Something Awful

Americans today tend to believe that conformity and individuality is something they can decide when to do, not realizing that they do it every day without even noticing. Often, some people view individuals as strange, weird or peculiar since they assume that being "Different” is horrific. They look upon it as something ominous. Often, It is mentioned that conformity is awful, horrible; nevertheless the truth is, we should learn when to be an individual and when to conform. Although…

Unless you're really depressed or something) and that it isn't bright and happy as it once was. It's a droning monologue there is no beat or song to it, it has rhyme but i feel like the reason it's like that because it's about the world ending it's not going to be a very happy poem. It does…

effort. The acting also wasn’t the best. It felt like it was all forced and the chemistry between all the characters was just off. It didn’t seem like the character Eunice and Howard “loved each other.” It felt more like Eunice was Howard’s mother or something. The way Howard and Judy got together felt rushed. It was like they planned it all out, but seeing it on screen was last minute. The part when Howard told Judy that he loves her was so fake. It did not seem genuine whatsoever. For me, this…

was conveying that realism comes with being an adult, and sometimes being an adult means putting up with toxic people because you have no one else. Not letting it consume you, like Jake doesn’t, but simply just hanging out with people who you have something in common…

heart racing, absolutely convinced it was horrible. This fear was nothing new. It was something I had experienced again and again. It happened every time I turned in an essay in English class, every time I sent my film class teacher a script, every time I sent anything to my friends or parents to proofread. My head would spin, my chest would tighten, and I would convince myself that whatever I had just written was awful, not worth reading in a million years.…

How does Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as ADHD, affect a person’s life? The answer: ADHD, an incurable disorder, affects a person’s life with three main symptoms. The effects that come with the symptoms are awful because they can cause a person to be distracted easily, fidget constantly, and be impatient. Although people do not understand ADHD, once they learn more about the symptoms, which include inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, they understand this disorder…

away by cancer when Roethke was fifteen, which took a toll on little Roethke. Long after that awful mishap, Roethke battled with sadness and psychological illness. Roethke's written work frequently alluded back to his adolescence and, as seen find in this sonnet, his dad. Judging by the title, the poem is expected to be a sweet story of a little boy admiring his father’s dance. The poem is of an awful experience, the beating of a child by his dad, which is told in a sentimental and innocent…

World War two was a pessimistic and awful event, that all started as a result of Adolf Hitler wanting a scapegoat or something to blame Germany's economic problems on. He also fueled the age grizzled problems by putting ugly,bloodcurdling pictures of them to help scare people of them. You may have always asked what is World War two and why did it start. Well World War two was a war that started as a result of Hitler and the Nazis thought that the Jewish people were animals put them in camps so…

The author tries to prove how scary The Alderking might be when she says, “He was beautiful and awful” (180). Although Hazel was scared of the monster and what might happen if she came face to face with him, she still went to meet him because she was heroic and needed answers to save her town. Something else Hazel said when The Alderking was about to set Sorrow, another monster, out into the town was, “Stop. Stop or I will stop you” (285). This quote…

When I think of "wilderness of the mind", I think of undiscovered territories. Poe definitely discovered new territories of the mind in his writings such as "The Fall of the House of Usher". His work displayed the elements of Gothic such as a sense of fear and mystery. The narrator said "It was no wonder that his condition terrified- that it infected me. I felt it creeping upon me, by slow yet certain degrees, the wild influences of his own fantastic yet impressive superstitions." (663) It…