In This Moment

the gang. As they were talking to T.J. about where he was from, they asked him about his name, and what T.J. stood for. T.J. answered that his name is just T.J., and when he spoke “his voice was resolute with the knowledge of his rightness and for a moment no one had anything to say” (Deal 100). As T.J. spoke his voice was “resolute” or purposeful, which eventually will spark the boys to gain purpose in the future. Also, his voice has “the knowledge of his

[him] sweat” (18). The speaker in this moment suddenly fears society’s judgment of him, and his judgment comes in the form of two children his age. The children appear to be arrogant toward the speaker, and they “smirk” at his situation and appearance (22). Standing on a roadside with blackberries in hand, the speaker realizes his “unfitness” in the money-driven world, and his ideal childhood setting is disheveled by the “smirk” of strangers (22). At this moment, society jolts the speaker out of

not finale. Ah, of course, the touching, sensitive end as Joseph is reconciled to his family. Then as the camera pans across the field , past the sheep, we fade to black and the credits roll Owen, that’s still not the finale… Owen So you’re thinking this is more of an epic,

the unknown side of personality. This hidden selfishness is a part of our true selves. The plot of the Sedaris’s story mainly focuses on the intolerance of one of the business elite passengers to another passenger who is crying because of his mother’s death. This plot bolsters Pico Iyer’s idea, which is 'We travel, then, in search of both self and anonymity- and, of course, in finding the one we apprehend the other.

of each other or of the world, this is a basic truth. Each piece of literature has ties to other works, even with no intention of doing so. These ties can be as broad as to do with racism, or as narrow as to do with the death of Abraham Lincoln. “kitchenette building” by Gwendolyn Brooks exhibits a tie with Robert Conley’s “Plastic Indian” and both literary works exhibit a tie to the article “Poetry, Transformation, and the Column of Tears” by Jane Hirschfield. This tie is one that many people from

As Junior tells this story there are many maxims sprinkled in. A maxim is a principle, rule, or basic truth about life. This essay is about the three maxims that spoke to me the most and how I can relate to them. “It can happen that way. One play can determine the course of a game. One play can change your momentum forever” (p.194).

order of acts: Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, and Trevant Rhodes). Following him as he struggles with his own sexuality. Consequentially, each act circles back to Chiron at a local beach, which for him, is a safe haven in a typically hostile place. This beach signifies both hope for the marginalized, while commenting on the unjust reality many Americans face daily. Essentially zooming in on what it means to be black, poor, and gay in America. In act one of Moonlight the protagonist, Chiron, is a child

and stronger, you have to learn how to find happiness in the moment, or else you will only become weaker. If you know and feel this moment truthfully with the heart and you’re ready to accept the present you are living in, then from the time you are born, your entire life can be beautiful. If someone doesn’t know this, then their life will never life will never be beautiful no matter how rich, famous, and successful their life is. This is because happiness is not something you can achieve. You can

blocking in this scene is also a foreshadow for the rest of the movie. In the beginning, Chiron is scared and unsure of who he is, turning to the help of others like Juan and his girlfriend, Teresa. However, after trial and tribulation, Chiron learns how to “swim” on his own. He slowly starts understanding how to cope with his sexuality even if he’s not accepted. And unfortunately, for most of the film, Chiron is subjected to the sad realities that engulf everyone around him. As expected, this happy scene

stumbled upon, I was ecstatic that this journey would be a reflection of both of us. As excited as I am to return to Russia, truly my favorite part of the past several weeks has been getting to know you better and growing closer. At this point you have to be wondering why am I reading instead of listening? (Did John join a militaristic mime troupe?) While we’ve discussed that it’s easier to express oneself fully in writing there’s also the fact that topics of this emotional magnitude tend to remove