The Audacity of Hope

heritage. His life was short, and, despite his tragic death on May 20, 1506 in Valladolid, Spain, he accomplished many things. Columbus was granted permission by the Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to venture on the Atlantic Ocean in hope of seeking an easier route to China. Instead of finding a new route to China, Columbus discovered the New World, America. The explorer had three ships: Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, and his discovery led to many things. Not only did Columbus…

When I was a little kid I was always judged based on predetermined ideas, whether it was race, ethnicity, physical traits, anything. Raised in a community where everyone seemed to be in the right place but yourself. Typical Asian stereotypes or presumptive idea about this group of people are they grow up to successful doctors, engineers, or so job field in STEM just like their parents to pass on a tradition or legacy. The problem was I found myself excluded to what would be the norm for most…

innocent civilians died. There was also a plane that flew into the Pentagon, which was suppose to be flew into the White House in Washington D.C, which killed the passenger on the plane and many Pentagon employees in the process.. The ones who had the audacity to commit these terrible deeds, was Radical Muslims who was trained in the Jihad by Osama Bin Laden, an Al Qaeda leader. There were and still are rumors in circulation about 9/11 today. One rumor is that the government was either behind…

A famous religious figure, Joel Osteen, once said “ The moment you ask for forgiveness, God forgave you. Now do your part and leave the guilt behind ”. This quote is largely related to the religious theme of the book Angela’s Ashes written by Frank McCourt. The book displayed an autobiography of Frank’s life through his eyes from the time before his birth till he reached adulthood. Throughout his life, his family and he had faced many problems such as starvation. Frank sought religion as a way…

Author Note Is religion selfish? If you are anything like me than your first thoughts about this question are something along the lines of confusion and maybe even shock at the audacity to suggest that it could be. A selfish religion seems a bit like an oxymoron at first, but as I considered this question I came to conclude that there is such a thing as a selfish religion. In fact, I believe that there are really only two religions at the end of the day – the religion of self, and the religion…

What attributes make someone a hero? Do they have to be someone who rescues an entire town from harm or goes to war? Or can they be someone who is persistent for a goal to be accomplished, even if they are not very well seen or heard? In the story “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss, there is one character who has a grueling task of protecting a place that he, and others, love dearly. The Lorax is a hero for never surrendering his goal, for being determined and brave, and for standing up for others, in…

Nazi Germany constructed a vigorous conflict between Christianity and Judaism in the early 1900s, and divided Germany because of the variety of incompatible religious beliefs within the country. Nine-year-old Bruno, the son of a Nazi soldier, grew up in the middle of this cluster. After he moves from Berlin to Poland, he discovers that there is a concentration camp located near his new house. He becomes friends with one of the jewish boys that lives inside the camp by communicating with him…

believe in it. When using Henry James’ quote, “The first is to be kind, the second is to be kind, and the third is to be kind.” Quindlen is telling the new graduates of the most simple, yet difficult, (and by far the most important) trait they could hope to acquire. She is hopeful that their generation will reconstruct a world of spirituality and emotions rather than mathematics and logic. Quindlen is also confident that generation will do better than hers. She claims if they view race, gender…

Consequently, many were shocked that Stanton could interpret the work of Thomas Jefferson, one of America’s greatest thinkers, nonetheless have the audacity to alter his work. Furthermore, most of the population, men and women alike, had not even considered the possibility of women’s suffrage. According to historians, even Lucretia Mott Thomas, a suffragette who worked on the declaration with Stanton…

In the midst of a confrontation with a menacing Cyclops several times his size with no hopes of fleeing, he had no choice but to watch Polyphemus greedily gorge his men whole. Nonetheless, this compelled him to start analyzing his surroundings to formulate an escape plan. “He left me there, plotting a nasty scheme deep in my heart, some way…