A Difficult Life

death may occur. It was that moment,I knew how much value a life really have. Everyone is given one life, while some live a fortunate and…

other methods. In the novel, First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, it follows the character Loung who is initially accustomed to living a privileged life with many benefits. However, when a political transformation occurs, her family is forced to live in poverty and unfortunately some family members are killed, Loung realizes how difficult life has become. Consequently, Loung pushes through some tough times and ultimately…

Family relationships can become difficult and troubled, especially when death comes around. Sometimes the distance between love and trust on one side, and hatred on the other, can be incredible short. The short story “Father and son” tells a story about a troubled relationship between a father and his son. The father lives alone with the adult son, as the mother has passed away some years before the period covered by the short story. The story takes place in Belfast, in the period where the…

when one is grieving the loss of a loved one, Robert Buckman in “I Didn’t Know What to say” wrote the following: “I have reconciled the deaths of friends by being grateful for having had such friendships. I have come to understand that Death ends life but certainly doesn’t rob it of meaning. We all need to remember that in our lives we affect and change the people closest to us. Those changes have a considerable value. For example, I am not the same person that I would have been had I not met…

“Nothing Gold can stay” by Robert Frost Is a tragic subtle yet profound, poem that uses metaphor, allegory and figurative language to create a sense of Despair to the reader. In the poem, Frost uses metaphor to weave the thought that everything in life; Perfection is temporary. Innocence and Beauty, how its fleeting, and the degeneration of it appears to be the theme for this poem. In Frost's poem he uses figurative language. The first flowers of spring aren’t actually leaves in disguise.…

The poem ¨Lucinda Matlock¨ by Edgar Lee Masters, in one point of life your going to want someone to spend your life with and grow with that special person. Long years, you're going to see how fast the time pass and you didn't do anything about time and time takes life way and then you're going to love life when it's too late. To see life passes right next too you will hurt at one point because you didn't know how to appreciated what you had. I choose this poem for many reasons one is she gives a…

fully enjoy life, until they learned about the pain that death caused. As everything was dying the students began to worry that all life had to offer was death, they had a similar mindset to the teenage characters in A Visit from the Goon Squad. “Then they said, but isn’t death, considered as a fundamental datum” (Barthelme, 2). The students didn’t have anything physical to help them understand that death happens and people and things don’t stay in your life forever. They thought all life…

similes, extended metaphors, and alliteration. In Snow Day, one of the main themes is content, because Collins uses phrases that involve soft, peaceful words; the poem resonates a warm and cuddly vibe. Collins purpose, through this poem, is to show that life can be chaotic, but one must have a content…

the man she loved. Will decided to end his life at Dignitas because he was a quadriplegic and felt he had no purpose in the world. Louisa was his caregiver while he was still alive. As she is trying to deal with her grief, she has a terrible accident. Everyone is convinced that she tried to end her life, but in reality it was just an act of her clumsiness. Also, a surprise visitor…

watching the TED video of Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi. I was also much younger then, with less experience and understanding of many of life's valuable lessons of understanding and appreciating the value of “otherness”. I had a time in my life where I felt like the “other”, there was a horrible tragedy with my brother who was involved in a vehicle accident which…