Crying

“Confusyd in hirself and hir owyn unstabylnes:” Plurality, Bricolage, and Infinite Regress in The Book of Margery Kempe There is a plurality of spiritual signifiers in The Book of Margery Kempe. We all know of Kempe’s “gift of tears,” of her ecstatic visions, her commitment to wearing white and creating a chaste marriage for herself. However irritating these signifiers may be, at first read the semiotics appear to be stable. Kempe cries readily when free association brings to mind the earthly…

The Importance of Family Family serves as a support system, always there for each other when needed. Often family serves as the only thing a person may have, or the only support a person can rely on. In the contemporary literature novel Cry, The Beloved Country, Alan Paton uses parallelism to reveal the importance of family, especially in time of need. Strong families work together to overcome diversity. When Kumalo finds out that Absalom will soon face trial, Kumalo takes the effort to find a…

“What do you mean nobody knows where he’s at?” I asked the MC. They had called a meeting and wanted to talk to me about Hunter. Lucifer the President leaned back in his chair, “What we mean is after that weekend he sold the house for cash. Apparently his real name isn’t Hunter Hastings, we’ve searched for him high and low, no computer database has him either. Even the college can’t help us, they did help as much as they could by letting access their system.” I rubbed my forehead, it had…

that she knew would never like her back but, it was hard when all he kept doing was drawling her in. Every sweet word and vowel that came out of his mouth dripping with honey. All of it started during a very emotional project. After a full class of crying and sniffles, she was emotionally drained and instantly slumped into her chair in Spanish. Not a minute after, he glided right into the chair next to…

Little five year old Kathryn, crying on her first day of school, clinging to the only sense of comfort I would have that day. Years passed, and the same routine occurred. Go to school, do homework, get in trouble, bawl my eyes out with a single look from my father, never get into trouble (excluding the one time I stole from Target). Eventually little crybaby Kathryn got her crap together and decided crying and being awkward consistently was probably not the best thing…

Finding My Peace When I was 16 I found true peace in my life, it came unexpected and when it did come it broke my heart. I found peace when I moved out of my mother’s house, after years of suffering under her roof I felt freedom. To understand why I felt peace for leaving home you have to understand what I went through during my middle and high school years. My mom has many problems with her mind and what she did to compensate with her own thoughts. Before I tell my story on how I found peace I…

Involuntarily, my hands searched for her tiny body and I could not believe I was crying. “Joy,” I whispered. “Your name is Joy.” We were separated and my heart ached once we were not in physical contact. Yet, I could feel her presence within my being. I was brought to a hospital room and soon, my husband followed. I felt intensely…

In the first passage Jeremiah begins his lament by crying out to God for protection. Jeremiah knows that the words he speaks do not fall kindly on the people of Israel. Simply preaching in the name of the Lord could get Jeremiah killed. Jeremiah is the object of an assassination plot, so he prays to his God for protection. He shows that he has immense trust in the Lord and trusts God with his life. In the second passage, 15: 10-21, there is another plea to God. In both of these passages…

This age group by far has the hardest time coping with divorce. Updike makes a clear statement that the younger children are not effected as dramatically as the older ones by what the youngest son, John, says while crying. He cries, “It’s not just the separation, it’s the whole crummy year, I hate that school, you can’t make any friends, the history teacher’s a scud” (Updike 740). As the reader, I can see that John is really worried about himself, and what’s going…

glowing moon with beams of light hitting the ground on the dark black sky. Then he woke up he saw me and and there was complete silence. As we stared at each other an orange leaf landed on his lap. He jumped down and we talked he cried and I felt like crying but I didn't then I asked him “Are you okay? What happened?”, he didn't respond and gave me this look that was awfully mean. I knew he was sad and he wanted to come with me. I asked him if he would like to come with me on my adventure to…