Broken

Running depression
Suppresses my everything
Sinks into me
Unbearable agony
Envisions bliss
Realizing misery

A Twist of Fate

Author's Note: This is my compare and contrast essay called A Twist of Fate this is my piece proving my understanding of compare and contrast

Ingenious, the genius of a machine built from great curiosity. What comes to mind when you life changing invention?A young boy named Milo is trudging on, bored at the thought of life. He doesn’t care for school and has nothing to do. (Or at least that's what it feels like). But in an exciting turn of events, he comes home one day to find a magic tollbooth in his room. He gets in his toy car, goes through the tollbooth, and finds himself in a magical place where he realizes the importance and significance of life. Although, the possibilities of finding random tollbooth in your bedroom isn’t very realistic the opportunity of discovering a new outlook life is achievable.

Though Milo’s difference between of the scenery of his normal life and his life in the magical place aren’t very similar they still have comparable importance. In Milo’s regular life back at home he is very bored and unaware of all the amazing things that occur in his life. But while Milo’s life in the magical place was beautiful at the beginning he slowly realizes that just because he is in a place where everything appears interesting, “it isn’t what it seems to be”.

Not only were Milo’s sceneries related, his personalities didn’t seem to be altered either. The ego’s of Milo appeared to be the same in each place. Although he was surrounded by amazing things, and opportunities, his mindset remains the same he is still bored at the fact of life. But once he realized how special his life was back home he aches to return to his life back home.

Although his personalities were matching, the story is very much relatable to Annie. The story Annie is about a young girl who is bored of living as a little orphan girl and decides to run away to discover a new life. Similar to the Phantom Tollbooth because they’re both trying to find a new beginning in their existence.

Even though, there were many similarities there was also a significant amount of differences. One difference was that his two lives were taken place in an normal place and the other a magical place. The magical place was full of fantasy, so it was very fictional. And the regular place was very plain, and realistic.

In conclusion, I believe that this book has a lot more similarities than differences. The differences in this book really prove to make the book a fantasy and very far fetched. But still some of the similarities make the book realistic and a possibility but the twist of fantasy definitely make this book a fantastic read.

Pierced Love

Authors Note: This is a cause/effect piece about the book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane demonstrating that I have a clear understanding of how cause/effect effects a story.

“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.” When Edward Tulane, an expensive china doll bunny, leaves his owner to set out to find the meaning of love, he doesn’t realize how difficult it’d be to expose his heart. He left his owner for distinct reasons-- he didn’t think he belonged ;he wants to figure out what it feels like to be loved. He never thought that he’d have such a hard time overcoming being in love.

The climax begins when he goes on a journey to find what he considers as love. He meets three people: an ill little girl, an old fisherman, and a toy store owner. The old fisherman makes him understand what being appreciated means but unfortunately he becomes separated from him. When he meets the ill little girl he finally falls in love with being this girl’s doll. But tragedy strikes and she dies from her severe sickness, he loved her but in the end “nothing gold can stay.” But if he had never loved her as much he did, he might have  accepted the death of little girl.

Not only does the death of the little girl effect him, it also caused him to never feel that passion towards another. He finds himself in an old worn toy store, where he sits with his soul crushed. People came in and bought him but every time he was sold he was returned. But he didn’t care at all--he missed the love from the girl.

Although the effects of Edward’s behavior caused him to be distressed, this story is a classic love and despair. This book reminds me a lot of the story Romeo and Juliet for the reasoning that in the story the main character Juliet is in denial of losing her beloved. Similar to The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, because Edward is very effected to the little girl’s death kind of how Romeo felt when Juliet supposedly died. And if they both wouldn’t have fallen for their significant other’s love, it wouldn’t have changed their lives so dramatically.

Even though Edward didn’t get to experience love for a prolonged time,he still was able to figure out the true meaning of passion and devotion. And if he hadn’t put himself out there he would’ve never gotten to fall in love and be happy for the amount of time he did. So overall, I think that involving himself with the young girl really affected him in a life changing way, he learned how it felt to belong, and feel truly loved.

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place- Response

What is one event, character, or plot element that is similar to a modern text/film? Explain.When the young waiter began to judge the old man over his looks "an old man is a nasty thing" this makes me think that the the youthful waiter is very naive and worried but won't show it, the relationship between the old man and the ignorant waiter is very similar to the proverb of Moses because Moses is an old man with a lot of wisdom but the pharaoh didn't respect him because of his age he thought that Moses was stupid, didn't know what he was talking about, the pharaoh got bad karma due to that. Sort of like the old man and the waiter but not entirely 

The Meaning Behind the Truth

Author’s Note: I wrote this essay showing my understanding of text analysis. I did this by analyzing the symbolism in the poem The Raven. In this essay you will see symbolism throughout the colors of the scene, description of the scene,a quote, and I will also state the similar symbolism in a different text.

Symbolism, the deepest meaning of a story, thought or any motivation. So basically, anything you think; establish will have an allusive meaning behind it. The poem The Raven is about a man dwelling in his own mental anguish. In the poem, you find a man whose sulking from the despair of losing his true love, Lenore. He’s attempting to read a book, trying to get his mind away from the sorrow--until he hears the slightest pound on the door. He apologizes to the stranger that he’d imagine would be outside, he drags himself up from the chair, approaches the door; opens. Nothing, being very skeptical and delirious I must be imagining this, I must be he closes the door hastily. But alas, in flies a Raven--with eyes so cold. The symbolism through out this poem will disturb you; leave you wondering,guessing, thinking. You also find the truth behind each text.

One of the main symbols during this story was the authors personalization of night. Immediately as the poem begins it starts out with “Once upon a midnight dreary”. Midnight, the description of the dreary, midnight equates to darkness and disparity. The dreary he describe is nevermore mentality, he’s concerned that he’ll never regain the affection of his love.

Even though the symbol of midnight is bewildering, once you begin to distinguish the mindset of the main characters agony symbolism starts to come together in way that is frightening but you actually understand his terror. When he describes the scenery you realize that symbolism lies during the whole poem. “And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain” the curtain is purple, that symbolically shows mystery, similar to the mysterious intellect of his mind.

Although the color symbols really make you begin to question the coincidence of the symbolism through out the story, the third biggest symbol of the poem will afflict you more. As you start to apprehend the poem you start connecting the symbols to the story. “And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" him calling out to Lenore symbolizes that his wit; the hope of his love returning to him is slowly fading to reluctance.

Lastly, once you piece the symbolism through out this story you'll notice it is a lot similar to the famous story by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, during the story they use many dark colors such as black, red, purple trying to symbolize to leading to unfortunate ending of that story very much comparable to The Raven.  Once you analyze a text of story it very easy to find symbols showing the conclusion, it’s almost like the author is trying to unwillingly give away the entire story.

The symbolism in a piece of literature really influences the readers the emotions towards the story or poem; short story and gives you many clues to how it will end. The symbolism behind the quotes throughout the poem The Raven, show the broader meaning trailing behind the text. So next time you are wanting to analyze a short story, poem or book;quotes try to find those immense giveaways through the symbolism in the content.

By the way

Author’s Note: I’m not really sure what this relates to but I see this piece as a parody kind of like someone apologizing in a sarcastic way. Trying to make the reader realize the slight bitterness towards the apology.

wanted to apologize

If I caused any pain

truly sorry

Ruining any plans already made

allowing to be happy

Was incorrect, apparently

supposed to keep away from opportunities

Striving dreams was inefficient

accepting apologies is key

For internal prosperity

eventually amounting to something

Because patience pivotal

There's More Pain Beneath the Scars

Author’s Note: This is an expository essay on child abuse, I wanted to spread the awareness of child abuse. I want to show people that child abuse is a terrible and disgusting thing.

Every 1 in 5 children is either emotionally, physically, or sexually abused in our country. This is an estimation of about 3 million kids. There have been many cases of child abuse filed all throughout the United States. Many of those cases have resulted in the victim going to rehab or therapy because of all the stress put on them. Child abuse is truly a horrid and cowardly thing and all offenders should receive an ample extent of consequences for causing physical, emotional, and sexual distress on children and teens.

First off, if you suspect of any child being physically abused some things to notice,according to dreamcatcherforabusedchildren.com are unexplained bruises, welts, and cigarette burns around head, throat, upper arms, buttocks, thighs, lower back, palms, soles of feet, and abdominal area. While some behavioral signs you should be aware of are excessive fear of guardian and antisocial behavior such as running away or having fear of returning home. Imagine trying to live with these conditions! Unfortunately, many children have to go through the pain and suffering of child abuse. I can’t picture what kind of satisfaction the abuser would possibly get out of it. You’re hurting an innocent human being. With that said how severe would you make the punishment of the felon that committed child abuse? For all the stress and pain the child has to go through, I feel that the offender should receive the death penalty.

Along with physical abuse, the child has to go through pain and the memory, while with emotional abuse the child has to live with just the memory for the rest of their life, so it’s still severe but not as severe as physical abuse. Some physical signs of emotional abuse to take attention to are obesity or anorexia and speech disorders, while some behaviors to observe are cruel and age-inappropriate behaviors such as pleasure from hurting other children and adults, getting pleasure from being mistreated, and bed-wetting and wetting and soiling themselves. Now, when I say emotional abuse I bet you’re thinking it would be coming from an adult, but an example of emotional abuse that happens everywhere is bullying. Some children and teens that get bullied end up committing suicide because they feel like they have nowhere else to go with their life, but back to the more intense form of emotional abuse. To think that people are amused by causing children emotional distress is unthinkable. Sadly, it’s true, though. The question is, how severe would you make the punishment of the felon that committed emotional abuse? With all the insecurity the child could possibly result with, my verdict towards the offender would be life in prison with no chance of parole.

Although the past two forms of abuse were pretty intense, I feel that sexual abuse is the worst form of abuse ever because the offender doesn’t only cause pain and leave a scarring memory, but they also could get their victim pregnant or give them a sexually transmitted disease which, sadly, could potentially cause death. A few physical injuries to watch for are STDs, pregnancy, and bleeding and/or bruising. To follow that, some behavioral happenings to take caution of are if the child or teen is having difficulty walking or sitting; regressive behaviors such as thumb-sucking, bed wetting and fear of darkness, and disturbed sleep patterns such as, recurring nightmares. This is the kind of crime that we need to protect our children from, because what could happen, is devastating. My perspective on the consequences that the offender should result with is, once again, the death penalty, because of the life threatening conclusion that could possibly arise.

All offenders should receive an ample extent of consequences for causing physical, emotional, and sexual distress on children and teens because of how truly terrible child abuse is. To lower the amount of child abuse that goes on throughout our society, report any suspicious behavior to local authorities. If you would like to find out more about child abuser, then check local charities to help support the fight against child abuse. Now, the only question left to ask is, how severe of consequences would you make for an offender of child abuse.