Surprised by Joy

Joy is a feeling of great pleasure or happiness. It can be brought through any positive deed. This emotion can be portrayed through characters found in literature. The author, James Hurst, from The Scarlet Ibis represents the feeling of joy through the characters found in this story. In the story, The Scarlet Ibis, Hurst uses diction and figurative language to prove that joy is something that can be brought by faith and determination as it can be rewarding at the end. Doodle’s brother is one of

and every time he would fish with me, but one time my father's friend appeared at my house on a hot summer day to go fishing in Antilon Lake. I burst into joy of hearing the word fishing. I picked on my father and asked him several times if I could go and his last word was no. My oldest brother was invited by my dad. My joy went slowly from joy to anger. They left without me, I cried with an anger inside that wanted to explode. My mother tried to calm me down and I did but little did she know I

meaning, that would otherwise only be brought out when performed. Upon watching the play their were certain aspects that surprised me, unto which I failed to notice when reading it. The big surprise surrounded the relationship between Rosemary and Anthony. After reading the

were things that I did not know but learned. For instance, I previously worked at the YMCA in their Safe’ & Sound program but I did not the history behind the organization and what the acronym meant. I was not really surprised by the YMCA’s services since I worked there but I was surprised where the organization was first established and how much it has grown over the years. It is really unbelievable how much YMCA brings people together regardless of their background and age. However, I believe the

This week in Professor Campbell’s English 60 class I was completely surprised by the information give by Dr. Joy Degruy’s lecture, Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome. I learned about many disheartening things that don’t make it to our textbooks in any of our past educational levels. Cited from Dr. Joy Degruy’s Website, “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, P.T.S.S. is a theory that explains the etiology of many of the adaptive survival behaviors in African American communities throughout the United States

In my younger years, I was constantly reminded by my family, teachers and peers about the significance of spreading joy. I started to equate joy with making people smile. Inevitably, those childhood reminders and mindset helped manifest my adult aspirations. It has now become my aspiration to continuously experience joyous occasions when the beauty of genuine happiness is reflected through a confident, vivacious smile. However, growing up in Cameroon, I was not sure how this aspiration could be manifested

burst out his throat filled with the voice of joy, and happiness and cheering for the team. The couple that sat on the bench was enjoying the moment and sipping on beer, they were just married, because the diamond ring on the young girl was showing the spirit of love, and the “chuda” she was wearing, is usually worn in Indian marriages and kept on for a month to show love for her husband. The old couple is on the kiss cam, and fully enjoying the kiss of joy. Everybody was enjoying their life in this

Romantic literature has made a stunning impact throughout modern culture. It can be seen throughout poetry, books, and even movies today. Even though this style of writing is not perfect, one can still glean information from this style. Romantic literature can be defines in several ways, romantic literature possesses unique characteristics, and Romantic literature has made an impact on American culture. First, Romantic literature can be defined in several ways. Romanticism was a unique movement

talk about the sales techniques he used to try and sale the bibles. One will find out how effective these methods are in getting what he wants. The other main characters are Joy, Mrs. Hopewell, and a nosy neighbor, Mrs. Freeman. This book was published in 1955, and the setting is a farm in Georgia. The protagonist is Joy, but she wanted an ugly name, so she changed it to Hulga. She had a wooden leg due to a hunting accident when she was a child. She tries to make as much noise as she can when

Categorization of Emotions Emotions can be categorized into three kinds. The three kinds of emotions are primary, secondary and tertiary emotions. The basic kinds of emotions regarded as primary emotions and can be experienced by every person are love, joy, surprise, sadness, anger, and fear. From these seven kinds of basic emotions, other kinds of secondary emotions are deduced from them. An example of this can be evidenced in Love as an essential kind of emotion. From the feeling of love, secondary