Other People's Lives

talented woman, like the female artists of Rock and Roll, working to stomp this myth out: in the words of a fellow nasty women, Joan Jett, “Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up.” Jett, along with the other female artists in Rock and Roll, have dedicated their lives to pushing this genre, and our society forward; through their songs, performances, and voices, these women remind me that I am strong and powerful, despite what our society may try to convince…

nothing to do with you because you live in a small town in Vermont, when it has everything to do with you, and no matter how much you wish it wouldn’t affect your life, it will. Because like what Julian Baggini says in his ted talk, if you were to take away all these external influences, you wouldn’t have a personality, and you wouldn’t be you. External influences can change the way you live, your daily life, your perspective on the world and the way you wish to live.…

- “Hating the shit out of the next town over” to me would apply to Brown and Schaffts internal structure v. external relationships. In my opinion the authors would view this as a strong relationship as it relates to “hate” of an outside town due to how urbanism has made it difficult for the local economy to survive if per se, a Walmart comes within 50 miles or so and is perhaps this cheaper alternative to local, farm grown/raised products—so I think here the hate could be from an economic…

moving into this gorgeous house the prefect home I always dreamt or any other kid who grew up in family of a working class getting the chance to live in a marvelous home the kind you see in movies. When my parents told me that we were moving a couple of miles away from where I used to live I didn’t understand the reason that all of the sudden I did not wanted to move away. From all the times I dreamt to get out of there and live in a perfect family and a great home. Nothing made sense at that…

entire dance. Saying a prayer during the preparation of these turns you begin spinning on your toe, making sure to lock your knees and point your toes to the best of your ability. You stay in sync with the person in front of you, hoping that the others around you do the same as the crowd erupts in applause. During the moments following the conclusion of these turns, you wait for your dance teacher to scream as she always does when the turns hit as they are supposed to. As you complete the…

The name Xbox was derived from the contraction DirectX Box, referencing Microsoft graphics, “API, DirectX”. The Xbox Live service first launched in 2002 and allowed players to play online with or without broadband connection. It first challenged Dreamcast online then it primarily competed with the PlayStation 2. The Xbox had the title of most popular online game “Halo…

passages, where you can only see the cobwebs and shadows. There was never light and so sometimes, I used to light candles to look at what is outside. I had always wished to go outside in the real world, and go into the society. But, I did not know how other people lived there. And how would I survive in the real world? I don’t know how much time I have lived in this place, but I think it is now the time, I should go and experience the life outside the horrible place, where I had…

have on a person. When reading this story, It teaches me that from all of the pleasant things in life I take for granted, alongside the other things, I am now taught to cherish what I have because others don't often get to enjoy the nice things in life. Through his experiences, he teaches us how he lived his life through scavenging, how people of today live their lives and informs society of what people take for granted.…

specific distinct group of people. A person’s culture has a very large influence on the way they behave because it is mostly based on their personal values. Brian was living in Green Gates home with seven young men; he was given the opportunity to live independently for two weeks. However, he failed…

Dust city Dust city is a place where Henry lives and used to be crowded by fairies. Fairies used to live in an island floating in the sky called Eden and used to help the people called the Humain and the Animalia. The Humain lived on the floating island with the fairies and the Animalia lived below. Till something took place. All fairy's vanished one night and never came back. Some say They still live in Eden and they have forgotten about us and some say they all died. Some still believe that…