The Retreat

Amna Dawoud Dempsey Humanities 2 14 Mar 2016 Retreat to the Garden After all the treachery they endured, the main characters of Voltaire’s Candide seem to find a tolerable lifestyle, each using a unique skill to contribute to the maintenance of their household. The story concludes with Candide rejecting both optimism and pessimism and instead, adopting the philosophy: “we must cultivate our garden” (Voltaire 112). In the context of Candide’s character development, this means that in order the live

The CFYE student employee retreat is time spent interacting with fellow students and learning some of the small but important aspects of being a student leader. In general, the main idea of the weekend and what I learned was the importance and the value of teamwork. In many of my other activities, I relied on group interaction and sometimes teamwork but it was not always the main focus. The course of events over this trip were all designed to help understand, develop and foster teamwork. The events

Senior Retreat where approximately 150 students were transported to the San Bernardino National Forest for three days of games, bonding, and emotional healing. The purpose of this retreat was to put everyone's differences and animosities behind them and to come as one united body to learn about each other and to grow emotionally. I was chosen, along with 15 other students, to lead one of fifteen small groups composed of 8-10 students. The retreat leaders intentionally organized the retreat groups

1. Find out more about the retreat at Dunkirk. How did the British use this as a positive encounter? Because while the evacuation of Dunkirk, they wanted to take the sea as a route to safety. 2. Find out about the Battle of Britain, and write a paragraph about it here. The Battle of Britian is a battle that was fought fro July 10th, 1940. It was a battle between Britian and Germany and lasted many months. Germany had conquered most of Europe through the war, it had Great Britian left. With

May – Last Sisterhood Retreat!!! • Toilet Paper Game o Everyone sits in a circle. o A roll of toilet paper is passed around o Each member is encouraged to take as much as she would like o Once everyone has some, the activity begins o Go around the circle asking each member to share one fact about herself for every square of toilet paper she took • Autograph Hunt o Each person given a list and finds another person for each description o The person fitting the description autographs or places

structure and writes an editorial regarding this issue. He powerfully achieves his purpose by using aloneness words and an oxymoron. Primarily, the connotation of loneliness is sprinkled throughout the author’s text with his diction, such as the verb “retreat”. This verb supports the author’s position by stressing the sense of a surrender of one’s life to technology. In addition, by suggesting withdrawal, the author confines the reader to a dark and silent vision of the home. Typically, the home emanates

Girls dorm retreat Becoming a woman who is “marriage material” is not as simple as one might think. This years girls dorm retreat we were blessed to have not one but three guest speakers to enlighten us on the topic. To start off we had a splendid dinner which consisted of three different type of soups each one brought its own side. While we all conversed and took pictures, a cupcake competition began, we had to decorate the cupcakes as creatively as we could, the winner would receive a prize at

Growing up, I was a very shy child. I rarely spoke up in class, or talked to strangers. and was too afraid to ask teachers for help which has hindered potential relationships with many people. With help from parents, I have worked to improve my communication skills which has been elevated through leadership experiences. These leadership experiences have helped me to become more confident in speaking on issues I believe in while respecting the viewpoints of others. They have also taught me how to

Retreat and Recovery in The Bell Jar: A Stylistic Analysis of Fragmentation and Characterization Mahmoud Reza Ghorban Sabbagh Assistant Professor in English Literature Fahimeh Bozorgian M.A. Student in English Literature Department of English Literature and Languages Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Abstract In a story, the particular way a character uses language sheds light on her understanding of herself and the world around her because language is the vessel for meaning making and the

Sometimes all it takes is the influence of a single person or event to change your entire outlook on life. For me, that life altering experience was the Colorado Leadership Retreat in the summer after sophomore year. Going into the trip, I never could have imagined how much my life would be changed by a single week in the mountains. This experience largely impacted my life, and shaped me into the person I am today by granting me three beneficial traits: honesty, confidence, and courage. At first