The Defining Moment

tension between the North and the South, so when elections came he stood little chance to the popular Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln’s popularity only grew as the pressure increased between the North and the South. His speech has been referred to as a defining moment of his career by many historians. So with Lincoln as the chosen leader to piece together the nation, he engaged in action almost immediately. Lincoln took the path of powerful speeches and words to get his point across to the nation, and…

Anne Broadstreet’s The Prologue is a poem that really catches one’s eye in aspects of life. Anne is one insecure woman and has self-doubting thoughts constantly. She also does not believe her work is good enough to be published. Anne shows her insecurity throughout the poem and specifically in the fourth stanza, “ Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure: A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.”(Bradstreet 111) This is simply saying art impresses her, but it cannot heal her “weak or wounded…

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Similarly, in Avi’s novel Crispin: The Cross of Lead, Crispin, like many other true heroes had to overcome his fears and exhibit extreme bravery, courage and strength to save his mentor Bear. However like most hero’s Crispin, also known as “Asta’s son”, was scared and engulfed with fear at first. Fear is something we all experience, especially when we are faced with dangerous…

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear,” - Nelson Mandela. This quote of courage once said by Nelson Mandela, is meant to speak to all in a message of wiseness. That message is you have to conquer that fear, to be a brave soul.In the book 90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores~Galbis, you will follow Julian through his turbulent journey to fitting-in in the US. From flying into…

Adele Adkins was born May 5, 1988, in North London, England. She was raised by her mother, Penny Adkins, a woman who loved the arts. Penny, gave birth to Adele when she was only eighteen years of age. Adele’s father, Mark, unfortunately left Adele and her mother when she was only four years old. He was never married to Penny, and even after leaving, he attempted to be somewhat apart of his daughter’s life through communication up into her teens. Mark’s struggling addiction with alcohol…

young age and being in that team environment all my life, you learn real quick the value of teamwork. Playing a game that involves around ball movement, player communication on the court, and bringing others up when they’re down, were definitely defining moments of what taught me teamwork. I’ve also learned teamwork skills, helping with school activities. Being in FBLA and BETA club, we’re sometimes in charge of decorating for school dances and activities and being apart of that it’s really…

This story portray Sammy’s coming of age. Sammy decide to stand up against conventional morality which is a defining moment in his life. When Sammy said, “I quit.” (Updike 265) Reader might think of him as a hero, but at the end he’s afraid this will give him a bad reputation in the community and hurt his chances of getting ahead in life. The literary device of A&P…

In order to illustrate McMurphy’s tragic, impending downfall from his role as the ward’s flawed yet benevolent savior, Ken Kesey depicts McMurphy’s actions through a multitude of Biblical allusions, specifically, to the life and death of Jesus Christ. By doing so, Kesey further implicates that the mental hospital and other institutions are inherently misguided and at times, villainous. Throughout the novel, McMurphy performs a series of miracles, which involve healing the patients by making them…

minutes I let my façade slip and I let the words I had always been too afraid of admitting to all but my closest friends be spoken with confidence. I forced my voice to fall into a rhythm and I talked about the defining majority of my young life: my depression, my anxiety, my panic. In that moment I stopped pretending to be okay. I talked about vomiting every morning, about cutting myself and wanting to die, crying myself to sleep, not eating, having to quit theatre, feeling worthless and…

The War that Changed It All: The Effects of World War II Over 50 million died; 25 million more were wounded. Not only was this event a defining moment in the 1930s and 40s, it was a defining moment for humanity. It was World War II. Benito Mussolini, the dictator of Italy, once said about the war, “Blood alone moves the wheels of history.” Considered the costliest and deadliest war in history, it truly did move the wheels of history, as Mussolini would put it. When an event as big as World War…