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they don’t really have time to think about it.(how to ignore pain pg. 1) When you keep you mind going it does not allow you to have time to think about the things that bring you down. Others may completely block out what happened and carry on with life as if were nothing had happened. For some people, forgetting the past is the only way they can move on from what happened, they don’t need time to just sit there all that will help is to preserve and keep going. The way you get past something…

Victor’s obsession with science clouded his judgment causing great suffering in his personal life. Events in his life that show his clouded judgment include: abandoning the monster he created, letting a close family friend die to conceal his secret at all costs, and destroying the companion he had promised to make for the monster. Victor Frankenstein grew up in a very supportive and wealthy home. Frankenstein lived as an only child until the age of five. At this age, Victor’s mother decided…

Loss is something everyone has to go through, throughout life. There’s no way of escaping it, there’s always something that’s gone in one’s life. Bronte’s poem, Remembrance, and Hardy’s poems, The Darkling Thrush, and Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave? Are three poems that help us better understand the things we don’t really notice that we are missing. In the poem Remembrance, by Emily Bronte, one understands the loss of a loved one. In the poem The Darkling Thrush, by Thomas Hardy one is told…

can easily see the change in Homer’s attitude when he was designing rockets versus mining. He was genuinely happy and passionate about something different and exciting and he could not share that moment with his dad. Every guy, at least once in their life looked for satisfaction from their dad and the sought the feeling of making him proud; and Homer desperately craved it from his dad. But also the lack of support from his dad aspired him to push and work harder to prove him wrong which led to…

brother and her stepfather to get new coats, more food and a tin roof. the only reason she didn't give up or become negative was because of her family or for her family. She endured many days of getting raped for her family to be able to have a better life in Nepal, which is a very strong and brave thing to do and takes a lot of courage. In Sold, Patricia McCormick wrote, “Your stepfather has said you must go to the city and earn your keep’ explained Ama...This news is like a tiny earthquake,…

Throughout The book,” The Alchemist” Santiago has several character traits that are negative and positive. These traits of Santiago illustrate and exemplify on what kind of boy he is. A positive trait of Santiago is how determined of a person he is. Santiago had many opportunities to give up on his personal legend but did not, a quote from the book that helps defend this claim is “ when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Santiago had said this right…

Decades ago, the esteemed chief of the Ponca tribe, Standing Bear, argued that “Man’s heart away from nature grows hard.” Even years prior to our modern environmental movement, mankind has always had a profound respect and admiration for nature. Our natural world has been celebrated in song, literature, art, poetry, and just about every other form of media one can think of. Naturalists, like William Wordsworth and John Muir, praise nature through written works, showing the emotional effect of…

would be like to have someone sitting across from him at lunch, a friend.” Lastly, in the story it showed Brian was a pro at landing on a tree as a bird. This illustrates that Brian had been a bird many times before and this shows how lonely Brian’s life…

The Red Badge Of Courage is a story about a boy who signed up for war not really knowing much about it. When it comes down to the time where he actually has to fight Henry begins to run away from the battle instead of being a man and fighting. As you get more into the story you'll see that Henry becomes a little more brave but I would still consider Henry a coward because of his decision , thoughts, and his actions during is time in war. In this story Henry makes so many bad decisions, but…

money because of its corrupting capabilities. Many modern day families struggle with balancing money and family. Society often represents the typical American family to consist of a father that always works late, never being a part of their children’s life. While the mother balances work and family with…