I Gotta Feeling

And I smile. We stand there with this big smile of respect between us. It’s about as real a smile as girls can do for each other, considering we don’t practice real smiling every day, you know, cause maybe we are too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest. And worthy of respect…. you know…. like being people. (Pg. 39, lines 389-395) In this quote, Squeaky transforms herself into her true identity. Throughout the story, as Squeaky denies all her adversity in life, through being tough and mean. However, as the story progresses, she finds the right path and by the end, she realizes that being tough doesn’t always mean being strong. Sometimes being true to yourself and your identity is what has the best effects in…

of the world. Secondhand Serenade and many others in their genres, have had many heartbreak experiences that have made them put more feeling behind their sad songs. Secondhand Serenade is from Menio Park, California. The band Secondhand serenade was created in 2004 and are currently still making music. They started with the basics and produced India music when they started. The whole band started with John Vesely, he would play bass until his wife told him to serenade her. John Vesely is the…

“I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone” (Robin Williams). Though many of the characters feel lonely, their environment and those surrounding them furthers their isolation. By noticing the different characteristics within John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men, loneliness can be recognized and contrasted by Lennie and George’s tight-knit relationship. Furthermore, once these grievous faults…

environment, and the joyous feeling of a great Georgia summer day starts spreading. While I was listening to the radio, a song came up. While looking, it felt as the trees tumbled and danced beside the highway, dancing peacefully as I turned up the volume louder. The song was very exciting, and the spirit of joy within myself increased tremendously. The song was called “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida. The highlight of the night was this soothing and rejuvenating song entering my body. Ever since…

What’s worse than being alone? The feeling of being lonely is taking over many of us in our modern society. Mother Teresa said once “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty”. She is trying to convey that feeling or being lonely is the worst feeling there is. Being in the state of isolation can be difficult . It can be depressing. You feel like you don’t have anyone and you're alone in everything. George and Lennie They are together during the whole book but…

At 15 years old, I didn’t have any interest in boys. Throughout my childhood I would go to sleepovers with other girls from my class, and while they’d giggle at the pictures of the male models in Teen Vogue and gossip about the latest boys that they’d been smitten with, I would sit on the side and absolutely infuriate them during games of Truth or Dare. The question was always the same. “Come on Delaney, you’ve gotta tell us! Who do you like?” Naturally, answer was always the same too. I’d…

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth” (William W. Purkey). According to Purkey people should live life how they want, and live life the way it make them happy. Morrie Schwartz would agree with what Purkey said to living life on what makes the person happy. In the memoir of Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie teaches others how to live life through accepting regrets, loving others, and to…

are people lonely? Is there a different reason for everybody’s loneliness? Loneliness is a basic part of human life, but is an obstacle in life that one would do anything to avoid. This inevitable barrier to a content and happy life is a feeling that cannot even be avoided by the strongest people in life. In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, loneliness is a significantly major issue shown throughout this book that are expressed by many characters. Their reason for feeling lonely…

Rangers The feeling of emptiness can strike deep into one’s soul. Pure sadness occurs during the times of isolation, and depression is unavoidable. From the outside, one might seem like the usual, but inside of one’s mind can show a very lonely story. Likewise, this theme of loneliness is thoroughly shown in the book, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. Due to segregation and movement of migrant workers, no one ever stays along and most of them are always alone. Situated in the Great Depression,…

free time again and get to go out and do what they want. Along with the emotions parents have when their children leave there is also a feeling that parents get before they leave, Waldner says this feeling is “similar to the panic a mother experiences when she first leaves her child at daycare or kindergarten, in the care of strangers.” Unlike kindergarten, when children leave for college no one…