Polished Personal Responding to the excerpt “From Julia” Prompt: Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about an individual’s capacity for self-sacrifice in the face of compelling circumstances. Limitless[…]
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Polished Personal: The Hope That Flourishes Through Ideals
What do these texts suggest to you about idealism and truth in an individual’s life? Text: Short Story The Novice by W.D Valgardson Theme Statement: An individual will hold an idealized perspective – despite having[…]
Polished Personal: Fear and Foresight to Allow for Introspection
Fear and Foresight to Allow for Introspection “What do these texts suggest about the interplay between fear and foresight when individuals make life-altering choices” Responding to James Lasdun’s poem “To a Pessimist.” In making life-altering decisions,[…]
1. something honest
Today, Tomorrow, Then Forevermore. What does the text suggest to you about an individual’s response to constraints of convention or circumstance? . . . A personal Response to James Lasdun’s “To a Pessimist“. Pessimism, “It’s[…]
Lost at the Start: Polished Personal
The role that societal conventions play in an individual’s quest to overcome circumstance When thinking about my goals in life and all the things I’ve ever wanted to accomplish, I think of how a lot[…]
The Roads we Take: Polished Personal
The impact significant events have on an individual’s ability to determine their own destiny” -=-=- I like to walk at night. I find it relaxing. I find it so calming to be able to[…]
Steam
“How do we let go? How do we move forward? The past is comfortable The past is familiar” ~Philip Chbeeb Island Iceland, fortunate isle! Our beautiful, bountiful mother! Where are your fortune and fame, freedom[…]
Warrior
Tim Shamirzayev AP ELA 20-1 Hunnisett Warrior Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others There lies a warrior within every being: each[…]
On Photographs and Rain. (Personal Response)
Prompt: …Impact significant events have on an individual’s ability to determine their own destiny? Theme Statement: When an individual is emotionally hurt by witnessing a significant event in the life of another person, they may[…]
Dear Mom – A Polished Personal Response
A creative personal response to the short story A Few Notes For Orpheus by Don Bailey. Prompt: What do these text(s) suggest to you about the ways in which individuals deal with the uncertainties of[…]