Never Again

Alex Leviev May 11, 2016 Memorial Day Speech ELA 8 The Fallen American Soldier “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.” President John F. Kennedy said this to refer to today, when we remember and honor the American Soldiers, ordinary men and women, who died while in military service. It is fitting that our nation chooses the last Monday in May as Memorial Day. This day marks the beginning of summer, and what could be a more…

future and this happening again. A survivor and Nobel peace winner, Elie Wiesel, brought his story to the hearts of many, teaching and inspiring the youth about his past. Wiesel and his family were taken to Auschwitz concentration camp with millions of other Jews.…

rom the video and story, I saw that these two people one Ahmed, 12, and the other Harry, 92. Their stories are almost 100% identical even though 70 years apart and in completely different areas. Harry, a refugee from World War 2 was fleeing Berlin. Then Ahmed, also a refugee, was fleeing from Syria in present time. Ahmed's experiences include his school being burnt down by invaders and people running in the streets in terror. Remember this is happening today almost every day. It's been like…

“And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions,” (Line 32). Since he didn’t make a lot of decisions, he is stuck in one place and will never move forward or backward. He had a lot of plans and visions about his future, but he never accomplished them. He never met his goals and he probably will never meet them. If he doesn’t take action, he will forever be stuck in place. He has revisions about his decisions, so he wants to redo some of his actions. He knew that…

a new home. In the novel Inside Out And Back Again by Thanhha Lai, the title relates to the ‘Universal Refugees Experience’ of fleeing and finding home. Before catastrophe, refugees weren’t known as what they were called today, they were normal citizens having a good life ; they had everything that they needed, until the war and they had to leave or skedaddle their homes; turning their lives ‘inside out’ and sometimes their lives are turned ‘back again’ War is sometimes the main reason for…

trap a one way ticket there and not one back. Communication never seeing family again in person or even worse you can’t get the satellite to work. The reasons you shouldn’t go to Mars and will leave everything behind and never to see again. The death trap called Mars One. The communication on Mars is a day late. You wont be able to talk to your family and friends very often. You would never get to see your friends and family ever again. If there is a storm you can’t communicate if a…

they were animals. According to “Jakob’s Story”, the Holocaust victims suffered for the second reason; never seeing their loved ones again. Jakob states “Upon our arrival we were separated by women and men” (Blankitny paragraph 6). By looking at these citations, one is able to tell that the Jews had to go through…

staring at the snowman, his face almost as white. "D-d-d-did you s-s-s-see THAT?" he stammered... I looked but couldn't recall what he had seen. Then, I saw it. The snowman blinked! I wiped my eyes, took a deep breath, and forced myself to look again. Nothing happened. "I didn't see anything," I said, trying to convince myself more than Charlie. "Come on, Mom is probably wondering where we are." On the way home, I kept replaying the scene. It wasn't real I keep telling myself. But I know…

I didn’t know how to get out what I was trying to say or maybe I didn’t think I needed to? I could just hold it all in?? But now I know how to do it correctly and have the self control I’ve always wanted and needed, ill never give it up again. I never want to stop confining in you not as my “therapist” but as my husband. You know the whole me and how much I love you and only you. I know now I do deserve to be happy and I might not have much to offer but I do know my strengths now and…

three year old. All of this has helped characterize who I want to be. As a single mom, she had to get many jobs but she never give up on us. She move to Chicago because my mom was looking for a better job. Chicago wasn’t the place for her and moved to Florida again, we saw my father again and he bought us a trailer house and the house was damaged, broken, dirty, smelly,…