There has been one experience that I can remember where my survival was literally at stake. It was in August of 2005. That was the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana‚ demolishing the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas. I’m from a small town‚ which is approximately twenty minutes outside of New Orleans. The hurricane affected my family both mentally and physically. My family didn’t evacuate for Hurricane Katrina. We decided to stay and “Ride it out.” They had the mindset like
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Red is one of the strongest of colors; it has a power over the eye. It was a run-of-the-mill afternoon; I was in my usual ride in going home for the weekend. Looking out through our car’s window everything was blurry‚ the surroundings were nothing but blurred images‚ you could only see the distorted colors of infrastructures‚ vehicles‚ stalls‚ and people. Lastly‚ you could only hear the engines of other cars as they pass by. But in a certain moment everything changed‚ there was a moment of pause
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"The Tell Tale Heart" as people say‚ "This story is told through the eyes of a madman.......Who‚like all of us‚ believed that he was sane." Sanity believe it or not‚ is harder to keep than you think. One thing that I have learned from "The Tell Tale Heart" which is‚ obsessing over little things‚ is that obsession can lead to insanity. As it did for the man when he obsessed over the old man’s eye and heart beat. Obsessions are a common thing and my three basic points of this are‚ the insanity of the
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Overcoming The Death of my Father Never in my life had I ever thought that at the age of seventeen years old‚ I would lose my father in an unexpected accident. To this day‚ I feel it should have never happened. I would like to think it is all a bad nightmare and that I would wake up to see my father there the next morning‚ but unfortunately it is not the case. There are a lot of things I did not understand back then; especially about loss‚ sadness‚ anger‚ and fear. When it came down to these things
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Kimberly Hernandez October 23‚ 2013 Summary #2: Chapters 3‚ 8‚ 13 & 14. Chapter 3 was about managing time. As students‚ we need to figure out where are time goes because we need to determine if it’s even going to the right activities that we do. We may not realize that habits of doing certain things at certain times are affecting our work. Therefore‚ we need to start prioritizing what needs to be done for our own good. In this case‚ its class work so we need to set up a schedule for ourselves
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It’s one of those times…. When you are in the weirdest mood for the longest time and no one can get you out… when you are so angry and so sad about everything all at the same time…and you wonder to yourself what the fuck is wrong with you… I just feel like I am so out of it and I have no idea what to do to get back into the swing of things. I’m one of those people who never tells anyone how she feels… she just keeps it inside because she feel sit will only it help her‚ but it never does. But the
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In each and every one of us there lives a child who knows how to be happy because of certain things without others to find out....we like to say that we are mature enough‚ that we passed the age when a toy meant the world for us... we hide our crazy little pleasures‚ we are brave‚ we are now grownups with responsibilities who see the world with different eyes.... Actually... we are all a bunch of lost kids who sometimes stop and stare‚ don’t know where they are heading. We all get into certain situations
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“An Hymn To The Morning” by Phillis Wheatley “An Hymn To The Morning” by Phillis Wheatley is criticised by its themes of love‚ happiness‚ and focusing on the future while still being happy within oneself. Phillis Wheatley was around 1753 in the country Senegal‚ Phillis Wheatley was brought to Boston‚ Massachusetts on a slave ship in 1761. John Wheatley later bought her as a slave to help out his wife with anything she needed. Additionally‚ Phillis Wheatley even though she was still a slave‚ she
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The Journey of Maturing From adolescence to adulthood Alexander Cold has experienced every aspect of this journey. At the beginning of the book Alex was a very immature boy. He was very appreciative of all the work that his dad did for him and his sisters. Alex has matured throughout the whole book he has went from being a immature‚ moody young boy who did not see the good things that his family did for him. Now that he has matured he sees how lucky he is. Alex Cold seems to be in shock.
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Life is full of unexpected surprises. There are many opportunities when one can secretly wish for something exciting to happen – something out of the ordinary. The real surprise is when the wish unexpectedly comes true. I never believed that something like this could ever happen to me; such a thing that would make me stop and look back at the events in awe. I think you would agree that something as simple as being lost in the forest for less than ten minutes should have no influence on my life. If
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