Cashless World Essay

should take care of our own before helping others. “We are not responsible for the rest of humanity” (539). It might sound greedy in a way, but sometime we have to do certain things and think for ourselves sometimes. There are many resources in the world that I believe can be useful and helpful in theses situations. I kind of disagree to because we should all help each other no matter what. Because if on some point we have enough for our own we should help others without thinking twice because…

Antoinette, a cancer survivor, once said “Surviving does not just mean staying alive…. It means LIVING to your potential.” Many people survive in everyday life. Many survive while having different traits than others. Having that someone or something can help one survive any situation. By having something to live for, it keeps one going. One can think about that something or someone to have a reason to survive. In the article “How a Man Survived 438 Days Stuck at Sea,” the book Perks of Being a…

me out of that dark hole, but he has lead me down a path since then that I would never have imagined. Having lived a life of hope for many years, I always knew I could do anything I put my mind too. Little did I know, that one person would enter my world and literally drag me down into anger, fear, and self-loathing. I do not want this to be a bashing session on my ex-husband Jeff,…

“Good luck out there,” said Tom, or at least I suppose that was his name. He was my guide, leading me to the most terrifying and exhilarating moment of my lifetime…. No one in the world has my name. It is one of a kind, and that is just one aspect that defines my individuality, that is why not many people forget about me. There are multiple unique adjectives that depict me from others, such as education. It is a huge contributor to the many reasons that I am who I am, it is what drives me…

“Heros represent the best of ourselves.” Being a hero takes selflessness and couragousness, but heroism is not getting in the way of others hopes and dreams. Heros put others before themselves. For example, the poem “Frederick Douglass” states, “...with the lives grown out of his life, the lives fleshing his dream of beautiful, meaningful thing,” which proves that Douglass is selfless. Also, in the article “Love Triumphs”, Demonte Love rescues his family from Hurricane Katrina. “...6 year old…

Heroes are special, in the way that they can help others while putting away their own needs. Such heroes can be seen in many places where they help others without worrying about problems they have for themselves. People who can be defined as heroes in S.E. Hinton’s book, The Outsiders, are the teenagers Johnny, Sherri, and Ponyboy. Johnny can be defined as a hero in the book, because of what he does for other people. Johnny proved that he could be a hero, when he dashed in with Ponyboy in the…

Once upon a time the Red Baron was my greatest enemy. Snoopy, my wingman sat atop his war bird of a three foot dog house and together he and I could accomplish anything we put our minds too. Where a simple “theres a snake in my boot” or a “to infinity and beyond” could not help but produce an innocent smile or giggle. Anything our imaginations could think of could be assembled with the sea of lego bricks found scattered across my own childhood room. A time full of breathtaking innocence that…

I remember growing up and having this set standard of what my body was supposed to look like, what clothes I would wear, and what makeup (or lack of) I had caked on my face. Each country has a specific type of woman or "Barbie" that little girls desire to become, that men adore, and that other woman envy. However,I've come to realize that what is "beautiful" in one country is not necessarily in another. America and Japan are two excellent example of this. Ranging from the expected body types,…

My heros, fictional and real fit this particular quote by Joseph Campbell “ a hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself”. This quote explains my choice of heros Maurice Hirst and Gandalf the Grey/White. Gandalf is a fictional character from the book The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Gandalf is a wise elderly wizard, who acts as a mentor to Frodo and Bilbo Baggins. I chose Gandalf because he is a understanding person who is caring , firm, wise and moral.…

There’s one day where some of us wake up, and we find our world has changed; however, nothing has changed, the sky is still the same, and the sun is still shining, the same people in our lives are still there, but what has changed is us, the change happened within us. Our world peripeteia out of the blue, and life itself never feels or seems the same anymore. I was one of those peoples. After that day, I wanted a better life than I have right now and also a better future. That change has made me…