I cannot dance, I have week knees, and I have a tendency to dance out of tune. I am Gerald the Giraffe. Gerald is a giraffe who wants to dance, but cannot. He trots and sways but always falls, and cannot seem to waltz like the warthogs; Gerald develops a self loathing for being unable to dance beautifully, especially during the annual Jungle Dance. As Gerald desperately tries to dance one last time, an inspiring cricket tells Gerald that he can dance if he dances to the beat of his own drum. Gerald finally finds his inner song and dances, even though it still looks terrible, earns the respect of the other jungle animals, and finally becomes happy. Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Anderson has shaped me into the clumsy, outgoing, confident person I am today. My mother used to read this book to me before bed. I used to think that Gerald …show more content…
“Normal” was the only option, and being different and being called “weird” on the playground was unacceptable. Now, as a seventeen year old girl, I believe that Gerald taught me how to be comfortable with being me, and with doing things that I like even if I may not be good at it. Growing up in today’s world is difficult; we are constantly being compared to others by our parents, peers, and even ourselves, to the point of self deprecation and loathing, much like Gerald the Giraffe. Fortunately, I grew out of my insecurity, and transformed into the unapologetically confident person I am today. Most of my actions encompass what the cricket told Gerald - I dance to the beat of my own drum. I let other people know that I do not care about what they think of me, as long as I am doing what makes me
I feel me being truthful to others will take me very far in life but the biggest thing that I have to keep in mind is that you have to be truthful to yourself before you try to be truthful to someone else. It would come off very insane if you’re giving advice that you don’t apply to yourself. My personal opinion everyone is wise, everyone has their own way of getting through things. I like to look at life as a very extreme game that everyone has their own type of cheat code to help them live. I try to focus on the big picture with what should truly matter to me, like being myself and living my life the way I want to live it, because nobody can live your life but you. So opinions really do not matter to me as much as I thought they would. High school opened my eyes to show me that everyone has this fake persona to make them appear to be up to the standards of everyone else. I rather come differently than to just blend in amongst everyone else. From being judged based on what you like all the way to however you're dressed could put a hold on your limits to the things you do but I prefer to just forget about the negatives thoughts of what someone else has to say. At the end of the day, they aren't in my shoes so they can't make my journey for
In the book Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls, Jay lives near monkeys that will make him rich if he catches them. The book took place in the Cherokee Ozarks of Oklahoma in the 19th century. The protagonist of the book is Jay Berry, a 14-year-old boy who is very arrogant but changes as the book ends. The monkeys are obviously the antagonist of the novel. The monkeys are extremely intelligent creatures, especially Jumbo, the smart leader of the pack. The conflict of the story is man vs. nature. In the novel the Summer of the Monkeys, the importance of overcoming fears through its development of the plot and theme.
Human are the most clever animals in the world. As the society developed, they are more concerned to seek for a harmony relationship with nature. The article “In the Forests of the Gombe” written by Jane Goodall describes the relationship of science and religious and the new understanding of humans through the forest. After Goodall’s husband died, she went through the Gombe jungle and found the new world by observing chimpanzees and staying in the quiet forest. Even though there are no communication between Goodall and chimpanzees in the forest, she still gets inner peace and enlightenment of science and religious.
In chapter six of her book Making the White Man 's Indian: Native Americans and Hollywood Movies, Ange Aliess explores the topic of how Western have begun to change recently. The changes that she references in the film Dances With Wolves are also present in the film Winter in the Blood as well as in the 1491s shorts, even though the 1491s are a comedy group and not a Western genre. Aleiss describes the ways in which Native Americans reacted to Native portrayals in the film Dances With Wolves, and they tended to see the film’s better sides in contrast with critics. In Winter in the Blood, there are many stereotypes that are explored in ways that make the characters seem more real and less stereotypical as the backstories are revealed, despite
How often do you find yourself imposing higher standards on others than you impose on yourself? How can you close the gap?
I decided I didn't care what they thought of me and showed I loved to learn. I wouldn't let them change who I
...ffe. People with an irregular body size or foreigners with disagreeable behaviours should not be considered as inferior beings. In the short story, most people are egocentric. The policeman has to calm the crowd, whereas the priest has to quiet down the churchgoers. As a result, they order the departure of the giraffe. Furthermore, people’s tolerance toward the ruminant mammal varied a lot with the story. Gradually, people begin to doubt about its presence as it swallows everything it wishes. In our society, people judge others from ones physical appearance and social behavior. Someone who satisfies neither the criteria, such as the giraffe, is intimidated by all. This form of social criticism can end up with a suicide.
The “Monkey’s Paw” reveals an intriguing story of destiny and death. The Theme challenges the classical ideas of destiny and fate.
Westward expansion created a war between the Indians and the whites who invaded their territory. The whites thought the West was full of land and riches and the people living there (Indians) didn’t own any of it because they didn’t build any houses or buildings to make the land theirs. However, in the movie Dances With Wolves John Dunbar discovers that everything he was taught about the whites were lies. In fact, John Dunbar joins the Sioux Tribe and realizes that the whites were terrible people, murderers, thieves, beggars, and invaders.
Through my life, I have found that one of my biggest disappointments has been how much time I lost caring about what others thought of me and my decisions. Over the past couple years, I have found confidence in
I feel that doing what you say you will, and treating others as you want to be treated are principles that should not only be looked at as great strengths but as internal values that convey credibility. When people trust you and know they can come to you without judgment, it offers them a sense of security and peace.
I still went way out of my way and tried to leave a certain lasting impression on them. I perceived the other people in the situation in a number of different ways. First being the customers because in my job customers can make a huge impact and you don’t want to disappoint them. Also, coworkers played a part in how I acted in a situation because coworkers above me I needed to act better than I normally would or with a coworker who had the same status as myself. The attitude I had going into work affected how I acted and how hard I worked because at work I want to seem very professional and hardworking so I would go out of my way to try to be that type of
I encourage people to help everyone they can in their life, and I certainly hope that people truly enjoy helping others through life. I try to get people to be the way I am, through my actions. I don’t judge people fast, and I try my best to assume that people in general are good and are not up to no good.
Just about everyone has done something that someone else disapproves of. In fact, almost all of us have done something we ourselves have reservations or second thoughts about. Perhaps we’ve stolen something, or told a lie, or gossiped about another person in an especially nasty way. Maybe on occasion we’ve gotten drunk, of high, or driven too fast, or recklessly. Have we ever worn clothes that someone else thought was out of style, offensive, or ugly? Have we belched at the dinner table, or did we ever break pick our nose in public? Maybe we failed to show up for an important class or read a crucial assignment, or permitted our eyes to wonder onto a neighbor’s answers during an exam. Do we like a television program that someone else finds stupid and boring? Didn’t we once date someone our parents and friends didn’t like? Maybe our religious beliefs and practices don’t agree with those of some other members of our society; it could be that they would regard us as too religious or not religious enough. For some people we may be too liberal, too conservative, or too much of a loser. Does someone else consider us too short or tall, too plain of exotic, to thin or heavy, too dark or to light skinned? The number of possible ways that what we believe, or do or are, could be judged negatively by others is infinite.
We all want to be someone and what happens outside of our bodies has an influence so great that we can’t control what others think but have an enormous impact on how they think it.