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people’s lives? In my paper, I give out the explanation on how God and evil can coexist with one another because good can triumph over evil through perseverance. This goes on with the relationship between justice and vengeance and how the two can’t live without the other. Though it may be hard to actually consider this, there are many forms to prove this as to be true. God has evil on Earth for the people to understand that there is always a need to make sure to give out a lesson and make others…

Page 153 in Fun Home, Alison illustrates the situation that almost threw him out of the closet. Being caught with a young man and beer in his car. Now, that situation is not something you’d want to have over you. Bad enough that men of the gay community in the 1960’s were portrayed as older men who prey on young boys or pedophiles…

Openly Straight exhibits the destruction unfavorable labels can inflict upon individuals. While readers attempting to cope with their sexual identity may find this novel enlightening as they endeavor through the process of removing themselves from the pigeonholes other’s have relegated them to. Rafe’s belief that the only way for him to succeed in this world is through the concealment of his sexuality: proving to be the weakest point of this novel. Whereas Rafe’s English teacher is truly the…

Imagine your son or daughter coming home with a very worn out stance. Their head is down, and they go up to their room. You just think they had a rough day, so you do not pay any attention to it. Dinner time rolls around, so you go to their room to procure them, but you see an empty bottle of pills. They will not wake up. You look on their desk after looking at their body, finding a note explaining everything. What would you do? Almost half the world is accepting of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay,…

The Broken System Suffering and being neglected on a daily basis is not something someone has to ever encounter. The foster care system is failing because of all of the flaws that exist which results in the harm of bringing down innocent children. The state of Florida has been the first state to ever make all foster care privatized. While the foster care system in Florida is able to get many children adopted, many several of them also suffer from permanent health issues because of the broken…

These stories vary from abuse of any sort to war stories identical to Louie’s. The story “My Battle” is a story about a girl named Amethyst Dunn. The story takes place at her house in the year of 2012 towards the end of October. Her parents were out for the night, and her neighborhood was known for having offenders. She decided…

eventually started using his phone as well. To me we seemed lost and I expected them to ask us if they could be of any assistance. Unfortunately they did not and we decided to walk toward the direction where we saw people coming from. They were coming out of big blue doors and down steps to exit where we came in at. As we went to walk up the steps they informed us that we were supposed to go outside and come in another entrance. We had to walk up a ramp on the outside of the building into a…

to tie up my happiness and poke and prod it to figure it out. I’d rather just revel in it and experience my peace since I know it can’t last for long. At least not here, not like this. I sit in the long grass as I feel my skin absorbing the sun. The grass prickles my arms and itches, but I don 't care. It 's that perfect temperature today. A gentle breeze sweeps the excess heat away and the clouds dance above like water swirling in and out of each other 's white wisps decorating the pale blue…

I have always been waiting for this day. It gave me the anticipation as I saw the city I’m in, listed in the tour schedule. I cannot contain my excitement as I bought my ticket. I even bought an outfit I was going to wear for this very special day. It was such an experience from the moment we arrived at the event, during, and until it was over. The combination of this phenomenal band, the massiveness of the stadium, and the sense of community in the audience was definitely an unforgettable…

go to the painted lady first. The painted lady is a small art gallery, they also sale clothing, small unique gifts, toys and much more. They also serve as the locale coffee shop. They have a paint your own potter in the back and every year we pick out something to paint and bring home. We all paint a little section of the item. We drink specialty drinks and shop. This year we decide to paint a lager item. We walked into the back entrance of the store right away a something caught my mom’s eye.…