Keep Hope Alive

him. In The Road, the father does everything he can to teach his son how to pursue the goodness in the world. By using an abundant amount of tokens throughout the novel such as, the fire, bunker, coca-cola can, and the boy, McCarthy indicates how to keep pushing through the post apocalyptic world the boy and his father live in. The term, “carrying the fire” depicts righteousness in a human being. The boy and his father carry that righteousness within them. Others act out in a infernal manner…

“There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there is so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.” by Zayn Malik. The more and more certain people keep their emotions in from their family and friends, Therefore they continue to get worst. Certain situations in your life you rather get support than get criticism. “Where Things Come Back” by John Corey Whaley. The story is about many different characters and how their own…

pinpoint exactly what happened in someone’s everyday life, Polanski showed that Szpilman was deprived with less and less motivation every day. As shown in the film, the entire Szpilman family was put through a lot; including lack of money, sleep, and hope. As a pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman was able to continue to play and make money at the same time, working as a piano player for a restaurant and the Polish radio station. As the…

Everybody has dreams. Dreams are what keep us ‘alive’. They keep us striving for better, and always thinking of a better place and time. Without dreams, we wouldn’t want to achieve anything, and therefore we wouldn’t. John Steinbeck sent this message in his novel “Of Mice And Men”. “Of Mice And Men”l is about two men working together for a single goal, or dream. It takes place in California during the 1930s. George and Lennie end up getting run out of their job after Lennie accidentally kills a…

compares her imprisonment to that of Cinderella. She pleads, “At least Cinderella had her work to keep her busy – the familiarity of sweeping floors and washing windows and cooking the daily bread. If nothing else, because she had truly suffered she could appreciate her ever after” (p. 37). Knowing the Cinderella story gives the kidnapped woman perspective on her situation. She does not have daily tasks to keep her busy like Cinderella did, but knowing that Cinderella eventually escapes…

more about the immune deficiency while hoping to save David’s life. The doctors created a plastic bubble for David to live in after he was born. It was in hopes that he would only be in there for a few months, but his immune system did not develop as quickly as expect. About ten seconds after his birth, he was placed into the bubble in hopes to protect him from the outside world of disease and germs; thus giving birth to the “boy in the bubble”. By taking away the chances of being exposed to…

uncertainty of life year by year. It throws a curve ball in their lives because they can not live normally. Men, women, and children are forced to sacrifice their lives to keep the old traditions alive and running. Families are torn apart in such ways no one should have to experience. Just like the actual lottery today, when you play, you hope to win the money that is involved. You want the winning numbers or ticket that grants you your prize. In this story, it is switched around. The winning…

two young guys for no reason. In my opinion, Harris deserved to die because he had very aggressive behaviour. Murdering people is not a good thing and he had to die. He didn’t deserve even the life imprisonment because it is very expensive to keep him alive. I am shocked at your anti-death penalty attitude, demonstrated in your article ‘I see a killer die’. Do you think that Baker family would be pleased with your attitude demonstrated towards the death penalty in your article? The families of…

Night Night by Ellie Wiesel starts off in a small town in Hungary it was the spring of 1944 the rise of the nazi army was on the horizon every person in the town was scared not a single soul was living yet everybody seemed to be alive ….. At the beginning of the text we are introduced to Ellie and his family we find out he has a mother a father and a younger sister we find out that the Wiesel family is going to be moved to the camp Birkenau because of the fact that the person warning people to…

departures, journey, and the arrival in Brazil; their hope of a better life and what was facing a whole forest to be cleared. It also tells what they did and what they were able to create, that is, a new Veneto with all the features of the original one, keeping since the polenta on the table to the same type of houses. In all these years, from generation to generation, passing through all kinds of difficulties, this people has managed to keep alive their culture, tradition and language. Cantando…