An essay on summer vacation

This year's vacation was the best vacation ever; I've been in the far east and I went to the most beautiful island in the Mediterranean Sea - Greece, there among the amazing beaches and beautiful women I found the meaning of ultimate freedom and relaxation.

            My journey started during the month of July , I flew to Hong-Kong to visit my father. I traveled there for a week, It wasn't my first trip to this fabulous country - I've been there few times before. We took a ferry from Hong Kong to a chinese city called shenzen near the border, I was lucky enough to have my father with me to show me around.

            Shenzen is a small town not far from Hong-Kong and we spent the day wandering through markets, taking in the sights, and generally just relaxing, and then we took a ferry back to HK, I remained in HK for a few days and flew back to Israel .

            When I came back to Israel I was overwhelmed by the economic, military and social problems that developed while I was away. mostly by the new law suggested by judge Tal, it felt like my whole world was collapsing on me so I decided to run away from all the mayhem, pollution, terror to a quiet place , a place that I can lie down between the sand – Greece. I flew to the island of Kos.

            It was the most amazing week of my life. the wonderful experience included beautiful beaches, incredible parties and meeting interesting people.

            To conclude, this vacation was the best i've ever had, possibly due to the fact this was the last school vacation of my life. I will always cherish every little moment of it.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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