Hope Was Here

American History: Our Hope for the Future I am seventeen years old and I have lived in America for all of my life. My family has always lived here as with me and all have been raised here. Family members of mine have served in the military as well. It is a peaceful place to be and I plan to live here forever. America is a good place to be and a nice place to start a family. We have fifty states and they are all completely different. The government is set up so that we can vote and choose for who

the activity fair and I hope to stick to them. In my time here I want to accomplish my academic goals as well as the goals I set for myself before I arrived. I want to experience college and not let it pass me by, you can’t gain these years back is the advice I have been getting a lot from family and upper classman here at Clarion. I want to spend my time focused on my schooling since this is finally the stuff I want to learn. But I also I want to spend time in activities here on campus, clubs and with

" So, that was a really big help. I refuse to start out with some sort of typical, "My fellow graduates…" introduction, and I’ll be gosh-darned if I start with a quote, like, "As Shakespeare once

Life is a long journey that takes plenty of patience, perseverance, and hope. In Fredrik Backman’s novels A Man Called Ove and Britt-Marie Was Here, a common theme shared between the two novels is that one needs to live life till the end and never lose hope. There are two points in life at which every human is indifferent. The first being birth and the other death. From the second a baby gets home from the hospital, it’s life is now a unique journey that will consist of different experiences that

included the concept of the human condition which hope is depicted within. The human condition is the characteristics, key events, and circumstances which compose the fundamentals of human existence, such as birth, development, emotionality, ambition, conflict, and humanity. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen. Hope is represented in The Shawshank Redemption through the characters of Red and Andy, whom reinforce hope continuously throughout the film. The chosen

about their them dying all hope was last and all fear was gain. hope and fear is something you don't wan to choose between when you don't know if you are going to to survive or not. Hope can be the thing that helps you live. Elie had a bit of hope, he never gave up. He didn't let his dad give up either "I can't anymore... It's over...I shall die right here..." (105). His dad didn't give up but was soon hit in the head and died. People will easily fear more than hope. Instead of hoping to live

the world was trying to find hope during a time of adversity, T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Hollow Men,” presents the World War I soldiers as having an unprecedented loss of faith as well as emotional human value. Primarily, Eliot illustrates the soldiers’ initial emotions after returning from war and creates an environment that still sees hope in such negative circumstances. Most notably, the soldiers still seem to have the strength to find signs of wishful thinking that still portrays the hope in their

He’s probably the only one keeping us alive right now. Many other indentured servants as myself, have passed away leaving many harsh and long hours left for me to attend to. Mother, I don’t think coming here was a good idea. I believe it could be God punishing me for my actions prior to my arrival here in Jamestown. There’s also theses Barbaric Savages, where in the beginning we had a healthy relationship, however, it changed and their starving us out.

“Still Here” by Langston Hughes is an inspiring and pleasurable poem. The moral of the poem is to overcome obstacles that you may face in life. The author uses words and phrases to express their agony. I believe the author was a slave and they are explaining the hurt and pain they went through. The author emphasizes, “I been scared and battered,” to explain the beatings he was receiving from his master. Hughes also stated, “My hopes the wind done scattered,” implying that he had hopes of exploring

As I started middle school three years ago here at Rocky Top, I don't even remember what I was thinking. Probably nervous, worried, stressed out. As I went through these three years at Rocky Top, I've grown up many different ways. Not just me every one of you have, you can't tell me that you’re the same person you were when you walked through the doors 3 years ago. We’ve all evolved as people every year we were here. More independent, mature, and as we leave middle school we see the world much differently