involved in‚ perfectionism always comes into play. Whether it’s my schoolwork or volleyball‚ I struggle with this on a daily basis. It’s a blessing because it makes me work harder for what I want but also a curse because it can be very stressful and hurt my confidence. I am beginning to find a way to let it benefit me more than hurt me and I am so glad that I have finally been able to do that. Working hard‚ spending hours on homework making sure everything is done to its best. My dark circles accentuate
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My tattoo embodies my life… Everything on this page means something that’s genuinely important to me. In the centre is an outline of Mufasa from The Lion King. The reason why I chose the quote "Remember who you are" is because I feel like I occasionally forget what my purpose in life is‚ especially at the moment I go through things that I just dislike that I wish I could never go through. Close to the quote is also a cross to show that I believe in Christianity and there are flowers on the cross
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“Desiree’s Baby” “Desiree’s Baby” (1899) by Kate Chopin‚ is a short story about love and rejection. The story was written when racism was more common than it is today. It’s about a woman (Desiree) of unknown nationality‚ adopted as a baby by Monsieur and Madame Valmonde’‚ who married a wealthy slave owner (Armand) of Louisiana. They seem to be very devoted to one another and eventually have a child. Desiree believes that “Armand is the proudest farther in the parish‚ she believed chiefly because
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There are many poems out in the world‚ an infinite amount written every year. Each one of these poems has their own meaning‚ their own symbolism‚ their own idea of what it takes to be a poem. In the poem “The Bearer”‚ there are many symbols and ideas that help push out the main idea of bravery. Working with the idea of bravery‚ there are some things that can‚ and do come up with this poem. The tellers’ tranquility in the forest‚ as well as his fear of the known but not liked nor ventured can be
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narrator in the beginning of the story was implied to be somewhat unaware of what the real world is actually like. She was innocent when she met Sally and was told many false things about love and boys that the narrator actually believed as said in this quote “ The way they said it‚ the way it’s supposed to be‚ all the storybooks and movies”(Cisneros 1). This quote proves that she had no knowledge or was too young to understand of what really happens in this world. Later on she found out that her friend
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Courageous When you stand up for someone you care about‚ you need courage to stand up. The statement‚ “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight‚ but the size of the fight in the dog”‚ shows an example of courage. In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry‚ Mildred D Taylor uses Uncle Hammer to show courage. Courage is standing up for something you think is/isn’t right. Uncle Hammer is someone who wants to protect his family & doesn’t think before he acts. He stands up for what he believes in/thinks
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have the capacity to accommodate her little girl. The mother needed to do what was inside her range to have the capacity to work to survive. I don’t believe that makes her a terrible mother however perhaps just makes her a mother who was deduction in survival for her little girl and herself regardless of the fact that it intended to send her away for some time. Possibly the mother could have moved to an alternate area rather than simply sending her little girl away.
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The Great Carbuncle In The Great Carbuncle‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne creates a story that is unique. Hawthorne used a simple story of an adventure to show a flaw in society. A flaw that was expressed through the character’s goals and selfish ambitions. In this short story‚ the author created eight characters; each with their own meaning in the story. The first one introduced was named‚ The Seeker. He was a sixty year old man‚ who spent his entire life relentlessly searching for the brilliant gem. Hawthorne
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When you are younger you never are really able to see how privileged you possibly are. It takes an older‚ matured‚ and certainly a different perspective to truly grasp whether you were privileged‚ or even oppressed. When I think back to my past‚ I realized that I was not as privileged as the rich or wealthy‚ but to other children around me‚ I was the privileged one. Even though I was the privileged one out of my friends‚ we were still oppressed when it came to our school system. It was actually somewhat
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British government‚ Americans have continued to fight for freedom at home and across the world. Many have given their lives to insure the chance to be free. Freedom means different things to different people. For some it means physical freedom‚ like not being a slave. Others see it as the chance to make choices for themselves. To me it means all of these things. I have the freedom to attend school‚ participate in extracurricular activities of my choice‚ and express my thoughts without the fear of being
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