2009 deaths

Krik?Krak! Micah janzen Imagine a world where people can not speak what they think, or what they want. A world where death is normal and comes often. This is a reality for some. Haiti lives in a poverty ridden nation, where soldier rape in free time and kill people for something as little as speaking their mind about Haiti’s government. In the book Krik?Krak!, Edwidge Danticat illustrates that suffering is greater than shame and forces change. The concept of suffering is introduced to the…

over. We ran in order to receive our “dinner” Therefor we would get some soup and a piece of bread. If we spilled some food or if our bread would fall on the ground we would have to eat it or the guards would take advantage of that and beat us to death. Abe would always be botherd from one of the kopos and she would always have to eat it from the ground.The kapos would always mistreat us really bad. In the evening we would return to our barrack. Sometimes the blockfuerher would be waiting for…

"I want to cry..." I told my friend and she got frowned. "What's wrong dear..? Are you OK?" was her immediate reply. "Yes, everything is probably fine. I just want to cry without any reason." "No.. There must be something wrong. What are you hiding from me?" "Nothing. It's just that I badly want to cry. Is it necessary to have some reason?" I asked. "Ummm yess I suppose otherwise why would anyone choose to cry?" was her another question. "Don't you smile without any reasons at times?" I was…

Thanks to the lovely people over at The Imperfect Podcast, I have been able to connect with some amazing independent filmmakers, actors, directors, and more. In the case of Tonya Kay, I asked for her an interview the moment I saw that they were interviewing her. Thankfully, Tonya had some time recently to chat with me about the evolution of her career as well as her perspective on life and the pursuit of one's dreams, including her prospects for the future. RH: Why did you choose…

If only I hadn’t had that accident I would not be where I am today. Every day I am thankful and grateful for the accident that I was involved in while in Iraq. I always said while joking but serious at the same time, that God if I was not in the military I will give myself to you completely in ministry. A few months while deployed to Iraq my vehicle was hit with an I.E.D. and the armor truck rolled down a hill on top of me and shattered my right knee and many other injuries. I believe God…

Limon watched as his Adar [father], Naneth [mother], and Muindor [brother] get ready for the Spring Festival. His parents are warriors of Rivendell though not talked about much they are great protectors of their lands against the darkness. Limon was ready not caring much about his hair as much as everyone else in his family. His brother, Tadion, being the eldest of the two sat him down and braided his hair. “Naneth, can Tadion and I leave for the festival now?” Limon asked in a sweet tone…

Everyone has faced a certain point in their lives where adversity has led their aptitudes out. Adversity affects people in different ways whether physically, mentally, or financially. In the quote by Horace, a roman poet, adversity is viewed as hardships that people overcome every day in their lives that make them who they are today. Although adversity can make people endure, adversities develop the person to become prosperous and bloom vigorous and effulgent like a rose. From personal…

Adversity has countless forms, as such, each person’s experiences and opinions regarding adversity are different. The Merriam-webster definition for adversity is “a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune”. Regarding this definition, we can interpret adversities create an intense, negative emotional response. We become angry, embarrassed, humiliated, depressed but if we utilize these emotions to overcome our individual tribulations (as Benjamin Franklin once said, “out…

My definition is being able to make your own choices and do your own thing. Freedom for me would be like going to the movies by myself with my friends. No parents. It’s kind of fun having your parents around, but sometimes you just want to go without them. At some sports games parents yell at you to do better and then the other team is laughing about it. This means that everybody has a different perspective of freedom Martin Luther King Jr. said in his I Have a Dream speech, “I have a dream…

My name is Mike Jon my age is 18 I have 2 brothers who hasn't passed a bar mitzvah and one sister, 10 years old, I live in Los Santos as a child at the school about 10 I had no friends because no bapscot I used to play with these friends to watch police at work liked to read books about cops and even went to the police station to ask what is the minimum age to be a COP, even though I knew it wasn't my age and I forgot to tell you I have been pleli and I don't want that. Know why I provide…