The movie the Blind side has shown me many traits that make up a great family‚ but some of these traits are hard to show. The Tuohy family shows the trait of sharing. Which is shown through letting Michael Oher‚ a stranger that is homeless‚ into their house. The Tuohy family fed‚ clothed‚ and made a place for Michael to sleep. At first Michael had no home‚ no food‚ no water‚ and only two pairs of clothes on him.The second trait that makes for a good family is understanding. This isn’t always easy
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“Let play soccer”‚ Khang said after the bell rang‚ signaling the end of school. “It’s weekend. I’m in”‚ Bao continued. “How about you? Tai”‚ Hai asked me. Under my breath‚ “I feel tired today”‚ I replied‚ “Hope you guys have fun.” They looked at me suspiciously because they knew I like soccer‚ and I was in every match we had played. “Are you sure?” They asked. “Yes‚” I said while walking out of the class‚ “I have to go home now. See you later.” “Go home”. I said that but I really didn’t want
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A Special Person Carneshia Smart English Composition 1 En120 November 12‚ 2013 A Special Person Throughout my life I have had many people come in and out. Within these past twenty-two years of my life I was blessed to have a very special person enter into my life. That special person has been there for me since birth. Who’s that special person in your life? Everyone has a certain person in their life that means the world to them‚ but it really takes
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Ambition is often the leading force in one’s life‚ making them strive persistently to achieve something more and accomplish great things. It can be a positive force‚ but can easily become a negative one when clouds by one’s desires and greed. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ blind ambition has blurred the morality of many of the characters and causes them to fall to their demise. To convey the theme as effectively as possible Shakespeare uses numerous rhetorical devices throughout the play‚ one
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Andrew Wilson Dr. Williams English 121 10 March 2015 The Lame Leading the Blind Leaders are the most important people in our society. They are the ones who are supposed to lead us to betterment by their example. In his novella‚ Candide‚ Voltaire uses the direct characterization of some powerful religious leaders of the 18th Century to target a serious flaw in the religious status quo. He highlights the blatant hypocrisy of powerful and oppressive religious leaders‚ in an effort to enlighten members
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Causes of a Toxic Person I used to deny my dad as being "Toxic". I made it seem like in my head that my dad was the best person to walk this planet. I never really saw his true colors‚ until I started understanding what my mom did not want me to know. My dad made me feel like everything was my fault. When in reality he was at fault for making me feel that way. Not to mention he made my mom feel worthless so he could feel good about his self. The causes of my dad being a toxic person are cheating along
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“The Ideal Person” Nietzsche’s Ubermensch concept of the “ideal person” was able to achieve self-actualization‚ and has developed himself holistically. What Nietzsche meant by achieving self-actualization was to achieve one’s full potential through creativity‚ independence‚ spontaneity‚ and a grasp on the real world. I see an ideal person as someone who surrounds themselves with happiness and love even with no money or fame. Most people consider the ideal person beautiful and rich. But as
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Confident Without Being Cocky Through life you come across and meet new people. These new people you may want to become friends with and share things with each other. From playing sports‚ working‚ school‚ or even church. You come to find new acquaintances in your life. The thing is you find those people out there that are stuck up and flat out cocky. They are the people who think they are just so much better than you at anything and everything. Cockiness will gain you no respect from people; Confidence
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2013 Debunking the Blind Handicap Stereotype According to www.eyecareamerica.org “It is estimated that at least 7 million people go blind every year.” Most people consider blind people to be helpless and hopeless. The blind often possess special gifts‚ powers‚ talents‚ and the ability to be very smart. Blind people are often described as mentally challenged‚ but not all blind people are mentally challenged. The majority of blind people speaks and functions normally. Blind people experience most
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thought it would be the easiest essay that I have ever done. Contrary to my expectations‚ I realized that to write someone else’s profile is kind of hard‚ because it is not only a simple thing such as just write the entire life of the person. A lot of stuff is behind the profile of a person. When I first thought about who I should interview‚ I was kind of lost‚ because I do not know a lot of people inside Belmont yet‚ so I had the idea to interview one of my teammates from the soccer team. After thinking
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