Hopeful

As a current student at Keiser University, I was elated to find that I am eligible to apply for an Academic Scholarship and I am honored to have the opportunity to. I am absolutely dedicated to pursuing a career as an Ultrasound Technologist and, as my transcript shows, I am making excellent progress towards attaining a degree in this field while maintaining an excellent grade point average of 4.0. Although it took some time after graduating High School to decide on the right career path for…

The tectonic plates of society, technology, economy and environment are shifting beneath us every second, creating changes in our lives. Issues are rattling through our bones, forcing us to switch up what we believe and how we live. I personally believe that a huge issue that is changing this generation and one we will be dealing with more than other problems is learning how to shrink cynicism. There is so much information coming at us today it is hard to compute what is real, what is false,…

A Speech that Influenced the Soviet Union In October 22, 1962, John F. Kennedy delivered a speech to declare the findings of nuclear missiles located in Cuba. President Kennedy gave an effective speech pointing out what responses he was going to take in order to eliminate the crisis in Cuba. John F. Kennedy responded to the citizens of Cuba, the Soviet Union, and the United States with the goal of encouraging Cuba to be a part of a "free world" , as opposed to a "communist world" ("The Cold").…

Hopewell is also hopeful and cheerful that the Freeman family would live up to her expectations. Hope made her see negative points in a positive manner. For instance, Mrs. Freeman was extremely nosy but instead of frowning upon this trait, Mrs. Hopewell analyzed that it was…

illustrate their story. Ackerman wishes to educate and inform her audience about the Żabiński’s story in order to reveal the harsh realities of World War II that many of her readers can not imagine. The author uses a sanguine tone in order to keep readers hopeful about what is going to happen in the story, and to deflect a bit from the condescending nature of what was truly happening. All through this book, Akerman implements many rhetorical strategies…

Egypt’s government was under control of one, pharaoh, Mesopotamian’s government was divided among several city – states. Elite culture in Egypt, developing in a more stable, predictable and beneficial environment, produce a rather more cheerful and hopeful outlook on the world. (Strayer 2011, 80) The Mesopotamian outlook on life was unpredictable and often violent environment. The Mesopotamian believed that their deities were cruel, punishing them with droughts and floods. Egyptians did not fear…

Li-Young Lee’s “A Hymn to Childhood” flashes back to the Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China, which took place from 1966 to 1976. During this time, the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong was losing influence because of his failed policy, the Great Leap Forward, and so he wanted to reaffirm his power by starting a sociopolitical movement to eliminate his adversaries and other revisionists. Li-Young Lee infuses this past by including himself as the speaker who narrates…

Early American frontiersman, Daniel Boone, is responsible for the development of the state known today, as Kentucky. Boone, born in 1734 in Pennsylvania, was a lifelong outdoorsman. Boone “had very little formal education.”i and “appears to have been a scrappy lad who loved hunting, the wilderness, and independence.”ii while most Americans recognize the name Daniel Boone, not everyone knows what Boone actually accomplished during his life; the settlement of Kentucky. Boone traveled to…

I was naive, hopeful, and lost. The day that I came to understand that it was over. All that I used to think and believe died. There are strange feelings surrounding my head and I don’t know how to react to them. All the questions and demands that I hear have no answers. I’m afraid of acting wrong and cynical that, I’m indignant because I should know what to do even when I act diffident. Their eyes know when I lie but, in this world of people who expect a lot from others, people lie to survive,…

with the fire… [and] even the smallest boys… [bring] little pieces of wood” in order to help pitch in (Golding 41). The boys believe that the fire is the only way that they will stay alive, so keeping the fire burning brightly will keep everyone hopeful of returning home. The fire also brings them together because everyone is focused on keeping the signal fire going in order to get back to civilization, from the oldest to the littluns, and going home means success. When the naval officer comes…