Personal life

obsessed with drugs,” or “she is obsessed with gambling” as one hears the use of this word with a negative action it changes people personal definition of the word. If one would look in most dictionaries, when they give the example of the word in a sentence it is always use the native context. Being obsessed with something or someone can be damaging to people’s daily life and others around them. Now the real question is how does one get to be…

Ethnographic Research Paper: Life History (Geronimo Hernandez) The topic that I choose is the life history of a Mexican man by the name of Geronimo Hernandez. The reason why I choose to do a life history of a Mexican man is because I can relate with that person and I have knowledge of traditions and know some of the struggles Mexican people face as a community. I like Mr. Hernandez have come to this country to live a better life and have left a different life style back in our Country like many…

"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."—Jane Austen Jane Austen’s quote about having a large income as a recipe for happiness is something I think a ton of people in today’s society, including myself, believe in and agree with. Though it may seem shallow on the surface, its way more than having just the money. It’s about surviving in today’s expensive world, and being able to take care of those you care about, it’s about making sure you’re able to get an education, to…

A recurring theme in Paulo Coehlo’s The Alchemist is of success, and of how it is dependent on one’s own decisions. Throughout the novel, Santiago is shown to frequently face obstacles when in pursuit of his Personal Legend. Such an example is when Santiago, after having been robbed of his money by some stranger, ruminates over what had happened, and soon “ realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure” (…

for a breath and become more present in the moment you will realize the beauty in the commonest of places and discover gratefulness. A world filled with darkness, finding happiness can almost seem impossible, the power of extracting happiness from life is to find it within common occurrences. Therefore, if you summarize your day today, have you taken notice…

“The American Dream” is a concept of attaining all life can offer for an individual. A possible goal someone strives to reach but may not be able to due to circumstances. It is what you make and earn not what you gain but not everyone is meant to achieve the dream. Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck teaches that “The American Dream” is not achievable for most people. In their lifetimes, most people are not able to achieve their “American Dream” which include George Milton and Lennie Small. The…

are apparently growing not only in our daily life, but also all around us. Newspaper reports, environmental disasters and information overload assisted by technological advancements, are the main contributing factors as prime sources of our fears, worry and anxiety in life. We further add to this, our own unique and personal concerns – finances, well-being, education and life of our children, health of our parents as also ourselves – thereby making our life almost going out of control and…

Photosynthesizing Dreams Why should people hold onto their dreams? Dreams are crucial to a person’s life, and without them, they may never know the feeling of fulfillment. In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, published in 1959, she uses the character Mama to portray ideas about dreams. The play was written eight years after Langston Hughes’ poem, “Harlem” which served as inspiration for Hansberry to write the play. In addition, she uses specific characters in the play to represent…

Undeniably, the biggest influence to the development of my political identity would have to be my parents, and for a magnitude of reasons including their personal upbringings, emphasis on privilege, and importance of having values. My parents’ contrasting upbringing, mainly economic status, demonstrated the importance of utilizing my own life’s privileges and opportunities. My dad, having lost his mother at a young age, spent almost all of his childhood living in poverty being raised by his…

For Kiyomi Scoville it had always seemed that her life was meant to be a certain way and certain qualities were required for her success but upon further inspection of the world around her as well as herself and the comparison of reality and illusion her life transformed. The worth of a person cannot be measured by numbers or personal beliefs, it is measured by the individual on how proud and pleased they are with themselves. In the world surrounding Kiyomi society and media largely impact who…