My Finale

My great-grandmother was the matriarch of my family. When I was in seventh grade, around thirteen years old, she passed away due to breast cancer. This misfortune created an extremely difficult time for me because, not only was I adjusting to the environment of junior high, but many other issues were occurring in my life; this was the third death that I was having to deal with. Unfortunately, one of the previous deaths (that I was still trying to hurdle through and come to terms with), had occurred

Happiness is many things to different people. People have referred to the pursuit of happiness for hundreds of years. In the book, My Antonia by Willa Cather, the main character, Jim Burden, quotes happiness as “…to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.” Antonia Shimerda, the person who impacted Jim’s life directly and indirectly for all of his life would view happiness in a different way. Jim feels the way he does about happiness because

was not an issue. Growing up surrounded by my brothers, sisters and parents I have never thought of how lucky I am of the convenient life I live or the sources of the money we have and what my father went through to make me and my family live our lives without thinking about any issues. After growing up experiencing life a better way i discovered that there are a lot of people who are poor or in a better way have less income, i decided to devote a part of my life to try and help them at least live their

you were the class clown! Don’t try to fool me!” my husband Johnny Flash yelped. I rolled my eyes, I didn’t have time to argue, I had to get ready. “Whatever Johnny. Don’t forget to be ready at seven o’clock. We have to be at school for my thirty year reunion at seven-thirty, remember?” I reminded him. “I thought that was next week!” he sighed. “No! It is tonight, so get dressed!” I rebuked. I went off to my bedroom to get my dress. It was a gorgeous brown, with peacock feathers

The plot of The Awakening by Mary Chopin shows Mrs. Pontellier’s journey to self-expression and personal happiness. Mrs. Pontellier has a moment of awakening, when she realizes that the way that she lives her life does not make her personally happy, and spends the rest of the novel trying to change her life for the better relentless of how the rest of the society will react to her decisions. This tension between outward conformity and the inward questioning present in the plot of The Awakening helps

horizontally against my mother’s white pathfinder, being questioned by a rough-looking, southern, angry policeman. My friends and I were told that we had committed a federal offense, and that the chances of being taken to a holding cell were very high. A lump sat in my throat and I tried not to cry. I knew that everything that happened that night was my own fault. This was one of the scariest nights of my life so far, the night that an innocent attempt at making plans to see my friends had turned into

load off my mind… I barely remember him…. I believe he was around 30, permanently paralysed with no way of future changes. I remember I was supposed to represent his insurance company. The nurse told me he wants to sort out his compensation - poor guy!! Anyway, I have to prepare the paperwork for Friday…. Friday, 18th April 1978 Dear Diary, The last couple of days were engulfed by my new case. Nothing intriguing, just paperwork. I was so engaged, I couldn’t even converse with my wife..

take in a ray. Since I can remember, I’ve been a mistake. Vinn, my older brother, had been calling me “Lefty Lydia” from the day my parents explained to him why society despised me so much, to now. Get it? Because I’m just not right? Yeah, I didn’t find it very funny either. To make a long story short, this damned world wants nothing more than a bunch of copycats. A ton of personalities put on mute, trying to be “normal” or “perfect”. My father tells me what he remembers from the day everything changed

In Willa Cather's novel My Antonia, thatt takes place in Nebraska when the immigrants are moving.Their are many different origins of people in these small farming town communities who all learned from each other. The main character Jim Burden learns manners and to respect others, from Mrs. Harling. Mr. Shimerda a boheimean immigrant also taught Jim to be open hearted and giving even in the worst of times. Jim's grandmother taught him morals and life skills. Without a further adieu, Mrs. Harling

Willa Cather's My Antonia is one of those novels that stands the length of time and firms its place in Nebraska history as something that should be passed down from generation to generation. The descriptions of the prairie's scenic landscape to the first impressions homesteaders had as they set foot off the train to start a new life are all too omnipresent tales of experience in the Great Plains during the 19th century. This excerpt proudly displays Willa Cather's prose, "As I looked about me I felt