Personal Response Essay Examples

Fear is something all humans share. This unity of having fear connects all of us together, along with many other things. Fears themselves are not universal, and every human may have different fears. In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell many common fears are brought into perspective, many of which I can say I fear myself. While the question asked for the implications of the ending, for me to fully understand the ending I must start from the beginning. The concern about the truth of history

Can you imagine not having any emotions or not being able to express your feelings to one another? In Lois Lowry’s book, The Giver, Jonas and his utopian community don’t have any memories or emotions. When Jonas was chosen to be the receiver, at the ceremony of twelves, he receives all the memories that none of the community will understand. The Giver transfers memories to Jonas like color, love, and pain. Throughout receiving memories, Jonas starts to question the people that don’t have these things

I believe that I know the feeling of pain and love during the same time throughout the story because I have been through the feeling myself, I have carefully witnessed someone I love go through the feeling, and I can sympathize and have empathy towards Kaur’s feelings. Milk and Honey is about finding the sweetness from the pain. The poems communicate the pains of Kaur’s life; she goes through love, loss, abuse, breaking, and healing. She even fights against violence and stands with femininity without

It is my distinct pleasure to recommend Julie Zehner as a candidate for your scholarship. For the past three years, Julie has been one of my students of the yearbook class at John Glenn High School, and through my interactions with her I have found Julie to be a student of very high caliber. Two of Julie’s outstanding qualities are her responsibility and her work ethic. I know that, without a doubt, Julie will follow through with her assignments (and will often voluntarily go above and beyond

Citizen Kane is an American drama film released in 1941. It follows the life of the main character, Charles Foster Kane, and the investigation into “rosebud” – the last word spoken before his death. Kane was a wealthy newspaper tycoon who lived a reserved lifestyle; he had many possessions but isolated himself from the public eye wherever possible towards the end of his life. The director’s portrayal of the films main themes are shown in such a way that a Year 12 group of students would be able to

always been an emotion that always crosses a human being’s mind. No matter if it’s from being afraid of heights or even the loud noises that go on around us. Fear is our response to when we are feeling threatened by the fact that we might be in danger. However, the way others react and respond to fear differs. A very common response is being paralyzed by fear, where your mind and life can be paralyzed emotionally and mentally by a situation that very much impacts your inner self. A big part that plays

It was such a joy to be able to watch ‘An Immigrant Journey’. Everyone that was involved in the play in any way, did a fantastic job on creating the story and making the story much more believable for audience members. I thought the cast did a fantastic job of condensing down over 125 hours of research material, into a 50-minute show, which had to be incredibly challenging. The cast of ‘An Immigrant Journey’ did a good job on effectively creating the stories, and making the stories easier for the

As I write this, it is Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the Jewish year 5778. For the next ten days, Jews will be introspective, and look critically at ourselves hoping to improve ourselves. Jews believe in the concept of Tikkun Olam, which translates loosely to “repairing the world;” we believe humans have an obligation outside of ourselves, to the planet and to other people. As my Rabbi sermonized, there are people suffering across the globe, and whatever we can do, we must do, to alleviate suffering

the book everyday, I started feeling like I was apart of the Walls family, going through everything that they were experiencing. Reading about all their crazy experiences from one of the daughter's point of views, was incredibly intriguing. It is a personal memoir of her years of growing up with her alcoholic father, delusional mother, and three siblings. The book is full of hardships. The family continually suffers especially the children as they grow up. The amazing part of the book is how the kids

Connection Did you ever hear about The Nazi Invasion? If no, this book will tell you about the Nazi Invasion on the Jews, and how Hitler did violins on them. While I was reading the ending of the book, The author tried to give us lots of messages from the book. For example, never thinks negative, be brave, first think and then do the action, and never give up.On page 70 the author stated that when Max got hit by the soldier's gun in front of his little sister Zena. Max then leaned on the Nazi soldier