Then the fates will know you as we know you”-Abbé Faria Life has it 's ups and downs. What is important to know is how to react in a constructive fashion to your problems, so you won 't make that same mistake again. “Die? Oh, no,” he exclaimed -- “not die now, after having lived and suffered so long and so much! Die?
Homer’s Odyssey and the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou are mirror images of each other. The characters in both stories go through events that display similar themes. For example, when Odysseus arrives at Helios island, his men show a lack of discipline and control within themselves. The crew were told by Odysseus not to hurt the cattle of the sun god when they were to arrive at the island.
Summary and Reaction Dr. Ira Byock: Saying the Four Things that Matter Most for Living and Dying Well-2013 Dr. Byock 's speech in Australia in 2013 is impactful, eye-opening, and applicable to everyone. We all hope to die well and although this can have different meanings for different people, Dr. Byock offers four things to say while living along with several lessons. These four things are “please forgive me,” “I forgive you,” “thank you,” and “I love you.” He goes on to say that as humans we are all imperfect and offers his suggestion to “get over it.”
Our biggest event was when we hosted a carnival for our school’s Yo-Hi Day (end of the year field day event). We hosted a variety of different activities for students to do such as a joust-stick battle, a bouncy house obstacle course, a dunk tank, and more. The day of the event was the easiest to manage, but the process of making it happen was a challenge. I’ve realized that a lot of things goes on behind the scenes, and sometimes people are not aware of that because what they see are the results. A lot of things happened during the process like; making sure all the supplies came in on time, figuring out the quantity and the type of food we should get for the snack bar, who is available to supervise each activity, and what’s plan B if the snow
But the pain and the negative is just as important as the joy and happiness in life. You can not grow without rain and sunlight, you need both the good and bad, the positive and negative, to become the best version you can be, “There is nothing unworthy of acceptance. The light of awareness will doubtless illuminate things we would prefer not to see”. To be able to move on with the difficult times in life you have to accept them as lessons and be able to learn from them so you do not end up in situations you wish to repress again. Though remembering and growing from the pain we have endured is necessary, embracing those memories and feelings does not mean indulging in them, “To embrace hatred is to accept it for what it is: a
Like a small boat on the ocean, Adam may have seemed helpless without the waves the community set into motion. Adams interaction with the community speaks for the role it played in the opening days of the Revolution. The unity among many men, the role of the woman, the recognition of the greater cause, and the community’s inexperience are all ways Howard Fast showed the importance of the contributions of the community in April Morning. Although the main character was Adam it was those around him that made the opening days what they were, and the success they rang. The first clue to the community being an asset was the unity among many men.
Moral Can someone keep their good morals after a battle that made history? The book April Morning by Howard Fast is a story about a boy named Adam who wants to be treated like a man. His family, he, and the town got in to a battle; one of them is Joseph Simmons his cousin who fights right beside him. The character Joseph Simmons is a man that is strong moral, a soldier, and surrogated father. Joseph has a strong moral and shows it for everyone to see.
“The After Hours” Imagine being locked up in a dark room filled with nothing but darkness — and mannequins. Just being alone in the dark is nerve-racking, but being with plastic mannequins that’s even more horrifying. Their plastic human-like faces and designer clothing are a few aspects that you make to try to assure yourself they’re not authentic human-beings. Nevertheless, their human-like face seems to stare into space, or at you while you’re shopping. Staring at a mannequin gives you an eerie feeling that they might upthrust their arms, batter their eyes, or move their lips.
One quote that made me feel is the quote, “The real impact is measured in the widows left behind, the children who will never know fathers or mothers, the names of the fallen etched changed” (Bay Area News Group). This quote makes me feel upset that the children don’t even know their family and get left behind. One quote that makes me think is the quote “‘ Over time, the pain gets a little better, than a moment will strike you when it’s as strange as it ever was… and it’s as if you just heard it,’” (Chapman).
Finally, Kor expresses the importance of forgiveness. “Anger and hate are seeds that germinate war. Forgiveness is a seed for peace. It is the ultimate act of self-healing. I look at forgiveness as the summit of a very tall mountain” (Kor and Buccieri 133).
We are humans and a majority of us have dealt with heartache, pain, broken promises, along with the joyous things like dreams, aspirations, and successful futures. Humans mess up and make mistakes, but we have to remember that forgiveness is a very prestigious and powerful thing. Forgiveness affects people’s lives in positive ways through the hardships, difficulties, and struggles of life. There comes a time when forgiveness should not be available to some individuals. However, this depends on the past situations that have occurred in your life as well as other individuals.
Mortenson was given and had answered questions about what he has achieved and is working on in the future of his Charity and bookstore. He was also showing people what others around the world that aren't as lucky as we have had to go through. “I always have operated from my heart. I'm not really a head person. And I really didn't factor in the very important things of accountability, transparency” (Haq).
Dr. Edith Eger, undoubtedly teaching a valuable lesson while consoling a struggling patient in a therapy session, says, “You can’t heal what you don’t feel” (Eger 196); she educates the reader with the fact that one must confront their struggles and feel them in order to move forward. This can be applied to our lives, especially when we are having trouble advancing past adversity. We must feel before we heal. Eger’s experiences in The Choice: Embrace the Possible depict how hope and forgiveness are necessary for healing and moving forward in life through using our
Michael Brooks ENGH 396 Reading Response #2 September 17, 2015 Sunday in the Park Sunday in the Park by Bel Kaufman is an emotional short story the details a nice family’s encounter with an obnoxious, unpolished family. The short story plays on human emotion, instinct, and behavior as a way to illustrate the contrasting differences between both families. The story is about a family, a mother, a father and a young boy, who intend to spend a relaxing day together in the park. In the park, the young boy from the “nice family” is playing in the sandbox with a young boy from the other family. Suddenly, the boy from the other family starts throwing sand at the boy from the main family.
Tuesdays With Morrie is a heart wrenching philosophical movie about a rekindled relationship between a former student Mitch Albom and his college professor Morrie Schwartz, who’s dying from ALS. Every Tuesday, Mitch visits his college professor and learns a valuable lesson on some of the most complex problems life has to offer such as dependency and fear. Throughout the film, there were numerous amount of quotes that represented a significant lesson regarding life, but there were three in particular that stood out to me. “When we’re infants we need other to survive, When were dying, we need others to survive. But here’s the secret.
