Things Hoped For

Noblesse Oblige Since 1921, the National Honor Society has impacted communities from all corners of the world by means of scholarship, great character, leadership and service. This organization was founded by Dr. Edward Rynearson, principal of the Fifth Avenue High School in Pittsburgh. From the beginning, the four main guided purposes of NHS have been to: create enthusiasm for scholarship, stimulate a desire to render service, promote leadership, and develop character in the students of…

however, can leave the same statement open to many different interpretations. Additionally, a connotation, or an emotional or psychological association a word carries, can affect the interpretation of a word. Words that, by definition, mean the same thing can sometimes take on a positive or negative feelings. For example, Dana and her mother “surveil” Chaurisse and Laverne, whereas if her father knew, he would call it “spying” (5). Dana makes this distinction because she believes the word spy is…

personality and heart. Atticus puts himself in other people's shoes. He is a very respectful person. Atticus is courageous because he always does the right thing, thinks about others feelings, and has moral values. Atticus has good morals and always looks for the good in people. " ' You know she was a great lady. She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe... I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his…

Antecedently, the first thing that Ethan notice before they were trying to escape, he catches a glimpse of a room with a computer monitor displaying a working connection. As you could, the characters have good perception when looking for technology with the internet when they are…

like David did. He conveys what he wanted to from the play “Yellow Face”. Yes, addressing such issue in art and in other wats is valuable because people actually believe on it and if they are wrong, they will make sure that they won’t repeat the same thing other time. It is absolutely valuable. The social problem that David Henry is hoping to address with this play was maybe there will be less diversity, racism and ethnicity because if people become racist and judge people, there will be less…

In the article, Appetite, Laurie Lee explained how humans take things for granted sometimes and she suggested that they need to get away from those things sometimes. She listed examples of things different than food such as people that we surround ourselves with and how we needed to get away from them too sometimes because that could lead to them getting too attached or they could get tired of each other. In the article she says, “So I think we should arrange to give up our pleasures…

Author Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." Some people will say that this isn't true. They would say that you can continue to learn new things while doing the same things over and over; however this isn't true. To become better, improve, or excel at something you have to push your limits and get out of your comfort zone. I have seen this in other people's lives and in my own. One of the reasons that I agree…

Like success, failure is many things to people. With a positive attitude, failure can become a learning experience to get your thoughts together in order to try again. The things we learn from failure can be fundamental for later success. Personally I have experienced failure one time in my life, and I was taught multiple things that I continue to carry with me throughout my daily life. A time where I experienced failure occurred in 2007. I was riding my horse, Cupcake. We were just doing our…

Within the two passages, written by Virginia Woolf, we can see the attitude society has toward women. Virginia clever use of diction, tone, detail, and narrative structure allows the reader to gain a general idea of it. The two passages describes two different meals, served to each gender. At a glance the reader can note a difference by the length, start, and end of each. As more of the passage are read, one can see the difference in the way each meal was conducted. The attitude of serving…

How many times? Its the same thing over and over again. I just feel like I'm trapped in the eternal loop that is time, repeating itself again and again until I am granted permission to die. By this point, I don't care whether I live or die, Its just the case of whether I survive my missions, or I don't. Unfortunately, in this corrupt society that we dwell in, money is everything, and for people so lacking in that area as me, we would do anything to make a buck. I work as a hit man for a very…