The Hard Way

was never self-indulged by the way he played the piano. He never believed he was good enough to play professionally. “…it requires effort and sacrifice to improve” (Merullo 173). Otto has been trying to identify what the purpose of life is and if there is more to what he already knows. He lives an average life with a good wife and two decent children. Nothing extraordinary has occurred in his lifetime so far until he meets Rinpoche. He decides to consider the ways Rinpoche teaches his to live a…

I hate writing about myself. It’s typical, but it’s true. I always try to bend the rules to write about anything else. So when I saw this prompt, I had no idea what to write about. At first it was just that I didn’t want to write about things from my past, especially unpleasant things. However, I soon realised that the problem with this paper was that I wasn’t over most of my struggles—or rather, I wasn’t in a position to write about them well. I sat down and thought about what I could possibly…

novel Truth & Bright Water there is a confusion of cultures due to the fact that British colonial ways have been integrated into the community of Truth. The three ways that British colonial ways have caused a confusion of culture are the way the people in Truth think, the tools they use and how the people of Truth act. Each of these effects cause confusion in their culture. To start off, the first way that the people of Truth are loosing their culture is how they think about different…

communicate with another. People have altered the way language should be interpreted by associating a language with a personality. As people continue to adapt to these changes, it will soon become the cultural norm. A norm that says people are to be judged based on their language and, not their personality. Sociolinguistics have proven that society has developed a norm which illustrates the way a person judges another individual, the way they treat them, and the way an individual is labeled in…

actions. Major social problems such as racism, discrimination, standard of living and even the way the media shapes are behaviors are some of the things we may come encounter with on our daily lives. The symbolic interactionism idea is made up of the three processes which are meaning is derived from social interaction, value of the interaction process and also the idea we all interpret things in our own way. The media is everywhere we look and almost everyone is able to access it without a…

We all find ourselves in a funk every now and again, some let it get so severe that they feel as if there is no recovering from this deep seeded depression. Some take this depression as a sign that they no longer belong and feel at peace with this choice whereas others search for help and in many cases find a saving grace if you will. In “Saving Grace” we meet Grace, she 's a 17 year old dealing with the hardships of being a teenage girl, as well as being in that transitional stage between high…

As many college students like you, I often get terrible headaches because of many routine situations such as: late-night studies, early morning classes, puzzling situations, or just simple tiredness. Pain is one of the most common and essential parts of our life. Since our births, we adapt and learn to express our pain. First, as kids, we don’t do much effort to express our discomfort, and we start crying and annoying our parents for half an hour. Then we learn to not be as naïve and at least…

How Immigration Affects America America is a country built on immigrants. One way or another we are all immigrants. Either our parents where immigrants or all maybe dating all the way back to our great-great grandparents. In this country you’d think that with all the diversity and amount of cultures we have, you’d think people would be more open and accepting of others. Unfortunately there are still people that believe that immigrants are bad for our great nation. America is a multicultural…

ringed thumb out toward the quad, “I don’t think you’ll find five people out there who’ve heard of YO-YO Ma. And by the way, what kind of the name is that? Is it ghetto or something? Yo Ma?” She answered right away “It’s Chinese.” I shook my head and laughed. “I know plenty of Chinese people. They have names like Wei Chin. Or Lee something not Yo-Yo Ma.” I found it very amusing the way she expresses about Yo-Yo Ma. “You cannot blaspheming…

traveling in the Yukon to get back to camp. On the way there the man builds a fire every few feet, they travel back to camp. The man faces a few obstacles, but he still manages to try and make his way back to camp.Jack London created a story called ‘’To Built a Fire’’ he made the story about a man and his husky passing through the Yukon to get back to camp.The setting in To Build A Fire has an impact on several parts of the story. One of first ways that the setting has an impact involves the…