Lament

rather listen to a cheese grater sliding against a chalkboard. The next few days went by without any incident, but still extremely tedious. Then, Friday came. Friday was the big test day. When I entered the classroom, I overheard some of my peers lament about how tired they were from staying up so late trying to study. I was confident that I would do great, and yet a small part of me was still nervous that I would fail. When our instructor handed out the tests only the sound of pencil…

“We cannot cooperate with you” explains one of the local farmers “You come with all your weapons and then you leave. We’re staying here and then the Taliban will come after us.” he laments, highlighting how difficult it is for the ISAF to stabilize the nation while Taliban forces remain active. There is little explanation of the mission save for the brief description of the Forward Operating Base and its’ function in the film's introduction…

registering the tragedy of his family and realizing that all of his children and his wife have been killed, Malcolm says, “Dispute it like a man” (4.3.259). Once again, he is given no time to grieve and is instead told to stop acting like a wimp. He cannot lament over the loss of his family because that is considered a feminine thing to do. He must be strong and go kill Macbeth instead. Another example of where a man cannot show weakness is when Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are speaking about…

The majority of individuals are inevitably phased with the following question at some point in their life: “What do I believe?” Every single human being on the planet has a set of moral values and beliefs that are important to them. They all withhold opinions about what they believe is “right, wrong, good or bad.” Values are an incredibly important aspect of one’s life; these guiding principles dictate the way people perceive the world, the way people act, what decisions they make and what…

“Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum The song “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum describes Holden’s journey through New York and what he is thinking. For instance, Holden talks about going away for a long time when he says, “I’d start hitchhiking my way out West…. And live there the rest of my life” (Salinger 198-9). Holden starts to digress a lot but this time he starts to become super serious about this irrational idea of moving out forever. He feels like he doesn’t need anybody anymore and just wants…

Children all around the world are bullied everyday. Bullies often take things away from their victim, like their lunch money, making it hard for the victim to provide for themselves. Bullies in many instances will make fun of their victim. For example, they could make fun of their religion, or beliefs. Lots of kids don't like to go to school because the bullies will be there with them. The environment that these children are in can be very negative and make them feel worse and worse about…

People of Cyprus anxiously wait the new governor, Otello from a battle with the Turks. Otello arrives and tell them that the Turkish fleet has been destroyed. People cheer for the victory besides Venetian Roderigo. Roderigo has fallen in love with Otello’s new life, Desdemona when Otello goes to fight with the Turks. Otello’s ensign Iago promises to help Roderigo to take her. While people celebrating for Otello, Iago starts his plan to ruin Otello. He makes Cassio to drink when Iago…

interviews, that the poor are poor because it’s their own doing. And that those students have no understanding of the ways that opportunity is not equal in America and those social structures pushes people around and maintains the status quo. Loewen laments about the number of middle class families having dropped steadily since 1967, not rising but lowering in social class. That there is no upward mobility in regards to social ranking without extremist measures being taken. Loewen also discusses…

"[Menelaus and Agamemnon 's] loud and ringing cry was of war, from anger, like vultures which in extreme anguish for their young wheel and spiral high above their nests […]. On high, someone – either Apollo or Pan or Zeus – hears the birds ' wailed lament, the sharp cry of these settlers in…

“Oh Captain! My Captain!” is about a son who is attempting to inform his father about good news, unaware that his father has just passed away in a battle. Walt Whitman, the author of “Oh Captain! My Captain!” laments over the loss of his hero, Abraham Lincoln and viewed him as the greatest president in United States History. Whitman saw a “grand tragedy that promised ultimate purgation and unification for America” in the death of Lincoln (Reynolds). Because of this view on President Lincoln,…