I Am An Outcast - Original Writing

In “Outcasts United” written by Warren St. John we learn about the lives of multiple young children along with their families coming from broken homes that seek a better living, they are refugee. Throughout the book, the lives of the kids are described on how they learn to adapt to this new life. Luma Mufleh is introduced in the beginning. She is the creator of the “Fugees” a soccer team she started in order to give these boys a way to escape from their past. While learning the way these kids live their life, the theme that is portrayed to us would be teamwork.

So I lived in fear of my possible sexual orientation. My parents had always seemed open minded so I shouldn’t have worried about coming out. But in the last few months, my college-age sister had begun to date a conservative guy. Suddenly, my parents seemed to change their minds to match his beliefs. If they didn’t actually change their minds, which opinion was the one they truly believed? Suddenly coming out, or even accepting myself, no longer seemed like a viable option. I denied it for months. It eventually got to the point where I told a friend that I hadn’t been feeling myself for a while, that I hadn’t felt truly happy for almost a year. She told me how much she cared about me and that she couldn’t lose me. I said it wasn’t that bad and that I would talk to her if I needed to and it helped for a while, but I still lived with

I'm a lesbian. That is not a simple thing to say; I've struggled saying the words without feeling sick for so long. The fact has been gnawing at me for quite a long time. I deal with a lot of internalized homophobia; I recall all the awful words people spoke about lesbians and it makes me feel so guilty. It's not something I like to think about regularly, or at all. I've liked girls for as long as I can remember, and when I understood that made me a lesbian, I was hoping that I was young and confused, and that maybe it was only a phase. Not that I believed being gay was an awful thing; I simply wouldn’t like to dread coming out to others. I had an inclination that I didn't need to tell anybody, that it was my decision who knew I was gay (I'm savvy, and I was and am thoroughly right). Yet, the main reason I didn't tell

Coming to America or going to a place you never been may seem nerve wracking at first. Settling to a new country and be a forginer and seem like you’re an outcast because now you have to adapt and learn to your new settings. When settling to place some people end up losing what they call their identity. Most people feel like once you take on a life at a new place you are no longer part of your old culture. In the story Jhumpa was living 2 idetites one at home and one outside side jhumpa felt tha he had to keep those to seprated and felt absoulty horrible.

tragic hero. Much like Oedipus in Sophocles O​edipus Rex,​O​konkwo is a strong, respected leader who comes to a tragic end due to his hubris and actions. Right off, it is important to note that the most common trait they share is that they are both arrogant and refuse to listen to others, even when they are wrong. Both characters are admirable when the stories started, but by the end they end up being outcasts.

One of the most emotionally draining, yet empowering life events that I’ve been through was discovering my sexuality. Living in a heterosexual normative society, that was all I knew through childhood. Sexuality was never openly discussed or questioned; it was almost treated as a taboo topic.

I was like any other normal human. I learned to read. I learned to write. I eventually learned the difference between good and bad, right and wrong. Sure I am taller than most humans. Sure I don’t speak English as proper as other humans. Sure I don’t look like other humans. But if that’s not enough reasons to remind myself of me not being human, the fact that humans call me monster and run in terror when they see me is surely enough. I’m already alone. I’m already an outcast. I’m already put on the top of someone’s hit list. What else can make me more of a monster?

I could already tell by the way my mom laughed as, she had the biggest smile when she was with Mindy, I think my mom expected me to react in some deranged way. But I had already accepted it however, I’m unsure if others are as accepting as I am about my mother’s sexual preference. I didn’t tell anyone about my mother’s relationship until I went into ninth grade, my friend, Tyler, and I had been talking a lot about our shared history of having divorced parents, and we had gotten really close. I felt comfortable to tell her and she was accepting as she said “Oh crap that’s pretty cool bro your mom deserves to be happy,” after that I’ve appreciated her perspective which made me more confident in my decisions to accept my mom’s choice of her sexual preference. In addition, next October my mom and Mindy will get married making them wife and

Sexuality is a very controversial topic around the world. From a very young age, we are taught that you can either be a boy or a girl however, we are never informed about all the other possibilities such as gay, transgender, asexual, etc. My family is very open minded about these situations however, I realized that my relatives and my family friends are not. Although my immediate family is very open minded- I have never discussed it with them. This is because in my culture, it is considered a taboo. Talking about something that is taboo with your family is considered disrespectful to the older generation. The fact that we even know about their existence might be shocking to some parents because they do not want their kids

Bisexuals have received quite a bit of disapproval and misunderstanding in the past, even in the “more accepting” modern day. In order to help our readers understand the nature and thought process of bisexuality, we are here to present a guide to this completely natural sexual preference. It isn’t all facts and figures, however, we also decided to through in a little playful gossip. Who doesn’t enjoy a bit of risqué fun? To get the scoop on the 10 secrets about bisexuals that even they might not tell you, all you have to do is keep reading. You also have to come back to see our coming part two article, when we reveal the juiciest five secrets on bisexuals of the whole list!

“I get so tired of people saying, ‘Oh, you only make fantasy films and this and that’, I’m like ‘Well no, fantasy is reality’, that’s what Lewis Carroll showed in his work,” spoke animator, writer, producer, and director Tim Burton in regards to the themes of depression, isolation, and fear within his collection of work. Influenced by Gothic fiction and the art and film movements of Expressionism, Surrealism, and Noir, Burton crafts the inner world of the outcast and explores the ideas of Jungian and Freudian psychoanalysis in his films, particularly in Vincent (1982), Beetlejuice (1988), and Edward Scissorhands (1990). This paper will explore Burton’s aesthetics of chiaroscuro lighting, color symbolism, and composition to recreate the realism of human emotions through the eyes of a misunderstood character’s solitude in a highly fantastical world. Burton breaks conventions of narrative Hollywood cinema and focuses less on the script, but largely on the psyche of the character and the visual outer world that portrays their inner anxieties. Although, Burton’s films are directly influenced by the work of Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau, Robert Wiene, and Salvador Dali, he creates his own auteur style by mapping out the psychological journey of his characters through symbolic hand-drawn concept and costume designs that mirrors his own struggles of displacement throughout his life.

Have you ever felt such as you failed to belong? Have you ever felt not noted off activities at school? The sensation of being a reject. The sensation that may hurt you for the remainder of your life. The school that has intellectual geniuses and you don't feel like you're one. Class is the place where I get the worst feeling about being an outcast. The place where classmates use verbose words, rather than plain words. The place where I get judged for taking regular classes, “Oh your taking that, I thought you can do better than that class”. My mom has always told me to forget what other people say. But is it really that easy? Can I really ignore the outsiders. Fortunately, I have a place. A place where my life can be rescued from the outsiders.

"Jayvier! By the way I heard her voice I knew something was wrong. It was like hearing an angry lion roaring. As I walked upstairs in fear I did not know what to expect. My heart pounding as if it was going to jump right out of my chest. I walked like a slug, counting every step wondering what I had done". The whole house started to feel depressed. The door swung open with great force. My mother was standing by her bed and the expression on her face was as if she saw her worst enemy. "Are you gay"? The answer took her my surprise and changed both of our lives forever. After that, she turned into scourge and it made the house hell. The remainder of the year raced by, but she could not see that homosexuals are equal to heterosexuals. Even though homosexuals are more accepted in today’s society, we are still discriminated through religious views, constantly getting stereotyped, and unable to create the family that we want.

I never realized how hard it’d be to come out, especially to family members. I have yet to come out to my parents, but I have to some of the other members of my family. My family isn’t, let’s just say “not” that supportive of that community. Having have heard the many things they’ve said about how they dislike the LGBTQIA+ community and people that are a part of it, I’ve still been scared to come out to them; with the fear of them not wanting me, or disowning me. That fear lurks within me, like a shadow that comes out during the night.

It was the time when I was working for Elle Magazine and I was asked to do a story on ‘Changing Gay Scene in India’. It triggered an unsettling feeling in me that - why am I asked to do this in particular. I had a persecution complex and simply denied being gay. I kind of always knew but it was more about articulation than discovery. It was in my early 20’s when I came out to my mom. Well I must say that I kind of felt cheated as I didn’t get the usual unaccepting reaction from her, while I was all prepared for tears & drama. She found it quite normal and has always been my confidant. Indian men are spoilt by their mothers, gay & straight and I am one of those. Its good Karma that I have a mom who has been a constant support.