The Lives of Others

Individuality Individuality is such a rare and incredible quality to have. So many people in today`s society all try to be just like their favorite celebrity for someone else, however that is not the case with me, I try my hardest to be like nobody but myself. Lois Lowry`s The Giver, and Frank McCourt`s novel Angela`s Ashes, inspire me to life my life for myself and with a sense of individuality. I believe that a major part if being yourself, is that you make choices on your own. It is such a…

feel as though I have it worse than everyone when in reality, I am extremely lucky to have the life that I do. Also, I find myself feeling better than others when I should never feel this way. I should however, live my life to the fullest and be proud of my accomplishments, but I should never feel like I am better than anyone else. I do not know other people’s stories, backgrounds, or where they come from, I have no right to say “I am better than you.” This story differs from mine because I am…

As humans, one of the main goals we have is to be happy or to live “the good life.” The “good life” varies for each person but overall it is a life that is worth living based on both the view of the community and a person themselves. Some believe that a “good life” is a life that is lived morally to an extreme by sacrificing your all to make others happy, while others believe it is living selfishly and contentedly. However, it does not have to be a choice between being miserable and useless or…

Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried, includes “The Lives of the Dead” a story about remembering those who have died even though the novel seems to be about war. Although the passage seems to have little relevance to Vietnam, it addresses the relationship between life and death. O’Brien includes this story in a book about war because it is necessary to remember the dead so that they don’t disappear in our lives. The war, perhaps the very cause of most of the deaths in The Things They…

sacrificed himself for the benefit of others.. They truly do have no other super power other than being able to "give life to other people. This man in the waters actions are astounding, he put other people's lives before him. He went on to be a name remembered. He helped a dozen or a few more people get to the floating ship, he saved them from a cold, harsh death. He suffered more than anyone in this. He was thrown the floating tube, but he threw it to other people who needed it more. The man…

There are many impressionists who have been on Saturday Night Live. One of the longest running impressionists is Darrell Hammond. Darrell has played over a hundred characters on the show. Besides that he has appeared in many popular films and events. Darrell Hammond is the best impressionist who has been on Saturday NIght Live. Darrell Hammond is a comedian who was on the late night television show Saturday Night Live. He is known for doing impressions on the show, in comedy clubs, and in…

A hero to me, is someone who does not let others bring them down. He reminds others they deserve more. My first encounter with my hero was through my phone screen the summer of 2015. My hero is Zach Clayton, fifteen year old former web star from Austin, Texas. Primarily known for his live streams, zach Clayton is a web personality known as "BruhitsZach". During the summer of 2014, Zach enjoyed broadcasting live with an audience of about twenty. As of October 2015, he entertains over 455,000…

and his father are sent to a concentration camp and can hardly survive the harsh weather, the cruelty, and the starvation. Elie Wiesel needs a way to live and his father helps him achieve this by being his motivation to keep his own father alive. Elie’s father becomes weak and old which now leaves it up to Elie to start getting him food and other utilities, “I fought my way to the coffee cauldron like a wild beast. And succeeded in bringing back a cup. I took one gulps. . The rest was for…

service to others” (Himes 44). In order to live a Christian life and to have a relationship with God, we must live and do things out of our hearts and love. The pure and genuine feelings of our actions will create genuine relationships and actions. In my Christian life, I tend to feel guilty while serving others. For example, I tend to feel sorry about the people I serve in the Tenderloin at the Curry Senior Center and in the Lasallian Vincentian Youth club. Although I am serving others, I see…

influence aboriginal peoples understanding of the meaning of life through many ways. Some of the sacred sites they have are the Three Sisters, Uluru (Ayers Rock), and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), as well as Kata Tjuta and Kakadu National Parks and many others. Sacred sites for the aboriginals are places where they have their ceremonies and rituals. The bora ring which is a circle or oval marked on the ground is associated with aboriginal’s rituals and gatherings. During the dreaming, dreaming tracks…