What Have You Lost By Naomi Shihab Nye

Words cannot describe how much I needed Naomi Shihab Nye’s work in my life. Just as she said in her short story, which also happens to be one of my favorite works of hers, “My Boyfriend, John Mayer”, “I noticed with some interest how a person who is down seems much improved when faced with someone who is more down than they are. It’s all a matter of degrees” (Nye, 175). It has been so long since a poem, or a set of poems, has resonated so deeply within my person. Of course from time to time I come

Since this great country was first established many intuitive minds have tried to answer the question; "What is an American". This country is full of individuals of many backgrounds, and diversities and each person has a different opinion on this question. In my opinion, an American is someone who values freedom and equality and pursues the "American dream." Every American exercises these rights and these are great adjectives to describe our country. Each of the seven readings, and the one image

Let it snow (2008) the authors of that book are Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson. Two years later he wrote Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010) it was written by David Levithan and Rodrigo Corral. A year later he wrote What you wish for written with Joyce Carol Oates, and Naomi Shihab Nye, finally he and Rodrigo Corral wrote the Fault in our

instead of being mean, but to truly know what kindness is a person has to suffer tremendous pain. In Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Kindness,” she explains that a person has to be brought to to their lowest point and build themselves back up, before the know what kindness really is. They have to witness all the ugly parts of life, see all the bad in the world before they truly appreciate kindness. That person need to figure out who they really are before they know what kindness is. Losing things, whether

One of the protagonists and main characters in the story Hamadi, by Naomi Shihab Nye, is a girl named Susan. She is a 14-year-old freshman in high school, who lives in U.S, Texas. She is reaching the point in her life where she starts to question her surroundings and the world, which leads her to an interest in a family friend, Saleh Hamadi, who’s an old-fashioned man and very wise. She is a complex character in this story because she has many different relatable traits, has many thoughts and relationships