The Simple Life

a “little cottage girl” (6) and an older gentleman. In sixteen quatrains Wordsworth uses the form of his ballad to express his opinions on topics such as the contrast between maturity and childlike innocence, spirituality, the relationship between life death regarding their connection with joy. Innocence can be seen in many ways. To certain individuals it can be disregarded as ignorance, while others…

PET ASHES TO DIAMONDS? Carry your pet with you everywhere you go, even after they have died by having the pet’s ashes transformed into a beautiful diamond. Losing a loyal pet can be more than devastating. It may feel as if you will never get over their death. Hearing the news that your best friend has died, whether that best friend was a human or an animal, makes you go into the stages of grief. Shock. Anger. Denial. Bargaining. Depression. The emotions that influx during the grieving period are…

L’arche is a nonprofit organization that provides home, community, and and support for adults who have intellectual disabilities. During this time, my group and I participated in birthday celebrations, prayer, song, community service, and sharing life. This opportunity allowed me the chance to both learn and reflect about this marginalized population. When we initially got to L’Arche, we were greeted by the student coordinator, Bethany. Bethany explained to us L'arche’s history and…

In life there are many different choices that we must make that can mean the difference between life and death. Those decisions, although some times not seemingly important can change our life in an instant. In the short stories “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway and “As Freezing Persons Recollect the Snow: Hypothermia” by Peter Stark, both authors recognize certain decisions that can lead to a life or death situation. These authors, both use different tactics to convey the…

because we have hope to get to that goal and fulfill it so that we can move forward in our lives and be happy throughout them. Hopelessness plays a key role in this because with the necessary attitude and motivation we would not be able to accomplish life, and we will become hopeless and helpless. Determination and the powerful desire to live is needed in these…

According to National Geographic Water Conservation, to conserve water, people must be more mindful of their usage of home appliances, yards, pool, diet, electricity, travel, apparel, home furnishing, electronics, and paper. Simple things such as using water-saving shower heads and toilets, covering one’s pool, cutting down on dairy, meat, and poultry, recycling, and reducing the flow of water when you wash your car can save enormous amounts of water. Once people who have the…

The Life and Influence of Edith Piaf Edith Giovanna Gassion better known as Edith Piaf was born on December 19, 1915 in Belleville, France. She was a singer and songwriter who rose to fame all around the world in the 1930s. From an early age, Edith was well renowned for her voice and she joined a circus with her father at only 7 years of age. Edith’s singing was very powerful considering her petite stature. She preferred to sing about tragedy and heartbreak and the harsh reality of poverty.…

Death is inevitable. It is an inescapable, daunting, truth which most living species dread in life. The feeling of uncertainty and pain evokes fear among people. Two similar essays, “The Death of a Moth” and “The Death of the Moth” both accurately depict the nature of life and death in a descriptive and detailed manner. However, each author establishes their own purpose by approaching different stylistic choices and rhetorical strategies. While Dillard expresses that death serves a purpose,…

about following your fate no matter what. in the alchemist their is a boy named santiago who has a reoccurring dream that his personal treasure is waiting for him in the pyramids of egypt. he, however, is a simple sheep shepherd and lives very far away in spain. he is comfortable with his life as a sheep shepherd as it provides him what he needs and he has his parents support. however, the reoccurring dream that he keeps having of his treasure leaves him feeling like theres a void in his…

the brilliant body of poetry she left behind- reflects her enriched, yet troubled life. Dickinson’s “This is My Letter to the World” flows from her life’s experience, reveals some of her commonly used techniques, and gives insight into how she may have viewed her own writing. Born in 1830 in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts, to the son of one of the community’s leading educators, Dickinson “lived a life as simple, compact, and powerful as any of her poems” (Longworth ii) and grew to become…