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with all our heart, mind, soul and strength (p. 20). The second half of his statement seems valid in the sense that complacency has the ability to impact us all at some point. Phillips, Brown, and Stonestreet (2008) noted that, “the average person forges ahead in life giving little thought to worldviews, philosophies of life, or any other such “intellectual” endeavors” (p. 19). In spite of this, as a Christian, I can read the Word of God and see a serious scenario being played out. When we…

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one." A quote from Henry David Thoreau. The pillars of the National Honor Society. Character, Scholarship, leadership, and Service, all have one thing in common. That one thing is me. Scholarship, leadership, and service make up who you are as a person. As an actor prepares to step into a character before he walks onto the stage we as people step into our character at birth. My character is well into my defining roll.…

The author, Brent Staples, of narrative, "Just Walk On By," shows how the main character battles everyday living with racial incriminations of his just his existence being a weapon to society. In this day and age, humans are often judged through the stereotypical conceptions plastered into the minds of perpetuating generations. Staples presents just one incident where misconception and invalid judgment affect the relationships, many infrequent or nonexistent, of our peers who walk the same…

society. The Declaration of Independence states that we have the right to pursue happiness. It has more meaning because the statement connects to teens by setting goals, being yourself, and having freedom creates happiness to teens. Setting goals will forge happiness in teens. The action of setting goals brings happiness and gives an opportunity to teens to work for what they want. By accomplishing goals you set, you and your brain are rewarded (Mehta, 2013). It makes them feel as though they’re…

The future is a frightening, but thrilling topic; seeing where we will go in our society and as a race is exhilarating. Our recent advancements have brought us closer than ever to a futuristic society similar to the one depicted in Brave New World. New ways to stimulate happiness, genetically engineer organisms, and transfer information to one another have dramatically changed the way we live. As similar to the society of Brave New World as we are, there are still key elements that separate us…

If a person was asked to illustrate a physical representation of stupidity they may form the shape of an upside-down cone and write in it, “Dunce.” Success has often been correlated with knowledge, but, measuring how much knowledge someone possesses is tricky. In Charles Dickens Victorian novel, Great Expectations, Pip starts off as a young “common” boy who yearns for a higher station in life. Also yearning, in Herman Hesse’s Interwar novel, Siddhartha, is Siddhartha who leads a nomadic life in…

chose these topics to make good strong connections to each of the texts I have chosen. In all the texts the protagonist struggles with their identity. In The Talented Mr Ripley Tom has trouble being his own person. We see this when he says he can forge signatures, tell lies and…

would not act out against them; as there was, attacks made before. The colonies had some ties to the west of the Appalachian Mountains, where the line was made for the Indians and fur traders. Alas, they were disabled from their original plans to forge Westward due to the Proclamation of 1763. Regardless of the attempts from other colonies, our state, Michigan, was still considered native land. (May, 1995) The Quebec Act was passed in 1774. It created new boundaries and new concepts for the…

“I had reasoned this out in my mind: There was two thing I had a right liberty and death. If I could not have one, I would have the other, for no man should take me alive”(Harriet Tubman: Quote...). Harriet Tubman is a hero because of her involvement with the underground railroad and her slave life. When Araminta was about 5 or 6 when she began working as a house servant. From a very young age she was determined to gain her freedom. She spent little time living with Brodess, he often hired her…

David Pinilla Mr. Cherubini SBI 4U1 19 October 2016 A boy named Sam Moehligs was born as a girl but didn't like who he was. He decided to get a surgery to transition from a girl to a boy. Before the surgery Sam went through years of being very depressed, he had many suicidal thoughts. Ever since Sam was in kindergarten he knew something was wrong, he didn't feel right in his body, he loved playing sports and watching sci-fi movies. As he grew older he thought of himself as a boy, but then his…