West Grove High School, 1989, Camille and her lover Marcus stroll down the hallway holding hands just like always. Today seemed to be just as any other day but little did they both know their world would be rocked forever. From this moment forward nothing would be the same. They say secrets don’t make friends and it seems as if they don’t help you keep relationships either. Marcus and Camille were both the star athletes at West Grove. The halls were marked with their accomplishments and 2 state
it. Last summer while I was living in the dorms, Jordan was my best friend; we spent every waking moment together. One day we decided to walk in the park, we got to the rose garden and were talking about the roses until we saw the little boy. We
nearly as intimidating as I initially thought she would and I send her a tiny smile before I introduce myself and the character I’m auditioning for. Taking a deep breath, I say my monologue. It’s over so quickly that I feel robbed, I spent every waking moment practicing this and it’s finished in just a minute and 30 seconds. I step off the stage, send a fleeting wave to my other classmates who are waiting for their audition and bolt out the
It’s the end of senior year. College is just around the corner. Starting this thing we call life is at your fingertips. These things are one of few major events that happen in your life. This is all great, but where do you live during the college experience? Living at home and living in a dorm during college are very different, in ways such as how you take responsibility, how you mature, and how your daily class life is going to be. In your first year of college, the decision of living at home versus
to these stories, as if some strong adhesive. I couldn't break free from them. Having been raised in a household with an ill parent gave me a very different outlook on life. I had to grow up quickly. It was something that made me appreciate every waking moment in life; unfortunately it also made it extremely difficult for me to connect with many children my age. I didn't understand half of the things they did, nor why I was rarely able to play with them. My mother was sick, having been ill since her
he cant differentiate his dreams from reality. so one of the points is that there is no waking life...there is life and nothing else....each experience is an experience, nothing more or nothing less, each has the same value...the things you experience in your dreams are life itself... also...a lot of stress on wherever you are is the place to be...accept that every moment has the potential for greatness Waking Life is clearly an experiment, and, as such, looks and feels much different from anything
old father. As mentioned in the poem, it was influenced when his father was dying. His father was important to him they shared the same love for writing and he even taught English. While Dylan Thomas “Do Not go Gentle into that Good Night” and “The Waking” by Theodore Roethke both are paradoxical views on how life and death should be approached while keeping a Villanelle form. One
In every person’s life, they have motivation. This is something that drives them, pushes them to greater heights and goals. It can be the goal of having a certain career, the want for financial stability, or maybe it’s just the want to provide for their family. These things may all be different, but in one specific way they are the same. Those goals and wants are what they believe will make them happy. Happiness is the concept in which all humans, including the main characters of “The Pearl,” strive
A Method of Doubt and Descartes In his first meditation, Descartes sets out with amazing clarity and persistence to clear himself of every false idea that he has acquired previous to this, and determine what he truly knows. To rid him of these "rotten apples" he has developed a method of doubt with a goal to construct a set of beliefs on foundations which are indubitable. On these foundations, Descartes applies three levels of skepticism, which in turn, generate three levels at which our thoughts
WILL FIND THEM VERY RELAXED. NOW, LOOK AT THE CANDLE, AS YOU LOOK AT IT, WITH EVERY BREATH AND PASSING MOMEMENT, YOU ARE FEELING INCREASINGLY MORE AND MORE PEACEFUL AND RELAXED. THE CANDLES FLAME IS PEACEFUL AND BRIGHT. AS YOU LOOK AT IT I WILL COUNT FROM 100 DOWN, AS A COUNT, YOUR EYES WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE RELAXED, GETTING MORE AND MORE TIRED WITH EACH PASSING MOMENT." NOW, COUNT DOWN FROM 100, ABOUT EVERY 10 NUMBERS SAY "WHEN I REACH XX YOUR EYES (OR YOU WILL FIND YOUR EYES) ARE BECOMING
years now I have been practicing martial arts and a little over three years ago I had the most embarrassing moment of my entire life during my purple belt test. Even though I passed the test, for me it seemed like a failure because the entire time I felt like I had not deserved the belt. Since then I’ve learned that no matter how bad or how embarrassed you are feeling at that time, that moment does not define you. Experiencing a failure may seem to be the worst thing that can possibly happen, but
The question of personal identity is very intuitive, yet very difficult to define. Essentially, what makes you, you? John Locke was one philosopher who attempted to answer this question. He proposed a psychological theory to define personal identity. His theory does have some merit, but it is not a correct definition of personal identity, since there are some counter-examples that cannot be accounted for. My argument will prove that Locke’s theory of personal identity is false. Locke’s theory states
”I will say it again, it is impossible for you to forgive.” No, no…not me, I didn’t say that. The Preacher on my car radio made that absurd claim. My attention peeked when I heard him repeat it again. Lord, who is this man? This guy’s a nutcase; why is my local Christian Radio Station, allowing him to continue? Are they not convicted of this distorted truth? Not wanting to hear anymore of this false preaching, I smugly reached for the off knob, but before I was able to send him into a deafened
husband. Do you remember the day we got married? I was so nervous. It began waking up on the beautiful island of Maui. Waking up in a gorgeous hotel suite, overlooking the ocean, flowers throughout the room, a fresh pot of coffee, and butterflies tickling my stomach. You made this day exactly what I had hoped it would of been. You told me you were excited to get married and I expressed the mutual feeling. One of my favorite moments that day was slipping into my beautiful dress, which I have had in the
couldn’t hate it all the time like others. Faith actually enjoyed waking up in the morning, getting ready, and leaving for school. Waking up meant another day and everyday is a new day. After an accident Faith had when she was younger, that she actually can’t quite remember she started appreciating things more. However Faith couldn’t say the same for her best friend Amelia Chandler. Amelia always had been the type to live in the moment and ignore the “little things” but Faith just adores her. She had
Living In The Present Too many of us fail to notice the little things that occur in the moment; however, these are the most important to recognize. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place within the roaring twenties where people focused more on entertainment and partying rather than appreciating their surroundings. Jay Gatsby models this by hosting frequent parties in his glamorous mansion; however, he has never participated or takes advantage of the luxurious life he lives. In Where
What a question to ponder! I have tried writing this essay many times and have realized that this is a very difficult topic. “Is it possible to love someone too much?” If you look at the question you first must define what love is and what it means to you before you can determine if it is actually possible to love someone too much. The Webster Dictionary defines love as “profoundly tender, a passionate affection for another person”. In my opinion, to love someone is to care not only about them as
be with Romeo, but Romeo does not receive the message of the plan and sneaks into Juliet’s tomb and kills himself. Upon waking, Juliet sees dead Romeo and kills herself also. This tragic ending is displayed in two very different ways by Baz Luhrmann (1996) and Franco Zeffirelli (1968). The death scene in Luhrmann’s version better portrays the intensity and emotion of the moment using script changes, setting, and music/sound. Luhrmann’s script better focuses on the emotion and intensity by only keeping
future. Yes, dreams of a past that will never return are bad, but waking up every morning having experienced one’s worst nightmare is even worse. Papa’s dreams used to be weird, as dreams often are, but not terrible. Now the boy’s dreams are both weird and terrible- his mind is trying to escape, but it can’t escape the terror that has become the norm for the boy. Later, as Papa dies, he dreams again. “Old dreams encroached upon the waking world. The dripping was in the cave” (280). His dreams are reminding
other words, our minds are working hard to create vivid and realistic images and experiences for our dreams. For instance, every day, I may be dreaming about myself going to class and sitting in one of the seats of a big lecture hall at UCSB. Nagel says, “It’s even possible that you don’t