The Day I Will Never Forget Essay

they’re looking right at you. This happened to me. I was six years old and my dad, the one who called me princess and tucked me in every night, could not recognize me, or comfort me, and tell me everything would be okay. I thought I lost my dad that day. That is the time I can say I knew what it felt like to have the weight of the world on your shoulder now that the world was crashing down on me at six years old wrapped in a Dora the Explorer blanket. I am, and always will be the poster child…

Another example in the story is, “ I will find out where she has gone.” Aengus is not going to give up looking for her. Even if Aengus is…

The mother and daughter pair I was assigned was Lindo Jong, and her daughter Waverly Jong. Just like most mothers and daughters, Lindo and Waverly share some of the same viewpoints and also contradicted with one another's’ viewpoints. Some similarities they shared were their hard work ethic and use of knowledge. They both came from hard times. Lindo was in a very bad place in China. She was married to a man that did not love her, nor really cared for her and her mother-in-law was such a cruel…

falls or reaching the end of a trail. No one could forget their first time, not in a million years. The same was true for me. The genuine thrill and excitement I had felt, the absolute feeling of nirvana deep in my bones I felt upon reaching the end of Eagle Creek Trail was something I could, and would never forget. Before my obsession of hiking had taken root, I lived in a pale, bland world. The colors white, black and gray coated everything, I saw life through a dull, monochrome lens. The…

everyday normal life were now a target for an inhuman evil man, Adolf Hitler. We read and learn about the terrifying demonstrations in the concentration camps by unique and individual stories from the surviving Jews. I believe their stories should be heard and we as a country comprehend to never allow evil to haunt our grounds. According to the Holocaust center there were 11 million victims killed during the Holocaust. However, records demonstrate it’s difficult to be an exact. Therefore, there…

fairly and not be mistreated without good cause. Such was not the case in the areas that fell under the iron hand of the Nazi regime, under Hitler’s rule. There, a person’s ethnic background could be all that separated an individual from life or death. Never having experienced true adversity, it is often difficult to relate to what happened in these two life stories. After reviewing both, Night is the best when teaching high school students about the Holocaust—it goes beyond the basics of what…

strength. I never thought it could ever be because of my crazy life, family, and friends, but it was. I was known as the “mom” of my friend group and I always felt like I needed to take care of people. I learned this characteristic the hard way. It was the worst possible way, but I felt as if, it needed to happen. It happened on the average school day. I have always been quiet, but I had never been this struck by a school day, in my entire life. May 5, 2015, was a day I would never forget. It’s…

People forget the impact of a written word. Of how whenever you see a slightly inspirational quote with a dramatic background you feel encouraged to take on the day. Writing and reading creates solitude of the mind to function as it pleases. Recording all your thoughts is impossible, our minds move too quickly. But writing down the moments that deserve your attention can change your thought process on a bad day. My reasons to write pertain to what I wish I could say or things I wish would happen…

eligible to take part in public worship. When I was eleven years old I began my road to adulthood. The first obstacle I had to overcome was learning Hebrew. It was very difficult at the beginning because there were barely if any at all, similarities to Russian or English, which I spoke fluently at the time. It was like looking a sheet of paper with scribbles on it, it just didn’t make sense. And having to read a book backwards, just blew my mind. Nonetheless I would go to Sunday school every…

Among inhumane treatment, Elie describes this in his eyes:”I did not move. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my very eyes, and I had not flickered an eyelid...Yesterday, I should have sunk my nails into the criminal’s flesh” (36-37). Elie again, has changed except that this change happened very quickly. Elie is guilty of not taking action against the…