Creative Writing: Tomorrow Is Choosing Day

…What Daisy? No, a bad lie got me out in the final, weren’t you watching?

Roman Poet, Horace’s quote says, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” I agree with his stand on adversity because though it may seem bad, it can lead to finding your true self. If one was not put under enough duress. Then they wouldn't find out what type of person that are now will they find out how they will react to certain things. Having your character developed even more so may potentially lead to a brighter future, because then you may qualify for a position somewhere you want to be.

The Roman poet Horace states that “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” By this, he explains the role these hardships play in shaping and developing a person’s character. I agree that adversity not only elicits talents, but also brings out the hidden aptitudes within a person that which they were unaware of before. Through learning experiences and observations, I have witnessed the significant outcomes that come from the result of adversities.

Yesterday, at approximately 9am, the streets of Verona faced its third civil brawl from two feuding families: the Capulets and Montagues.

Horace states, "Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant," meaning that differences in a person's life, meaning misfortunes as a whole, has the ability to change a person's personality and character. This can go two separate ways though, it can make them into a better person, or a worse person. But the overall idea that Horace stated is easy to agree with.

In the book Castle In The Attic the main character William must be brave, caring, courageous, and persistent on his journey. William in the book starts out being mad at his nanny Mrs. Phillips because after 10 years of caring for him she decided to move back to England. She gives William a castle for a going away present. William loves the castle but still wantes Mrs. Phillips to stay. The castle came with one knight, but he was no ordinary figurine. When William came up to the attic that night the knight came to life. In shock, William drops him and runs down the attic stairs. A little later he goes back up and greets the knight, Sir Simon, and the knight tells him his story about a wizard named Alastor and how he saved Sir Simon’s father’s

Adversity is like a buffet, you have so many choices they are available like Roman Horace says. It’s a huge part in our everyday life. It’s something that can’t go by without being knowledge it has a huge effect that will be noticed in so way or form.

Archie’s house to play board games. They both agreed that they had never had that much fun before, and they even made plans to hang out the next day.

"Don't go Johnny don't go, what about your children you can't leave them behind," I yelled.

I don’t like to reminisce on the event, yet when iris plastered all over the papers, 25 years after the incident, I can’t help but remember the affair. Even though I have tried to move on, it will always be a part of my past. A dark, grim, part of it that haunts me up to this day.

“I’ve lived here a little over ten years. I lived on a small farm on the outskirts of Camelot until I was nine years old. I lived there with my parents and my sister. That is, until King Urien’s men raided our village and killed my family. All three of them,” he said, his voice catching ever so slightly before continuing. “Owen, another farmer and family friend was a widower. He took me in and has been a father to me ever since. He had no children so it was just the two of us. Much of my time was taken up by farming chores, but Owen knew I dreamed of being a knight and made sure I continued on with my sword lessons. He’s a good man.”

To wash it white as snow” he is saying that he cant get it off, that

I wish I was a beautiful little fool, oblivious to the motives of both my lover and my husband. As I drive away with the imposter, away from the place where I would have reinserted my power and dominance and received the satisfaction of material wealth, I was blindsided and made to look like the fool I dreamed to be. Your wealth misleads the con hidden underneath your magnificent suits and the extravagant parties thrown under your leadership. Looking at you next to me, heartbroken as if I were the one that betrayed you seems absurd to me in the least. My biggest regret was not leaving Tom but, crying into your crime ridden shirts, wasting tears that could be shed for a more powerful man. Are you really the great Gatsby that others perceive

The couple sits on their couch in the living room of their large two story home, they moved into early in the summer, newly built, beautifully decorated. Both staring at their flat screen T.V watching pictures of their son flash across the screen with tears in their eyes.

A Roman poet named Horace once said “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant” Which is a quote that many people can deeply connect with or agree with. Although some people can say this quote is true from experience, many people cannot. I don’t agree wholeheartedly with Horace’s words for a few reasons.