Great Disappointment

The excerpt from the novel Under the feet of Jesus, by Helena Maria Viramontes, shows the development of Estrella from being angry to understanding what she needed to accomplish to succeed. Viramontes uses figurative language, selection of detail, and tone to show the changes Estrella’s character goes through to figure out how beneficial it is to know what the letters in the alphabet looked like in order to be able to read and to be interested in wanting to read. Viramontes uses figurative language

On a rainy day in November, Allison was sitting out on the porch staring out to the world. However, she started to recall the conversation she had with her best friend Jasmine. The reason she began to remember their conversation was because she felt that day reminded Allison of all the bad days she had in the last few years. Considering Allison was day dreaming, she watched and listened carefully to everything that was going on. On November 6, 2016, 12pm, Allison Began to get frustrated with

Golf is an incredible game. Like Mr. Palmer so eloquently stated, it is the greatest game mankind has ever invented. In my fourteen years of athletic experience, I’ve never played anything that offers such sudden and dramatic swings between elation and fury. The feeling that comes with striping a 3 wood 240 yards is unparalleled in any aspect of life. As I talk about it though, I reflect on my golf career and realize that I didn’t always have these feelings for the game. In fact, much of my experience

that he sometimes took a glance at. For the narrator, every day starts when he observes her as she steps out the house and walks quietly behind her on their way to school until finally passing her when their ways diverged . The theme for Araby is disappointment and frustration. On Saturday morning when the narrator accompanies his aunt marketing, he cannot stop thinking about the Young girl. He starts questioning if he will ever have the courage to speak with her mentioned as follows: “I did not know

afternoon day in the park. Larry, playing in the sandbox with another young boy named Joe, is threatened when Joe throws sand at him. The events that follow show that a happy and joyful experience can quickly escalate into one of frustration, disappointment and anger, not only internally but against others as well. Everyday life is filled with events that control how we react and respond to individuals around us. Positive events such as holding the door open for someone or helping someone finish

“The Reality of Expectation” Everyone wishes the best part of everything. We all want every single bit of the world to be in favor to us. But we all know that it will not happen every time, it is the world’s nature already. That is why we cannot help but want, hope and expect. We live our lives with expectation may it be just simple or huge. We expect the food to be ready even if it is not, we expect ourselves to arrive early but something happened, we expect the work to be easy but it needs much

father has chosen as the embodiment of Paul’s future repulses him. While Paul’s paragon works his way to success, Paul has “no mind for the cash-boy stage” and only wants the triumph of wealth. His father’s aspirations cause Paul to believe he is a disappointment, which is seen when he entertains himself with the idea of his father wishing him dead. Because they amplify Paul’s sensation of drowning in the monotonous Cordelia Street, Paul tries often to escape the nightmare of his father’s dreams. To Paul

In “A Little Cloud” by James Joyce, Gallaher plays a key role in shaping how Little Chandler conducts himself, as well as provoking the abrupt change Chandler has towards his family and life. Gallaher seems a successful, cultured, and metropolitan man who achieves much of what Little Chandler hopes to do in his life. While Little Chandler becomes stuck in his boring job, Gallaher travels around Europe writing newspaper articles and exploring an adventurous life that Little Chandler strives for. This

RACHEL SOPHER Despite her diminutive size and quiet disposition, Mercy commanded my complete attention. So small as to appear child-like, and dressed in loose-fitting clothes that hid her slight form, she entered my office timidly, and started sessions in silence, repeatedly waving her hand across her face in characteristically self-effacing gestures before speaking. But her somber self-possession and meek temperament stood in stark contrast to her ferocious energy; Mercy was dead serious.

but cause emotional damage as well. Putting all the eggs in one basket means that if the person loses the basket, he or she loses everything they essentially live for as well. Obviously, this leaves him or her in the lowest depths of despair. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald once again uses the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy, this time to demonstrate how much hurt a broken dream can cause. Within the first hours of being reunited with his former love, Gatsby begins to suspect that the situation