(Miss)understood

important thing to ever happen to me is without a doubt the death of my father. That moment in time has, and will, continue to shape my life until the day I die. A lot of people assume I miss him. I don 't. (How horrible does that sound?) It 's not that I don 't like him because I do, I just find it hard to miss someone I never had. I don 't know him, I don 't know if he has a middle name, I don 't know what he liked to do in his spare time, and I don 't even know when his birthday was. The one…

She was not intimidated by all the people coming down to watch the trial, she did not even go. Miss Maudi showed courage to the “foot washin’ Baptist” by shouting bible verses back to them right after they did it to her. She stands up for herself and says what she believes. Arthur Radley showed courage even when people thought he was a horrible person…

hashed it out and just as we ran out of things to say to him to make him understand our perspective, Alexa asserted herself into the conversation unexpectedly and communicated to him what the rest of us were unable to make him comprehend. As he understood our decision was final, the tensions fizzled out and we were left with a feeling of relief that the storming was over and our group had survived as one cohesive unit, even though we had to lose a member to accomplish…

Traditionally, society has implemented the gender binary of male/female. This binary stays constant due to the power society places in the concept. The details of the separate categories may change a little, but the binary has stayed in place. “Gender is an identity tenuously constituted in time, instituted in an exterior space through a stylized repetition of acts,” (“Gender” 2552). Different portrayals of gender change how the society views the binary but never is the binary completely…

To the colonizer, the effort of transforming a country until it no longer seems unfamiliar can be recognized as noble, the lesser culture has been converted into a mirror image of their own great civilization. To the culture being dominated this mirror is most similar to one you would find at a carnival; they look into it and see a twisted, hardly recognizable version of what they once were. The colonization of a country by a greater power impacts the internal culture of the country not only…

"handing" over his dog to the ghost boy. When Cory and his dad visit Dr. Lezander's house to put Rebel to sleep, he spent alone time with rebel before his dad handed him the form and a pen to sign with. ""Dad?"I said. "He's my dog, isn't he?" My father understood. "Yes, he sure is," he answered and he gave the pen to me. We left the form that said Case #3432 with Dr. Lezander, my name signed on the dotted line. When we got home…

told me often when I was younger. He’d often tell my this in response whenever I told him I was waiting for something. Yes dad, weight broke down the wagon. You put too many things in there and something's going to give. Not until recently did I understood what he meant. My arrival at Westfield State University was a welcomed but rushed one. I was expected to remain close so that I could continue to take care of my family. At that moment it felt as if it was the right thing to do at the moment…

strong female independency, overcoming racism and life lessons. Lily suffered without a mother, not having a mother to teach her about traditional feminine necessities. “The oddest things caused me to miss her. Like training bras. Who was I going to ask about that? And who but my mother could’ve understood…

The Perks of Connecting to a Character According to Nabokov, good readers use an impersonal imagination to read a novel. They should not connect with a character as that could cause bias and cause them to miss out on an author's point in the novel. This is what we have talked about all year, and I believe this to be one hundred percent nonsense. One can enjoy a book without connecting with the main character, but many times it is the author's intention for you to not only sympathize, but…

college in a week. Little had I known I would greatly miss the busy college life and my friends during the 5-week winter break so I was beyond stoked and looking forward to starting the new semester. That 10-minute drive home from her house ended up taking 10 days. I was told a 21-year…