Personal Narrative: Oxygen Masks

On January 3, 2009 around 11:00 PM the phone rang with what I thought was exciting news about my newly born sister, Tristyn ,but quickly turned to horror. I could heard the fright in my dad's shaken voice as he told me Tristyn had to go into immediate heart surgery because she needed a stent to open up the blood flow to her heart. Being eight at the time the only thing I could think about was how she might not make it. My dad said to me “look after your sisters, and tell them nothing about the surgery”, which terrified me more than before. I knew I needed to be brave and take charge of the situations for my sisters. Bravery is something I learned for a situation I never knew would happen.

In my personal life I have displayed the quality of determination. During my young adolescent years I was the victim of bullying. Not only did I receive this unfair treatment from my fellow students, but I also received it from an unexpected source- a teacher. After three years of harassment, things finally improved. I went to high school and learned how to defend myself. I gained my self- confidence back and was able to use my experience to help others. During my sophomore year in high-school, I helped launch two clubs. One club was for a free Tibet and the other to help stop bullying in our school and area. Being determined helped me move on from what happened to me and I was able to turn it into something positive that could help others.

Superheroes are very popular in our society, most people in today’s world spend their time either watching superhero movies or reading superhero comic books. Although there are many reasons why superhero fans are so popular, the most important ones are, their movies are related to the current world issues, such as fight prejudice, stereotype, good team work, and they always inspire the young children. Superheroes having powers doesn’t mean that they’re not humans, They can save the world and fight criminals but they still have to deal with the fact of being a human being because they also face negative things like prejudice and stereotype. Superheroes fighting these will influence the children to do the same thing.

In the early stages of childhood, children tend to dream of many idealistic careers that will one day serve as the purpose of their live. Many dream of becoming superheros that have the ability to save people’s lives with split second decisions and extraordinary superpowers, While Some dream of becoming Ninjas whose fearless demeanour comes as a direct result of their strength and determination. Although these goals seem a little far-fetched to some, Lisa Hodder has achieved and is on her way to accomplishing them, but not quiet so literally.

“I wish I could be a hero!” Many adults in today’s society hear small children wishing they could become heroes. Children wish to be more like heroes for the reason that heroes are the type of people who risk their lives to help others. Throughout history, children have had a positive connotation with the word “hero.” The heroes many small children talk about are the fictional ones who protect cities from villains: Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and others. However, these are not the only types of heroes in today’s world. Firefighters and policemen are also considered heroes because they save the lives of those in danger. Many adults consider their inspirations to be heroes, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin

At a very young age children idealize a comic Marvel superhero who they find as their role model. There is a wide variety of Marvel super heroes to choose from such as Batman, Spider man, Flash, and Superman who are all courageous men fighting to save the people of their community. However, my superhero can’t be found in Marvel comic action books. My superhero and role model is a very special person to me that no famous action figure could come compare to. In fact, she helped me become aware of the major adult responsibilities a person must accomplish when transitioning from childhood to adulthood.

While other students were celebrating the end of school year, I was stressing like a college student preparing for their finals, trying to determine how would I donate the superhero kits to the children at local shelters. As I sit and ponder on the kids who live in shelters, I can only imagine the agony, torment, and stressful lives they have to endure out of the shelter. Some kids within shelters lack a certain amount of hope because of the situations they face daily. Kids who are in shelters lack the imagination and creativity than other children. Which means, they are at a higher risk of “stress” and “Emotional and Social challenges” stated an author by the name of Eric Jensen,. I hope to spend the next two years creating superhero kits,

As a little girl, I have always wanted to wield the red, white and blue recognizable costume of a famous heroine. I wanted to wear the tiara with silver metal bracelets and run around, playing with a rope that I would call my “lasso of truth” and immediately state that I was invincible. I, like many other girls, wanted to become the comic book heroine known as Wonder Woman.

Follow up Mike who was the RT stated he did forget to place the patient back on his Oxygen after the treatment. He stated he went back and spoke with the father and apologized he also added another flow meter so that this would not occur again.

For example, Hillary Clinton was the first female presidential nominee and Carla Hayden was the first female to serve as librarian of congress. These notable women empower others in society because of their intelligence and hard work. Yet, there are still conflicting attitudes toward women. On one hand, women are glorified as wives and mothers. On the other hand, there is an underlying distrust of female sexuality and independence. This has led to the traditional subordination of women to secondary status as desirable women with a lesser value to crime fighting. This continues in superhero films today, making this sexism very influential in our

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In a society dominated by male superheroes, it is not that often that a female character is able to step forward and defend the world. There have been quite a few female superheroes throughout the ages of popular culture, including the Canadian Marvel super-heroine, Aurora ("Marvel"), and DC Comic's character, Black Canary (Kanigher, and Infantino). Yet for every one female superhero that is encountered, there are at least a dozen more male superheroes to stand around—and often in front of—her. Even more frustratingly, the female superheroes are often merely there to be the gendered counterpart to the much more powerful, dominant male superheroes. There have been few women who have stood out as being independent, admirable sources of

I cant wait to see my friends today… Not school of course but after school sports. I may be the only girl in my own section and the only freshmen but i get along well with them. I may go to foothill the supposed greatest school. Academically they got that in the bag. But socially they need a bit of work.

Has there ever been a point in your life that you wished you could be a superhero or superhuman? Most, if not all, people’s answer to that question would be a resounding “yes,” including mine. Over the years, more TV shows and movies have begun to incorporate what we would consider to be our “heroes” into them. These shows, or movies, consist of a hero, or heroes, that are typically aided by friends and a team that help them fight evil; two examples of this are Arrow and The Flash. Hero shows, or movies, can be a quite broad category, but it can be broken into smaller categories like superhuman heroes, mortal heroes, dark heroes, or otherworldly heroes. The Flash is a superhuman hero while Green Arrow is a mortal, but dark hero. The two

Once disregarded, comic books have been progressively paving a way to the future without sexism and racism in a time when they are becoming increasingly impactful to young adults. In 1938 Superman debuted and began the future of comic books, creating the two most influential publishers (Adkins). In 1940 Fantomah was introduced as the first female superhero character, though she remained a less popular character in the industry. It wasn’t until the early 1960’s that Wonder Woman was created, and she became one of the most well-known female heroes among the genres. Since then, more and more women have been depicted as heroes, mostly female versions of themselves. With racism and sexism still a common problem in society, Marvel was the first to announce that they would replace a major male hero completely with a female that has her own origin story, as well as sticking with comics and allowing Falcon, an African American superhero, to take the place of Captain America. Though resulting in mixed reviews, this step has been seen as a dive into the right direction for equality in the comic book industry.