Hope

Fear, love, and hope sum up the beginning two parts of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. The author takes readers on a journey with a young girl no older than 14. Readers watch as she grows as a person and is forced to face unfathomable truths. From early on in life she has to make a decision on who to believe: Nana, her mother, or Jalil, her father. Nana simply doesn’t believe in Jalil and his way of life as a rich man with many wives who segregates one of his daughters far from his…

You Hear the People Sing?” Throughout the film, Les Misérables, the element of hope is discovered by several of the characters. Many of the characters learn that they can turn their life around and do incredible things if they set their mind to it. The element of hope is shown throughout the movie, however, it is very apparent during the musical song, “Do You Hear the People Sing?” An example of the discovery of hope would be when the poor members of the Friends of the ABC came together in…

ability to express our raw emotion. It is so much more than that. In the grand scheme, our little lives are so insignificant. So why has humans come so far? Well, it is the very nature within us to have hope and keep progressing. Hope is what drives us, hope is what completes us, and hope is what can change the world. This gives us a definite reason to exist and live in this lonely universe. History gave birth to people with a purpose and the very means to accomplish it. Jefferson, King,…

Inclusion Observation and Reflection: Samantha's Story Video 1). What were Samantha’s father’s hopes, dreams and concerns for his daughter? Hopes & Dreams Samantha’s father wants the very best for her, he wants to see her develop and continue to reach goals with the support of the teachers. The father’s hopes and dreams is that Samantha always moves forward and never backwards and is treated and looked at as a normal child as he has always treated her as a normal child. Concerns The father’s…

“I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play." This is the advice that a young foal is given by his mother. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is a classic tale from the perspective of a black horse with a white star on his forehead. His name is Black Beauty. Even though he goes through both kind and cruel experiences, he still remains gentle and good all the way till the end…

they have no need to rely on the sunshine. Needless to say, this invention has changed everybody’s lives and light has became known as a beacon of hope in our society today. Hope is connotated as a positive thing that can influence how people think and act. People can also act as a beacon of hope too. In A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, hope is a rare thing in their society. By characterizing Grant as a…

Mentor A mentor or guide is an individual who serves as a teacher to the initiate or hero. Throughout Star Wars A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi acts as a guide for Luke Skywalker. Luke’s home was destroyed, leaving him alone with no family. Obi-Wan Kenobi takes Luke under his wing and pushes Luke to cross the threshold to save Princess Leia. Obi-Wan teaches Luke about the force and gives him information about his father during their journey, which guides Luke to become a hero. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a…

prepossessing because it gives life to many. People generally do not realize how much they don’t appreciate the beauty within earth, they pollute our ecosystems, they cause deforestation and they take part in animal captivity. The stories "Called Out," "Hope for Animals in Our World" and "The Seventh Man" all show the realism behind nature and it’s beauty. They cannot anticipate what nature will bring, some people fail to see that. The more they know about nature, the more they will appreciate…

In the movie by Booth (2007), “American Drug War: The Last White Hope” African American, Rick Ross is mentioned as one of the most famous drug offenders in the 1980’s, who was blamed for the cocaine epidemic that harmed black communities. He explained that as he grew his dream was not to be a dealer, rather a tennis player in college but under the circumstances he saw a new horizon in selling cocaine. Illiterate and living in poverty, Ross explains that the attractiveness of cocaine was the…

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy starts off in a shopping mall in Washington D.C. Cammie and her class are there as a field project. The assignment was to see if they can identify who is following them and get them off their trail. The teacher wants to see if the students can spy on people to figure out who is following them. Two boys start following Cammie and her partner Bex. They headed to the museum to meet their teacher and the boys went after them. The girls broke two important rules.…