I felt as thought I had last more then just my arm, I thought that my hopes and dreams to become a pro-surfer and adventure the world were stripped away. At first I was hesitant about everything but I was mainly just scared. I was scared that I was never going to be able to get back on my board and surf. I was terrified of sharks as you would imagine, but I was more afraid of not ever being able to surf ever again. Some days I would come out of the water crying, but I just kept at it.
When he came to the ward they were having second thoughts about him being mentally ill. He came from a work camp; which they assumed he just didn’t want to do the work. Everyone has fears but McMurphy clearly deals with them in a different way. When he takes all of his ward mates onto the boat to go fishing they’re having troubles with getting the fish onto the boat. They’re all yelling for McMurphy’s help but all he can do is sit there and laugh.
All I could think about was not being able to swim. Going to the doctor to find that I had to take time off and go to physical therapy was extremely hard for me. I was out of swimming for about six months. Slowly getting back into swimming after being out for six months was difficult. I was afraid to start up again with the thought that I would have pain.
Kevin Oliveira Professor Madritch Expository Writing Literacy Narrative- Final Draft 30 September 2011 A Leap of Faith School ended and the brisk summer air gave me the feeling of a new beginning. Unfortunately, with every new beginning there is a past that haunts. My friend Jarred betrayed me many times before last summer; that is why I cut ties with him for months. As time went on my true friends began to see the effect he had on their trust, so they too disconnected themselves from him. I hated the sight of him and even his name, but deep down inside I missed our old friendship that had lasted since we were in kindergarten.
‘You see how many starfish there are? You’ll never make a difference.’ The boy paused thoughtfully, and picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean. ‘It sure made a difference to that one,’ he said (45).” The Hawaiian parable, this had to be the most inspiring part of the book to me. Hearing stories of how one person was able to do all these incredible things to make life better for people, I still feel uninspired. I don’t have the resources those people do; I would think I’m wasting my time unless it turns into one of those really huge projects and organizations I keep hearing about.
Later on she remembers that she still has a sweater to give her dad so she makes another trip to the well again and this time she finally dived into the ocean but this has caused her and her family more trouble. When Liz was at the well she told her family “IT’S LIZ. THERE’S SOME THING FOR DAD UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS IN MY CLOSET” (Zevin 144) to her brother. This caused them to misunderstand and Liz’s dad thought Liz’s brother was making a joke and wanted to hit him when he doesn’t believe in hitting. So now Liz has caused more trouble to her family because she tries to go fix something in the past.
He would try to spend time with his family but a question would always pop up about what he did in Hawaii and Travis seemed to get upset and tended to ignore the question and I asked myself why? Why does he ignore the question? But meanwhile, Laura found out Travis was back in town and she broke up with her recent boyfriend and started talking to Travis again later on in the story. Due to hanging out, going to the park, they ended up getting back together. Things seem to be going pretty well but a secret Travis has been keeping from Hawaii causes him to struggle with himself.
The venerably gentle manners of the people were not obtained through just being born with it. Their parents and friends had to have taught them how to be polite. Through nurture the monster is going to hopefully learn the same manners as the cottagers because humans are not born with good manners. The next case of nurture is “ In this retreat I devoted the morning to labor; but in the evening, when the weather permitted, I walked on the stony beach of the sea to listen to the waves as they roared and dashed at my feet”, (Shelley 119). It is not in most people’s nature to just devote mornings to work, at that age its most people’s nature
Those two scenes caught my attention because in the past, I have been told those lines when I felt I had no purpose in life and just could not move on. I fell deeply in love, he was my first love but because of certain situations we had to break up. I just could not believe what happened to our love and resorted to cruising around the island many times and I actually did not care about school. I did some things I never thought I would do before. Close friends would tell me to move on but I was stuck in the past.
Before taking this trip, Ed was more focused on the masculinity that he did not have and did not experience beauty or acknowledge certain things: “‘What a view,’ I said again, ‘The river was blank and mindless with beauty. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen,” (171). Ed is leaving the suburban guy that is bored with his job and life, and is becoming the masculine man that loves his life. Ed can see the best view he has ever seen because it was the hardest task he has completed. Now that he is not focused on things that do not matter as much he can acknowledge what is in front of him.