Father Time

I was recently put on Satisfactory Academic Progress Completion for my completion rate of 58.10%. While I cannot deny that my completion rate was below the acceptance rate, it is due to a difficult time period in my life. I was conflicted about writing this appeal for the reason I told myself that I would not use what happened in the past as an excuse, but here I am a few credits short of graduating and writing this appeal to explain the situation that lead me to fall below the completion rate.…

In modern day 2016, and for decades in America, our country has been run by stacks of green paper we call money with printed numbers on them; a person with more money has luxuries in the U.S. because they can purchase items that all Americans desire. If I want to someday go to college, get a degree, own luxury items, and have children that I can also make strive to make themselves financially successful I must save a great portion of my earnings. Saving the money I earn will be a short-term…

Memories tend to come and go when something in the present, such as sight or sound, triggers us to recall to the past. In the tragedy, Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller, the protagonist Willy Loman retreats to memories of both happy and sad times. These flashbacks are related to the present in which the given background knowledge helps readers understand the present-day problems of the Loman family. His interaction with the past interferes with what is happening in the present. Willy mentally…

Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 2006, The Road. Tells the post-apocalyptic story of a father and son traversing the ruins of the southeastern United States, after a disaster of unknown origins. The plot, follows the characters heading towards the southern coast, once their previous environment became too cold for them to survive. Only being accompanied by each other, love keeps them alive. An unbreakable bond, that is continually functional throughout the entire book, despite…

Ernest Hemingway’s “In Our Time” is a novel full of short stories and vignettes written carefully to allow his audience see the turmoil of Word War 1 seen through a semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams. Hemingway’s writing style is concise and minimal, but through close reading of each sentence and each word, his words unfold to express a wide range of complex emotions and an underlying theme. The book illustrates that a rite of passage is an imperative or necessary developmental journey a…

“Luke, I am your father.” In a modern version of Homer’s “The Odyssey,” one cat look at the film of something that sets the stage for a hero’s journey. From Calypso to Polyphemus, lotus eaters to sun god’s island, things can get extremely chaotic. A movie as recent in our minds can be recognizable in older stories. At Odysseus’s home, Ithaca, he and Penelope had just given birth to a child named Telemachus. However, shortly after his birth, he is summoned to fight in the Trojan War, but he…

followed by the bridesmaids. The groomsmen walked around the crows while the bridesmaids made their way down. After they all got to the front, the flower girl walked down, and then the bride and her father. When Tina started to walk, everyone rose. People cried, mostly Brandon and Tina, and Tina and her father hugged before he sat down. The pastor started to speak, not only about their love for each other, but about their love for Christ. This was one of the most inspiring moments for me.Without…

Another benefit is that my father who happens to be around the same age as Mr. Hernandez has told me stories about how life was for him growing up and some of the reasons why many immigrants have made this great country their home. The power…

overcome. Some situations can seem impossible to break free of but many times, an individual can overcome situations in ways they never thought possible. The strength revealed in a person during these hardships can surprise not only other around them, but even themselves. Desperate times can bring out qualities in someone that not even they knew they withheld. In All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr proves that in times of conflict, true capabilities are revealed. All the Light We Cannot…

If I had crashed, I would not have scholarship and be in the US to complete my major. Also, when I am writing my statement of purpose, I still have no acceptance but I still looking for my dream. . I took the advantage of patience from my father. When my father graduated from high school, he couldn't go to university, and…