The story involves four characters who live in a maze: the mice Scurry and Sniff, and two 'little people', Hem and Haw. All is going well because they have found a huge source of their favorite food, cheese. Hem and Haw have even moved their houses to be near it and it has becomes the center of their lives. But they do not notice that it is getting smaller, and are devastated when they arrive at the site one morning and find the cheese is gone. The mice, Sniff and Scurry possessed simple rodent brains but good instincts searched for the hard nibbling cheese they liked. In contrast, the two little people Hem and Haw, used brains filled with many believes and emotions to search for a different kind of cheese which they believed would make them feel happy and successful. This is where the story splits in two. Scurry and Sniff quickly accept the loss of the cheese and go off into the maze in search of other sources. The little people, because they have built their lives around the big cheese, feel they are the victim of some kind of fraud or theft. Yet this only makes things worse, as their clinging on ensures that they go hungry. Meanwhile, the mice move on and find new cheese.…
Change, we have all experienced it change at one stage of our life, for the better or maybe even for the worse. But change is a normal part of our life’s, and we have to deal with it the best we can. After studying these texts, Raw by Scott Monk, Andrew Denton’s interview with Aron Ralston, and the short storey the Final Game by Olivia Coleman. My understanding of change has broadened and i am now much more aware of people’s experiences and how they have overcome and dealt with change.…
Throughout time, people have had to go through change. Whether it had been moving to a new city or starting a new job, people all around the world have to deal with it. Every person that has endured change has had their own way to handle it. Some people complain and fail to comply with the fact that change will happen and others strive to be a part of the future to come. Dr. Spencer Johnson took note of this when he wrote “Who Moved My Cheese.” This simple story demonstrated the ways that many people deal with change. Using evidence from the story, I have to come to the conclusion that the best way to deal with change is the same way the Sniff and Scurry did, immediately adapt when change comes.…
Change is an inevitable process of life and can be the most complexing and difficult thing we come to face in our lives. It is something we must overcome in many aspects, shapes and forms. However in whatever form it comes our way, we must embrace it and not be afraid because a fear of change can lead to an unfulfilled life. In my opinion change is a very complex thing and can be embraced though it is a hard process it is also a fact of life. The Catcher in the Rye, The Door and Dead Poets Society contributed to my new understanding of change.…
To conclude, we all want to reach our goals of being a doctor, teacher, entrepreneur, or even being a good parent. Getting to a certain potential of doing a specific action, or getting a certain position can be challenging for most. However, this pain are hardships that you experience that are part of the process to becoming better and leveling up. With the “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato and “Learning to Read” by Frederick…
New changes require much perseverance to get used to them. In the novel The Call of the Wild, a dog named Buck is forced from doing something he is used to, to doing something completely different. In contrast, my dad chose to switch his job to a new one and Buck was forced to change his normal lifestyle. Although Buck and my dad got into their situations differently, they both had to persevere to get used to the new changes. Everyone has to persevere to get used to new changes and struggles, no matter the situation.…
Change does not occur easily or without conflict. Change does not occur quickly nor smoothly. Many characters go through change in a novel, like Edna from The Awakening. Edna lives as a simple mother-woman and follows the general rules of society. She later experiences new bearings which lead to her self-discovery toward a better life. Edna kills herself at the end of the novel and frees herself from the social confinements.…
As much as I believed I loathed change and do not do well with change, I was again mistaken. I look for innovative ways to better myself all the time. This book ought to have been in my life a long time ago. There is change in my life all the time I had just not realized it, and that it certainly has not affected me in a negative way. Nonetheless…
Going to Ted’s fishing station and taking the boat out, the beautiful beaches that surrounded the pensillia, giving my first dog paddington away to a neighbor, leaving my best and only friend Jack Gilmore behind. I have actually only seen him once since I left New York. It was hard transitioning to all theses new changes in my life and at the time I didn’t know it, but this was the foundation for a lesson I’ve learned over the years. That lesson is to cherish what you have, because any day that can drastically change. Change, is a misunderstood concept in the life of a human being. It is always present, and can take many different shapes. Sometimes it’s for the good and sometimes it’s for the worse. The only combatant against change is acceptance, to have open arms to new things, or to keep swimming through the tough…
It’s easy to make a goal rather than to achieve it. However, with determination one can succeed in accomplishing it. I have accomplished one of many goals in my list and that's to attend college. In my family not a lot attended college or even finished high school, so accomplishing this goal is a big subject of matter to my family.Getting this far is even a big accomplishment in my eye’s, especially when you break free from an assembly line of generations that never had attended college. The feeling is still overwhelming, mainly because I’m the first of many generations in my family to accomplish something big like…
Later on I realized it wasn’t right for me to throw away what my parents worked so hard to give me: an education. I told myself to keep trying hard, so that I wouldn't fail a grade. I was determined to have the better life my parents wanted me to have.…
With longing for a bright future I was aware that I would be sacrificing hours of leisure time in favor of spending time studying, but I was undaunted by this realization. I acknowledged the fact that hard work pays off, and the only way to make a difference in my life and become the best version of myself was to put a little blood, sweat, and tears into my work. In addition, to committing my time to school I have…
In Who Moved My Cheese Sniff and Scurry, who are mice, are always ready to sniff out changes and scurry off before the change happens. Hem and Haw are little people. Hem doesn’t like change and Haw learns from his mistakes and doesn’t have a problem with change. Sniff, Scurry, Hem, and Haw live by Cheese Station C where they all went every morning. Cheese to Hem was a huge house with everything he could ever want and Haw’s cheese was to have a cozy home with a wonderful family. One day the cheese was gone and so was sniff and scurry who anticipated the cheese disappearing and planned ahead. Hem and Haw were confused. Haw decided he needed to go out and find the new cheese. Hem was scared to go out into the maze and find new cheese. The thought of change and something new scared him. Haw eventually found the cheese at Cheese Station N and learned valuable lessons that will only help him be ready for next time when the cheese disappears. Throughout their adventure in finding new cheese I was able to see who I relate best to in the story.…
As stated in the book "Who Moved My Cheese" by Dr. Spencer Johnson, people are generally uncomfortable with change; people won't change unless they have to. Change brings about uncertainties and many people tend to associate the negative outcomes with change. Nevertheless, a quote by John F. Kennedy, "change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future," clearly pointed out the need for us to deal with changes. I believe that adapting to change is important in every aspect of our lives.…
We all adapt to change in a different ways which in return causes us to reap in positive moments in our lives and to reap in not-so positive moments just the same. We are the directors in this life of ours and have the power to make the choices to find that new cheese once our old cheese has been moved, taken, and or ruined, meaning when change happens.…