The Shack Reflection

The book Tom Sawyer was written by Mark Twain and is set in the 1840’s. Thomas Sawyer is the main character in this book and we follow him through his wild adventures. Twain does an excellent job of capturing all the fears, joys and mischief of childhood. Tom Sawyer is an orphan, he lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid whom he loathes. He is cunning and often manages to trick the other boys into doing his work for him. Tom has to whitewash a fence on Saturday as punishment for playing hookey so, of course, he tries to get out of doing it. First, he tries to convince Jim, their slave, to whitewash for him. He has just succeeded when Aunt Polly comes out and punishes both of them. Tom works for a while then comes up with a brilliant idea. Ben Rogers comes down the lane eating an apple and playing steamboat. He stops to gloat at the unfortunate boy but ends up begging Tom to let him whitewash the fence. Tom finally consents after Ben offers him the whole apple. After Ben gets tired Tom gives the “privilege” to Billy Fisher in exchange for a good kite. He keeps this up until the whitewash is gone.

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13b in my eyes is a stupendous book that expresses many emotions that eventually rubbed off onto me. Just to give a visual, this novel is about a group of OCD young adults that try to “get fixed”, as they say. In the meantime Chuck, the therapist for the bunch decides to make each one of the members to mentally become a superhero. Immediately as this project starts Robyn a new student chooses to be Robin as her superhero, and Adam another student who already knows they are soul mates decides to be Robyn’s Batman.

In class, we read the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. This book was about the crazy childhood Jeanette experienced. Jeanette had to become independent at a very young age, since her parents didn’t seem to take responsibility for their children. She learned how to do many things on her own, like boil hotdogs at the age of three. Jeanette’s family was also always on the move; they drove miles and miles until her parents found a small town where they wanted to settle down for a little while. She became familiar with her dad’s term the “skedaddle,” which means they would just pick up and leave in a hurry. Because of all these sudden changes in Jeanette’s life, she had to start a new life for herself everywhere she went, such as starting a new school, making new friends, and adapting to the way of living in that

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is an autobiography about a young woman’s journey in life. It delves into her childhood, which was as dire as it could become, and how she was able to break her family’s habits and achieve her dreams of becoming a reporter/journalist. There were several significant lessons throughout the story, but what I deemed to be the most valuable lesson was that struggle is important. In the book, struggle is what built Jeannette into who she is today. It drove her to be successful in life, taught her that hope is always out there, and formed her character.

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

This course changed my perspective and views about current day. I’ve grown to be more appreciative of the progress we’ve have mad as Americans. With all the things going on with present times from how the election further divided our nation to the influx of racist incidents. I found it easy to get caught as an African American. However, reading the stories of Fredrick Douglass and Olaudah Equino who have experienced so much made me realize the privilege. Life for my foremothers and forefathers were horrendous. From reading a few of the stories such as Phillis Wheatley, “On Being Brought from Africa to America” allowed me to see not all slave owners were bad. Still, my views on slavery remain the same. Reading “Harlem” by Langston Hughes, Invisible

The Outsiders novel written by S.E. Hinton continues to be A literary influence on the lives of many teens. This novel has been translated into 30 languages, and people find personal connection with either the plot or the characters themselves. I connected to this novel differently than most this book takes place on the lower end of the hierarchy and I sort of grew up in this type area I didn't live in such a bad neighborhood but I live very close to one and my dad works in the bad areas of church Hill and I went along with him there was a lot of dangerous stuff in a lot of places and things a kid my age shouldn’t of seen. “You get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. It happened to me. . .” This quote was said by Dally to Johnny on their way back to the church. This quote was important because it was the first and only time that he got emotional, he was trying to convince Johnny not to go to jail.

I arrived to meet a client in the county jail this week that has been in and out of jail two times since his children were detained in October 2015 when the children were one and four years old. In the past, the client was released on a Thursday morning then returned to jail Friday afternoon due to public intoxication. Approximately two months later the client was released on a Tuesday morning and incarcerated on Thursday night again due to public intoxication. In addition, the client has also had the opportunity to participate in a work release program recently in which he was revoked from after approximately a month in the program due to several positive drug screens for synthetic marijuana during the time in the program. In the past 11 months,

In my lifetime, I have moved across a state, moved across the country, and gone to eight

Most people wonder how the community i grew up in, helped shaped or make me the person i am today,and i'm here to answer that.

My experience as an Interactor at Homestead High School shaped me in a profound way. When I moved to Mountain House, it was the thought of leaving Interact that was most disheartening to me, but I decided I couldn’t sit idle. I had to bring Interact - the high school division of Rotary International - to my new community. When I reflect back on my time in Mountain House today, I know that my most significant contribution to my school and community has been through Interact and Rotary. Since founding Interact at Mountain House High School in 2014, I have taken the club to several local and district level service events with the goal to instill a passion for community service in high school students. During my tenure as Interact president, I

When first prompted with the assignment to volunteer 20 hours of my time somewhere off the University of Minnesota’s campus, I was quite stressed out because of the time commitment. However, as I was reading through the list of possible locations to volunteer one particular place grabbed my attention and made me feel as though it would not be as terrible of an experience that I assumed it would be for me. The name of this place was Waite House and thankfully it is currently the organization where I am engaging in my service-learning. Waite House is located in the Ventura Village neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis. Waite House caught my attention because not only was it a relatively short commute on the public transit system, but the description mentioned youth fitness and obesity/diabetes prevention. Not only am I educated in diabetes prevention, but I also have previous experience with fitness and working with youth. So, I applied to this organization because I felt as though Waite House would be the perfect placement for me.

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For over a year now, I have been battling an eating disorder, as a result of childhood abuse. As of last November, I took the first step into recovery when I agreed to receive treatment in a residential facility called Selah House. During my six-week stay there, I was forced to face some of my biggest fears. I learned new ways of coping with my feelings, along with the trauma that was engraved into my very being. Before treatment, my entire entity was consumed by my eating disorder. I was convinced that my only purpose in life was to be thin. I was okay with being sick because that’s where I felt comfortable. Nevertheless, I had to acknowledge that the one thing I was most scared of was the only thing that would set me free.

The Shack explains how Mackenzie Allen Philips loses faith in God as his childhood father dies of addiction to alcohol and as his youngest daughter Missy gets kidnapped and killed.