Love-shyness

seductive allure of ballet, but her love soured despite her doing everything she possibly could. So much of ballet is a paradox: it is beautiful on stage but ugly in it’s preparation, It take a lifetime of training but you must come to it nearly perfect in order to succeed long term. “Ballet is not something you can grow into” The sales woman with the messy carrot top hair and stubby fingers tells a young Nicholson who has yet to even reach puberty. Nicholson pursues a love she is told from the…

David Stafford asserts, “Whenever you feel compelled to put others first at the expense of yourself, you are denying your own reality, your own identity.” By sacrificing one’s self for others, Stafford implies that there would be a negative change in one’s physicality, mentality, or even both. This negative change could come in many different forms, but ultimately is a constraint, preventing one from reaching one’s maximum potential. Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses this theme of self-sacrifice in…

Sweetie and Perry’s daughter, Dorothy, grew up a very curious child, she always wondered how her mother died, and when she was old enough, her aunt, Grace, told her everything, including her suspicious of the affair between Perry and Jo-Ann and her belief that they killed her sister. The information disturbed Dorothy, the very thought of Jo-Ann living on her mother’s property did not sit well with her. Dorothy spoke with an attorney, but was told that there was nothing she could do, the land was…

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another, or empathy can be found while examining the play Legend by Stanisław Wyspiański. The play depicts a story of self loss , family loss, and the loss of a hero. These three forms of loss in combination with the various devices used in the play that are character, dialogue, detail, and perspective all work conjointly to evoke a feeling of empathy in the audience. Each type of loss can be associated to a specific moment in the play, these…

In the first attempt of reading (skimming and scamming) my original thought was the poem was describing a woman's love for her child. In this poem Bradstreet compares her book to that of an “ill-formed” child that does not deserve to be displayed. She describes the book to be something she is ashamed of, yet passionate about. The tone she seems to project is empathetic. Bradstreet sympathies for her book knowing how impossible perfection within the book is unobtainable yet she still take pride…

a sweet, sappy country manner. The southern charm of Paisley's voice to this song is the icing on the cake so to speak. Many things about this song make it worth listening to such as, the message as well as the smooth rhythm of the soft melodies. Love is a strong and wonderful thing that cannot just be forgotten all at once. This song represents the strength of this feeling when a turn of events happens between loving a couple with their differences at hand. In the end, everything just finished…

The author uses imagery to describe how Mortenson is feeling and all the hardships he faced on his journey. This quote is significant because it describes what it was like to sleep on a mountain. The author lets the reader know how cold and uncomfortable it was. Mortonson made peace with himself and his failure to honor Christa. His body failed him, not his spirits. For the first time in his life, Mortenson found his body's limit while living on a mountain. The author uses pathos to highlight…

Anasia Gladney is a bright, humorous, and congenial African American woman. She is 16 years old, a junior at the Academy at Palumbo High School, and an employee at Fresh Grocers. Anasia is also an appreciative, empathetic person, and to quote her mother, Hadiya Gladney, “ a joy to be around”. You may wonder, how Anasia became who she is now. She was influenced by living in public housing and by her mother’s efforts to leave public housing and raise her two daughters. Anasia’s mom, Hadiya…

garden and then Giovanni tries to pick a flower for Beatrice. When he attempts this,“she caught his hand and drew it back with the whole force of her slender figure. Giovanni felt her touch thrilling through his fibers”(261). Giovanni is touched not by love, but by poison and yet he still cannot tell the difference. He is caught up in her charade and is not the least bit concerned about a person desperately trying to stop you from touching a flower because he is so committed to the idea of her…

JonBenet Ramsey was a six year old pageant queen. She resided in Boulder Colorado with her father John Bennett Ramsey, mother Patsy Ramsey, and nine year old brother Burke Ramsey. The Ramsey’s were the ideal, picture perfect, all-American family. They lived in a quiet, safe, suburban neighborhood. However, December 26, 1996 the Ramsey’s lives changed forever. JonBenet was murdered and found in the basement of the Ramsey home. Suspicious pieces of evidence led to theories that one of…