A Civil Action: 1. Money isn’t always the primary focus. 2. Put in full effort. 3. Dumping hazardous materials in water leads to danger. Satisfaction and happiness for a majority of people is gained by money. In the 1998 film A Civil Action, Anne Anderson wanted an apology from someone that had been involved in the dumping in the river. Because of companies dumping toxic materials into the water, Anne’s son became severely ill and resulted in his life ending shortly. Anne originally called Jan to make this desired apology happen. Except Jan didn’t understand that getting an apology will settle for what she and many other families have lost. Instead he attempts to bribe them with money on various accounts. The mind of a lawyer is primarily money no matter what the case involves. When he was confronted by the group of saddened families he only thought money would solve the problem because each of them would have thousands of dollars. Anne, as well as the other families, declined Jan and his colleagues. Once the families finally got their apology along with the shutdown of the toxic ...
I sat across from Helen and watched as she got her packet while I got a single piece of paper. It only took one page to say “I’m sorry, but your writing was not selected.” Helen’s packet took multiple pages to reminder her parents to sign their permission for the publishing of her essay. Helen’s story got in and mind didn’t. In retrospect, mine didn’t deserve to get in. Why? In an overzealous state to write an epic, I took what was originally 2 pages and turned it into six pages of unnecessary details, overcomplicated world structure, and random vocabulary in a classic freshman attempt to sound intelligent. It didn’t work.
Within the recent years there has been many changes occurring in our nation that had never happened before. Well defined social understandings such as gender, race, sexually as well as other self-identifying terms that had been previously well understood were starting to change and evolve, no longer fitting the social mold that it once had. A great illustration for my previous statement of change can be seen in the article “The Year We Obsessed Over Identity” by Wesley Morris, which highlights specific major events that had occurred in recent years till two thousand and fifteen. One case discussed in the article was the idea that race was defined by your skin color and other biological characteristics that landed
The chapter “Clarify What’s Important to you” introduces several successful leaders and many praiseworthy values to me. Although each leader comes from different environments and possesses different characters, all of them keep their precious values in mind and persist in chasing their ideal lives. Even if each value can be interpreted by different meanings, they all lead encourage individuals to become better.
Have you ever found yourself eating some bittersweet chocolate? Well I have, right in my university class. Our professor handed the students a bag of chocolate so that we could have a taste of what bittersweet tasted like. Although, I hated how it tasted like, but when it was all gone and melted I had the strangest want for more. On the obvious side, bittersweet is a word that stands as it is and means exactly the way it stands, it can be used to identify a person’s experiences. For example, throughout the memoir A Long Way Home, Saroo’s journey is filled with bittersweet moments, from the first day he got lost to the day he was reunited with his family. In this essay I will show some examples of bitter sweet moments starting with him becoming
Justice was dilatory, expensive, uncertain, and remote. To the rich it was a costly lottery: to the poor a denial of right, or certain ruin. The class who might profit most by its dark mysteries were the lawyers themselves. (Plucknett 73)
Both passages concern the same topic, the Okefenokee Swamp. Yet, through the use of various techniques, the depictions of the swamp are entirely different. While Passage 1 relies on simplicity and admiration to publicize the swamp, Passage 2 uses explicitness and disgust to emphasize the discomfort the swamp brings to visitors.
Fairy tales tell us that once upon a time a girl met a boy; they fell in love, and lived happily ever after. Reality is not that simple. Long-term relationships force couples to get to know each other, involve themselves in each others’ worlds, fight through the hard times, and eventually develop deeper connections as noted through distinctive stages of Knapp’s relationship model. Although I have dated the same person for over two years, our communication through relationship stages makes it seem as though I am now dating a different person than the one I met years ago. Following dissolution and subsequent repair, I realize the most exhilarating of roller coaster rides develop through sets of ups and downs, much like the stages on how our relationship is built.
Many people refer to this generation of kids as the "dumbest generation." I disagree, our present generation is not the "dumbest generation," our minds have simply been developed differently. Our minds are wired much differently than our parents, and our parents minds are wired differently from our grandparents. Everyone has been brought up at different times and everything seems to be changing generation to generation. Technology is an area that as changed the most over the past few years and has nearly influenced every aspect of life, specifically the way we learn.
The 1990’s were responsible for a plethora of powerful music. While many may correlate this decade with pop stars like Brittany Spears and Christina Aguilera’s brand of bubble gum mainstream music, there were many women who did not resign themselves to the conventional. Artists like Courtney Love and Fiona Apple hit the music scene during this decade. They introduced the world to a new brand of female power unlike anything the world had seen. During this time, these women and many others were not afraid to call themselves feminists, in fact, they insisted upon it. This decade was responsible for some of the most powerful female anthems from many different genres of music but one song stood out above the rest and made singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette a world-wide phenomenon.
Subsequent to viewing the narrative, I have turned out to be more mindful about the sustenance I purchase and eat, nature, poultry and domesticated animals. Nourishment eaten once a day may influence wellbeing later on. I have additionally understood that the nourishment I eat may have microorganisms which can harm me. I additionally understood that only one out of every odd item that is promoted on TV and in daily papers is not good enough for me. For getting healthy, the kind of food you eat is everything, and particularly in the event that you eat industrial sustenance.
You have to understand and know what you are passionate about before you can drive yourself forward and achieve your goals. Many people in life have a reason why they do not drink bleach. For me, I have two reasons why I do not want to try bleach. Number one: it probably does not taste very good; number two: I have a goal. That goal is to write this amazing paper, to ask Cheyenne out, and to go into the military to make the world a safer place. I have many goals and I bet you do to. That hot dude or chick sitting in this class probably does not like you, but you have to be ambitious to accomplish your goals, you may have to take risks. I have learned this year that you have to break out of your shell and go accomplish something. You may not
In his poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, poet Robert Frost communicates the idea that everything created in the cosmos which is pure and possesses the beauty of gold can’t be put at a halt. It will lose its glow or purity at one time or the other. He reveals this idea through the use of a metaphor. Through lines one and five of his poem, he compares the nature’s leaves to a golden and beautiful sighted moment that doesn’t last long enough so that we can enjoy its bright view every day, and ultimately it all withers away through its color and appearance. “Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold.” In these lines, Robert Frost explains the meaning that the glistening green color of the nature when all its leaves bloom is a flourishing sight, but it’s a radiant color that is hard to be hold. In line six, he uses an allusion to Adam and Eve’s story. “So Eden sank to grief.” This line expands on the idea that purity is another thing that can’t remain forever. When Eve ate from the tree of knowledge, Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Eden and that created consequences...
Money is power, and its proved often in the courts. Those who have money can afford expensive attorneys unlike the common folk. This lin...
Criteria #2: Extracurricular involvement, as demonstrated by leadership and distinguished participation in an active student organization. Describe how you meet this criterion.
From the beginning of her performance until the song At Last starts (2:30) Beyoncé sings and talks about change that needs to happen in the world. Her performance consists of four of her most popular songs, one song of hers that I haven’t heard of, and two covers of famously known songs by other artists. All throughout the performance of the song At Last there were quotes from powerful women and also pictures of many other women who have made a change in society flashing in the background. The transition between At Last and If I Were a Boy (5:24-7:10) she shows a clip of one of her music videos with a message about being who you are and not letting anyone bring you down. Throughout the song If I Were a Boy (7:15-11:25) the violins use pizzicato in the background while Beyoncé’s