Secret Life

Some say McCandless was stupid for going out into the wilderness without knowing what he was doing. But he wasn't, yes he had errors that cost him his life but he enjoyed the journey. There are many critics and non believers who doubt that he did not find what he was looking for but we can not be sure if he did or not. He wasn’t mentally ill but he did have things in his mind he needed to sort out. Like Krakauer says, McCandless was something else, though no one exactly knows what he was. We all…

Although the characters all felt primarily hunted by one emotion, they experience every emotion during a part of their life. Emilia experienced guilt when she and Florian first met and she convinced him to let her travel with him, even though she knew she would slow him down. She considers herself guilty when she is raped by Russian soldiers, and then she is given special…

for bringing beauty and color into people’s life and on many occasions they hold secrets to the creator's life. People plant their gardens to express themselves in a different way other than just words.The garden’s design or plants use can relate to certain aspects in a character's life. In the novel Samurai’s Garden, by Gail Tsukiyama, the author metaphorically compares the two very different gardens of Matsu and Sachi to show how they overcome their life challenges and how they both use their…

my bed thinking of how life would be if I could let everything out that had been bottled up in my head. I just wanted to free my mind of all the secrets locked deep inside my mind out. I needed a place to let free of all the grudges that I had on people. I wanted a place where I could be myself. I’m jealous of a newborn, their mind so pure and clear but yet so confused at the same time. They know nothing but the face of her mother and father. They are the purest form of life. Innocence. As I lay…

written to show the hardships Steve Harmon endured during one of the most important times of his life. Due to a robbery and murder that he was assumed to be involved in, Steve was put on trial, where his fate was put in the hands of the jury. Fortunately, towards the end of the novel his defense attorney Kathy O’Brien managed to convince the jury that he was not guilty. He was free to go home and continue his life as a teenager, but as a result of the current events, his father moved away and…

When my Uncle Nick passed away five years ago, it was hard for me to let go of my sadness, much like Hamlet’s emotions towards the murder of his father. When Hamlet talks to the ghost of his father, the ghost states “I am forbid / To tell the secrets of my prison house” (1.5.18-19). Much like Hamlet, I always wondered what happened to him after he passed away. Although I personally can not settle on a religion to believe, I feel as if there may be something greater that remains unknown to…

Annie Lucas HON 1700 Personal Narrative Essay 22 September 2017 My entire life had led up to this very moment, one that I had painted much differently in my mind. I knew that it was this day that I would forever step out of the dark, lonely closet and accept myself for who I am. I promised that I would never deny myself the right to live life as my true self ever again. However, this giant leap into freedom wasn’t so relieving as I had thought it would be. My world started to crumble around me,…

careers. These twelve year olds don’t get to choose their careers. Instead, their careers are chosen by the Elders. Because the Elders chose these careers for them, “There was no way, really to know in advance,” what the careers were, “ it was a secret solution, made by the leaders of the community, the Committee of Elders.” Because the jobs of the members of the community are picked without their consent or knowledge, the Elders have enough power to choose exactly what the lifestyle is of the…

dear to me…”(Ludwig Van Beethoven's Biography,n.d.) “...Oh how happy I should be if my hearing were completely restored, then I would hurry to you…;”(Ludwig Van Beethoven's Biography,n.d.) “...I beg of you to keep the matter of my deafness a profound secret to be confided to nobody, no matter whom…”(Ludwig Van Beethoven's Biography,n.d.) “...My hearing has grown steadily worse over the last three years, which was…

telling you why he chose that person. That person who has a family, who has a job, who has a life. Why he chose that person’s soul to take with him. This story takes place in Germany, on Himmel street, the time of the Nazi. Death decided to follow a girl for a while, little did he know that one simple action from a girl named Liesel Meminger could be life changing. By her brother’s dead body, her life changed by picking up a small, simple, and useless item; The Grave Digger’s Handbook.…