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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Summative Essay
Tom Sawyer
by Matt Thurman
Life is a conveyor belt that never stops, and always flows with items for all maturity levels. This is exactly the case of Tom Sawyer, the main character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The novel's point is not very distinguished, as it is very unperceivable. Though time expires in our vicinity, we still have moments of immaturity and frivolousness within our actions of all age.
Inside human nature comes many varieties of personalities and behavior. For example, Tom Sawyer has a very immature behavior compared to most children his age. By no law does it say to act in such a manner, it is simply your own choice of exactly who you desire to be. With this self-advocating comes the help of influencers; such as parents, friends, teachers, and even other family members. Even though one may truly be mature, he or she still possibly will have moments of frolicsomeness. Most children inside a church would resist all distractions while the priest is giving a sermon, or at least would leave the building to commit their intended action. Tom Sawyer would fall under the category of the minority of children. As an example, he let out an insect to meander around the chapel, which caused tremendous commotion within the environment. Immaturity sometimes becomes a great escape, yet it can cause numerous predicaments.
The point to the story is something that people often take in to consider, but the theme of the novel becomes just as essential. Romance, the mode of literature of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, is vital to all humans, as it is what soothes our souls. The advantage to reading romantic literature is that it allows escapism to the reader. This is especially optimistic news to war veterans having a great deal of stress among themselves. As we all know, life is not Utopia, for it holds many obstacles in the way to experience. Tom, on the other hand, has no intention to being experienced, for he is innocent, and stays innocent throughout the entire novel. This is why romance takes over the mode of this book.
The novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a reasonably simple book to read, with some sections of difficulty hither and thither. The author puts great detail into his writing, and contains an exceptional vocabulary. Mark Twain excels at impersonating characters' voices, and can even simulate entire conversations within characters inside each scene. Unfortunately, this seems to be one of the few strengths that Mark Twain contains in writing. However, his bizarre imagination helps raise his skill to be the excellent writer he is.
Life is like bird watching. You never know what's going to come, and you never know when it will happen. This falls under the category of behavior. Tom Sawyer is definitely a character of innocence and juvenile behavior. However, Tom's acting of this way allows him to be the person he really is, and unleash his inner characteristics. Acting puerile gives a romantic feel to life, therefore us humans should not scold others for doing so.
by Matt Thurman
Life is a conveyor belt that never stops, and always flows with items for all maturity levels. This is exactly the case of Tom Sawyer, the main character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The novel's point is not very distinguished, as it is very unperceivable. Though time expires in our vicinity, we still have moments of immaturity and frivolousness within our actions of all age.
Inside human nature comes many varieties of personalities and behavior. For example, Tom Sawyer has a very immature behavior compared to most children his age. By no law does it say to act in such a manner, it is simply your own choice of exactly who you desire to be. With this self-advocating comes the help of influencers; such as parents, friends, teachers, and even other family members. Even though one may truly be mature, he or she still possibly will have moments of frolicsomeness. Most children inside a church would resist all distractions while the priest is giving a sermon, or at least would leave the building to commit their intended action. Tom Sawyer would fall under the category of the minority of children. As an example, he let out an insect to meander around the chapel, which caused tremendous commotion within the environment. Immaturity sometimes becomes a great escape, yet it can cause numerous predicaments.
The point to the story is something that people often take in to consider, but the theme of the novel becomes just as essential. Romance, the mode of literature of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, is vital to all humans, as it is what soothes our souls. The advantage to reading romantic literature is that it allows escapism to the reader. This is especially optimistic news to war veterans having a great deal of stress among themselves. As we all know, life is not Utopia, for it holds many obstacles in the way to experience. Tom, on the other hand, has no intention to being experienced, for he is innocent, and stays innocent throughout the entire novel. This is why romance takes over the mode of this book.
The novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a reasonably simple book to read, with some sections of difficulty hither and thither. The author puts great detail into his writing, and contains an exceptional vocabulary. Mark Twain excels at impersonating characters' voices, and can even simulate entire conversations within characters inside each scene. Unfortunately, this seems to be one of the few strengths that Mark Twain contains in writing. However, his bizarre imagination helps raise his skill to be the excellent writer he is.
Life is like bird watching. You never know what's going to come, and you never know when it will happen. This falls under the category of behavior. Tom Sawyer is definitely a character of innocence and juvenile behavior. However, Tom's acting of this way allows him to be the person he really is, and unleash his inner characteristics. Acting puerile gives a romantic feel to life, therefore us humans should not scold others for doing so.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Response to Tom Sawyer
Revenge
by Matt Thurman
Revenge is a callous motive that all humans acquire at some point, yet are not usually proud of. This is caused by another person's action that infuriates your entire being, and affects your state of mind. Such rage may result in an atrocious action, simply just a grudge that expands nowhere, or maybe even a thought of resentment that quickly fades away into forgiveness. Revenge is an emotion that can remain in one’s heart, though it is something that needs to be overcome to enable friendship.
by Matt Thurman
Revenge is a callous motive that all humans acquire at some point, yet are not usually proud of. This is caused by another person's action that infuriates your entire being, and affects your state of mind. Such rage may result in an atrocious action, simply just a grudge that expands nowhere, or maybe even a thought of resentment that quickly fades away into forgiveness. Revenge is an emotion that can remain in one’s heart, though it is something that needs to be overcome to enable friendship.
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During life's treacherous yet also prodigious journey, many occurrences will happen, whether they are fortunate things, or maybe unfortunate things. The novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has many moments of this case. Anyway, on this challenging journey many obstacles interfere with our actions, as this is what might cause us to resent against them. An example would be in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, when Tom and Becky were talking about becoming engaged to each other. Then Tom slipped out to talk about how he almost got engaged to another girl, which placed Becky in an outrage! Ever since that moment, Becky held a grudge towards Tom because of his "ignorance". Her form of revenge was to watch another of her friends spill ink onto Tom's journal, and keep mum about it. Although this may seem a weak type of revenge, the journal was an important belonging to Tom, and this destruction to it may be critical to him. Becky did continue her feelings in this same way for a while, however they abated until they finally became friends again. Revenge sometimes can be looked at in many views, and also can be a challenging concept to ponder. However, revenge doesn't need to be carried out if everyone can accept another's decisions and actions, therefore making the world a better place.
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Life can bring many varieties of people into the world. Whether these people are pleasant or repulsive, there still is a mature way to react to their actions. Unfortunately, there are few humans who choose not to react maturely to these differences among them, causing quandaries within the atmosphere. For example, in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a man named Injun Joe decided not to react in such a mature manner. According to him, a man abused him horrifically, apparently horsewhipping him. Now he is dead, therefore Injun Joe is unable to get revenge on that man, so he decides to take it out on his wife, who is completely innocent. This is definitely an extremely cruel style of revenge, knowing that who he took the revenge on wasn't even the perpetrator. When one avenges another, then generally the victim of that revenge thrashes back. Overall, this creates a Dystopian vision that may never end.
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The key to subduing revenge is to forgive. When one can forgive, the other feels that they are now neutral with their emotions within each other, allowing them to forget about what troubles they have made for one another. Revenge can lead into many horrendous conclusions, though transforming this attribute into forgiveness is the key to an excellent rapport with others.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Response for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
Innocence is the juncture that every human begins at. As iniquity threatens to obliterate our optimism to ensue our complete experience, it would be wise to resist its power. This action would hopefully direct us to the stage of experience. Everyone encounters trouble and evil on the road of innocence to experience, therefore we need to deal with this malevolence forcefully.
Experience is the phase at which every human desires to ascend. Francie, a character in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, was a normal teenager trying to make her way through life, while having many more obstacles than most teenagers today. For example, Francie came across many wicked people who tried to resist her from her full potential. She also ran into many co-workers who were quite rude to her, and all her bosses were unfair to her. Francie is the rose seed in the ground that is trying to grow up to become a full flower, yet struggling in a drought with many animals scavenging for left food. Not many teenagers find themselves in poverty with a father who drinks more than his share, then years later their father even dying of that addiction. Although Francie's circumstances are atypical nowadays, there are a minority of children who stumble on situations similar to hers. Deprival is one unfortunate concept that a fraction of the world faces always. For example, there are humans that don’t have a roof to put over their head, some people struggle to even see food weekly, and most of those people happen to fall under both categories. On the other hand, others have both of those vitalities, yet are abused daily, have drunk or dying parents, or have parents who just can't afford to get a job. Anyways, there many people in the world who live a lot less fortunate lives than others, yet we all have to attempt to proceed to the experience level.
The point to the story is a very important part to every reader, yet how the book was written is also a concept that is good to know. Betty Smith wrote this book differently than most other books read. Her style is like a NASCAR race, where the cars are going tremendously fast, then stopping for a pit stop, then repeating the cycle over and over until the end of the race. This unique style causes the reader to be trapped into the book, because when the slow sections arrive, they are soon whipped back in to the hurried segments, and feel sucked into the novel. Many readers enjoy this style because of this reason, yet occasional viewers believe this technique carries too many streaks of slow action, which causes their boredom to flare up. Many opinionated beliefs can emerge out of the reading of this interesting book, including mine. I believe that this book is a very unique and well written novel, and I enjoy the author’s style of writing. It is much different from others, which is a large reason of why I liked her writing so much.
Growing up is a term that many kids see as an eternity away. However, life can be deceivingly quicker than most expect. Therefore, evil needs to be rejected as soon as possible so we can focus on the good things on our way to maturity. All human beings need to defy all immortality on Earth, then as a result they can finally be successful on their journey to experience.
Experience is the phase at which every human desires to ascend. Francie, a character in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, was a normal teenager trying to make her way through life, while having many more obstacles than most teenagers today. For example, Francie came across many wicked people who tried to resist her from her full potential. She also ran into many co-workers who were quite rude to her, and all her bosses were unfair to her. Francie is the rose seed in the ground that is trying to grow up to become a full flower, yet struggling in a drought with many animals scavenging for left food. Not many teenagers find themselves in poverty with a father who drinks more than his share, then years later their father even dying of that addiction. Although Francie's circumstances are atypical nowadays, there are a minority of children who stumble on situations similar to hers. Deprival is one unfortunate concept that a fraction of the world faces always. For example, there are humans that don’t have a roof to put over their head, some people struggle to even see food weekly, and most of those people happen to fall under both categories. On the other hand, others have both of those vitalities, yet are abused daily, have drunk or dying parents, or have parents who just can't afford to get a job. Anyways, there many people in the world who live a lot less fortunate lives than others, yet we all have to attempt to proceed to the experience level.
The point to the story is a very important part to every reader, yet how the book was written is also a concept that is good to know. Betty Smith wrote this book differently than most other books read. Her style is like a NASCAR race, where the cars are going tremendously fast, then stopping for a pit stop, then repeating the cycle over and over until the end of the race. This unique style causes the reader to be trapped into the book, because when the slow sections arrive, they are soon whipped back in to the hurried segments, and feel sucked into the novel. Many readers enjoy this style because of this reason, yet occasional viewers believe this technique carries too many streaks of slow action, which causes their boredom to flare up. Many opinionated beliefs can emerge out of the reading of this interesting book, including mine. I believe that this book is a very unique and well written novel, and I enjoy the author’s style of writing. It is much different from others, which is a large reason of why I liked her writing so much.
Growing up is a term that many kids see as an eternity away. However, life can be deceivingly quicker than most expect. Therefore, evil needs to be rejected as soon as possible so we can focus on the good things on our way to maturity. All human beings need to defy all immortality on Earth, then as a result they can finally be successful on their journey to experience.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Response for sub-theme "family".
Family. Something that is vital to our existence. It is the cycle of life that continues forever. Our relatives are who take care for us at our most innocent stages in life. Family is imperative to human life, therefore we all must continue to abide with them.
Families are the support for all people; they take care when we are ill, families back us up when there is trouble or conflict within other family members, and they do far more to help each individual succeed in life. Most of all, families love us. For example, in the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Francie decided that she would prefer to go to a new school. Johnny let her attend that school, only because he loved her. If Johnny was a cruel man that despised children, he wouldn’t have even thought about accepting that change. Love is a key factor to having a healthy family.
As well as love in a family being an important aspect, encouragement to a listless person is also incredibly essential. An example in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is when Katie was depressed and upset because she had no money, while single-handedly having to mother three children. Although Katie was in denial, Sissy and Evy were there to comfort her. Support is an aspect probably far more important than any other one to a superior family.
The Nolan family was very grateful to have a family, and they took that as an advantage to their future. Families are the support when others are in denial, and they’re also around to share their love for you. Overall, families are critical to the survival of all people on Earth, therefore we must appreciate our own.
Families are the support for all people; they take care when we are ill, families back us up when there is trouble or conflict within other family members, and they do far more to help each individual succeed in life. Most of all, families love us. For example, in the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Francie decided that she would prefer to go to a new school. Johnny let her attend that school, only because he loved her. If Johnny was a cruel man that despised children, he wouldn’t have even thought about accepting that change. Love is a key factor to having a healthy family.
As well as love in a family being an important aspect, encouragement to a listless person is also incredibly essential. An example in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is when Katie was depressed and upset because she had no money, while single-handedly having to mother three children. Although Katie was in denial, Sissy and Evy were there to comfort her. Support is an aspect probably far more important than any other one to a superior family.
The Nolan family was very grateful to have a family, and they took that as an advantage to their future. Families are the support when others are in denial, and they’re also around to share their love for you. Overall, families are critical to the survival of all people on Earth, therefore we must appreciate our own.
Response for sub-theme "change"
Change is a very difficult occurrence that happens to everyone. It is often looked at in two ways. One perspective of how change is considered is that it is a treacherous and highly feared notion. On the other hand, optimists view change as a moment to refresh their past and start a new chapter in their life. People always encounter change, therefore everyone in society must learn to adapt to these differences.
Change is intervening a certain routine, and making it different. Most often, people look at change in the pessimistic way. As humans, we are generally fine with what we have and where we are. When we notice that change is coming along the road, depression and stress fills up our lives. Sometimes we feel that life is already satisfactory and doesn’t need change. For example, in the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Katie worries when Francie and Johnny come home talking about how Francie has decided to change schools. Katie already feels comfort and use for the school that Francie is in currently. This process is rarely ever easy to adapt to.
As well as all the cynical people’s points of view, there are many positive humans that believe that change will benefit their lives. Those people consider all of the advantages that come out of changes, and proceed from there. Normally, individuals who are unsatisfied with the environment surrounding them are the ones who think optimistically about change. They feel that possibly any adjustment couldn’t be inferior to there current situation. A good example of that would be in the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, when the Nolan family was in a more dangerous position than they would’ve preferred. Aunt Sissy brought a dangerous object into Francie and Neeley’s environment, therefore they believed it would be better in their case to change locations. Only a perfect life would not need change, yet no single human being is perfect. Therefore, every person on Earth needs change sometime in their time on Earth.
Adjustment is a concept that can be interpreted in two very common ways; the pessimistic attitude, and the optimistic approach. It is not simple to acknowledge, however, the action must be accomplished and dealt with at some point in life. Change will always interfere with everyone’s existence, so we all need to discover how to adapt and accept it.
Change is intervening a certain routine, and making it different. Most often, people look at change in the pessimistic way. As humans, we are generally fine with what we have and where we are. When we notice that change is coming along the road, depression and stress fills up our lives. Sometimes we feel that life is already satisfactory and doesn’t need change. For example, in the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Katie worries when Francie and Johnny come home talking about how Francie has decided to change schools. Katie already feels comfort and use for the school that Francie is in currently. This process is rarely ever easy to adapt to.
As well as all the cynical people’s points of view, there are many positive humans that believe that change will benefit their lives. Those people consider all of the advantages that come out of changes, and proceed from there. Normally, individuals who are unsatisfied with the environment surrounding them are the ones who think optimistically about change. They feel that possibly any adjustment couldn’t be inferior to there current situation. A good example of that would be in the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, when the Nolan family was in a more dangerous position than they would’ve preferred. Aunt Sissy brought a dangerous object into Francie and Neeley’s environment, therefore they believed it would be better in their case to change locations. Only a perfect life would not need change, yet no single human being is perfect. Therefore, every person on Earth needs change sometime in their time on Earth.
Adjustment is a concept that can be interpreted in two very common ways; the pessimistic attitude, and the optimistic approach. It is not simple to acknowledge, however, the action must be accomplished and dealt with at some point in life. Change will always interfere with everyone’s existence, so we all need to discover how to adapt and accept it.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
When Is The Right Time To Honor Our Veterans?
Veterans are a very important part of the nation’s services. After all, they are defending our country from any dangerous and precarious incidents that could potentially affect the United States of America. Obviously, we should honor these veterans everyday with great respect and dignity.
The veterans who risk their lives across the sea in very deprived countries don’t fight, hide, or do any different responsibilities only on the days and times they want to. Therefore, we shouldn’t only respect and choose to honor those extremely brave and courageous heroes at our own preferred times, as we should do that every day and at the most frequent times that we are able to. Whether this means praying for them, donating items for food drives, or even writing essays about them, this action should be done. Writing essays about America’s valiant veterans would inspire many students, teachers, and even other American citizens that love to honor our veterans of the United States of America. We take living in the United States for granted, but we have no idea how difficult it actually is to be in foreign countries, defending your own life, while saving or changing many other people’s lives. Citizens who live in America have a fairly simple routine; wake up, take a shower, eat breakfast, go to work or school, eat lunch, eat dinner, and finally, go to sleep. It seems challenging at the moment, but when you actually think about the process, it becomes very simple compared to the lives of soldiers overseas.
Unfortunately, many American veterans do pass away in combat. These very heroic members of the military are always remembered. A proper funeral and burial is always necessary for these mighty veterans, as they have done far much for our country. However, many more of America’s veterans do come back home alive, and they get to tell the stories of their war, and how they got to serve for the United States of America. How awesome would that be to be able to defend the world’s best country in the world?! Well, it’s the best according to American citizens!
Overall, the veterans who risk their lives to defend The United States of America deserve to be honored everyday, and as frequently as we’re able to, for they have done many great things for this country!
The veterans who risk their lives across the sea in very deprived countries don’t fight, hide, or do any different responsibilities only on the days and times they want to. Therefore, we shouldn’t only respect and choose to honor those extremely brave and courageous heroes at our own preferred times, as we should do that every day and at the most frequent times that we are able to. Whether this means praying for them, donating items for food drives, or even writing essays about them, this action should be done. Writing essays about America’s valiant veterans would inspire many students, teachers, and even other American citizens that love to honor our veterans of the United States of America. We take living in the United States for granted, but we have no idea how difficult it actually is to be in foreign countries, defending your own life, while saving or changing many other people’s lives. Citizens who live in America have a fairly simple routine; wake up, take a shower, eat breakfast, go to work or school, eat lunch, eat dinner, and finally, go to sleep. It seems challenging at the moment, but when you actually think about the process, it becomes very simple compared to the lives of soldiers overseas.
Unfortunately, many American veterans do pass away in combat. These very heroic members of the military are always remembered. A proper funeral and burial is always necessary for these mighty veterans, as they have done far much for our country. However, many more of America’s veterans do come back home alive, and they get to tell the stories of their war, and how they got to serve for the United States of America. How awesome would that be to be able to defend the world’s best country in the world?! Well, it’s the best according to American citizens!
Overall, the veterans who risk their lives to defend The United States of America deserve to be honored everyday, and as frequently as we’re able to, for they have done many great things for this country!
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