The Amazing Girl Who Is Hannah Bourque

One “This I Believe” essay can contemplate the meaning of life in 1000 words while another can acknowledge the goodness of piping hot baked brownies in 50 words. With no guidelines, it is up to each writer to determine how to best illustrate his or her message to the world. The “This I Believe” essays all have different meanings with various forms that convey emotion and new ideas no matter the style or length.

Most little girls typically dream of becoming mermaids, princesses, or even restaurant owners, but not me. I wanted to grow up and become a famous singer. That being said, Hannah Montana was my inspiration because she got the double life that I wanted for myself. She was just a small town girl who literally got the best of both worlds. Nothing intrigued me more than being able to sing as someone else without fearing the judgement of those who would have doubts about Haley Acord. In my 8-year-old mind, that was the only way I could ever be brave enough to sing in front of an audience.

Hannah was a good story teller and told stories to her friends. They were always interested in the stories which took their minds off what they were doing. Hannah told some of these stories in the camp, took people's mind off the terror they were in.

Hannah is starting to worry about the order of the Seder dinner and the practices.But some say that she is not willing to put in the effort to get into the practices.Hannah says “It’s about remembering. … I’m tired of remembering.” She is not getting a grip on the true meaning of the religion she is just worried about what she has to say to make it work. And when she has made her part she doesn’t care anymore.But this is not true she does care. It is made obvious when she says “The Seder wasn’t even in the right order, not like they taught in Sunday school.” Hannah wants things to be practiced in the proper order and wants the fullest religious experience.

Hannah was loved by many and it is very hard to say goodbye, however we must so to Hannah,

Hannah Bailey is a young, wild, and carefree teenager from a small town called Warsaw, Indiana. She attends Warsaw Community High School and she likes music, art, and photography. Majority of the students at the school are Caucasian and most of them are in cliques, relationships, and are somewhat popular. People call Hannah weird and say that she does not fit in with everyone. She wants to go to college in California to study film. Hannah lives with her grandmother because her mother suffers from depression and is not in the home, and her father works out of town in Ohio. Hannah’s boyfriend, Joel, is also a big part of her life. She spends a lot of her time with him. For Hannah, Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory can be used to help explain her adolescent life.

Hannah remains a wonderful role model to her peers in all of her work ethic, kindheartedness, and her spiritual life. No one would be able to find one cruel bone in her body. Passionate about everything she does, she never gives up on anything. She is not swayed by the majority; she finds joy in being her own person. The following quote perfectly sums up Hannah’s outlook on life. “Do not compare yourself with others. It is our uniqueness that makes us who we are.” - Tina J.

Hannah's tapes weren't only about people and the problems they have caused her; one of the tapes is about seeking help. She really needed someone to help her out with the burden she carries every day she needed someone to give a reason to live, she needed someone there for her. She needed a friend the type of friend that would listen and tried to understand what she's been going through. Like Hannah wants help she doesn't want to end it just there she wants a reason to live so in the book she says “ I’m giving life one more chance. And this time, I’m getting help. I’m asking for help because I cannot do this alone. I’ve tried that.”(Asher 269). Therefore, Hannah is asking for help even though Clay was there for her but she pushed him away

Hannah Hardiman is a friend of many. She stays involved with her community and enjoys the the company of others. She is a talented soccer player and was a captain of Fairfax girls junior varsity team last year. She is always very bubbly and tries to look on the positive side of life. Her comfortable style shows that she is pretty relaxed and approachable. She doesn’t like talking about herself which shows that she’s a humble person who cares more about others than herself. She’s hilarious when she’s not trying and her joyous laughter

On febuary 17, 1999 in Durango Colorado Neil and Sandi McGarraugh had a little baby girl. When Sandi was holding her new baby wondering what she should her, she turned to Neil and ask “What should we name Hannah?” That’s how i was named, by some crazy accident, Hannah Ashley McGarraugh. After i was born i had a normal release and all was well for a short while until one day my moms instincs told her something was wrong. I was acting a completely normal so her sisters and mother told her that she was just freaking out because i was her first child. After going crazy for a week my mom finally decided to take me to the hospital, and i was put into the neonatal intensive care unit for RSV. The doctors told my mom that i was hours away from dying, that she saved

More’s thoughts on female education are radical and challenging. What has caught my attention is her commentary on the idea of ‘accomplishment’. She criticizes this idea, stating that this word has been misused and misunderstood. The idea of accomplishment gives an impression of perfection and completeness, and thus, leaves nothing to desire or to achieve. More also raises her objection to females’ preparation of using or accommodating their talents to please the opposite sex. It seems to me that she is in more favor of ‘propriety’ than that of ‘accomplishment’, because “it does not depend on anyone perfection, but it is the result of general excellence” (Strictures 13). And in general excellence, she, obviously, includes moral values and

Aunt Cindi prayed every day and decided to put her trust in God. If it weren’t for Aunt Cindi, Hannah wouldn’t be here right now. As Hannah grew up, she went to a special school because she was developmentally disabled. Often her behavior is very challenging for Aunt Cindi. Even with all the challenges, Aunt Cindi remains a good and kind person. She believes God’s plan was for her to save Hannah’s life and she has no regrets. She has dedicated her life to caring for

Firstly, she missed out on a great opportunity to become an excellent concert pianist. At a young age, she was already very talented, and could play works of Beethoven and Liszt with proficiency. She was also a hard worker, and that gives her so much potential. New York would have been the place that she could have become much more. During the time that the story was written, studying music in New York was probably a big thing, as it still is now, and by rejecting the offer, Hannah cut off a great live path.

Hannah Senesh, author of the poem “One Two Three”, was a Israeli-Hungarian pilot who fought for the rebel cause during WWII. Senesh was captured by the Hungarian army while she was on a mission with the Israeli paratroopers to rescue Hungarian Jews being deported to Auschwitz. Though she was brutally tortured, Senesh never gave the Hungarians information about her mission in order to protect the locations of her fellow soldiers who were still rescuing Hungarian Jews. Found guilty of treason, Senesh was executed on November 7, 1944 by a German firing squad. While she was in prison, Senesh kept a diary, which was published in Hebrew in 1946. Her poem, “One Two Three”, was written in just days before her execution.

Actually, how we see ourselves does not come from who we really are, but rather from how we believe others see us.” This was true in Hannah’s case. Hannah’s low self-esteem was caused by her peers’ increasingly low opinion of her. She believed that her classmates saw her in a poor light, so she did as well. In the novel, Hannah said, “I have no excuse. I could have stopped it-end of story. But to stop it, I felt like I’d have to stop the entire world from spinning. Like things had been out of control for so long that whatever I did hardly mattered anymore”. She felt that her actions did not matter anymore because no one would see her differently at that point in time. Her reputation had been built up as someone who was “easy” and untrustworthy. Others’ perception of Hannah caused her to doubt and hate herself in the end. This caused severe changes in her self-identity.