You Are Not Alone

Have you ever had been alone in a time of need and loss? Unfortunately, people have to go through this all the time, in the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, Mattie was alone with grandfather when he died and she said, “...Oh dear god please don’t go..”. Mattie was fearful throughout the book because burglars tried to robbed the house, when grandfather got beat up, and when grandfather died. First of all, when the burglars broke into their house, she was frightened by their presence…

Chief and the movie Home Alone. The theme of both the story and the film is that you need to be careful for what you ask for. On page 61 of the story The Ransom of Red Chief it states, “ It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you. We were down South, in Alabama, - Bill Driscoll and myself- when we thought of this kidnapping idea. It was during an instant of momentary madness, as Bill said afterward. But we didn’t find that out till later.” This shows that the things you want right…

Long?’ and ‘Death Alone’ present the emotion of accepting mortality. He interprets this idea of loss and hopelessness through tone, expressing his frustration of life and being alone. Letting us understand the limitations of human beings and the inevitability of death. Neruda expresses his curiosity and impacts of surroundings, which leads him to the idea of hope in death. This highlights the overall acceptance of mortality and the hope and desire it brings. In ‘Death Alone’, the title…

Fortunately, I stumbled across a moose and I was able to shoot it. My attempts to smoke it out failed, but sadly it was too late. I’ve been starving for the past weeks with nothing to eat. In my final moments of my life I couldn’t help but thinking about you. My mind was exposed to plenty of different lifestyles during my journey. Ordinarily, I read many books during my time in Alaska. I found an abandoned bus and called it my magic bus. 114 days living here, reading books and hunting.…

Jon Krakauer, really says a lot about life and its’ possible adventures. The journeys you take in your lifetime is what builds you as a person, I believe. You can’t lay in bed and sleep twenty-four hours and seven days a week, and expect to have a fun loving spirit who craves adventure. Craving popcorn, cake, and potato chips is a different kind of desire. Feel alive and do something you wouldn’t dare do before you are dead. ‘Into The Wild’ is a sad and moving story because a young man who…

Adolf Hitler once said: “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” This quote explains how if you tell a lie in history enough people will start to believe that it is true. Longfellow could be stretching the truth about what really had happened. The poem it says that Revere rode around alone but that was not true. Many people may find this poem a good source of information, but many people may not. I do not believe this poem was a good source of…

Ever since I was a little child, just like everybody else, aliens in general were a cool thing. The spaceships and the irregular shaped heads were an interesting topic to think about. They drove the parents crazy with their kids always asking why? Where are they? Are they here? As I had grown older, the thoughts of aliens had matured. Going from the clouds being the spaceships to a reasonable theory of how aliens could be a busted myth. There are an estimated one hundred billion galaxies in…

I have been a voracious reader for as long as I can remember, and coming into adolescence, books have become my sanctuary. Every moment of doubt or despair was made bearable by a book. I lived in a world created by my imagination, and each time reality disappointed me, books were there to catch me before I lost hope. On introspection, I realize that my love for books comes from a desire to find a relateable situation and character. It was a desire to be understood and empathised with that made…

it is in a good way or in a negative way. Some people can have a great relationship, have great times, and could be open to others. People can also be affected by a relationship in a negative way because once they get heart broken they want to be alone and not trust anyone with their feelings anymore. A relationship has the power to change someone and define who they are. In one way a relationship can change a person is they feel separated from everyone else. For example, in the story ¨What of…

When we think of loneliness we picture someone all alone with no communication with the world, but loneliness is something people can feel even when surrounded by people and friends. In Million Dollar Baby Loneliness is prominent in the film through the main characters who are Maggie Fitzgerald, Frankie Dunn and scrap. All these characters suffer from loneliness in all different ways even though they are surrounded by people the majority of their time. Family is something we all need to make us…