The Grass Is Greener

The play that I connect with, regarding personality, lifestyle, and relatability, is the 1978 musical play, “The Wiz”. “The Wiz” is a recreated version of L. Frank Baum’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of OZ”. The play was written by William F. Brown and was directed by Sidney Lumet. The play is about a kindergarten teacher, named Dorothy, who is not satisfied with her job nor in life. She ventures through the streets of New York, also known as Oz, and determines that life is not what it seems and…

The grass always seems greener on the other side. Human nature has always been to advance forward and progress. This necessity and desire for circumstances that we perceive as better is engrained in all of us. Stemming from this, we have an outright affinity for believing that our lives would improve if our circumstances would change. If only loveless Julia could have a relationship like Beyoncé & Jay-Z. If only poor Julia could somehow have been born to an exorbitantly wealthy family like…

“High Hopes” by the iconic band Pink Floyd was released in 1994 and remains a huge fan favorite of many classic rock listeners. David Gilmour is the singer and song- writer for Pink Floyd and has had a very successful music career. Like most of Pink Floyd’s songs, the rhythm of “High Hopes” is very slow and calming but conveys some of life’s harsh truths. This powerful song illustrates society’s unrelenting quest to pursue the perfect life that God intended but hampered by the uncontrollable…

How To Get Green Grass 101 What if the grass isn’t greener on the other side? What does one do to move forward? In the memoir “Persepolis” Marj who is the main character, watched as her family opposed the current form of government. Her parents started to participate in demonstrations to dethrone the Shah, who was Mohammad Pahlavi, because of unfair distribution of wealth. Their actions encouraged Marj to participate in the demonstrations; although she didn’t quite know what she was…

of the basaltic plain cracked for want of rain. Mobs of cattle lay slumped amid tufts of dead grass. Occasional gum trees offered scant shade. Dogs panted. Crows flew lazy circles. Dust storms stifled breath. Storm clouds excited hope, then dampened it, all show, no rain. Lightning ignited the bush, fires raged, vegetation burned, animals and people perished and the clouds drifted off in search of greener pastures. Everyone and everything moved slowly. Except the flies. Those lords of the…

Every day thousands of people want to come to the United States for a better life. The United States is known for giving people a chance for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However many find that the dream is much easier dreamt than a reality in the making. For people born outside of the United States the first step to making that dream come true is to immigrate. That is where, for many, the dream comes to an abrupt halt. Before anyone born outside of the United States is allowed…

In school we read a story named “There will Come Soft Rains”. The story was by Ray Bradbury and inside the story at one part Sara Teasdale’s poem came on also called “There will Come Soft Rains”. They are both kinda life lessons or warning to tell us because when both the story/poems were written there was a “war” going on. The poem written by Sara Teasdale was written in 1920. At the time The Great War (Later called World War One) was going on and it was all chaos and people didn’t really…

and Ron banged on their bare stomachs like drums, and Neil was insulted on regarding how little he ate (23). Neil thought he wanted opportunities outside his social standing, but it turns out all he wanted was balance. After seeing that the grass wasn’t greener on the other side, Neil came home to his roots and while the…

What causes romantic relationships to break up? One of the main goals in life is to find the right partner. These goals appear everywhere whether it is from television, books, i.e. fairy tale. We have our own idea of a perfect relationship; we look for those who is understanding, compassionate, thoughtful, and sensitive. At a young age, we see is what we believe, whether it is the idea from fairy tales, or “happy ending”. As we get older, we try to seek these “idea” of fairy tales, so finding…

I presume I’m dead by this point, unless my will has been read a tad early before I’ve actually kicked the bucket. I hope that whichever soul decides to peruse this gains some bit of knowledge, although personally I wouldn’t trust said knowledge considering I’ve lived this way my entire life and yet I lay dead, buried, and not immortal. Now that you’ve received a fair warning about the questionably accurate/helpful nature of what you’re about to read, let’s begin. Perspective. Oxford defines the…