Larry Keesler
Dr. Dana McGraw
ENGL 1010-L03
September 13,2017
There Is a Reason Behind Everything
The truism “everything happens for a reason” is more than just a cliché. What is a cliché? A cliché is a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. However, this cliché has a deeper meaning. What exactly does that mean? It has a vast meaning more so than most people realize. Everything we do happens for a reason. Good, bad, or otherwise it is still a reason. Growing up I heard this saying a lot. As a kid I was always told things happened for a reason. I never knew why or what that meant at the time. But as time passed I began realizing everything that did happen it happened for a reason. Here is an example of this. I was about twelve years old and I had a mutt from the pound. He was a beautiful soft coated black dog, who weighed less than a feather when he would jump on me. I cannot for the life of me remember his breed but I called him Gizmo. The reason for his name was because I watched the movie “Gremlins.” My dog reminded me of the cute cuddly little light weight fuzz ball who was a Mogwai. We had moved to a new housing area and no matter …show more content…
Because if he did not escape we would have never have gotten rid of him and the little girl may not have gotten such an amazing dog for a service dog. Because Gizmo was the greatest dog anyone could have ever wanted. So, after I found out that my best friend (Gizmo) found a place where he would not be ignored or abused, I slept better at night. I was at ease to know he went to a place where he was needed. I like to think he was loved and cared for and he helped a girl with a problem she had. In a way to me he was kind of a protector. Which fits into the Gremlins movie when Gizmo protects Billy (the young man who received Gizmo as a pet) from a gremlin who tried to kill Billy. So, when I think of Gizmo, I think of a
Dr. Dana McGraw
ENGL 1010-L03
September 13,2017
There Is a Reason Behind Everything
The truism “everything happens for a reason” is more than just a cliché. What is a cliché? A cliché is a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. However, this cliché has a deeper meaning. What exactly does that mean? It has a vast meaning more so than most people realize. Everything we do happens for a reason. Good, bad, or otherwise it is still a reason. Growing up I heard this saying a lot. As a kid I was always told things happened for a reason. I never knew why or what that meant at the time. But as time passed I began realizing everything that did happen it happened for a reason. Here is an example of this. I was about twelve years old and I had a mutt from the pound. He was a beautiful soft coated black dog, who weighed less than a feather when he would jump on me. I cannot for the life of me remember his breed but I called him Gizmo. The reason for his name was because I watched the movie “Gremlins.” My dog reminded me of the cute cuddly little light weight fuzz ball who was a Mogwai. We had moved to a new housing area and no matter …show more content…
Because if he did not escape we would have never have gotten rid of him and the little girl may not have gotten such an amazing dog for a service dog. Because Gizmo was the greatest dog anyone could have ever wanted. So, after I found out that my best friend (Gizmo) found a place where he would not be ignored or abused, I slept better at night. I was at ease to know he went to a place where he was needed. I like to think he was loved and cared for and he helped a girl with a problem she had. In a way to me he was kind of a protector. Which fits into the Gremlins movie when Gizmo protects Billy (the young man who received Gizmo as a pet) from a gremlin who tried to kill Billy. So, when I think of Gizmo, I think of a