What a Wonderful World

the story thought it was wonderful and that it should be published. Eventually, it got into the hands of the film producer, Frank Capra, and from the moment he read it, he was captivated. Frank Capra turned the short story into the movie It’s a Wonderful Life. The movie has been an American holiday tradition since then, as it tells the story of a man, George, and how he positively affects the world around him. The story, “The Greatest Gift” and the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life share many similarities

Lauryn Berger 12/15/14 Classic Literature Essay 4/7 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L.Frank Baum, is a novel that comes to life when a cyclone lifts Dorothy and deposits her in the enchanted country of the Munchkins.On her journey down the yellow brick road she meets the Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow and the Wicked Witch of the West.Dorothy is a young girl from Kansas, the Tin Woodman is a man who lost his true love because of losing his heart. The Cowardly Lion was a lion who seeked to

affects us all differently. Poetry is a mystery, there is an underlying meaning and the process to try and figure out the beauty of a poem is wonderful, especially when it encompasses themes such as love, fear, hate, death, birth, nature, and cities. I personally love poems about cities because it’s like you’re taking a vacation, traveling through the world in the matter of minutes. One second you could be in London on the Westminster Bridge overlooking the beautiful water and amazing architecture

enjoy his 8th grade Civics class. Though I had many wonderful social studies teachers before 8th grade, each year history was always one of my least favorite subjects, and I expected Civics to be the same. Before I took his class, I thought that the government was just a bunch of old rich guys who made laws and ran the country, and I didn’t have the slightest idea about the many complicated issues that the United States was facing or about what I could do to get involved and fight for my values.

Beauty is something many cannot find within themselves. To have a mysterious heart to know that you’re not alone in a situation can cause problems because in your mind you are alone. Knowing that the one you love is your world is great, and is there with is the most wonderful feeling you can imagine. In the poem “I carry your heart with me” by E.E. Cummings, reaches to the reader and tells us that love is a powerful thing. Having the ability to have love can put you in a great emotional state.

The overwhelming traits of Reuven So, what does a person think when he sees a Jew? Does he only look at his long curls or his weird hat? Does he wonder if he showers or not? Are they nice or just shrewd and prideful? Well Reuven from the book The Chosen by Chaim Potok, a Jew in the 1900’s, displays distinct characteristics that would surprise most people. For example, he stands for others when they need him, he even remains caring to those who have offended him. Reuven displays many characteristics

all the people to come closer to the stage. I was practically trampled by people rushing down towards the stage, and then there was the fight between two teenage boys who initiated in throwing beer bottles. My brother insisted that I would have a wonderful

The Missouri River can be a wonderful yet terrible place. So much joy can be experienced from being on the river, but at the same time, so much destruction can happen. I have had both wonderful and terrible experiences on this river. It was another beautiful day on the Missouri River. The air was crisp. A slight breeze drifted over the ice covered river. The sun was illuminating onto the ice making a bright white light. You could not have asked for a better day of ice fishing. Luckily for us, we

fiction are two wonderful genres of literature that can be enjoyed by all ages. They allow us to escape into other worlds filled with magic, mythical creatures, and futuristic societies. While all ages enjoy these stories, they are particularly important for children as they can help them to grow and understand the real world around them. Although these books have fictional settings and characters, they contain experiences, emotions, and messages that children experience in the real world. Two of the

in never-ending line along the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance.” This beautiful and lovely description of the daffodils portrayed in “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” helps the reader to envision what Wordsworth saw while he was out walking. Such a description makes a reader’s imagination flow and encaptures a reader. Another story that catches a reader’s attention in a similar way to “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is the text “Calypso Borealis”