Giving her up was terribly hard, even for a moment; the motherly instinct was truly surprising. At least a few highlights of that amazing day of news coverage, and the reactions around the world would be on to watch, while I was on my own. It was amazing to see Nancy Reagan so beautiful in red, elegant and serene and the new president smiling with such radiance, after taking office. After wishing my daughter, “Happy Birthday,” we sat down to witness this twenty-first century, historical event. Yesterday it was Martin Luther King Day, and only twenty four hours later, to witness the first African American president to the position of Commander in Chief, seems so inconceivable in my life time!
One can only speculate yes, if her last appearance with Barbra Walters could be considered to be a clue. When Sara Palin was asked by Barbra Walters whether she thought if she runs in 2012, would she be a winner over Obama, her answer was a yes without hesitation, “I think so” she said. With all this exposure that she has accumulated it would be a shame for it all to go to waste, would it not? With her new reality T.V. show “Sara Palin’s Alaska” she is bound to attract more followers, her opening night net 5 million plus viewers.
Catching Fire Have you ever wondered what it was like to pretend to love someone in order to keep you and your loved ones alive? Or having to go back to the nightmares that you try so hard to get away from? In the book Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, seventeen year old Katniss Everdeen is to keep up an act that she is in love with fellow District 12 victor, Peeta Mellark. Katniss had just won the seventy fourth annual Hunger Games and is getting ready to compete once again in the seventy fifth Hunger Games otherwise known as the Quarter Quell, a special edition of the usual hunger games In which she was chosen to be a tribute in result of her defying the Capitol. In chapter 1, the president of Panem;President Snow payed a visit to Katniss' new house in the Victor Village.
Adversity Essay - Final Draft Sometimes life presents us with difficult tasks that unfortunately get the best of us, but with rugged times comes en emotional force that impels us to push forward. A roman poet once said “adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” Think of (1)Wilma Rudolph an Olympic gold medalist, but as a child suffered polio, (2) Helen Keller, first dead/blind person to acquire a bachelors degree in the Arts, or rapper (3)Jayceon Taylor aka The Game. Despite their troubles past, each manage to push through arduous situations and accomplish their goals. [THESIS] As a child [transition], (1) Wilma Rudolph suffered numerous illnesses, one of which was polio, a crippling disease that could lead to a partial or full paralysis. Regardless of this [transition A], Rudolph went against all the odds and by the age of twelve she managed to walk normally without the help of crutches, braces, or corrective shoes; it was then, that she realized her calling: running.
Juarez, Mexico a town with a population of nearly 1.5 million people is an up and coming economic city near the Mexican-American border. An average American just as I have buys their SONY LCD television excited about the amazing image, or how great football will look on Sunday. The one thing that does not go though our minds is why is it that I bought this television for cheap? The answer is very simple. There are young twenty something year old woman working in maquiladoras or factories assembling these electronics for more or less $5.00 a day.
In the entire story Delia’s habitual meekness is used against her. As Delia was a very pretty girl when she got married with Sykes. But during the course of time Delia turns into a thin and black woman because of her hard work to earn the livelihood and also the ceaseless cruelty of Sykes plays an important role to turn an attractive woman to a skinny woman. Sykes openly cheats to Delia for his plump mistress Bertha. The whole thing takes place just for Delia’s submissiveness.
Olympic Dreams “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” -Frederick Douglas “Jamie Foxx wins another gold medal.” My mom was an outstanding person and watching old videos of her, helps me understand who she was. My mom’s name is Jamie Foxx and she was in the Olympics for running track. On July 14, 1996 she won her first gold medal for getting first place in the 400 meter race. While she was resting after the race, she had heart failure and had to be rushed into the emergency room. Before she received her gold medal, she passed away.
In the novella, Of Mice and Men, one person can ruin a person’s dream forever. George and Lennie share a dream to buy property and that is ruined by one mistake. Curley’s wife’s dream hinders her life daily because she always has time to think of what she could have been if she wasn’t with Curley. Pain, suffering, and loneliness are all aspects that make a person want to dream and hope for the best. Some people have difficulties achieving their dreams so they remain dreams for them to think of
Being an athlete also comes with a con of getting injured and being out for everything you worked for. Devlin states, “First, thousands of children and teenagers suffer knee injuries, broken bones, and other debilitating injuries only to be cast aside when they are no longer “useful” to the team”. Yes, this is a very common occurrence, but even though they are hurt they took away the discipline and work ethic with them. If athletes weren’t competitive at their sports then no athlete would want to improve their game thus the game in its entirety will never improve. That means the game of the year that makes America, “The Super Bowl”, wouldn’t take place and their wouldn’t be any funny commercials we love as well because no one would want to compete for funny commercials.
That was a game in which the Lady Kits walked on to the court with the pressure of proving themselves on their shoulders, and walked out of the gym with their spirits high and their egos boosted. Winter break for the girls was on its way around the corner and another victory could be achieved. That Thursday, the bell had rang at 3:35 p.m., the sign that the students could finally relax and take a break from everything, that was not the case for the girls varsity basketball team. Their winter break would not begin, could not begin until later that night, after they would take on the New Trier Trevians at Northwestern University. This is not just any regular conference match up, this isn't just any old school rivalry, this is war.