David Lindsay-Abaire

Everyone has their own wall, they have built and it is not until someone special comes along and removes the wall will you see the real person inside. In the poem “Please Hear What I’m Not Saying” by Charles C. Finn the speaker states “You alone can break down the wall behind which I tremble” (78). When the speaker says “you” he is indicating that there is a specific person who can “break down” his wall. Someone who loves and care about him. When the poem talks about breaking down a wall it is…

The great musician, Gerard Way, said “Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.” Ironically the word hero has the connotation of being someone or something that portrays the qualities of being supernatural. An everyday hero is one that is characterized by the actions that he/she commits. The hero will always put themselves forward for the humanitarian good to defend against moral evil. The hero always acts involuntarily, the act of heroism will always be done under…

Finch has many identities throughout this novel,a rebel ,a rocker and many more,all of these used to hide his insecurities. Finch is never worried about girls or school like all other high school students. Finch has to deal with bigger problems like his family, who we see as super dysfunctional and broken up, this including his father who is abusive. Finch also has to deal with the massive amount of bullying at school and not to mention a very bad case of bipolar disorder. Due to this disorder…

In our life, there is always a hero. In The Outsiders Johnny was one person who acted like a hero. Johnny had saved the kids from the burning church and died with the wounds from saving the kids. The Outsiders, Chapter 6, states, “ He (Johnny) wasn’t scared either. That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without the defeated, suspicious look in his eyes.” Johnny acted like a hero because he stopped being scared and jumped in the burning church to save the kids. You know a person is…

2. Hume states that habit is the great guide to human life because custom allows us to use experience to navigate our world. He makes this assertion because it follows a criticism of our understanding of cause and effect as previous philosophers speculated. Hume makes the point that we do not actually understand cause and effect, only the relation of repetition shared between two things. We don't actually see the change that happens between one event to the next, and understanding the…

While taking the personal assignment called Holland Code I was able to see what kind of person I am and see what matches my personality, preferences and likings to a not only one category but my top three. My Holland code is SEA, which is; social, enterprising and artistic and was pleasantly happy with my results because not only did it give me help me narrow down some options for majors but eventually leading to choosing a career that I will enjoy doing. So for my top choice, I received a S…

Have you ever heard of the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel? “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel is a song released in 1989 that touched upon topics from 1949 to 1989. This song was a very well-known song by Billy Joel. He also wrote this song to express his long lost love for History. Billy Joel wanted to be a high school history teacher before he started his singing career. Six history topics from this song have been picked to inform you about a little bit of history. Those…

the 1980s in Southern France. There was a group of childhood friends, which called themselves Yamakasi which meant strong man, strong spirit. This group was looked down upon from the public, and French authorities. The group consisted of 9 people, David Belle and Yann Hnnautra being the leaders of them. The idea grew up with them; originating from childhood games and studies of other cultures, this soon matured into an art, movement, or sport. The group practiced this in rural areas. As it…

hero relates to their sense of what human excellence involves and their behavior, and he outlines what we as a society can do to shape these choices. LaBarge begins his essay by detailing his own personal hero. LaBarge reflects on how reading Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden impacted the direction in which he would go in life and leading to him becoming a philosopher. When LaBarge addresses his view of Walden and the impact that it had on his life, he states that, “I read about living…

True Heroism by Christian Mintel A good story about a hero is about an eighteen year old who decided not to do drugs. His friends did drugs, and when they offered him some, and to join them in drug dealing, he did not want to disappoint them. But after some hard thought, even though it would make more than his current job, a Mcdonald's cook, he decided to stick with Mcdonald's. His friends kept asking him, and every time they asked, sticking to Mcdonald’s got harder and harder.(Stone 73)…