Too Much Time on My Hands

Why do people spend too much The consumerism is a new trend in United States. Almost everyone living in US try’s to be active consumer. Everyone want to have the trend item to show their surrounding people how cool they can be. Sometimes having the coolest item is not too bad, however, is bad how people establish that particular item. Sometimes to have that trend item people take nonsense actions. Nevertheless, they do not realize it, because people surrounding them behave the same way. People…

implications in my own life. To be this…

I come from a family of musicians and a childhood molded by the hands of Bob Dylan. My first memories are of my father singing songs to me on his guitar and my mother’s figures moving like a dance along the keys of the family piano. My being is not composed of words or ideas, but rather of melodies and chords. From the moment I was given a name, I have been engulfed in the influence of music. My parents originally named me after a Simon and Garfunkel song and , as chance would have it, the name…

waking up to see my grandparents, aunt, and uncle. I can visualize their faces when I said my last goodbye at the airport. Pretending to put on a happy face for the sake of me, but that didn't fool me I could see the hurt in their faces. I feel lost, leaving the family that I grew up with my whole life just seemed scary but I was also eager to see the excited faces of my parents at the airport, impatiently waiting for me to walk out the elevator towards them. I'm torn in between leaving my…

In Shakespeare’s play Much Ado about Nothing, each character was developed perfectly in order to fully present the plot at hand. As an author, Shakespeare carefully planned the usage and characteristics of each character in his play. He used language, comedy, and the personal attributes of each character to really develop them in his writing. After continuing to read more of Shakespeare I see that he not only did this for Much Ado About Nothing, but he makes sure he develops his characters…

When it comes to the question of how to think like a poet, one could answer this in many ways. My initial reaction is to say that there is no way to think “like a poet” because poets do not think alike. To be a poet, one must have something to say that is worth saying. Therefore, if all poets thought alike, then their poetry would not be that good…right? However, poetry is not completely avant-garde and formless. There are specific modes of thinking that allow one to stand out as a poet. Jane…

I sprang into action, like a cobra ready to strike, nearly tripping over my foot, and execute a nearly perfect slicing forehand swing of my racket, returning the bright green tennis ball to the far right-hand corner of the court. It happened so fast that my opponent, who was sweating just as much as myself, wasn't able to process that I earned the winning point after a long, drawn-out match. I couldn't believe I just won my first tennis match. “I knew you were gonna be good at this Brianna!”…

“My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke describes a young boy’s relationship with his father. The use of imagery throughout shifts the way in which the reader interprets the poem. The relationship between the father and the son appears to be strained, only holding on by a thread. The descriptions of the father help the reader understand the reason behind the strained relationship. His father is a hardworking blue-collar worker who comes home drunk but still has to put on a good face for his son.…

child, the relationship between my parents and I was always very close. If I needed a good shoulder to cry on, my mom always swooped in like superwomen and let me cry to her. If I was looking for a good laugh, my dad was always there to give me one. So you can imagine that when they moved 800 miles away from me, it was a huge adjustment. I knew that our relationship would change, but I had no idea it would be tested so quickly after they moved. About 15 years ago, my stubborn, hot headed,…

affected by these musicians and entertainers, and social media makes it easy to be influenced. I may not necessarily keep track of Kylie Jenner's Instagram account, but that doesn't mean I won't see an online article about her. Tabloids dedicate their time to plastering celebrities' faces on the front page to get people to buy the issue and television shows like Entertainment Tonight and TMZ are all about the latest celebrity news. We have become a society that puts a lot of importance on social…