S. N. Goenka

Whitman’s Love of Lincoln Walt Whitman’s poem, “O Captain! My Captain!,” tells of a young man coming back from a battle on a ship. However, the captain has, “fallen cold and dead” (8), and the young man weeps for his captain’s death. Whitman is writing about Abraham Lincoln after he died, Whitman in deep grief and mourning. He captures the funeral of the captain by alluding to Lincoln and soldiers, the grief of someone who is close, changes the tone to match the people and himself, and captures…

How Ponyboy Saved Himself What if an essay could save a person’s life? This happened to the character Ponyboy in the book The Outsiders which was written by S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy is in a gang of greasers who are people who are not very accepted by society because they do not have very much money and they do not always follow the law. They have a lot of conflicts with a group called the Socials, Socs for short. One day Johnny has to Save Ponyboy from the Socs by killing one. After running from…

The story, The Outsiders, there are lots of actions that are controversial whether they are honorable or dishonorable. The story started like every other story, introducing the characters, which are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Dallas, Steve, and Two-Bit in Oklahoma. Then, Socs beat up the Greasers Ponyboy, and Johnny because they picked up the Soc’s girls. Next, Johnny kills the Soc Bob, to protect Ponyboy and himself, and they are forced to run away, and hide. Then, Johnny decides to turn…

“Stay golden Ponyboy” Johnny says as he lay dying. A character I believe that I am similar to is Ponyboy Curtis from the book The Outsiders. First, I believe Ponyboy Curtis and I share an outstanding amount of similarities such as our hairstyles I have heard people say it looks like a fall leaf dancing in the wind. Second, Ponyboy and I happen to look alike I believe. Last, Ponyboy and I both came from similar crime filled places that would be so unexpected anywhere else but where I used to live…

Dwight D. Eisenhower was a man who was a leader during a time of war. He was born in Denison, Texas in 1890. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1915. His leadership capabilities were show and eventually led him to becoming the Allied Forces Supreme Commander during World War II. Eisenhower's contributions to our country came through his leadership whether as a general, allied commander or as the president of the United States. Dwight Eisenhower was the son of David and Ida…

2 gangs on the opposite ends of town, continuously having rebuttals and trying to see who’s boss, but in reality how much different are they? They act like polar opposites, but neither group has gotten the chance to know one another. If they’re seen together it’s a crime with the exception of the times they’re fighting one another , or trying to make snarky remarks. The relationship between the two is miles from being good - natured towards one another. In “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there…

President Truman and the United States Government had many alternatives to dropping the atomic on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. The United States could take part in a land invasion of Japan in order to fight surrender out of them. Waiting for Russia to break their Japanese neutrality act and attack Japan was also a very viable option presented to Truman while he was deliberating dropping the atomic bombs. Unfortunately, there were very good reasons why both of these options were…

In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, is a story about a boy named Ponyboy and how he goes through the troubles of life. The book which is fiction focused on the fight between rich and poor. It also focuses on the journey from youth to adulthood. The three topics addressed in the interesting book power of friendship, journey from youth to adulthood, and fight between rich and poor. First, the book addresses the significance of the power of friendship. One example of the power of…

O’Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman is about, as the name suggests, the last days of Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln was our nation’s president during the Civil War. He was a great leader who helped bring the Union to victory alongside General Ulysses S. Grant and General George Gordon Meade. However, this book does not only highlight Lincoln’s life during the Civil War, but it also tells what happened during the end of the war and how he was assassinated after. This book is overall a classic…

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America. He is remembered as one of America's utmost leaders because of his large influence on the country. Then, all of a sudden he was killed by John Wilkes Booth at a time when the nation needed him the most to finish the job he had started which was making slaves equal to everyone else. In summer of 1864, John Wilkes Booth began to develop a plan to kidnap President Lincoln, take him to Richmond, which was the confederate…