Where I'm Calling From

stressed and worried when making decisions, however, this has not stopped him from making decisions with severe consequences. One of the key themes of the book his Holden’s constant battle between maturity and immaturity. Holden manages to try to act mature, however, Holden fails to keep up his maturity. Holden’s depression and anxiety are some of his main struggles that are stopping him from maturing. Holden’s anxiety stops him from making certain decision that would help Holden mature, while…

states, “It includes calling people names or otherwise belittling them with put-downs.” (Rafenstein 2001, Para. 5) I myself have experienced verbal abuse in the case of receiving it and abusing others. Verbal abuse is an activity I’m involved in, every day in my life rather it’s between my parents and I, my friends, and my girlfriend, yet the abuse isn’t harmful to the point where it affects our relationship. Yet when at a young age I’ve experienced verbal abusive coming from my teammates. Back…

school. I roll out of bed wishing I could sleep a little longer. I get dressed and A few minutes later, I’m downstairs eating breakfast. After breakfast, my mom tells me to do my best. I brush my teeth, grab my backpack and head out to school. I really like my friends at school but school is hard for me sometimes. I can get frustrated easy and when that happens, the teachers think I’m trying to be mean or difficult. As you can guess, me and my teachers don't always get along all the…

brothers library book that he got from school but as she opened the book there was writing in it. It had places written down and names crossed out. She looked hard at the names and remember seeing them on the news. ”Those are the people that were killed by those serial killers!” She said out loud. Then she thought why would this be in my house? Her brother was only 6 he’d never hurt anyone, her dad was a cop and her mom worked at a bank..so…

source of his depression and loneliness. If he had overcome this obstacle that he is constantly going back and isolating himself, Holden would be living a better life. “The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their…

Occasionally, when I’m with my friends, I am not seen as a person with thoughts and feelings as complex as their own, but a novelty. Like other people, I speak and laugh and make jokes. Often the words I say and the actions I take are done in the name of humor or wit, but sometimes, I inquire. I ask questions like “how can we see the color yellow?” and “why is it a firefighter’s responsibility to save a cat from a tree when the tree is not on fire?” and “how am I alive when the atoms that make…

In my hometown there are 6,756 people as of the 2016 census, but right up the road is what I will soon be calling my alma mater. Beckville, Texas, where I attend high school, has approximately 834 people residing in it. Compared to a town like Austin with almost one million residents, my hometown is a feather in the wind. Beckville is easy to overlook. Many people wouldn’t even notice if they drove through it, but I’ll never forget it. Growing up in my small town, not much goes on. With only…

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him how proud I am of him and wish him well. My heart is full of happiness for my little brother. He’s going to college in Atlanta. With a smile and a goodbye, he walks off to talk to some friends. I have to go back to New York City this evening, where I work as a…

derogatory language since the fourteenth century. During its earliest use it was a shameful word for women. For some, being referred to as a “bitch” is a demeaning term, for others its empowering. Where did this word come from and how is it that people can decide what it means to them? Originating from the word “Bicce” in Old English, its meaning had been “female dog.” Until the 1300’s when bitch first began being used in its insulting form. It’s was then in reference to a woman’s frequent,…