The Haunted Trail Essays - COPS, USA Cartoon Express, Television

The Haunted Trail Legends The Haunted Trail Well, there was once like fifteen or twen'y years ago this kid, right. An' this kid was like all f***ed up on like ?shrooms an' acid an' stuff. Kinda like ______. (Laughter) Anyway this night he got inna fight with his parents, an' he like skitzed out an' went nuts an' ran out the back door of the house. Well, the kid never came home that night so his parents called the cops to try an' find him, an' they told them that they were already searching the area because some dude had called them and told them that he had hit a naked kid while driving along the trail that night, an' when he got out to see if the kid was alright, there was nobody there. So anyway they sent out this big search party up into the woods around the trail an' everything an' they couldn't find anything. So the search was called off when it started to get dark but they weren't really too worried cause they figured the kid was all screwed up and just took off into the woods to chill out for awhile, and would turn up i n a day or two. Dude didn't show up ever again, there was never any sign of him or his body or anything, it was like he jus' disappeared. Anyway one night there were these chicks campin' up in the field off the side of the trail, an' they were out runnin' around in the woods doin' their chick things all half canned when one of em starts screaming an' freakin' out an' sh*t. So the others run over to see what's wrong an' there's this naked bloody body. So they all start screamin' an' freakin out an' they runs and gets back to camp, hop in the car, an' goes to get the cops. So there's another big search an' the girls show ?em the spot but again there's no sign an' it gets called off . Now they say that the kid is livin' up here an all the drugs have got him gone crazy, an' he's waiting for someone to do weird sh*t to. Some people have been drivin' up the trail an' seen this naked guy run across the road an' stuff. An' y'all know M_____?(Answers of yes) Well he live up off the trail on the main road an' he told me that sometimes at night different houses will hear this knockin' on their door an' it won't stop an' as soon a s they get to the door it stops, they open it, an' there's no one there.

Huxley Brave New World essays

Huxley Brave New World essays A full and meaningful life ultimately rests upon the individual's ability to make choices and to determine the course of their own existence. Even when these choices are wrong, and they make the person miserable, it is the freedom of will that makes life meaningful and worthwhile. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley's vision of utopia is a world that is free from strife and discomfort, where every need is met, and where anything that is potentially difficult or disturbing is removed. Through the words of John the Savage, we see the danger in such a utopia, where individual freedom and choice is compromised. In this world, life becomes a sterile reflection of the true diversity and passion that comes from individual choice. John argues that the freedom to be unhappy is one of the most fundamental rights and needs that human beings possess. Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World, describes a world where personal choice and the ability to be unhappy have been traded for a society where discomfort is unheard of, and everyone is obsessed with being happy. In this view of utopia, violence does not exist, and all human needs are met. Potential unhappiness is treated by a pill, soma, religion does not exist, and meaningful relationships are discouraged. Huxley's view of utopia clearly excludes individuality. In The Brave New World, true individuality is not an option. Notes the Director, "'We predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future . . .' He was going to say 'future World controllers,' but correcting himself, said 'future Directors of Hatcheries,' instead" (13). In Huxley's utopia, happiness is contingent upon accepting a preordained place in the social order. Notes the Director, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue-liking what you've got to do. All condition...