Rewards Of Determination
You wake up to your alarm clock, it’s Monday morning and time to get ready for school. The last thing you want to do is have to deal with more teachers today after your long weekend. But as usual, you get up and get ready even though you’d much rather want to sleep. This is the exact opposite of what the main character in “Stolen Day” written by Sherwood Anderson, did. He was so desperate to miss school he made himself believe he had inflammatory rheumatism. This shows that our society has grown to become very lazy and careless. We always want change and refuse to enjoy normal routines, which made him careless about life. Sometimes we have to go through boring routines in life, and in the end they benefit us greatly.
The main character in “Stolen Day” is a boy who just wants to get by with life as easily as he can. This life set determination took over his mind and made him careless about his surroundings. You can’t go through life without facing the tough times, even if it’s the last thing you want to do. The boy let his laziness take over which made him stay home. If he would have went to school, he might have had a great day that would have later benefited him. “Stolen Day” is an excellent comedy to tell the reader about carelessness.
A comedy begins with normalcy in life which starts with the boy attending school in spring. The story continues with a mild conflict when the boy realizes his body is aching. This then causes him to stay home from school. The conflict is then realized when he comes to a conclusion that he might have inflammatory rheumatism. Next, the resolution occurs when the boy shares his discovery with his family. They all laugh and deny his conclusion because they know that he tricked himself to stay home from school. The comedy then returns back to normalcy when the family has dinner together. This short story is a great example of a well written comedy and a clear theme.
The theme of “A Stolen Day” is man vs. himself. The reasoning for this relies on the boy’s thoughts in the story. He made himself believe he had the disease because of his desire to miss school. The conflict in the story was all inside of his head, which caused problems for himself. If it weren’t for his distracting thoughts in his mind, he would not have stayed home from school. This gives a clear message of tough experiences through its theme.
In order to be rewarded in life, you have to face the hard times. People don’t realize that hard work pays off with great rewards. But the option of laziness gets in the way of the determined thinking. You have to decide whether you are going to be a hard worker with a good determination or a couch potato with no hope. So what will you decide to do? Sit on the couch and eat another bag of chips, or get out and accomplish something?
Monday, March 15, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
"All Tales are Anansi's" Essay
Confidence
Have you ever yearned something so much that you are willing to accomplish anything to receive it? Majority can answer this question with yes, because we have all wanted that new outfit or the new video game system. But to earn this reward, did you have to risk your life? Anansi, the main character in “All Stories are Anansi’s” written by Harold Courlander had to do so. Except Anansi was not fighting for clothes or games; he was fighting for all the tales and stories of the world to belong to him. Anansi was greatly underestimated, but that did not stop him from fighting for what he desired.
Giving up can sometimes seem to be the easier option rather than going on and succeeding. But what we do not realize is that the hard work does pay off eventually. When we think negatively and complain about the work it takes to accomplish, it lowers our interest in succeeding. This can become a habit and your mind will trick you into giving up on everything. Anansi is the perfect example of how to keep your mind set on getting your task accomplished. Anansi was very confident in himself and never once doubted his skills. He is an excellent role model for all who feel like giving up, as Anansi avoided in this short story romance.
A romance begins with a minor conflict which in “All Stories are Anansi’s” is the spider asking the owner of all stories to take his position. He is then given three tasks to accomplish in order to take this position of having all the stories belong to him. Then the romance ends with some kind of symbolism of life. The symbolism of life in this romance was the new owner of all the stories and tales in the world. Characteristics of a romance are unrealistic, main character not in control, and the good is strong while the evil is weak. This short story is very unrealistic because the animals in the story are all capable of talking. Anansi, the main character, is never in control because he cannot make the animals go to the owner of the stories. He had to trick the evil then take them to the owner himself. In a romance, the evil is weak. The hornets, python and the cougar are all weak because they were fooled by the spider. While the good, the spider, is strong because he successfully fooled all three of his components. This romance not only has a mode, it also contains a theme that makes the message of the romance clearer.
The theme of “All Stories are Anansi’s” is man vs. himself. Anansi is against himself in this short story because of his confidence in himself and the work he had to do. This story would have to be man vs. himself because if it were man vs. nature or society he would be fighting against something other than himself. But in this story, it is testing his own knowledge, strength and wisdom. It could seem as if this short story could be a man vs. man theme. Anansi does fight against other men, but it was really testing his skills to determine if he could be given all the tales of the world.
Everyone comes across a time in their life where they desire a certain something so much that they couldn’t let anything like being underestimated get in their way. Don’t take the easier way out in life and give up on something you have worked on. Keep fighting no matter what the struggles are that come upon you. It may be tempting to think towards the negative side, but if you get these thoughts think of Anansi. Anansi believed in himself and that is all that mattered, no one else’s opinion was important. So whatever the circumstances, never back down and always believe in yourself no matter what others think.
Have you ever yearned something so much that you are willing to accomplish anything to receive it? Majority can answer this question with yes, because we have all wanted that new outfit or the new video game system. But to earn this reward, did you have to risk your life? Anansi, the main character in “All Stories are Anansi’s” written by Harold Courlander had to do so. Except Anansi was not fighting for clothes or games; he was fighting for all the tales and stories of the world to belong to him. Anansi was greatly underestimated, but that did not stop him from fighting for what he desired.
Giving up can sometimes seem to be the easier option rather than going on and succeeding. But what we do not realize is that the hard work does pay off eventually. When we think negatively and complain about the work it takes to accomplish, it lowers our interest in succeeding. This can become a habit and your mind will trick you into giving up on everything. Anansi is the perfect example of how to keep your mind set on getting your task accomplished. Anansi was very confident in himself and never once doubted his skills. He is an excellent role model for all who feel like giving up, as Anansi avoided in this short story romance.
A romance begins with a minor conflict which in “All Stories are Anansi’s” is the spider asking the owner of all stories to take his position. He is then given three tasks to accomplish in order to take this position of having all the stories belong to him. Then the romance ends with some kind of symbolism of life. The symbolism of life in this romance was the new owner of all the stories and tales in the world. Characteristics of a romance are unrealistic, main character not in control, and the good is strong while the evil is weak. This short story is very unrealistic because the animals in the story are all capable of talking. Anansi, the main character, is never in control because he cannot make the animals go to the owner of the stories. He had to trick the evil then take them to the owner himself. In a romance, the evil is weak. The hornets, python and the cougar are all weak because they were fooled by the spider. While the good, the spider, is strong because he successfully fooled all three of his components. This romance not only has a mode, it also contains a theme that makes the message of the romance clearer.
The theme of “All Stories are Anansi’s” is man vs. himself. Anansi is against himself in this short story because of his confidence in himself and the work he had to do. This story would have to be man vs. himself because if it were man vs. nature or society he would be fighting against something other than himself. But in this story, it is testing his own knowledge, strength and wisdom. It could seem as if this short story could be a man vs. man theme. Anansi does fight against other men, but it was really testing his skills to determine if he could be given all the tales of the world.
Everyone comes across a time in their life where they desire a certain something so much that they couldn’t let anything like being underestimated get in their way. Don’t take the easier way out in life and give up on something you have worked on. Keep fighting no matter what the struggles are that come upon you. It may be tempting to think towards the negative side, but if you get these thoughts think of Anansi. Anansi believed in himself and that is all that mattered, no one else’s opinion was important. So whatever the circumstances, never back down and always believe in yourself no matter what others think.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
"The Ugly Duckling" Essay
Acceptance
Have you ever felt rejection or loneliness because of your appearance? Have you been judged about your clothing, talents or looks before a person got to know you? This is what the main character, an innocent duckling, experienced in the short story “The Ugly Duckling” written by Hans Christian Anderson. Acceptance and judgment are two cruel concepts that have grown to become an issue in our society. People tend to judge someone just by one glance at their appearance and assume they know their personality. The ugly duckling was treated very unfairly because people were looking at him but not really seeing his true personality.
The ugly duckling was born with a strong self esteem, but that was crushed by just a few cruel comments. Being judged just by your outer appearance is very unfair to the person being judged, because they can do nothing about their appearance and their personality could be the complete opposite of the assumption. People have to remember to think hard about what you say to people, and picture how it could harm them. This would be one of the simple things to do to get one step closer to a better world with more peace. This romance was a perfect example to show the harms of not being included and simple, harmful words.
A romance’s plotline is very simple, it begins with a minor conflict which is no one accepting the ugly duckling because of his appearance. Then the romance ends in a symbolism of life, which is the duck’s formation into a swan. This gave him a new life because his new appearance gave him more acceptance. A romance is an unrealistic story, in “The Ugly Duckling” the animals talk with each other which is very unrealistic. The ugly duckling did not have any control in this short story, he could not control what he looked like or what others thought of him. This is another characteristic of a romance, the main character is not in control in the story. A romance always contains some sort of message throughout the story, this short story has an excellent purpose to speak to the readers.
The purpose of this short story is to speak to the reader about the dangers of judgment and verbal abuse. The story contains a lesson about both of these very important actions that can negatively change someone’s life. The ugly duckling was judged multiple times by just one glance. This did not help his confidence within himself, which can change someone’s personality. Another harm that changed his confidence was verbal abuse from others. Because of his appearance, the ugly duckling was verbally abused by many of his peers. They would say things that would make him think even more negatively of himself. Hans Christian Anderson wrote “The Ugly Duckling” with an excellent purpose to inform the readers about these very important dangers.
People are judged by their outside appearance everyday by people who don’t acknowledge what matters most, which is their personality. People cannot choose what their looks will be, but they do choose what their inside will be. Next time you think about not talking to someone because they aren’t pretty enough or wear clothes like yours, ask yourself a question. What is the difference between a beautiful girl with a bright personality and a not so beautiful girl with a bright personality as well? Judgment can end in missing out in a friendship with someone that you could have shared the best memories with. So who will you choose to be? The shallow one who chooses friends by just a first glance? Or the one who looks past appearance and has the most memorable friendships?
Have you ever felt rejection or loneliness because of your appearance? Have you been judged about your clothing, talents or looks before a person got to know you? This is what the main character, an innocent duckling, experienced in the short story “The Ugly Duckling” written by Hans Christian Anderson. Acceptance and judgment are two cruel concepts that have grown to become an issue in our society. People tend to judge someone just by one glance at their appearance and assume they know their personality. The ugly duckling was treated very unfairly because people were looking at him but not really seeing his true personality.
The ugly duckling was born with a strong self esteem, but that was crushed by just a few cruel comments. Being judged just by your outer appearance is very unfair to the person being judged, because they can do nothing about their appearance and their personality could be the complete opposite of the assumption. People have to remember to think hard about what you say to people, and picture how it could harm them. This would be one of the simple things to do to get one step closer to a better world with more peace. This romance was a perfect example to show the harms of not being included and simple, harmful words.
A romance’s plotline is very simple, it begins with a minor conflict which is no one accepting the ugly duckling because of his appearance. Then the romance ends in a symbolism of life, which is the duck’s formation into a swan. This gave him a new life because his new appearance gave him more acceptance. A romance is an unrealistic story, in “The Ugly Duckling” the animals talk with each other which is very unrealistic. The ugly duckling did not have any control in this short story, he could not control what he looked like or what others thought of him. This is another characteristic of a romance, the main character is not in control in the story. A romance always contains some sort of message throughout the story, this short story has an excellent purpose to speak to the readers.
The purpose of this short story is to speak to the reader about the dangers of judgment and verbal abuse. The story contains a lesson about both of these very important actions that can negatively change someone’s life. The ugly duckling was judged multiple times by just one glance. This did not help his confidence within himself, which can change someone’s personality. Another harm that changed his confidence was verbal abuse from others. Because of his appearance, the ugly duckling was verbally abused by many of his peers. They would say things that would make him think even more negatively of himself. Hans Christian Anderson wrote “The Ugly Duckling” with an excellent purpose to inform the readers about these very important dangers.
People are judged by their outside appearance everyday by people who don’t acknowledge what matters most, which is their personality. People cannot choose what their looks will be, but they do choose what their inside will be. Next time you think about not talking to someone because they aren’t pretty enough or wear clothes like yours, ask yourself a question. What is the difference between a beautiful girl with a bright personality and a not so beautiful girl with a bright personality as well? Judgment can end in missing out in a friendship with someone that you could have shared the best memories with. So who will you choose to be? The shallow one who chooses friends by just a first glance? Or the one who looks past appearance and has the most memorable friendships?
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