The Greatest Showman is one of the most inspiring movies of all time. This movie centers around the life of P.T. Barnum, and how he overcame all obstacles in his life to make his dreams come true. It also shows the struggle of his “circus acts” and how they learned to not care that the rest of society viewed them as monsters and savages. My favorite song from The Greatest Showman is “This Is Me”, sung by Keala Settle and the Greatest Showman Ensemble, and written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. I really connect to this song because over the past year, I have been through a lot. I have been bullied, lost a few friends, and felt like there was no good left in the world. Yet, like the bearded lady (Keala Settle), I have found my strength and realized that I should not be ashamed to be who I am. My favorite lyric in “This Is …show more content…
Not just physically, but mentally. Towards the beginning of the year, I was self-conscious and weak. I was afraid of what all of my actions would make others think of me, and how their thoughts would make me feel. I was worried that what I wore, wrote or said would end up coming back and negatively affecting me. The following lyrics show what I felt like in the middle and beginning of my “eighth-grade career”. “I am not a stranger to the dark. Hide away, they say, 'Cause we don't want your broken parts. I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars”. Everyone has been hurt before. Everyone has been ashamed of themselves. Everyone has been in the dark. For me, I was hurt by others, from nit-picky things to outward bullying. I was also hurt by myself, because I was not confident enough to make myself feel good about who I am. When I was hurt, I was revisiting “the dark”. I often felt like hiding away from all of my pain, and instead of just staying strong. I didn’t stand up for who I am, instead I conformed to who others wanted me to be. Why should I stay like I am if it is causing so much
Before I began reading for this project I asked myself. What do I want to take away from it, and why? To be honest, at first, I didn’t know what I wanted from reading the book When the Hurt Runs Deep by Kay Arthur. After opening myself up to the truth I realized deep within me I sought answers to my life. My heart longed to know the reason behind why certain things occur but an even greater question arose out of my inner thoughts and up to the surface: Have I truly moved past all the hurt that runs deep?
Wilson’s book Hurt People Hurt People is quite interesting the book is designed to help the readers overcome past wounds. Wilson indicates from the moment we are born we start forming questions for living in such cases the basic questions “Can I be safe? 2) Can I be me? 3) Can I be accepted”? (Wilson, 2001, pg. 73) Throughout ones life these are the questions we will continue to ask until one parts from this world. The first half of the book examines issues that a person may have encountered during childhood such as unavailable parents, shame, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and choices. She moved into discussing how readers can start to heal those childhood wounds with the help of counseling and depending on Christ. Wilson explains her “Theory of Change” she says, “Making and consistently practicing new choices produces change”(Wilson, 2001, p. 87). “New Choices plus Consistent Practice equals Change” (Wilson, 2001, 87).
about the darkness that lies within a person's heart, which can be seen in people's refusal to
Middle school was immensely difficult time for me. I had glasses and braces and in sixth and seventh grade went through an exceedingly at a maladroit stage. My comrades did an exceptional job of making those two years a living Tartarus. I’m currently twenty-one, but I still cringe when I contemplate about some of the unpleasant incidents I suffered with other kids during those years. I was a marvelous athlete. The only time the “cool kids” would be “semi-nice” is when I was tremendously superb at basketball. In the 8th grade I transferred schools to a Christian school and began to come out of my awkward looking phase. I received contacts and extracted my braces. It would seem that I would be awarded some confidence at this, but my self-esteem was nevertheless damaged. I made several friends and was in no way speculated there as “the ...
As you can see, many people live by this quote. Don't let go of who you want to be just because someone else doesn't approve. How you live your life is not up to anyone but yourself. All that matters is that you are happy, because you’re going to be the one who is living your life. Be who you choose to
8th grade, 8th grade from the opening day to the signing of the yearbooks. This is the year of memories, goodbyes, and regrets. 8th grade and I’m still realizing that there are people in the world that would die to go to a school like this. A school where every body knows everyone’s name, respects everyone, and where violence and fighting are about as common as the Yankees missing the playoffs. When I’m done with my homework and go to bed, as the days of 8th grade wind down, summer will come and go, and I will find myself in one of those giant, scary places called high school.
I remember the time when I had gotten promoted to high school as a 9th grader. That time was so important to me, at that time and age. It was a phase that you usually get over. I was growing up and starting all over again in a different environment with entirely different motives. I had started at the lowest class in the school, once again, as a freshman. I wasn’t a big 8th grader that internally felt more in control due to my age and experience. It was quite odd, just a couple of days before promotion, I was 8th grader, however I had more similarities with a 6th grader. This was me starting from strength to weakness. Through that I figured it out. Life is a process of phases that repeat, and helps a person grow. The famous novelist and blogger
So in order to fortify that hurt, they “brick up [their] heart as shout and tight [….] as [they] possibly can” (143). This bricked up wall prevents him/her from happiness and excludes them from others, in order to prevent pain caused by others. However, “no matter how ferocious the defense and how many bricks you bring to the wall” it still falls in the end (143). It is human’s natural instinct to shield one self, but in the end we still are designed to experience pain and sorrow. No matter how hard we try to distance ourselves, someone will always break that
Confusion, adolescents are on a journey for who they really are, what they believe in, and where do they fit in. Stuck in between a child and an adult, this stage can prove dramatic at times. With awkward changes through puberty and social environments in school, no wonder adolescents have that uncomfortable feeling Erikson refers to. DJ depicted an adolescent uncomfortable in her own skin while worrying too much about what others thought. A group of cheerleaders told her she had to lose weight to get in, consequently, DJ began to eat less and exercise more until she passed out at the gym.
The Greatest Showman Michael Gracey was the director of the Greatest Showman. The Greatest Showman genre was; Drama , Romance and also musical. The film was set in New York in Mid 80s. The movie The Greatest Showman was about a married men having circus shows and he had two little girls. Barnum came from a long way he grew up poor and married a rich girl.
The Truman Show The Truman Show is a reality-T.V style film by director and film-maker Peter Weir. Unsurprisingly weir has made a nuber of other films which deal with peaple trapped in small, claustrophobic communities. In 1985 Weir made 'Witness,' which concerns a police man who takes refuge in a small, isoltaded farming community. The Truman Show follows the pattern of 'Witness,' Truman is in an isolated community as was Harrison Ford, the policeman. Truman is trapped and made to stay.
It was the fourth year of my school carrier. In other words, the year of truth if I would make the cut to the higher education track. I was nervous because I knew that I would be capable of going this route, but I the feeling of concern was stronger because I haven’t had performed very well in my fourth year so far. At the end of the school year, I received the shocking news that I didn’t make the cut to go to the school which would have had allowed me to go to University later on in my life. I was sad, disappoint in myself, and lost self-esteem in my educational abilities. At this time, I was more embarrassed then able to realize the real benefit of a system which early on tracks children’s
At a period of my life, this song was a real confidence booster because a preteen like me was exposed to cruel realities like bullying and demonizing actions people do to others. For me, and millions of others, this song has a special place in their
The title of the book is All The King’s Men and the Publication date for this book is 1996.
An anonymous author once said, "What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now." Over the course of my school years, it has been an exciting and shocking experience. These experiences have been an enjoyable journey from my elementary to middle school years. However, after several years the end of my middle school adventure is coming to a close. Soon my new journey will start as a freshman. Eight grade will surely be one of my most memorable years. It has been an absolute wonderful one hundred eighty days, and I will miss some of the aspects of eight grade—but certainly not all of it.