Be Here

Start Here! I was a kid of 14 years old almost a teenager, i was born in the united states of America most of my family was from part of Mexico, for example my dad is from Mexico Delicias Chihuahua school over there was sometimes hard for him he would always tell me that his parents didn’t have enough money for some things, My Mom lived in Mexico too but she was born close to ciudad Juarez she told me that she lived in this small house with 4 of her sisters and 4 of her brothers, she had also…

The book, “No One Here Gets Out Alive,” by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman, is a biography of the Rock n’ Roll star and poet; Jim Morrison. Jim Morrison is known as the singer in the band The Doors. He was also known as, by those close to him, an amazing poet who, more towards the end of his desire to continue music, eventually got his poetry published. Morrison was a unique individual with how he was and through his lyrics. Jim was seen as a sexy revolter of authority whose music involved…

1. She is forced from her completely isolated world, that she has known for her whole life, into a modern day world where there is new technology, food, and people that she has not met yet. She does not know how to react and interact with this new people accordingly, but she begins to copy their actions and Dr.Jerry and Dr. Paula are the people who tell her if they are appropriate or not. However, even though Nell has been in isolation for most of her life, she has still developed into a self…

As Lorrie Moore said in Why we read (and write) short stories, “we tell stories to find out what we believe”. Lorrie Moore’s People Like That are the Only People Here has an interesting analysis of the hospital setting. I find it particularly interesting how she uses the symbol of machines to talk about the people in the hospital and the process of being a parent of a child in the Peed Onk ward. Moore gives us the image of the hospital and the Mother’s experience in the hospital as a…

New York is a place in which people can find many opportunities and have a chance for a fresh start. As a New Yorker, and living here my entire life there are some things that I will often take for granted. However, after reading E.B. White’s essay and understanding his point of view on New York and its residents, it has made me reconsider many things about living here, and to appreciate the wonderful city I live in. Taking the time to value New York, will allow people either living or visiting…

jeopardizing their true self. Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour”, and Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing”, both depict women conforming to society’s ideals. Both women fall into the trap of following what people believe is the norm. Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” is about a young woman who feels incarcerated in her marriage and when hearing news of her husbands “death” she feels joyful. In Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” the mother feels partially responsible of how her daughter’s life turned out…

Caleb Brewer English 3 “Where is Here” Mr. Yoder In Where is Here by Joyce Carol Oats, there are many different ideas that are all uniquely different, but perhaps none more unique than the idea of “infinity” that Oats displays within the story. There are three main figures in the story that are used to express infinity. The house, the family, and the drawing that the stranger drew for the son. Oats utilize these items to express an interesting idea to the reader such as to enable them to draw…

17 Essays that Will Change Your Life Analysis of “We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Tale” Abortion is one of the most controversial problems in the world today. This topic is addressed by Sallie Tisdale through her essay, “We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Tale”, with a purpose to educate people based on her experiences at the abortion clinic. In the essay, she addresses abortion from the helplessness of her patients and from the process itself. For example, she shows the desperation in her clients…

By adding her inner thoughts into the lines, Olsen’s writings became more special and powerful for readers. “I Stand Here Ironing” is the first short story in Tell Me a Riddle book by Tillie Olsen which was published in 1961. This outstanding story describes the hard lives of people during The Great Depression in the 1930s and focuses on the numerous difficulties of a…

In relation to questioning the past, the stories uncover the inability to rely on memories. Notably, there is a blurring of fact from fiction when often the characters and sometimes even the reader doesn’t know what really occurred or is the truth. This is pointed out by Austerlitz’s teacher when he mentions: it would take an endless length of time to describe the events of such a day properly[...] [a]ll of us, even when we think we have noted every tiny detail, resort to set pieces which have…