“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” ― Laurell K. Hamilton While I read Night, I kept waiting and waiting for the Jews[…]
Tag: freedom
Decisions of Happiness – (Their Eyes Were Watching God Response) – A Polished Critical
Decisions of Happiness …The ways in which individuals pursue or compromise their happiness. Individual’s must always pursue happiness. The pursuit of happiness can be characterized as the desire to obtain personal satisfaction. Furthermore, individuals find[…]
Detained by Shackles of Constraint
“… significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance” Text: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston No matter one’s dream, perseverance is the key element that allows[…]
blurred highways: a polished personal narrative
…the impact of separation in an individual’s life. Text: Perpetual Motion by Tony Hoagland Freedom was a foreign concept to me when I was younger. I could not just leave whenever I wanted, do whatever[…]
Something Unbound – Polished Critical
– Their Eyes Were Watching God – By Zora Neale Hurston “The significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance…” Convention can be defined as the traditional way something is usually[…]
A Wrong Dream: Polished Critical
…significance of an individual’s attempts to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance One of the most fraudulent conventional beliefs from history which continues to pervade time – The American Dream. A dream built off[…]
Redemption (both in your eyes and in mine)
I just want to take this moment to sincerely apologize for my lack of preparation for the first presentation of our AP year. I know some of you don’t know me very well, and I[…]
Ted Talk: Heir to a Garden Heart
part 1: (child) When I was a child, my favorite flowers were tulipa tardas, these tiny pale yellow star-shaped blossoms. In the spring, they are the first to bloom and the first to die,[…]
Greyscale
What do these texts suggest about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others? (Polished Personal) Responding to William Klein’s 1955 photograph with connections based on creating a story for the child[…]
Saved by a Prayer
*DISCLAIMER: I know religion and faith can be very sensitive topics, even controversial, especially in a religiously and ethnically diverse environment, and are thus best to be avoided. However, the ideas explored in this post[…]