2004 novels

Willpower is “strong determination that allows you to do something difficult”. Such as trying to lose weight or stop smoking- it’s hard, and it takes self determination and self control. (Merriam Webster, Learner’s Dictionary) In the book Hatchet, Brian acquired and showed willpower throughout the whole book, beginning to end, he was strong and determined through it all. Towards the end of the book (the last few chapters), Brian goes through many traumas in which he shows quite a lot willpower…

I am just a simple kid. I live with my mom and my brother. I go to school, I play soccer and I like sports a lot. I often look around and see people in transition very busy at human "doing" rather than human "being." Everyone seems to be on their way to becoming something, looking forward to some far off goal. The most comfortable place I have ever been is precisely where I am at this very moment in time and that is in the present moment. This attitude is not to be mistaken for a lack of…

About 10 years ago, my mom bought me a book called The Secret. Inside of it, she wrote 'I hope all of your dreams come true'. I was working at a doggy daycare then, after just quitting a horrible job at a hospital, and I was plugging along in my daily life like most people I knew without a lot of thought on what I was going to do next. Law Of Attraction In Action For Two Months I read the book and it touched me in a way that no other book had ever touched me. I suddenly saw so much potential…

Discovering that Gabriella was a very intelligent Brainiac at her old school, Sharpay prints her information and puts it in Taylor’s locker. Taylor then asks Gabriella again to join the Scholastic Decathlon team based on the printouts Sharpay put in her locker, and Gabriella agrees. Hearing that the callback date has be moved up by request of Sharpay to the same date as the big game and the Scholastic Decathlon, Troy and Gabriella announce to the Jocks and Brainiacs that they are going to not…

It's very late in the evening but I couldn’t wait to tell you this, Kitty. We made it, the safe haven, the freedom land! No more will I be faced with the hardship of not knowing weather I will live or die. You're probably wondering what and how happened. First we had snuck out the annex. That part was quite easy actually, Pim had directed us straight into a car and then we were off. It was very cramped and uncomfortable, with all eight of us plus the driver. Mrs Van Dann tried to complain on…

"Listen to me," insisted the Demon, as he placed his hand upon my head. “We have to get you out of here before he comes.” “What do you mean? Who is he?” I questioned hesitantly. “The Prime Demon. They call him Alastair. If he finds me facilitating a Chosen, I’ll be dead!” And with that he recited words that were unfamiliar to me. It sounded like a different language, none of this planet. A bright iridescent light encaptured us, and I closed my eyes thinking that he was going to kill me. I mean…

“Eh, excuse me, excuse me I hate to bother you but I’m looking for someone. Would you happen to know where I can find a man called Nicolas Mack?” “Never heard of him. Can you hand me that car jack?” “Uh, what? Oh yes, yes here you go.” “Thank you.” “Li, Listen I can see your quite busy, but I’ve come a long way, are you sure you don’t know where I can find him? I’m on assignment from The Union. *Smirk* Last I heard The Union were wiped out just like everything else during the fall.” “Well, you…

With the control, I have over your pathetic life and that cock you won’t believe the things that at I can make you do. You’ve tried to hide these urges but find yourself coming back to me time after time. When you call me, you will be memorized on how I have your desires pinned to you. With every little moment, you are on the phone the closer I sissy cock control phone sexam to making you my bitch. I am in control of your mind and body right now. Your fate holds in my hand will I allow you to…

This is only a dream. This is only a dream. This is only a dream. This cannot actually be happening. This is not real. You are not awake. This is a nightmare. Wake up, erica. Please, oh god, please wake up. My eyes are rain storms and my heart is tangled somewhere in my esophagus. I stack my legs, tuck my head into my lap. I place my hands to my hair and begin to pull. This is a nightmare. This is not real. But my cheeks are raw and chapped, and every speck of makeup has been washed from my…

Self-rule and independence may seem quite similar, or even the same, at first glance; however, I believe them to be two different things. With the support of Descartes’ Discourse on Method, it is evident that Descartes also agrees that self-rule and independence are quite different: one implies ignorance, while the other implies a knowledge and understanding of principles. I believe that Descartes agrees with the argument that independence implies ignorance and self-rule is knowing certain…