This is the list of songs that are the most impactful in my life today. All five of these songs allow so many memories, emotions, and much more flood my mind every time that I listen to them.   Sam Smith- Stay with me   Why am I so emotional? No, it’s not a good […]

  As a small boy sits in the comforts of the grassy lain, his eyes lock on the mass of Wood jutting from the ground.   The Towering Wood places a seed of fear deep into his mind. He runs back away from the fence as that seed starts to sprout into a sapling.        […]

The Story of Norman Is a sad and depressing story to read, but I think that this story is a very important chapter to read in the book, not just because it provides more background info to what happened in Vietnam when O’Brien was there, but it also provides desperately needed information on the topic […]

The chapter Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong is a little bit different than most of the chapters. It is about the story of the girl Mary Ann, and how she transformed from a sweet young high school girl to a killer that wears human tounges as jewelry. Throughout the chapter, we see this progression of […]

War has and will be the most horrible atrocity that humans are capable of, but through all of the darkness that comes with war, you can see that there is a little hidden glimpse of the glory. O’Brien can verbalize what this hidden side of war is on page 76 when he said ” War […]

In life, hard decisions and hard moments can flood our vision,  making it hard to see the bright side of things. Also in life, there will be people that will clear up the troubled times and help guide you. These people, who you may not truly appreciate at the time are the Hidden heroes in […]

Hello, this is all about me, Cole McManus. To start off with, I am in a family of 5, and the youngest. Both of my sisters have either gone through college or still in college.  My family roots are from Iowa and southern Arkansas.  My family and my friends are a huge part of my […]

My name is Cole, I love to play baseball. I am also on the Naperville North Football Team, and we’re going to beat Batavia.