My Perfect Escape Essays

I can still recall the days where I would run down the block chasing after the ice cream truck. I lived near a park in Brooklyn, and my daily summer routine consisted of endless enjoyment at the park. As a nine-year-old, all I focused on was having fun and playing handball with my friends at the park. Every day I set out on the same task, and did not realize what I would do if those friends were no longer there.

Mi Vida Loca means “my crazy life (as a girl).” The movie documents the phenomenon of female gangs in the early nineties in Los Angeles. It is written and directed by Allison Anders, who grew up in Los Angeles and went to UCLA. She uses personal experiences to help influence her story writing. In Echo Park, a group of young Mexican-Americans show what it means to live in the inner city. The film looks at gang lifestyle from a woman’s point of view to uncover relationships, conflicts, gang loyalty, and identity. The “homegirls” portray their female friendships through their daily lives of survival in Echo Park. It is a rough life with almost every “homegirl” having a baby by the time they are twenty-one and almost every

My parents were down the street at my aunt’s house and said that I could have some people over, so that’s exactly what I did. Around eleven girls had came over and we spent the night dancing and singing loudly every word to songs that were overplayed on the radio but still so catchy. When other houses started to shut off their lights, the street lamps went on and our feet were too sore to be used anymore, we lowered the music, all sat around and gossiped—of course because that’s what girls do best. When the night had ended and almost everyone was gone, me and a couple others were so hungry that we were listening to our stomachs grumble, it was as if they were talking to each other about how they needed food. My parents offered to drive us to the Rainbow Diner where I got my favorite dish, french toast and chocolate

Playing with the neighborhood kids or spending time out of the house was a way to refresh. The neighborhood children and I would play bingo, kick the can, ride bikes, or just hangout without worrying of current

One cold sunny weekend in February of 2014 in Madison, MS the Saint Stanislaus boys just arrived to the hotel where they would stay for the night before the big game. All was good the night before we ate and later went to sleep. We all woke up around eight in the morning and had breakfast. We left for the fields around twelve because the game was at two in the evening.

“Life is like a baseball game. When you think a fastball is coming, you gotta be ready to hit the curve.” -Unknown. Baseball is a game, one that is not timed, one that is not rushed either, but is only allowed twenty-seven outs. For some it means everything to them, for some the opposite. Even though it is just a game, the characteristics and necessities that come along with it, is what people don’t understand. Baseball can teach individuals, all ages, the tools they need to help themselves, schooling and their future. Within this comes the aspects of teamwork, self-confidence, and the importance of family.

Coming from CP World Voices to Honors English II pushed me to work hard as a result of my fear of falling behind. However, the jump made me grow as a writer; my strength in analyzing literary texts grew and so did my love for the literary works we read. Because this class pushed me to become a more focused and serious writer I have experienced many pivotal moments that caused me to become more aware of my strengths and weaknesses. Looking back on the work we have covered this year I have concluded that my pivotal moments were a series of realizations that came in intervals. Close to the beginning of the year, I discovered that I enjoyed understanding and analyzing literary works to the smallest detail. To successfully do so I focused on my

been working in the hot sun in Florida for my entire life. As long as I can remember I have been picking cotton from sun up to sun down. I am now 22 years old and have fallen in love with a man named James he is working in the same cotton field as me, he tells me about his dream for us to run away to the North to become free and start a family together. At night me and James sneak out of the barn were we are forced to sleep, were it is so crowded that you feel like you can't even breathe, so it is nice to get away and talk at the top of the roof of the barn about one day runaway to a free state. As we lay on top of the roof James asked to run away with him tonight,

I have learned a great many things from playing soccer. It has changed my entire outlook on and attitude toward life. Before my freshman year at Cool high school, I was shy, had low self-esteem and turned away from seemingly impossible challenges. Soccer has altered all of these qualities. On the first day of freshman practice, the team warmed up with a game of soccer. The players were split up and the game began. However, during the game, I noticed that I didn't' t run as hard as I could, nor did I try to evade my defender and get open. The fact of the matter is that I really did not want to receive the ball. I didn't' t want to be the one at fault if the play didn't' t succeed. I did not want the responsibility of helping the team

Born into an average orange mound family I saw a range of activities going on in the community, but that didn’t stop me as a kid. As curious as cat I found myself exploring my neighborhood by myself at the age of four. Later, I started collecting things like rocks, flowers, and the neighbors’ newspapers. When my aunt found out what I was doing, she’ll help me read the comic section and reward me when I said a comic strip right. Being the over bearing person, I forced my little brother to sit there and listen to the gibberish I learned from the comic strip. I believed he found enjoyment out of it.

I love it here in Nevada. I knew what I was getting into after my first visit. So none of this is a surprise. Remember I was excited when I saw the brother in dreads. By the way his name is Frank. While I’m here I don’t see me doing a lot of networking outside of the project. I’m very certain this is part of God’s plan. This is my season for isolation and reflection. There aren’t really any distractions here and I know God placed me here for that reason. Usually when I have had these moments in the past I came out of it with some life changing strategies. That wouldn’t have happened if I were in NYC, Atl, or even back home in Houston. I’m embracing this opportunity understanding it’s part of my growth and on the other side I will come out this new person. And I’m sure that there’s no super-secret group here. Now there are some very wealthy people in this area especially in the Lake Tahoe area. So you never know who you’re going to meet, but there aren’t enough black people to even have a small MLK parade.

Most individuals might never understand the problems within a form of oppressive government. This can be demonstrated in the state of democracy we inhabit, however (Kyi) speaks about, “Freedom from Fear”, stating that fear of losing power changes attitudes. One of the quotes expressing such thought is,” Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the power corrupts who are subject to it.” Such ideas can be better known as “Pathos” the speaker truly wants the audience how those within a totalitarian government act and his feelings over the regime showing all the struggle faced during the years. Then comes to our next thought involving fear from learning the truth, and gives us an ability to analyze why is it that holds us back from the truth. To had better understand leading to, “And it would there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear. (Kyi). A strong opinion by the speaker to make us comprehend to what is a major setback from learning the truth and this is the fear to pursuing freedom without being punished people do not want to find true freedom. Because many do not would rather let others suffer by the government than

There is no doubt that there are many different morals found in cross country runners, but the two morals that I learned about and developed during my time in cross country is work ethic and leadership. There was no end to the lessons I learned and the progress I made in four years of cross country. Those are the lessons that stick with me and will continue to shape me as I go through life.

Some people don't realize how simple, yet complicated life is, that the point of it is not to ‘lose or win or become successful', but to die knowing that you have lived your life to the maximum and get the satisfaction from that. That you have created and destroyed, that you lived and the sun shone on you, and most importantly, that you left a footprint behind you.

The Self Every situation that an individual is exposed to throughout life, helps mold our “self.” As humans we have the ability to see ourselves from the outside, and all through life we try to see what others see and our “self” revolves around the generalized other. We observe how others perceive us and we make conclusions depending on our observations. How we act around others depends on the image we feel they have towards us.