My Ántonia

She lost everything in 2005 due to hurricane Katrina and never pitied herself.She even gave away her kidney to her brother by choice. She spent two and a half years with her mother in a hospital because she needed round-the-clock care. She worked with my father for many years and is now part of our family. She never left anyone behind and served as a great role model for me. In October 2004, Angie gave away her…

emotions explicitly seen in “My last Duchess” throughout. Glancing across the sea to the American poet Edgar Allan Poe, one discovers much of the same ghoulish obsession with obscurity observed in Browning's poetry. However, Poe's work seems to be deficient in the mockery found in Browning's work. Poe’s poem frequently disparate and is often admired as one of the most beautiful love poems of the English language. It may not attribute the same altitude of wickedness found in "My Last Duchess",…

not hear that often in our today’s music. Overall, the song is not as bad as I thought; it comes to the fact that the more I listen to it, the more I start to appreciate the song. Not a bad way to start the album. The song, “Living for the City,” is my favorite song in the album hands down. It is seven minutes and twenty-three minutes long, but I recommend that one should listen to the whole thing; please do not skip a single part. As a matter of fact, it was so good that I listen to it three…

subculture of our culture, it still has its “boundaries” or acceptance of those in it. I was never an emo kid (I was a preppy girl back in my early teens) but I also had an appreciation for the style and music. The closest thing that I could do was listen to some bands, wear eyeliner (that was 8th grade) and converse. I still did listen to some emo bands such as My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, and Panic! At the Disco. I still very much so still listen to these bands, but more so as a…

Meggie and her mother sat in their newly organized yard waiting for the older daughter Dee coming home for a visit. Mother daydreams that she and Dee attend a TV show as a family, and Dee embraces her like the children on the families show. Just as she was contemplating, Maggie, the younger daughter approched hesitantly seeking approval for her attire. Both daughters witnessed the burning destruction of their home a decade ago. The fire consumed their house and left Maggie with permenate scars.…

On the morning of March 16th, 1968 in two hamlets of Son My village in Quảng Ngãi Province, the thin border between duty and war crime was crossed when American soldiers raped, mutilated and killed between 347 and 504 unarmed Vietnamese men, women and children. There was no sign of resistance nor possession of weapons. According to evidence from various informants, the 48th Vietcong infantry Battalion was harbored within the border of My Lai, but in truth only innocent civilians occupied the…

analysing the connection of death that was significant across the texts: Skinned by Robin Wasserman, My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, The return man by V. M Zito and John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. More specifically the paradigms of death that were presented: Hope of fighting or surviving death, no choice in death and the acceptance or certainty of death. Synopsis of each book The novel My Sister’s Keeper is about a 13 year old girl, genetically designed to be the perfect match in…

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a movie about the life and hardships of Gilbert Grape. Gilbert is a 24 year-old boy, who should be out living his life, but is instead stuck with the responsibility of caring for his family. He took on this job after his father committed suicide to escape from it, and this is where all of his problems stem from. The best way to understand Gilbert’s issues is by taking a look at his relationships with each member of his family. To do so, I will begin with the…

handle ten seconds”(Schmidt 2015) when that ten seconds is over we get to start all over. My life was never a walk in the park, but it always made me a brighter person.I was always the girl who bad things were happening but I could never let these things get in my way. I always knew I could build myself from the things that were happening in my life. These helped me be the better and brighter person I am today.From my experiences I became a blunt person, not to the point that I am mean, just…

couple of things which consider the biggest influences in our lives. Whether something as simple as a book, movie, family member, or a person we briefly knew that touched our lives like nothing else has. Personally a film and two people I have had in my life that influenced me and made me who I am today. I am not a huge movie fanatic but there is one film which was a small release one that really touched me like no other one has. The film “A Better Life” released in 2011 which the two lead…