Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Essay

Actions speak louder than words. This is a belief of one of the characters in the short story, “Born Worker” ,written by Gary Soto. A young boy named Jose`, who is a part of a lower class family, and his cousin, Arnie, who is from a middle class family, become a team and start going place by place finding jobs, so they can make money. Arnie is in charge of finding the jobs and Jose` does the work because he was born a hard worker. One day while the boys were at a job, cleaning a pool, for a man named Mr. Clemon, Jose` learned a life lesson. Mr. Clemon falls into the pool and hits his head, knocking him out. Jose` quickly goes to help him but Arnie doesn’t want to get involved so he disappears. Jose` helps the old man out and calls 911. Sure enough just as the fire truck arrives so did Arnie. He is just in time so he can act like he was there and helped but in reality he disappearer not helping at all. That day Jose` realized that “...there are people like his cousin Arnie, who lie and people like Jose` who they want to get to know..” Connecting to that quote, Jose` is characterized by hardworking, mature and quick on his feet. Throughout the story, all of these characteristics are revalent.

People around the world say “Actions are more powerful than words” I agree with this statement a hundred percent because I truly believe people can say they have done extraordinary achievements in their life. But no one really has any belief what’s so ever.

I woke to the crack of rifles, the chattering of Jerry’s machine gun fire mixing with the BOOM of the artillery and realised I was lying in the slimy stinking mud that covered many of my division’s fallen soldiers on the western front. A few meters to my right I saw my best mate Jack slogging towards me “G’day mate” he said “G’day” I replied. “You know how we are going over the top to assault Jerrys positions today?” he said nervously “I feel like this will be my last time I will fight in this war.” “Why is that?” I queried, “Well” he answered “I believe that one of those bullets has my name on it this time. You know like old Charlie had that feeling before that artillery shell tore him in half?”

Standing up for what you believe in not only impacts yourself, but others as well. From beliefs to ideas, standing up for them is really important. Standing up for what you believe has also changed our history as we know it, for example, Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement, or Cesar Chavez on improving the treatment of workers.

Actions are more powerful than words because when you act on something you are doing something instead of speaking. Actions are powerful because they can injure or damage someone or something. Speaking many words may not do as much damage as acting upon an object. Actions are making physical contact and words are sayings out of a person’s mouth. Actions can be taken upon somebody and they do more affect than speaking. Actions are more powerful because it’s better to see it than hear it. Everybody would like to see someone do something tremendous right in front of them. It would be better to see it than to hear it or say it. In addition, people would like to see

It seemed like ages before he was free. He ran back towards the British line, expecting at any moment to feel a bullet rip through him. Then, out of the blue, a single shot rumbled across the dormant battlefield. Ed spun around just in time to see the German commander’s pistol smoking. The machine gunner who had spared his life was slumped over, motionless.

One night he encounters an enemy sniper he struggles in besting, and applauding his marksmanship, he risks his life to go examine the body of the fallen soldier. Upon finding the body, shot and lifeless, he discovers the slain enemy was his brother. But, although the bullet which killed his brother was dispensed by his hands, responsibility for his brother’s death does not fall on him. Not only was he unaware of the enemy’s identity in the darkness of night, it was also his duty to take out opposing forces; he followed through with his

He shouts opening fire on the unsuspecting Germans. A silent pulse and four soldiers lie on the ground every living cell shut down dead. Headlights and more soldiers are coming up the road. A brilliant spotlight struck his face,

“The day I was wounded, I certainly didn’t start out thinking I should kick in a door and engage practically hand-to-hand with the enemy. However as I was with my Marines going street by street and house by house, upon learning that wounded Marines were trapped inside a building with terrorists, I knew every second counted.”

He slowly begins to pack his sniper into an acoustic guitar case. As he walks down the stairs, he turns and looks at his beloved brother that he shot in cold blood. He stared at that lifeless body for hours. He thought about all the memories they both shared throughout their childhood.

It wasn 't my fault, it was too late for him and there was nothing anyone could do to help him. It happened in the early hours of the morning, the sun slowly stretching and awakening from its own peaceful slumber but couldn 't get its bright rays past the army of clouds that stood guard over the land. Our broken bodies leaning against the trench wall, our soggy backs slowly sinking into the disgusting, dark and dingy mud. The sound of the raindrops smacking the floor of our trench and the smothered, repetitive blasts of a Vickers machine gun constantly invaded our ears. The murky sky cried with despair as the rain gradually began to hit the ground as hard as bullets connecting with bone. Crippled bullet shells soared overhead with so much acceleration, they camouflaged within the stormy scenery. I recall the power of the silence that would submerge us all once the commotion beyond the trench would cease, I felt I was tangled and drowning within its forceful and mighty waves. My heart pummeled the inside of my chest with built up momentum, my pulse was as repetitive as the constant firing of a machine gun.

"The soldier was buried in the dirt, not far from Tommy Müller's place. It was scratched and trodden, which, to Liesel, was the whole point. Even with injury, it could still stand up."

Focus on the quote, “Great thoughts speak only to thoughtful minds, but great actions speak to humankind,” by Emily P. Bissel. What were some recent ‘great actions’ and how were they received? What does Bissel mean by her remark; particularly, what is meant by the latter part of her quote, “great actions speak to humankind”? Great actions speak to humankind for a few reasons: culturally, we speak so much but in actuality do so little, so that when an action does occur, it impacts us greatly; likewise, they touch people and inspire them widely, igniting compassion and support everywhere.

Fifteen seconds go by and you have already made a first impression of a person. The first impressions you get of a person might not always be who they turn out to be. It is about giving people a chance as shown in Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is a book first titled First Impressions. Pride and Prejudice is a book where the characters make the plot and the novel itself. It is based upon the first impressions one character makes of another and the story revolves around this. First Impressions embody the themes in the novel. Mr. Darcy is one major character in which people make many first impressions of him and try to form him into the character they think he is. One person that makes such an impression of him is Elizabeth

“Sometimes standing up for what is right and who we are means that we are going to face standing alone.” Standing up for what you believe in is very important in our lives.If we didn’t have the people who stand up for us we would be a very different country. All of us need to stand up for what is right, we might not to be the president or a famous person to say a speech about what it right.There have been many times when I have stood up for something I believe in. I often stand up for my sister, my family,and my friends.