1. A feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen. 2. A person or thing that may help or save someone. 3. Grounds for believing that something good may happen. These are the definitions of the word “Hope” as given in The Oxford Dictionary and at first sight we might think that The Road doesn’t even come close to having a single ray of hope in it. How could there be hope in a novel that begins with a bleak picture of a burnt, dead world and ends with the death of one of the…
Cesar Rico Period 2 12-4-17 Independent Reading Project What is Fear? Fear today is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. In the book “Slaying The Giants In Your Life” there are a few examples of fear that are portrayed. One example that stood out to me is being ashamed of who you are. Many people nowadays have the fear of being who they are. For many reasons of getting made fun of or bullied. For example, a fear…
All About Me "To be or not to be, is the really the question?" Our world is a well-oiled machine that is constantly fueled by curiosity of our species. Curiosity leads to the advancements of our very species, and captivates me as an individual. A theme that drives my own little world, it sets the stage for all that follows. My own wonderland if you will, running on everything and anything. This craving for knowledge serves as a guideline into my brain, and mapped the vast remainder quite…
because "I'm curious and curiosity keeps leading me down new paths" , I hope it is in the right direction.I hope that in this year i make some mistakes, because if i am making mistakes then i am learning new things living and pushing myself, I just hope those ones I do make are not career destroying. I am doing something that I have never done before, but atleast i am doing something and I seem to be enjoying it. •I don't let fear or insecurity stop me from trying new things i believe in…
“Horror stories are designed to make our pulses race and our skin tingle” ( pg. 90). Horror stories are made so people can get out of their comfort zone and experience something they wouldn't want to in life through a movie, book and plays. Horror stories come with a lot of different types of suspense and how the author or the director try to create suspense. A couple of ways they do that is foreshadowing, withholding the information from the reader, making characters choose between two…
bed at least… But little did I know that the world is full of them. Monsters are all around us, disguised and camouflaged in the bodies of human beings. She’s the nice woman you pass and smile at walking down the street, and the busy man rushing to work on a Monday morning. Monsters cannot be detected with the naked eye. You have to get to know them and really observe the person before you can really tell if they’re a monster or not. I always imagined that you would know a monster when you saw…
When you read a story of any kind you become immersed in the story. You think about it in your waking moments or you can critique it in every way, but when that story ends you feel like something in your life went missing. In the end you realized it still was great experience and learning that has come out of that story. From courage and hope or motivation you still gained something and will cherish the book and the new world around you. Author George Saunders has said “ when you read a short…
happened? Where am I? Who am I?” I wake up in a hospital bed. The very first thing I did was… fall down from the bed. “I’m fine. Huh, there isn’t a soul here. Ahh, good thing there’s nobody here to know that but me.” I got up and tried to find something about me in the room. I looked for some time and found something interesting. “Well, well, looks like I found an ID card and a mirror. “I look really good.” Then, I looked in the mirror. “Hmm, it looks like I’m a teen. Huh, Jake Wolf, eh?” It…
is to know when it comes to poetry and the type of rhythms there are. The fascination that I found through different techniques inspired me to create my own work lengthy enough to perform publicly. Through these performances I have also sampled other styles by adding melancholy themes or comedic jokes in the mix to relieve the tension. My style could be considered a jack of all trades, a mix of all colors, but I mostly enjoy focusing on the poetic release in my work. There is something about a…
that he wanted to be The Catcher in the Rye is significant because it actually lets you know that he's a good person. Throughout the story you get…