Taking Chances

A German Proverb once stated that, “Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” In expressing his opinion that people have more control over their fate than their fate does over them, this proverb was mistaken. Contrary to what the Proverb espoused, the cruelty of the world and the harsh reality of blind fortune have much more to do with what happens to a person than what actions they take, and good actions cannot guarantee good fortune. The inaccuracy of this quote can be proven in looking at

“Ughh, another bad day is about to start,” Jeffy thought as he got out of bed. As soon as he got up, his wobbly bed toppled over and fell apart along with his dresser and study table. He quickly got ready, well as fast as he could since he was completely out of clothes and his shower fell off the wall. Jeffy went to the small kitchen of his R.V House to make himself a bowl of cereal for breakfast, until he saw that he saw that he was out of milk and he has no spoon. “How could this day get any

“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in her shoe” is an old English rhyme that its exact origins are not fully known but was said a good bit in the Victorian era. In 1894 a newspaper in Pennsylvania the Warren Ledger, had this poem in it and was said to be a Puritan marriage tradition but many other areas started using it as their own tradition. By going also with the poem the bride has to collect five objects from her things, family and friends

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy wrote the novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' in 1886. Two of the main characters, Donald Farfrae and Michael Henchard have a contrast in luck and Hardy uses characterisation, language, historical and social background and a craft in the structure of his novel to help bring across this point. During this essay I am going to comment upon how Hardy does this and further consider the view that, Farfrae's good fortune

wouldn’t get the same answer. To some its money, fame or even authority. Success is much smaller than money and fame. You are truly successful when you found out who you really are and your purpose (Herriott). Being successful starts with rising early, taking advantage of luck and the 10,000-hour rule. A key to success is to rise early. You are working when others aren’t and that gives you a head start to work hard. Success will never come easy, but getting a good jump will make a huge difference later

Flannery O’Connor writes in Mystery and Manners that “A story that is any good can’t be reproduced, it can only be expanded. A story is good when you continue to see more and more in it, and when it continues to escape you. In fiction two and two is always more than four. I agree with O’Conner that a short story can’t be reproduced only expanded and if it’s a good short story it should have the ability to be expanded. Consider “To build a Fire” by Jack London. It ends with the adventurer dying and

Lucky Winner (An Analysis of the Story Rocking Horse) “Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot”(Lawrence). In 1926 D.H lawrence wrote one of his most famous stories, Rocking Horse Winner. This story is about a boy who gambles to make money that will make his mom happy. He ends up getting addicted to gambling, and this addiction ended up being extremely fatal to the boy. In life we go to the extreme to make the ones we love

Money, Luck, Love in Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence The "Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is a story, which emphasizes the battered relationship between a mother and her child. The author's work is known for its explorations of human nature and illustrates the nature of materialism. The author employs techniques of the fairy tale to moralize on the value of love and the dangers of the money. D.H. Lawrence presents an upper class family that is destroyed by greed because they always

The obsessiveness of material things that will set the household’s standard beyond of those common people resulted in a tragedy that will forever be regretted. D.H. Lawrence wrote his idea of a modern family in the 1900’s, The Rocking-Horse Winner, in which the story is mostly between about the son trying to win the love of his mother whose only objective was to be the first in everything by having more money. The characters, the theme, and the author’s style will give us the idea of what D.H. Lawrence

These said lines described the Puritan theme of ‘luck’ as Paul asked his mother, what luck is and mother replied she did not know God knows better and she further described that she got married with unlucky husband. His mother did not give proper reply about luck and that confused and frustrated him very much and this very phenomenon of luck made him compelled to know the reality of luck. He became restless to ascertain luck; he went to ride his rocking horse and while riding this wooden horse, his