The ride home was a time where I really began to understand Mikayla, her father, and where she comes from. Without his truck, I would have never been able to reach this level of understanding of my girlfriend. It helped Mikayla and I reach a new level on our relationship. Now, I have seen her at her worst, and things can only get better from here. In all I’ve spent about 10 hours riding in his truck, just listening to him talk about his life and what he thinks about my relationship with his daughter.
In “How to be a Success,” by Malcolm Gladwell states that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become successful. Gladwell defines success as completing a complex task needs a minimum amount of practice, concluding in 10,000 hours. A strong argument was made with facts and proof behind the statement of 10,000 hours although, I believe success is completing a set goal and feeling achievement. Gladwell stands behind many role models and their story to success in hold of his theory. The Beatles are a great example of using 10,000 hours to become successful.
I am very grateful to have discovered the thoroughly researched paper, The True Story Behind “The Aquarian Gospel” from which I feel it is necessary to paraphrase in the next few paragraphs. Levi was the son of a Church of Christ minister who followed in his father’s footsteps. During the Civil War he was a chaplain with the commission of Captain whose regiment lost no men save those who died from smallpox. It was just after this that Levi Dowling lost both his wife Sylvia and only new-born son. The war and this terrible tragedy must have had profound effect on Levi.
The novel entails the killers’ friendship, trial and Kansas death row. The four members of the Clutter family were recognized in a main portion of the book, as well. Capote attempted to make a powerful statement against the death penalty, but his subjects are hardly the type to feel sympathy for. (Bloom 37) Many critics stated the novel was moving but disturbing at the same time. The depth in which Capote went in this book made it one of the best novels of its kind.
Johnathan Liu Ms. Zymajtis English 10A 16 December 2011 Courage In this novel, there was a lot of courage expressed in many of the characters. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses the characters Mrs. Dubose, Atticus, Jem, and Scout to say that those who are truly courageous stand up for what they believe in no matter the consequences. Mrs. Dudbose was an elderly, ill tempered and racist woman. She was very courageous in the novel. “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (Lee p.112).
Because of his back injuries he mostly did traffic control. He loved to help others and was very often the first one on the scene. He dedicated many hours to our community and losing him to cancer on November 25, 1997, was not only the saddest day of my life, but the saddest to the Bethel Community as well. The fire department honored Papaw during his funeral with the entire department in attendance and with the fire trucks leading the funeral procession through town. That was the day that I realized what pride in someone else really felt like.
In order to obtain this wealth and luxury they must stay together and help each other because without one both character’s goals would be unobtainable. George and Lenny’s relationship is important to the story because their friendship that they develop through the book explains the internal conflict that Lenny goes through to realize that he must kill George. This complicated relationship between friends, shows that anyone can become paired to another person no matter if that’s your intent or not. An even odder relationship is the one between Chillingworth and Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter. As soon as they meet and get married they are instantly stuck together for life even if they are not married.
It is shown through the characters names, for the names are often related to important political figures of the early twentieth century. Each character is symbolic of something all his or her own. Helmholtz Watson is sought to be one of the most rebellious characters in the brave new society. He has a conflict within himself but is much interested in others. Much like John B. Watson, the man known for the Little Albert Experiment, Helmholtz is curious, but much too bored with his lifestyle.
Atticus is defending Tom because he knows that he was falsely accused. Scout and Jem have to fight to keep calm. Scout is able to keep calm through all the teasing and backbiting because she has promised something to her father and does not like to let him down. Scout has faith in Atticus because she knows that if he fights, it's for the good always. She has no racial prejudice against Tom but her growth is almost incredible as she comes to understand all the prejudice against her father's client and that he will lose the case simply because Tom is black.
Erika Casas English 121 2/11/12 Struggling Through Cancer “Cancer”, it’s a disease that has claim the lives of millions, it’s a disease that so far has no known cure, and it’s a disease that has many different forms. As for my situation I wasn’t the one diagnosed with cancer; unfortunately it was my dad. My father had been complaining of a very uncomfortable pain in his lower abdomen; major weight loss, and very fatigue. We never expected it would be something more serious than just poor diet, or just a small bug he was getting over. The news was out my dad was diagnosed with “Colon Cancer”, life changing for him as well as for our entire family.