In chapter 8 “Speaking Smartly about the Salem Witchcrafts” thesis is Samuel Sewall 's family life during the crisis of the Salem witch trials. Samuel Sewall 's brother Stephen who was the director of the court throughout the trials, had fallen ill putting stress onto Sewall himself. In spite of this Sewall was facing issues in his home life. For example, Samuel had to give his son corporal punishment because Joseph had thrown a brass knob at his sister Betty causing her head to start bleeding. In addition, Joseph acted up again by throwing a tantrum, later he swallowed a bullet but later excreted it in the orchard.
In February four New York City police officers were on patrol in the Bronx when they saw a young black man standing on a stoop. They thought he looked suspicious. When they pulled over he retreated into the doorway and began digging in his pocket. He kept digging as the police shouted at him to show his hands; a few seconds later the man Amado Diallo a -year-old immigrant from Guinea was dead hit by of the bullets that the police fired at him. What Diallo was reaching for was his wallet.
Chapter 16: “It’s All About Sex…” Main Ideas: 1. Sex is disguised by other things such as objects or activities 2. Parts where sex is coded can actually be more intense than literal descriptions Connection: In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden describes his pastimes with Jane playing checkers. Although it doesn’t specifically say, Holden wanted to have sex with her.
A real world example of someone achieving their goals based on diligence is my Uncle. My Uncle lives in Brooklyn, NY he was a police officer for many years and when he retired he worked hard to open up a business with his best friend. With perseverance, the business was thriving and he was
“Lost hearts” by M.R. James is a ghost story about an orphan named Stephen who go goes to live with his older cousin Mr.Abney. He offered him shelter but his intentions were not so good. He had already killed a little girl and a boy and was planning to kill him too by taking his heart out. Throughout the passage M.R. James uses diction and imagery to create tones that are appropriate for a ghost story. M.R. James uses words and images to create a mysterious tone at the beginning of the passage.
Kieu Tran’s relative tone clarifies how discipline of children varies amongst countries by supplying background of a Vietnamese parent’s way of raising children compared to an American and using a story of the results of one Vietnamese family’s experience with American law. Tran explains that in Vietnam, physical punishment is common to make children obey rules and those in authority. But in America, parents who strike or hit their kids could be punished by law. An example of the predicament between the Vietnamese and American values is the Ma family. The Ma parents did not like their daughter’s bad behavior, and the father hit her after trying to get her to listen to them.
People need to be very careful while working towards what they want or else everything can become blurred to
Everyone wants to be happy. Few are willing to pay the self-improvement bill that comes with this pursuit. Success in life is like wrestling with a Gorilla; you don’t stop when you are tired; you stop when the Gorilla is tired. In “Thinking about Thinking” Herman Veitch shares some useful grips to wrestle the Gorilla. He takes complicated concepts and breaks them down into understandable success principles everybody can apply.
Stop. Think. Rethink Using this simple approach can ultimately save a life. Moving too quickly without thought is a very dangerous game. In almost every scenario and situation, going too quickly through life results negatively because it causes one to act recklessly, make wrong decisions, and end up in situations they never anticipated.
At this stage, I am trying to achieve this goal by focusing
The honorable way to accomplish goals is through working hard, taking initiative, being determined, and allowing yourself to learn from your errors; this idea is the foundation of the self-made man and American Dream. If you abide by these
The book states that “Defining your goals with these five criteria in mind will keep you focused and on track (108).” It is easy to use the S.M.A.R.T goals to keep your life on track and to make sure your life doesn’t become a mess. It is hard to stick with it and follow through, but if you write it
In reading one the most successful and influential books written in the 21th century about the seven habits of successful written by Stephen Covey, I was inspired and will acclimatize some of the habits mentioned in the book to make me more valuable and respected educated individual in the world. He talks about different approaches, effective and quintessential lessons that you cant learn from just doing nothing and not pushing yourself to explore and expanding your repertoire in ways to solve problems effectively. Stephen also talks about how these certain habits have transformed lives of presidents, CEO’s, educators, and parents, and in shirt have changed millions of people of all ages and occupations. In addition, the ones who have read
However, again and again, once the overlay of words and technique is bare away, the setting of goals, and the constant, unrelenting striving to achieve those goals is at the heart of almost all true success
