The Tortoise and the Hare

“We know what we are, but not what we may be” (Shakespeare 207). When I was in elementary school back in 2003, I did not know that there was an unspoken rule of not involving ourselves with people who were deemed as “inferior” in the school at the time. I also did not make the connection that I was considered as an “inferior” to the eyes of my peers at the time. At the tender age of six, I liked to wear hair bows with bright colored dresses with two pigtails, a usual young girly girl style.…

learned to work faster as I have to take the ACT in my junior year. You have proven yourself to be heartless by taking a hardworking student’s education in your hands. Life is like a race in which I am the slow tortoise, and you are the fast hare, and those who rush through, like the hare, will fall short while those who take their…

The polioden is the strongest, fastest and smartest species in the world. It devours big strong animals in seconds. It can only be seen when it wants too. The polioden cannot be hunted. Its quickness helps the polioden escape bad situations and its brute strength and sharp claws devours its prey in moments. The polioden is in many colors and forms but its main color is orange. The average polioden weighs about a thousand pounds. The polioden is a mammal. The polioden is a mixture of a lion and…

the title mean and what the soldier is and what the soldier has become. Hemingway portrays a setting in which the soldier is trapped and no longer can escape due to past experiences and drastic changes in his life. Harold Krebs also referred to as “Hare”, “Harold”, and “Krebs” is a hard fighting solider who fought for his country and now is suffering after coming home. He who served for his country out of bravery now has become this creature that can’t leave his past wounds and memories of the…

date of publication: The Tortoise and the Hare, published on 10/01/2013 3. Genre of the book: Traditional Literature 4. Format: Picture Book 5. Award(s): None 6. Summary of the book: The tortoise challenges the hare to a race. He tells him that he can beat him in a race. At the start the hare shoots off and is in the lead, but the tortoise throughout the whole story says that slow and steady will win the race. In the end the tortoise wins the race because the hare thinks he has won and…

Through the iconic voice of Holden Caulfield, an estranged adolescent, one hears a cry for help emerge from the clouds of depression so effortlessly that nearly everyone, regardless of background, relates. As evident within J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, and particularly during chapter 20, Salinger utilizes casual diction, relatable syntax, and a symbolic setting to convey Holden’s great dejection and introspection about death itself. With such a strong rhetorical technique as this,…

Ever heard of slow and steady wins the race? The competition between the hare and the tortoise. It is a kindergarten story but gives a lesson to learn all your life. Well it always applies in life and a live example of this is Gloria Borger’s career growth. Starting her career from being the national political correspondent at CBS News , she has come a long way and contributed nearly ten years of her life(Just working for CNN) in delivering the right news to her audience.From being the co…

the hearer, reader or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim. As an example of an explicit maxim, at the end of Aesop's fable of the Tortoise and the Hare, in which the plodding and determined tortoise wins a race against the much-faster yet extremely arrogant hare,…

Has revenge ever not backfired? Hamlet was written in the late 1500’s by William Shakespeare. It tells the story of a Prince who lost his father and has a hard time adapting to his new situations. Hamlet, the struggling Prince, must deal with the fact that his new father is his uncle, who killed his brother in order to seize the throne. In Hamlet, there is an internal conflict that a few of the characters struggle with. This internal conflict has to do with whether or not he should get revenge…

you if have to, work hard for them just like I did. Also, always have a positive mind-set and do not think negatively about anything. I am here to try to help you not have a bad experience in high school. Just remember what I compared myself to a tortoise and jaguar, because I really showed moments and signs that I was just like those animals. One final thing: never give up and always have determination in…