The Stars My Destination

globalization are a few of the elements that threaten the “cultural and political integrity of the American national identity” (Huntington 2004). Ever since the Civil War, Americans have been a “flag-oriented people.” Especially after September 11, the Stars and Stripes of our nation’s flag hold the status of a religious icon. It has become a “more central symbol of national identity for Americans than their flags…

dehumanizing me or my beliefs, just because you feel the need to force on me a sense of humor, not shared by me DO YOU SEE ME LAUGHING I detest your translations, even the suggestions that I comply with your disrespect of what I hold to be sacred, crossing lines, poking fun in an attempt to diminish the sum of my existence Why, is this necessary, where is your charity, your benevolence towards my humanity, causing me to lash out, choosing to die for my cause, thereby becoming a martyr for my…

to hear what our next mission will be." She then turns around with her rare scythe in her hands and looks at the young adult who has brown hair with intense bright green eyes that would instantly captivate you, "After I'm done cleaning and polishing my scythe, I'll head down then." The brown haired boy looks at Izzy with a sarcastic glare, "Izzy everyone is too excited to just be waiting, missions are fun and you know that." Izzy proceeds to scan the boy's body language. He has his arms…

the room after coming in the house. “Jer is in a talkative mood today. He wouldn’t shut his mouth the whole ride to school.” He smiled his cheshire-cat smile and sat unnecessarily close to her on the couch. “His name is Jericho, not Jer. You are not my father, nor will you ever be, so you don’t have the right to call him Jer.” Her hands formed into defensive and protective fists, but they stayed glued to her side. She wouldn’t dare to purposely hurt someone. She sat there wishing that Sterling…

If you love helping people, therapy would be a good career choice. When thinking of therapy, there are hundreds of different options. Choosing the one that best fits your personality and interests will probably be the hardest part of the process. If you can figure out which career in therapy best suits you, therapy can be an amazing career path to take. When finding one that best suits you, looking into the prerequisites may be stressful, but will also be very beneficial to you. Knowing what…

to reading the scripture. My first real experience reading the scriptures in depth and studying them was in seminary, which to be honest was not the best way for me to learn about them. Trying to understand and take away from them at six in the morning did not really give me much of a background or knowledge of the Bible. So, when I enrolled in this class I felt as if I would have a difficult time. However, as the semester has progressed I found myself being engrossed in my daily readings and…

The world we live in likes to test our limits, it tries to make you get to your breaking point; but the real question is should you let win? We live in a world that is diverse in many ways, but with this bring many issues and controversial ideas. You can 't control a lot of things like what 's going to happen tomorrow. The only thing you can do is just hope that the test stops to give you enough time to get back on your feet. I believe that people should never give up even when it gets hard…

Here is a ye olde tale Once upon a time, in the magical land of Yang lived a young girl named Chino. She lived along with her family and a best friend named Vamsi, he was a head knight in the king’s own personal guard. Chino hoped one day that she could be the best story teller in the entire middle earth, like her aunt Rona, who was a silver tongue. Silver tongues are a race of magical story tellers, who had the power of weaving the best stories ever heard in all of the three worlds, and they…

brutal living. Brent wished her children would die in infancy she loved them enough to let them go to heaven and didn’t want them to suffer in the hands of the slave owners, Brent states, “I often prayed for death; but now I didn’t want to die, unless my child could die too”. This was Brent’s way of letting the readers know that the conditions were so horrible that she no longer wanted to live death would be a luxury compared to slavery but as a mother she couldn’t bare the feeling of leaving…

Avery Beyer Mrs. Louis Advanced English 9, Hour 5 November 1, 2015 The Mist of Tyrania It all started with Poseidon's prophecy. He said to Odysseus, "For the sea shall churn, the earth will tremble, five brave men must assemble, there will be a treacherous fight, Odysseus shan't fall if he can might." The great Odysseus would have never followed Poseidon's prophecy if he had known what was in store for him. They had been at sea for what seemed like years. (endurance) Yet, the sea…