& Lit February 18‚ 2013 The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Those citizens who elect to remain in Omelas do so at a profound cost‚ and are reminded of their guiltless deal with the Devil each time they visit the child locked in the damp‚ dark cellar. Conversely‚ each person who walks away from Omelas gains an inner strength; they have rejected that contract‚ and therefore‚ have retained their soul. However‚ they forever exile themselves from the superficial‚ blameless utopia that is Omelas
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Walking towards what is considered a second home hours before the championship game even begins yields nothing but complete silence. The freshly- cut‚ green grass in the outfield glistens from its daily dosage of morning dew. A bare‚ dirt-covered infield yearns to be lined with fresh‚ white chalk. No boisterous fans are screaming‚ no coaches are instructing‚ and no teammates are cheering. Everything is still as I step onto the softball field and begin to imagine and prepare for what is to come
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Home Away From Home Each small step it took to move into my new home meant bigger and brighter responsibilities. From the drive down to IPFW to when I laid my head down to sleep was a positive moment that changed my life. This transition was the beginning of a new chapter in my life that I was proud to accomplish. Getting to this stage in my life I have yet to step foot in what was in store for my future. The morning of August 19th only a yawn away‚ anxiety ran through my body like a strike
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advantages indicated by young college students is that they develop independence from their family. I recalled when I first lived away from home‚ tried living off campus and in an apartment‚ I had to learn how to cook‚ clean and for the most part take care of myself. For the first time‚ I learned how to balance my checkbook and pay my bills. I had acquired personal maturity by being responsible. I met new people from various cultural and personal backgrounds. I found all of this during my first year
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"April‚ 1975... Saigon fell to the Communist North." It is the Vietnam War‚ on a small family owned farm where the story of Truong Nguyen begins. Viet Cong versus Viet Minh‚ and as a young boy of just twelve‚ this farmer’s son is caught in the middle of the greatest ’conflict’ in American‚ and more importantly‚ Vietnamese history. As Communism spread throughout southern Vietnam‚ and with an older brother fighting the North‚ Truong’s father loses the rights to his farm‚ and they must work as slaves
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A Home away from Home Getting into Bethlehem university wasn’t one of my initial options of the number of available universities at all. To be honest‚ I didn’t know we even had a university in Bethlehem‚ until my dad told me about it and even then I still wasn’t so sure about applying there... I always had that dream of going abroad to study‚ you know‚ every teenagers dream is to break free and just wander. I so wanted to leave the country and I was torn between whether I should study medicine or
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looking foward to sports that night to take your mind of the stressful work. Then you find out that the school has canceled sports. Schools are wanting to get rid of sports! Sports can be fun‚ a chance to hang out with friends in a way you can’t in school. You don’t have to do any frustrating work. Now‚ schools want to take that away. Schools should keep their sports. One reason schools should keep sports is kids would be treated unfairly. Some kids would be completely shut out of sports. They have no
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up to the wellbeing of their family. Where is the wellbeing in that when the parent detaches from the family? A lot of things are sacrificed. Alright‚ we talk everyday on long distance phone calls but do we always get to just hangout? OFWs would miss a lot as time would pass especially seeing their son grow. Being a child of an OFW is not easy too. Growing up‚ children ask a lot of questions from necessities to trivial things about their parents. Questions like “What should I do?” or “What did
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A Home Away From Home What do you consider a home? Do you define your home as a private place; somewhere you sleep during the night or where you’ve been living you whole life? According to studies‚ “home is where you are most comfortable; it has effects on your education‚ emotions even physical health. Our homes are more than financial assets. They have deep emotional meaning (Ablow)”. But‚ if you ask me‚ a home is where you feel most comfortable‚ where you find yourself most peaceful‚ somewhere
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We get all caught up in our pleasures of vacationing‚ that we fail to see things from the perspectives of others. For relatives wanting to travel to different countries‚ saving enough money is no easy task. In the wake of the Vietnam war‚ economic hardship runs rampant in communities with run-down neighborhoods and disheveled street beggars. My Vietnamese cousin‚ Thai Minh‚ doesn’t let these difficulties deter him from traveling. Minh travels not only to search for job offers‚ but also to escape the
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