car crash. ... In stanzas two and three of Auto Wreck, Shapiro portrays a stiff, lackadaisical atmosphere. ... In conclusion, Karl Shapiro's, Auto Wreck, has a lasting impression on the reader. ...
Most wrecks involve more than one person, but not the wreck that I experienced. ... A few causes of my wreck included not paying attention, driving too fast, and wet pavement roads. ... My parents said I would have to pay for the ticket since it was my wreck and my fault. ... My wreck was a learning lesson. ... I learned how the cause of my wreck had a big effect of how I drive from day to day. ...
The poem I felt a funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson is a dream about the speaker's death. This is evident because of the capitalization of brain in the line "I felt a funeral in my Brain,"" In the poem the speaker does not only discuss the physical aspects of dying but also the process of mourning. ... The service is described to be like a drum and that is " beating "beating "till I thought/ My Mind was going numb "" Again, the repetition and the word numb shows how as they speak about her life the poet is aggravated that she has to leave it behind. ... She continu...
"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" Life, death, and reincarnation are portrayed in Emily Dickinson's poem "I felt a Funeral, in my brain". ... The line "I felt a funeral, in my brain" brings to mind death. ... Confusion is shown in this line, "like a drum-/Kept beating -beating- till I thought/My mind was going numb". ... "And I and silence, some strange race/Wrecked, solitary, here". ... The line "some strange race wrecked" describes the exiting of life into death, the human race is "wrecked". ...
I was strong in my faith and my convictions. ... I took my faith for granted. ... The only way to Adam's house goes right by where the wreck happened. ... It took a year after Brooke's wreck before I started to regain faith in anyone or anything. ... Brooke's wreck may not have affected everyone, but it impacted my life. ...
