What Would You Do? Essays

One minute it’s the middle May and your in class. You just want to got to sleep, and wake up when it’s summer. The next minute you're waking up, you look outside and see snow falling. What on Earth has happened? It can’t be snowing in May, can it? The only explanation to describe what is happening, is that you must have slept through the past six months of your life. Ok, so maybe this didn’t happen to you, but in the book Six Months Later, by Natalia D. Richard, Chole fell asleep and missed out

Do you believe that being responsible is essential to daily life? In The Hunger Games do you think that the tributes that have won had to survive by responsibility? In the novel, the main characters, “Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark” are entered into the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a reality TV show that forces teenagers ages twelve to eighteen to fight for their lives against one another. In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins the overarching theme is being responsible is vital to survive

The discrimination of people can affect a person's well-being. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, two men are searching for jobs, during the Great Depression. The catalyst for the story is discrimination. When the main characters are searching for work, Lennie, one of the men, gets into an accident, which forces Lennie and his friend George to leave work and the town. Throughout the story, Steinbeck creates vivid scenes which depict the quotidian lives of two very typical men and the consequences

man yelling behind him. This is how it all started. Drew is at his good friend Don’s farm telling him what happened. It’s 1910 and Drews beloved town is giving up the idea of a wild west. “It’s not ok,” grunted Drew. “I don’t know what to tell you. They don’t want it anymore,” said Don. “It’s not right. It’s how make a living. We need to do something.” complained Drew. “Let’s go to town if you 're that upset,” offered Don, “Bonny we’re going into town!” “I oughta come with y’all.” Bonny yelled back

What is perseverance? Perseverance is when you don't give up on your dreams or your careers or anything really. For example, if you had a dream to get a good education, but you got kicked out of school what would you do? Well, if you really did want a good education than you would go straight to homeschool no matter how difficult it is with your parents teaching you or any other problem your having with home school. That would be perseverance, that would be not giving up on your dreams. But that's

affects on a person. J.D. Salinger write his story from was seemed to be a mental institution hospital bed but was actually a TB rest home. The book was depressing but motivating at the same time. A connection with Holden is made early on in which you want him to succeed. The struggles that Holden goes through are very possible but also out of the ordinary. Overall this is a great

Survival is the basic goal of every living thing and when it comes to survival, the sacrifices that need to be made often become rather extreme. Individuals who want to survive must continuously made extreme sacrifices or kiss their lives goodbye. When the basic need of survival is reduced to just living, such as in times following an apocalyptic event. In The Road, the man and the boy have lived and learned from the harsh, post apocalyptic world that surrounds them. This world asks for a great deal

However in Guardians of the Galaxy, every character has being created significantly enough that none of them would take over another character in the same frame. Since everyones’ makeups are unique, the costumes were designed to be less colorful unlike the Avengers, which have less weird skin colors and faces. For instance, Gamora has a green makeup all over her

What Makes Someone a Tragic Hero? What would you do if you were involved in hysteria? How would you try to stop it from hurting the people who are most important to you? Would you let your own secrets stop you from doing the right thing? In The Crucible, John Proctor is dragged down by his flaws of guilt and lust. His journey shows that honesty and loyalty are very important traits to have. He redeems himself by being selfless and helping other people rather than thinking of himself. John Proctor

Say the SWAT team came breaking down your door and force handcuffs on you, what would you do? This very thing happened to Cornilius Anderson otherwise known as "Mike Anderson," performed an armed robbery and was supposed to be booked into jail when the state never came to pick him up to be sent to prison. Thirteen years had passed when he was gone out of his cell, when the state came to release him. Mike was a good man, he became a law abiding citizen. He payed his taxes, got married and coached

If you had just been told that you are now the lord of an entire country and you could do anything you want with it, what would you do? In the book “House of the Scorpion” by Nancy Farmer, the main character Matt gets control of a whole country called opium which was originally controlled by a drug lord. The surrounding areas in Opium are very polluted with waste and filled with trash too. I would start a program to help reduce the pollution in the river and the wasteland, this way the reduced pollution

In Charlie's mind, though, Sam is just an unattainable goal. She's pretty clear in her demand that he doesn't pursue her: "I like Craig. And I know that I told you not to think of me that way. And I know that we can't be together". (Chbosky, The perks of being a wallflower). However, she is a good friend to Charlie. Her honest concern for him is pretty clear. When Charlie starts to freak out because of his repressed

If you plan to do something, do this exact task and nothing else before it. But assuming you don’t feel like doing this planned task, what should you do and what should you not do? (Sincerely it happens, when you don’t just feel like doing the thing you planned for, maybe because you encounter some challenge or for other reasons.) What should you do? - Just leave it and lay down on a couch. Don’t do anything else. Don’t choose the next task on your to-do list because you find it easier or more interesting

How would you define what is and isn’t normal in your world? Is it the way someone looks? Is it the way someone walks? Or maybe they can’t walk; how would your perception change? Having a disability means that our senses or activities are mentally or physically impaired. These disabilities can affect your ability to do simple tasks such as: walking, speaking, dressing, washing, eating or writing. There are individuals, who are either born with a disability or became disabled due to circumstances

it like that. They take it as if they do not mess with others it will change everything when really you need to mess with others just in a good way. It is commonly misinterpreted as just leaving things alone when they need to get involved. A very good example of how humanity in the U.S. is in our people is the show “What Would You Do?”. This show puts actors in different scenarios that could 100% happen in real life when you are walking down the street. They do different things that are “brutal” or

Feminism is the belief that men and women should have equal treatment and rights. Sheryl Sandberg, chief officer of Facebook, writes “What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?” talks about feminism and how women are driven and society doesn’t see it as attractive. hooks is a feminist, and an american author who gets to the point in every writing she produces. Sandberg and hooks are both feminist and have different opinions on how women should be treated. Sheryl Sandberg expresses her opinions

What would you do for your family? In The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, Kino goes to great lengths to give his family the best life possible. The problem is, on some occasions, he goes too far. In fact, he lets money take priority over his family. Although he is trying to get a lot of money for his family, he, unfortunately, loses perspective of what is important in life. Kino loves his family but lets the greed of money get the best of him. Kino’s priorities are on target when Coyotito gets stung

Arguments “Lean In: What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?” by Sheryl Sandberg and Dig Deep: Beyond Lean In” by Bell Hooks are both articles were about women and their roles. Bell Hooks’ article was a response to Sheryl Sandberg’s. In Sandberg’s article she talks about her families past, and what she went through growing up. Hooks responds to Sandberg by talking about the more controversial things that were not brought up in Sandberg’s. The article “Lean In: What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid

I did what many of my peers would do, I googled it for ideas, but nothing caught my attention. At that moment, I decided I wouldn’t write the essay, but then today at my Veterans Day program I realized that there are plenty of things I can do to promote Americanism. I hadn’t realized how truly lucky I am to live here in America, and I realized that’s what true Americanism is. Promoting Americanism isn’t about doing big, flashy things for popularity, or to look good. It’s about doing what you can do

What would you do if You got caught in an animal trap in the freezing cold with snow up to your knees? What would your grandson do? People study about the mood and setting of a story, because it's a different way to look at the story. I chose to write about the mood and setting of the story because in The Trap by John Smelcer he uses the changing Alaskan wilderness setting and Albert being caught in a trap alters the mood from calm to suspenseful. In the beginning of the story the mood was calm because