The Smallest Dragonboy Essay

Bearded dragons consume both animal matter and plant matter – they are omnivorous lizards, and in the wild, a bearded dragon can spend hours hunting and foraging to get its fill of enough nutrients to last it for the day. In captivity, it is easy to imagine that a bearded dragon will have little or no trouble getting its fill of food, because reptile keepers can just buy what the critter needs.

As a young boy, nothing appealed to me more than Saturday cartoons. The feeling of waking up every morning feeling excited to see what this week’s episode might bring to the table. Every individual show had its own way to express itself whether it be the action, animations/art style, or even the morals it tries to projects to the viewer. Every one of these shows gave me ideas on how to expand my imagination and not to be ashamed of embracing such characteristic. Then, this one particular Saturday morning, I got up and switched on the television to be introduced to a new fictional show that I’ve never seen before. From that day forward, because of that one fictional character, I fell in love with the television series called Dragonball.

Should people who are different be treated differently? In “Revenge of the Geeks?” by Alexandra Robbins, the story talks about how a geeks feel when people treat them differently cause they can understand more then the ones that are treating them bad. In the text about Examples abound “ Taylor Swift’s classmates left the lunch table as soon as she sat down because they disdained her taste for country music.” There many reason why I feel that people don’t like others, but I thinks they both should be equal.

In the story, “The Smallest Dragonboy”, written by Anne McCaffrey, Keevan, the main character, shows traits with his thoughts and feelings, speech, appearance, actions, and other people’s reactions. Some of the traits he often shows are persistent, determined, honest, and courage. His thoughts and feelings and show his honesty and patience. His speech shows his kindness and his intelligence. He shows how he can still be physically strong even when he is the youngest and the smallest. His actions prove him to be self-controlled. Other people’s reactions to him show how hardworking he is.

“Slaying the Dragon” by Deborah Gee is a comprehensive look at media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the silent era. From the racist use of white actors to portray Asians in early Hollywood films, through the success of Anna May Wong’s sinister dragon lady, to Suzie Wong and the ‘50s geisha girls, to the Asian-American anchorwoman of today. The movie also shows how stereotypes of exoticism and docility have affected the perception of Asian-American women.

It is important and essential to treat different people as individuals and to try and meet their needs rather than stereotyping people. E.g. all old people are the same. Treating everyone the same is failing to respect diversity.

Criss jami said “When i look at a person ,i see a person -not a rank , not class , not a title http://likesuccess.com/topics/16684/human-equality . he does not see what is on the outside. he sees what is on the inside. What is on the inside is better because when you look at someone they can be the best looking person in the world but they have the worst attitude and they care about no one but their self. Society should not be able to put a label on someone or put them in groups based on their skills.

In the story, “The Smallest Dragonboy” by Anne McCaffrey, Keevan, the protagonist and the main character, is picked on for his small size. Because of this, he feels as if he should prove himself to the other candidates. He works twice as hard as any boy his age and runs fast. Later on in the story, Beterli, an older boy who constantly bullies and embarrasses Keevan, breaks Keevan’s left leg and skull. While he is recovering, the Hatching starts without him. Keevan wakes up and gets a pole. He limps his way to the Hatching Ground and falls twice on his face. He finally reaches the Hatching Ground and hides in the shadows. He is chosen by a Bronze dragon, the most impressive dragon of all. As a result, Keevan’s persistence greatly helped him achieve his goal of proving himself to

I agree with Aristotle when he says, “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” To make everything equal, it wouldn’t require putting down people who strive for greatness and praise for average-minded people.It is unfair to compare someone who has worked hard all their life to become who they are today and someone indolent as equal.When certain individuals impede one’s ability by uplifting the others, they are actually creating more inequality than what exists. To illustrate, in the short film, 2081, the United States handicapper General requires certain people to wear handicaps to make everyone on the same rank. This is not fair to everyone because people who are stronger or smarter have to be made equal to everyone

Everyone is not equal because they may look the same, sound the same, and act the same, but on the inside they have different feelings, different beliefs, and different DNA. No one is the same, everyone is different. Even twins are different in a type of way. You can not force everyone to be equal. That is forcing people to be something their not. Everyone has their own personality.

In "Harrison Bergeron" everyone is believed to be equal, but I see things in a completely different way. I see everyone has been given a unique handicap and also a unique talent/gift. My belief is that nobody is created equally. We were created to be different not the same. We are meant to be unique and different its what makes us humans in the end.

Such “faults” (205) in society are depicted today; the ways people dress to the acceptable grades in school show how everyone tries to be conform. As good as being normal sounds, it is not always the right choice. For some of us, normal may never come. Sometimes acceptance is the only change needed. With acceptance, “[a] stupid man [can be] the equal of an einstein”(205). It would be so much easier and less problems, like meaningless grudges, would arise. Instead of rejecting difference, accept and appreciate what makes each and everyone of us so

Everyone is born equally. It is important to treat people equally because we are all human and no one should be differently.

What elements in the story “The Dragon” represent the Freudian Conscious mind? 
Make sure to provide quotes and references from the story to support your answer. (3 Marks)
Throughout the short story, it is evident that at times the psychiatrist retreats to his conscious state often. This is shown when the psychiatrist unwittingly sits in Kirk’s chair and looked at his office as if it were his first time there. Unknowingly the psychiatrist had “moved around to the other side of the circle and lowered himself into Kirk’s chair”. This shows his conscious mind making decisions revealing his true feelings, that the psychiatrist deeply relates to Kirk and can easily put himself in Kirk’s shoes.

In the books Divergent and The Hunger Games, both books show the same central theme of bravery. This is shown when Tris decided to choose Dauntless, “I am selfish. I am brave,” (page: 47). This is also shown when Katniss stands up for her sister and even takes her place, "I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!" (page: 5 and six). This is important because it takes true bravery to make a strong person. However, it is even more important to be brave and humble, the main characters of both of these books seem to never would boast about their doings because they did their act of bravery from their heart. In other words, they did this act of bravery to help someone else and even an entire society. Similarly yet differently , the two main characters in the books share a common theme of courage. However, the characters develop this trait at different points.