The Seventh Most Important Thing Analysis

In The seventh most important thing by Shelley Pearsall, Arthur T.Owens throws a brick at a local man that collects rubbish. Arthur and his sister always call him junk man, although they would later find out that his name is actually James hampton. After getting out of juvie, arthur has a long nerve wracking time in court to decide his punishment for throwing a brick at junk man. Instead of being sentenced to more time in juvie, junk man offers an alternative, he is sentenced to one hundred twenty hours of community service… working for him. He would pay off those hours every Saturday. “ One kid. One crime. One chance to make things right.”

In The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall, Arthur is seen as a troubled kid, because of November’s accident. Of course it is not a normal thing to throw a brick at a random person, for no reason. Although Arthur claimed in front of a judge and jury that the reason he threw the brick was not the color of his skin, but because of the hat that he was wearing. The judge then sentenced him to 120 hours of working for James Hampton, the man hit with a brick, while he recovers from his injuries. Arthur goes through an adventure every Saturday. Exploring what is considered a “shady” neighborhood. Arthur’s views of Mr. Hampton change over the course of the 120 mandatory hours. Mr. Hampton is no longer seen as the “crazy junkman” but he’s

Survivors guilt.... An emotion brought on by a traumatic experience. Thing like watching a fellow soldier or close friend die. In the story, “ The Seventh man” The narrator Goes through watching the death of his best friend K. This experience bring on survivor's guilt talked about in the story “The Moral logic of survivor's guilt.” Even though the narrator of the story had watched K die, he should have been able to forgive himself. Although there is a cost to surviving, no matter what he told himself it was not his fault that K had died so tragically.

In this paper I am going to state seven commandments that I think is most important in our society. The seven commandments in Animal Farm were based on animal rights and what not to do so that they avoid acting like humans. These commandments however changed later in the story so it was very hypocritical. My commandments will be basic rules and will not change under any circumstances.

2016: Many works of literature contain a character who intentionally deceives others. The character’s dishonesty may be intended either to help or to hurt. Such a character, for example, may choose to mislead others for personal safety, to spare someone’s feelings, or to carry out a crime. Choose a novel or play in which a character deceives others. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze the motives for that character’s deception and discuss how the deception contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim” by Vicki Harrison. It is proven that losing your loved ones is painful, shocking, some people might feel guilt, and anger. In the excerpt, “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami the narrator’s best friend, K. died due to a typhoon that struck on September. After K.’s death the Seventh Man suffered in a major trauma and set back. For this reason, the narrator of “The Seventh Man” isn’t blameworthy for K.’.s death and he should forgive himself due to his actions.

Willow is a pretty unordinary girl, she has really loving adoptive parents, grows her own herbs in her garden, talks all about statistics, always counts by 7's, and doesn't care what people think of her. She's finally in middle school but even though she loves statistics she isn't very smart so the teachers are suspicious when she does extremely well on her first test. She gets called to the principals office and he determines that she is cheating so he sends her to the district counselor Dell Duke who has seen his fair share of rebels. Along with her "friends" Dell and Quang-Ha she learns the values of having faith. In Counting By 7's by Holly Sloan she and her friends discover that you should always believe in yourself and others that things will work out.

In the documentary series, Seven Up, a group of seven year olds, from Great Britain, give self-reports, in a longitudinal study, every seven years, about various topics in their lives. The type of observation being used is structured. The same participants are being used, and know they are being observed and out of all the characters, I focused on, Suzy Lusk.

In modern society, we often face competition to survive. We may forget our own truth because of our selfish behavior. However, no person can say that people who value their integrity highly are good people, and no one is curious about what is and is not really ethical behavior. There are always certain experiences that shape a person's moral standpoint and integrity. In Old School by Tobias Wolff, he expresses this message in the book. The main character of the book, is a fictional alter ego of Tobias Wolff. Throughout this novel, He is trying to provide the basis of truth by using various scenes, characters, and other incidents, he expressed it. Reading this novel, the audience will probably be curious about what is true and untruthful. Wolff did not say the name of the protagonist in this novel, but by writing in the first person, he portrayed the main charger as another self of himself, and through this manner, readers have had the opportunity to lead themselves. Readers are left to ask, “what is the truthfulness and false in our live.

Rebecca Gilman’s The Glory of Living is an ambitious piece of writing. The playwright takes on the challenge of exploring how an eighteen-year-old girl has ended up on death row, convicted of multiple murders. The play’s opening scene is exciting and engaging, and Gilman has a strong grasp of the characters she has created, but as the action progresses, it becomes evident that the play is missing something. The Glory of Living’s shortcomings exemplify the need for playwrights to focus on developing a Major Dramatic Question, and a protagonist with a strong want.

In the book “The Seventh Most Important Thing” and the movie “Up”, are very similar and different in many aspects. One of the similarities is two of the main characters are males. Arthur Owens (“The Seventh Most Important Thing”) and Russell (“Up”) are more different than similar in many ways. .

As the story progresses further, Abner's character stays the same—cold, threatening, and dispassionate. The main meaning behind the story involves how a poor man feels when the law is based on the wealthy; it portrays Abner as a cold-hearted father and husband, as a cold authoritative

In this modern society we live, we often face competition to survive in the society.We may forget our own truth by selfish behavior for our own benefit. However, there are no one really can say that the ones who value their integrity highly are the good people and opposite peole is true in this world. There are always certain experience that shape a person's moral standpoint and one’s integrity values.It may really hard to keep one’s own integrity itself with truth life . In this literature, Old school by Tobias wolff, he expresses his message in the book. The main character of the book, narrator, is a fictional alter ego of Tobias wolff. Throughout the entirety of the novel, writing provided the backbone of truthfulness. As multiple piece of literature are expressed by a handful of characters and various incident. we are left to ask, “what is the truthfulness and false in our live.

In a normal household people throw their junk away because they don't see any use or beauty in it. But James Hampton collects trash. He has a more unique and creative way of seeing things or a more childish way. James collected trash to make a beautiful art piece called the “Throne of the Third Heaven.” After looking at the artwork people doubted it could be made out of crummy junk.

The 5 Whys is an understood critical thinking tool. At first created in 1970's by Sakichi Toyoda to enhance the Toyota generation, it is presently taught in business colleges the nation over and all around archived on YouTube, and so forth. By asking 5 Whys to an issue, you can rapidly get from issue to conceivable