Person I Admire the Most Essay

When I began my first English course, I was feeling excited because it was my first semester in college, studying in the United States, in a different language from mine. I remember my first assignment in English 101; we had to compose a narrative essay. I found it interesting because I had to narrate a story from my life. What I learned from it that a narrative essay should have a purpose and the construction of it should include introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. I also tried to…

using her own poop. Celia sends Hilly a check for the damage at the benefit calling her “Two Slice Hilly”. Personal Connection: I feel like a lot of people have felt like Celia before, desperately wanting to be accepted and liked. This happens a lot especially in high school, where there is a group of popular kids that everyone wants to be a part of. Unfortunately most kids are rejected for not fitting the standards, like Celia doesn’t fit because she’s from Sugar Ditch as opposed to being…

This I Believe Hero Do you know anyone in your life that you would consider to be a hero? The most astonishing altruistic lady name Joan is whom I have met. Who inspires me of this motto that we all should think about others and not just about ourselves as we are all in this together. To me she is my definition of a hero. In fact, my definition of a hero is a person who has humility to admire their outstanding achievements and qualities. For instance, I perceive a hero being a leader and a…

people who lead the way and set a path for others to take and accomplish. I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion as told by Alexander the great, Leadership is a virtue. If i have to take a moment to consider people who had significant influence in my life, i would definitely start wit my Dad. "Like father like son”. There are a few people who…

Misunderstood Heroes There are many people that we admire; heroes being the most common have been looked up to for centuries. Through heroes one creates the concept of good versus evil. More often than not we associate the heroes with good and the villains with bad. Then there are the guys in the middle, the ones we can’t identify as good because he does bad things but the character is too complicated so we don’t understand the logic to his actions. This kind of character we identify as an…

Chapter 3 demonstrates Searle’s critical abilities towards Dualism and Materialism, as well as the responses to these arguments by materialists. The opinions include: the prospect of zombification and famous analogies “What Is It like to Be a Bat’, “What Mary Didn’t know” and “the Chinese room” by Nagel, Jackson and Searle himself. In Chapters 4 and 5, Searle’s twofold description of consciousness include its configuration and causal link to our physical bodies as well as the outside world.…

from 1265- September 1321 and was known for his poetry. One of the most famous poems in his work was Divine Comedy. I grew up in the Catholic Church and still continue to practice my religion, which is why he seemed interesting to me. The reason I admire Dante is because he was man with a lot to tell, in each of his stories he was able to give you a clear picture of what is going on in his poems. One that stands out to me the most is Divine Comedy where he tells the story of how Virgil guides…

Hunter Guttensohn The main attribute I found that Kreon admires most in a person is Loyalty to the city. The most obvious example of this is Kreon's refusal to bury one of the two deceased brothers of Antigone (753, 231-244). Eteokles was loyal to his city until death. As a result, his body received all the proper burial rituals that were accustomed to his culture. However, Polyneikes was not loyal to Thebes. Subsequently, his body was unburied and left to rot. Not only is this an example of…

When I think about the Professional and personal leaders that I have interacted with as a follower and who I have admired and will like to analyze today a few names comes to mind. However, the two that impress me the most will have to be Mr. John Boaz as a professional leader and Ms. Michelle Lee, a personal leader. Mr. Boaz, exhibit leadership and ethical skills in accounting and mentoring field. He is a certified public accountant, who is the managing director of his accounting company. He…

Who is Socrates? By many he is recognized as the father of Western philosophy. Other than that, very little is known about his life. What we do know is told from different viewpoints. Most of his life was chronicled through the dialogues of one his most famous students Plato, in The Republic and the plays of Aristophanes, in The Clouds. Each had their own portrayals of Socrates’ characteristics and beliefs. If you have read his texts then you can tell that in, The Clouds, Aristophanes wrote with…