Prompt: The ways in which individuals deal with the prospect of an uncertain future. Thesis: Individuals fear the prospect of an uncertain future; therefore, individuals will oftentimes cling to their sense of certainty which exists[…]
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Personal Response to Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’
It Leaps About Me An Emulation It leaps about me, as my feet travel across the pavement of the street, turning back to peer over my shoulder, Oude Vest, the water of the canals brushing[…]
there’s no place like home
Choose a novel or play in which a central character leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the[…]
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,[…]
This Loving
I love you. We’ve all heard these words before. We’ve said them before. We’ve given them out like they were candies wrapped in little blue boxes with silver strings, we’ve imagined them into our[…]
Home.
Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. This class has been my home since my very first day three years ago.[…]
An Introspective Paradise
A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you’ll see me in front of you. ~Khalil[…]