Summary: "This I Believe" by Saudie Bond Nolands' essay is about finding compassion in horrible situations not matter how hard it may be to understand at first and no matter what pain you feel. You need to be able to forgive to heal yourself from further pain and anguish. To let go. She was so young at the time of the accident that she could not overcome her pain and suffering to understand the full scale of the situation of Eddy Jo and how he too was in pain by being an alcoholic and the addiction he faced that caused him to get into his car that night and drive while being so intoxicated that he didn't even know he was driving.…
Life can change at any moment for which we have little control over. In the essay “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs, she expresses her thoughts on having Multiple Sclerosis and how it significantly changed her life. She provides the reader with various sad and personal stories which would make one’s life miserable. However, when addressing her condition and its effect on her life, she keeps a calm and positive tone. One cannot control what happens in life, but it is possible to control one’s attitude towards it.…
In the end of the book, the reader get to see the excerpts from letters that Mr. Tanimoto wrote to Americans, describing the attitudes of many Japanese regarding the bomb. As in this passage, he continually depicts the Japanese as people who demonstrate selfless fidelity to their country and the emperor. Stories such as these help explain that the main reaction of the Japanese, after the horrific bombing, was one of optimistic rebuilding, not anger or bitterness. “Dr. Y. Hiraiwa, professor of Hiroshima University of Literature and Science, and one of my church members, was buried by the bomb under the two storied house with his son, a student of Tokyo University.…
There are several ways Americans have helped each other during hard times. One of those times were when 9/11 happened. Another time was when Hurricane Katrina occurred. In 9/11, people helped each other by calling firefighters, by trying hard to get everyone out of the buildings. It was a very disastrous time for America, and it was very generous for everyone to help out, and we still thank those people today.…
I believe that Mr. Tanimoto should win the Unsung Hero Award for many reasons. The first reason is because of how compassionate and unselfish he was. He he showed sympathy to others, and put the needs of others before his own. Instead of getting food, water, shelter, or medical attention for himself, he got around to as many people as he could bringing them whatever he could get his hands on. He works tirelessly, hour after hour, to do what he can.…
Do you believe that you are responsible for the safety and well-being of others? If you saw someone in the street in need asking for help, would you help them? Or would you just walk away? Most of you would ignore them and walk away. Others may listen, but probably not care to help them.…
It doesn't matter who you are in this world, there will come a day where you will struggle with something. You can be black, white, hispanic, asian, etc… but there will come a day when something catastrophic happens in your life. This summer a natural disaster affected everyone on the coast of Texas including Winnie, Texas. There is nothing worse than seeing your entire life's work soak under five foot of water. Nevertheless, I believe that when something catastrophic happens there is some good that comes out of it.…
I agree that the relationship between poeple are the best during crisis. Firstly, people always forget to worry about people around them in their daily lives, people thet are too bust to work on theri own lives. However during crisis, people do not have chance to work on their own lives, which means their foucs has been changed to harms. Therefore, most of people's time is trying to comfort people who has been experienced crisis. Secondly, during crisis, it is easy to see who needs help, and the help is consisent.…
For me, it was a typical summer evening. I never expected anything to come of it. I had planned to finish up one of my games today. The game focused around a terrorist group where you told to go and eliminate the government threat. It was your typical Action movie plot.…
Our world has suffered many tragic events. All of which have been broadcasted worldwide. Hurricane Sandy was one of many tragic events broadcasted on the news. Hurricane Sandy impacted my life when I saw it on the news. I It shined a light on how humanity comes together in times of need.…
For the past four years of my life, I’ve been trying to enjoy my life as much as possible. You see, I lived a life similar to most kids. I went to school, I played with my friends, I complained about my mom’s cooking. However, in life, everyone has that one-day that changes you. Four years ago, my life changed.…
Natural disasters take thousands of innocent lives every year, and the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 only added to this growing number. On April 18th 1906 more than 1,000 casualties were seen, more than 400 million dollars lost and over 225,000 people became homeless. In one day. It’s safe to say these few terrible minutes may have ruined the lives of these people forever. During this earthquake, many people recorded their personal experiences and those of the people around them, some of which are still around today.…
Depression Leads to Unity Steinbeck states that “ Twenty families became one family”(249). This statement eventually becomes a tactic to survival during depression. The Grapes of Wrath is a realist novel by John Steinbeck set in The Great Depression of 1930s. The families in Oklahoma are struck by poverty due to the impact of the Dust Bowl. These people are forced out of their land and migrate to California due propaganda.…
In each of the texts "Once Upon a Time", "A Quilt of a Country", and "Making the Future Better Together" they use symbols to represent something that they want to emphasize to the audience. They even use rhetorical strategies to get their point to the readers. Some rhetorical strategies include repeating the phrase/word many times. In the text" Once Upon a Time "the cat symbolizes danger.…
Letter to Masahashi Kishimoto by Daniel Chen 2-4 Backstory: Masahashi Kishimoto is the author of Naruto. He is Japanese Manga artist (Japanese graphic novelist) who created the storyline of the Naruto world which has been adapted into an anime, or “animated series”. The anime ran between 2002 till 2017 for fifteen years spanning over seven hundred episodes along with a few movies. Naruto is based in a ninja world where people can manipulate their “chakra” or energy to exercise superpower-like abilities such as breathing fire, controlling flames, moving in superman speeds, etc. To Masahashi Kishimoto,…