Bubbly

My mom decided to take my sister and me to the United States to find greener pastures. When my mom saw that things were getting difficult for her in the US, she decided to send my sister and me to Ghana to live with my aunt. I was a seven years old bubbly, beautiful, outspoken…

Nine seconds left before halftime, the Indians only needs three points to be tied with the wildcats; number ten shoots for a tying score for the Indians. The crowed is on there toes, SWISH the Indian fans go wild, he made the shot and the score in now twenty six: twenty six. This basketball game is where it all started, I thought I met the guy of my dreams. I was a senior cheerleader for the Indians and my mother was working in the concession stand that night so my friend Kira and I decided…

The Age of the New Women Throughout the years the perception of women has been changing constantly. Each year women get closer and closer to gaining equal rights. The 1920’s was huge in changing the way people see women. Women started to become more independent and not living under the impression that they have to be house6wives. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Firzgerald illustrates the new women of the 1920s and whose wealth and social class affects how they act as seen in the female characters…

They are all bubbly and happy to be in relationship and to talk about marriage while I sit and think about everything that can go wrong and leave Gregg about two times a month. Divorce has a huge effect on the kids. Not all kids will be affected like I was but they will…

Before writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Samuel Langhorne Clemens took on several different careers. He started working at the age of twelve as a store clerk to earn money for his family after his father died. He moved on to different small jobs such as a delivery boy, an apprentice to the town’s blacksmith, and later a compositor with local printers and newspapers (“Twain, Mark”). Clemens was forced to leave school to go work at the Missouri Courier as a printer’s apprentice. Next, he…

At first glance, we see Elle Woods and we think that she is just a stereotypical blonde, who only thinks about her looks, what she wears, and when she is going to get married, but Legally Blonde does a great job showing how a woman can still look good while still being a strong and independent woman. Legally Blonde is a movie about a college woman that was majoring in fashion until her boyfriend breaks up with her and then she decides she is going to Harvard Law and become a lawyer. Legally…

Ryuwon is a realist since he has a pretty accurate outlook in life. He won't believe in a miracle, he doesn't believe that their situation has a truly happy ending, only a less worse one, and he knows what he is able to archieve and what would exceeding his capacies. He thinks rational, if there is anything he can do well, it's planning and plotting, considering all possible courses of events and having several plan b's in case his intial scheme doesn't work out. Because of his clinical approach…

once said, “I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it” (ElegantWoman.org). This is a common thread amongst all of us, across all cultures, all belief systems, and all personalities. Not everyone is extroverted, bubbly, or even friendly, but we all share an innate desire to have others in our lives. It is the people in our lives, over anything else, that make our lives worth living, and this does not change with increasing age. Nevertheless, many elderly…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in the mind of someone with a mood disorder? If an individual were to read the book An unquiet mind: A memoir of moods and madness by Kay Jamison they would have a complete picture of the ups and downs someone with bipolar can face. It creates the picture of the highest of highs where an individual with a mood disorder feels unstoppable with infinite energy, and the lowest of lows where they feel death is the only answer. In this book review I…

Yen sits down with me on the living room sofa as she recalls a memory that happened long ago. We sit on the tan, leather couch for what seems like hours as she tells me her story into the late night. She tells me about her trek to America. It was 1982 and Yen peered across her backyard to see a white boat floating on the murky water. She listened as her father told her directions to her destination. “Don’t get lost,” he said. His voice trembled as he tried not to cry. A tear fell down her…