Hey everyone! Following tradition, today I’m excited to share with you my year end review for 2016. My objectives are to let you know what I’ve been up to, share my plans for the new year, and hopefully inspire you to do the same. As we usher in the new year, I hope you can make time to review your past year and set your goals for 2017. Overall, 2016 has been about simplifying for me. Simplifying my work, simplifying my business, and simplifying my life. I just read my 2015 review before writing
Simon, a boy who portrays Jesus, in attempts to tell the other boys about the real “beast” and what the “creature” truly is, he pays with his life, just like the son of God, when he would bring God’s word to the people and endures punishment for it. Simon releases the poor man whose pulse has stopped beating its rhythmic tune, allowing him to be swallowed up in the ocean, forgotten
Alejandro Morales's novel, The Brick People, a polyphonic historical text that illustrates the complex dynamic of the Simons Brick Company and it’s Mexican employees. The structure of the factory developed from humble factory to a utopian village, where the Simons family held the power. Through forming a “model society” the Simons brothers were able to isolate and control the inhabitants within the town, creating an evident shift from utopia to dystopia as the amount of cultural transactions and
C.Aseltine Comp. 1, P.4 PR: % Four Perfect Pebbles I read the book, Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story written by Lila Perl and Marion Blumenthal Lazan, who was forced to undergo the terrible conditions of Hitler’s reign. In our culture racism isn’t something new. There are constant reports on the news and even in our everyday lives that remind us of what it looks like to be racist and the outcomes of a person’s hate for an opposite race or religion. That is exactly how it was when Hitler slowly
“Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10th, 1666” is an poem written by Anne Bradstreet that, at its surface, is about internal conflict that is experienced when the author (in this case a devoted and faithful Christian woman) believes she has become too fond of material or, rather yet, earthly things. However, once the reader has had the chance to appreciate all its aspects respectively, they uncover underlying layers that add meanings that would otherwise be overlooked. Throughout the poem
stacked against you. Can you carry on? Joe Simpson did. He tells his story in Touching the Void, a book about his amazing will to beat the odds while looking in the face of death. At twenty-five years old Joe Simpson, along with his climbing partner Simon Yates, decided to climb Siula Grande in a remote area of the Andes mountain range in Peru. Climbing the west face, that had never been successfully summited before them, and has only been summited once after them (Kozjek). Not only was this
From the reading of the poem, “Upon the Burning of Our House” by Anne Bradstreet, it can be inferred that Bradstreet is spiritual, yet rebellious. Anne Bradstreet, although more contumacious than most Puritans, retained a fervent affinity toward God. Upon the realization of her house being aflame, her initial thoughts are to cry to God to “strengthen [her] in [her] distress, and not to leave [her] succorless” (lines 9-10); so, she probably had considerable confidence in God to solve her problems
It was the late sixteenth century, life revolved around God, everyone had a relative unity that came from above, with the relief of being able to serve God in the way they believed was right. Anne Bradstreet followed the words of God, but not only did she follow his words, she lived by then in text. Puritan Ethics gave purpose and benefit to every puritan’s life including in Anne Bradstreet’s writing, which is demonstrated almost in every piece of her writing. This was the perfect time period to
author which wrote about Simon Bolivar, which was about the history of Simon Bolivar life who fought in the war to have independence in South America. Bushwell wanted to explain what actually happened with Simon Bolivar when he fought in the war to have independence in his country. The PDF reading of Simon Bolivar and Manuela, Leaders of South American Independence explains how Bolivar helped South America became independence country. For the Sounth America, they believe Simon Bolivar and he “has been
In “Verses Upon the Burning of our House”, Anne Bradstreet expresses a common example of trust from human relation towards our creator, God. She is confused and also finds it difficult to accept his sacred will. As a loyal Puritan, she manifests her devotion to God, as a way of being a good worker and also trusting on His will; which promised future and great prizes. The poem is made up of a series of rhyming couplets. This poetic pattern reveals pressure between her attachments to earthly things
Simon and Garfunkel is a two-person folk rock band that started in 1957. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel met as children in Queens, New York, where they learned to harmonize together and began writing music together. Simon and Garfunkel lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same school, where they began performing as a duo at school dances. The two enjoyed listening to the band, the Everly Brothers. While trying to memorize the lyrics to one of the Everly Brother's songs, they created their
quote shows that if someone hurts you or your people you have the right to hurt them back. In the Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal, Simon is a Jewish prisoner in a concentration camp. While he is working at a reserve hospital he meets a Nazi soldier named Karl that needs help. Karl had killed hundreds of Jews in a fire. Karl tells Simon about what he did and Karl asked for forgiveness. Simon thinks for a while and walks off without saying anything. Karl should not be forgiven because he did inhuman tasks
Yossarian is not a classic hero because, even though he performs heroic actions such as standing for the weak, having a bigger enemy, and overcoming a problem that tests his morals, ultimately he does not fit the stereotype of a hero, thus changing our perceptions of heroism. Catch-22 tells a story of an American bombardier who is at war. Yossarian isn’t the military man that goes to war and returns a war hero. Instead, he wants to get out of it because he hates the idea of war and people trying
Initially, we are not allowed to used the real actor and actresses because they were busy remembering and practising the drama everyday. The director advice me to do it with other member of the group. Surprisingly, they were very happy to decide as the experiment. As I seen in video tutorial in youtube, the women in Edwardian era were using very light make up with a red cheek and pink rose lips. However, there comes a time when something really
The book “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”, written by Mitch Albom was a story of a man named Eddie-a man who worked as a maintenance in a park, Ruby Pier. The story takes place after his death and his journey to heaven, and the five people he meets. Five people that made a great part in his early life.-even some of those five people was not mush familiar with him. Each of their role was to make him understand his life on earth and leaves him a lesson about life. “All endings are also beginnings
After a while these flies found Simon. Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. They ticked under his nostrils and played leapfrog on his thighs. They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned." (138) Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies represents evil. It tells Simon the real beast is inside themselves and it’s what they believe as to if there’s
age, any gender, shows the defects of human nature. All of the characters in Lord of the Flies had showed an example of the defects of human nature, including Ralph and Piggy. The main example that shows the defects of human nature is the murder of Simon, because everybody participated in that
Saint Kathy Kathy Dobie believed that being the saint to others will confirm her path to inclusion. In the catholic faith, being a saint and spreading kindness is powerful. To achieve sainthood there must be acts of selflessness. Kathy Dobie expressed selflessness by finding her path of inclusion. She used acts of courage to meet this desire. She put herself after others to show a statement that she wanted to be more than just a teen. She wanted to make others feel better. In Kathy Dobie’s memoir
The movie Simon Birch (1998) directed by Mark Steven Johnson, based on the book A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, is a comedy-drama that will have you laughing one minute and tearing up another. With the help of the cinematographer Aaron Schneider, and the main characters Ian Michael Smith (Simon) and Joseph Mazzello/Jim Carrey (Joe), it is a beautifully created movie. It is a four out of four star movie because of the good use of characters and cinematography. The movie takes place in New
Would you forgive someone who tried to shoot you? I know someone who has! Her name is Malala Yousafzai. Malala lived in Mangora, Pakistan until she was shot by a Taliban gunman on her way home from school and she went through multiple operations and survived. This event teaches us about mercy because Yousafzai forgave the person who shot her, would teach the gunman do the right things if she met him again, and Yousafzai did not choose revenge. Yousafzai forgave the Taliban gunman for shooting her