Rain

I am a rain cloud

My soul is dreary and cold

Whenever it rains

Remember those are my tears

Splash! Splash! is the sound they make fall to the ground

But i'm un-noticed 

Until the delicate rain drop tears 

Turn into distressed sobs

That is my cry for help

I wish one day I will break out of my shell

And become something beautiful

But until then I trudge on

Hoping that someone will understand me

American Dream

Author's Note: This is my compare and contrast essay called American Dream this is my piece proving my understanding of compare and contrast

The book, My Brother Sam is Dead is about young Tim a boy who is growing up during the Revolutionary War. And all he ever wanted was to join the Rebel Army and fight with his older brother Sam. He found a chance to help his father give the soldiers food. He was overjoyed to be able to help his father. But once he sees a glimpse of the war, his mindset changes. He is frightened to be in the war. A majority of the people were more than afraid to fight against the British because they know what they’re capable of. But they fought anyway because they wanted nothing more but to gain their independence from the British. But this is clearly fiction and different from the real world in many ways.

The Hessian were the most ruthless soldiers the British could afford. They were hired to fight for King George to win against the colonists. They were like this in the book but also in reality. The Hessian's were very determined to beat the Colonists because if they didn’t they wouldn’t get paid. The Hessian's in the book seemed very evil and didn’t believe sparing lives of people--Even children! But they seemed like they were the same way in real life.

The Hessian may have been determined, but not as much as the Americans. The Americans weren’t getting money in return for winning. They were gaining their independence and freedom. Sam is an example of a dedicated American soldier. He wanted nothing more than to win the war and come back home to his family with dignity. If there weren’t soldiers like him the Americans would’ve never won. That is major similarity between the two.

Not only were there similarities, there were also many differences too. One way they were different was there was there weren’t rebel armies fighting until the end of the war. And also Sam wasn’t a real soldier he was a fictional character created to give an interesting plot to the story. He was too young to fight in the war any way. Also the largest difference is that the Hessian's weren’t allowed to kill American soldiers without the British consent.

In conclusion, the book had lots of facts and was very similar to real life. Some of the differences made the book a little far fetched and was hard to believe. But it still had similar realistic comparisons in the book that made it factual. Although Sam wasn’t a real soldier he had the personality of soldiers in the war that believed in freedom and made the Americans win the war.

Becoming My Own

Authors Note: This is my conflict resolution piece called Becoming My Own proving my understanding of conflict resolution

In the story Fact of Life #31, there are several conflicts, like when Katima argues constantly with her mother. But the main conflict is when Katima grows jealous of her mom’s relationship with her enemy. The conflict is person vs. person, but Katima can’t solve her problem until she discovers at end who she really is and wants in her life.

In the book you can clearly see that Katima has a lot tension with her mother she wants to be able to tell her mother her issues with their relationship but she nervous about how her mother will react. She wants to tell her mother that she wants more attention and be treated more fairly. But she’s afraid to be brushed off as if her problems didn’t affect her. Or being yelled at for distracting her during work because she always working.

But the conflict is resolved when her mother finally came to Katima and asked what was wrong with their relationship. Once they were on better terms Libby, her enemy got pregnant and since her mother worked as a midwife her mother gave Libby her services for free and the created a whole new problem. And Katima decided to start spending more time with friends and avoiding her family. So once she began resenting her mother she realized that there relationship is stronger when they’re constantly together, and they decided that they were going to give each other space. And that’s how they solved that conflict and the whole family agreed that them being not as close helped her whole family.

The conflict was a lot like My Brother Sam is Dead because before Sam went to war Tim and Sam used argue a lot but once Sam got back he saw that time became independent from his family and became a mature man. So even though Tim is younger than Sam he wanted to be just as much as a man than him. In Fact of Life #31 the main conflict is Katima becoming independent from her family and as the book moves on she gained her independence from her family by separating herself from her mother

Predicting Piece

A beautiful angel is all that is here
Saying O'Lord please leave me here
Not ready to leave but has to go
Wants to go back but God says no
A husband and children
Grandchildren and friends
A meaningful life that suddenly ends
And angel is what she was meant to be
Now think of all that she can see
Watching over her family night and day
Saying I love you in her own special way
In the night we sleep and in the day we cry
While she watches us all from her star in the sky....


I am Lonely
And I miss you
More than ever
I miss the memories we shared
The laughing
Happiness
But in an instant
A meaningful life that suddenly ends
Everything begins to fade
Someone once said
Nothing gold can stay
And now I know
That there's a time
Where I have to let go
Let go of the memories
Let go of the joy
Because by this time next fall
It has already gone
But the feeling stays
Lonely

Have you ever lost someone very dear to your heart? Someone who would bring happiness when you were in tears. In the poem Beautiful Angel by Christopher Warner the author tries to comfort you and make you understand that sometimes you need to realize that it’s time to let go. But when I read this poem the only thing I was focusing on was the line “A meaningful life that suddenly ends”. So I wrote my poem on the loss and sorrow because that’s the feeling I got while reading this poem. In a poem it’s hard not to predict the ending so that is my reasoning of writing my prediction piece on continuing a poem. I based my part of the poem on the saying “A meaningful life that suddenly ends” because I thought that it was a very delicate way of saying “a terrible loss”. That is thought I had in my mind while reading this poem. And that was how my continuing of the poem became so clear to me. This just goes to show that the meanings of poems really depend on the way the reader portrays it to be.

Theme Essay

What would do if you were constantly judged because of the color of your skin, how would you deal with that kind of discrimination. If this happened to you wouldn't you use all your determination and perseverance to make a change in your society. In the book The Help by Kathryn Stocket, in the story the main character Aibileen Clark is constantly disrespected for the color of her skin so she decides that she is going use all her determination and perseverance to make a change in her horrid living society.

Aibileen Clark the main character in The Help has constantly struggled with having determination/perseverance  because ever since her son died she hasn't been herself she had lost all hope that this crazy society she lives in will never change. But when she meets Skeeter a witty young girl with a story and courage of her own to change the world. Abilene decides that she is going to help Skeeter. And that's when you see the spark of determination/perseverance she once had comes back into Abilene. So that’s how she showed her determination/perseverance by helping Skeeter write the book even though she knew it was against the laws.

Another sign of determination/perseverance through out the story was when Skeeter was determined to show her opinion on civil rights because when she was young she was raised by her maid Constantine and she believes that she made Skeeter into the person she is today. So she decides that she’s going to make a change in the society by writing a book in the prescriptive of the help. And that’s when she meets Aibileen and Minny two maids who have more than there fair amount of stories to tell. So that’s another example of how Skeeter showed her determination/perseverance was by standing up for what she thought was right.

So another story where the theme was determination/perseverance because all through out their story they were determined to make their relationship work. One way they used determination/perseverance was when even though Bella knew it was never going to be easy for them she still continued to proceed in being determined to make their relaship work. The last way they used determination/perseverance was when Edward tried to avoid Bella for her safety although he loved her he was also determined to make Bella. So this just goes to show that all books can have common themes.

Determination can spark anywhere, in anyone, in anything. And it can even occur in a place where you think all hope is loss and. I just takes one person with determination/perseverance. And once it does you’ll start to see a change. And then gradually you’ll see a wildfire grow until perseverance is inevitable.

Character Analysis

Author's Note: This is my piece proving that I have a clear understanding of character analysis

In the middle of the series “Twilight”, by Stephenie Meyers, the main character Jacob Black(werewolves) had a very strong hatred for the Cullens (vampires). There has always been feud between the vampires and werewolves. They’ve always been complete opposites, the wolves are warm blooded and the vampires are known as the “cold one’s”. But through out the series the begin to realize that they need to team up to protect Bella. And in these difficult situations Jacob begins to comprehend that his wolf pack and Edward’s coven work together really well, even though he was a blood sucking vampire. But as Jacob began giving his trust to Edward, they figure out that they both want the best for Bella. These are a few of the reasons why Jacob changed during the series.

Through out the series, everyone started seeing Jacobs attitude towards the Cullens change when he began to worry about Bella’s safety more and more. He was becoming to understand that they both want similar things. But if Jacob wasn’t cooperative and refused to bury the hatchet with the Cullens, it would affect the entire series. Some of problems they would face would be Bella wouldn’t be as heavily monitored and that cause the outcome of her getting ambushed by enemy vampires. But since he did build up a certain amount of trust with Cullens, they had the capability of beating their opponents(as in the Cutlery, evil vampires). If he would kept the same attitude during the series the hatred, anguish, and unforgivable behavior would have continued. And they wouldn’t have made such an impact.

Not only had his attitude changed towards the Cullens, he also changed his thoughts towards Bella’s boyfriend Edward. Once the wolf pack started to see Jacob’s attitude change the others started realizing that Edward and the vampires weren’t as bad and evil as people made them out to be. But when they started getting along more there alliance began growing stronger. And now Edward and Jacob don’t have to be so tense constantly now they're comfortable with each others presents.

This kind of alteration from selfish boy into responsible man not only occurs in the Twilight series. It is quite similar to the main character in the story The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, because Edmund starts out as selfish boy who only worries about himself but as life gets more difficult he comes to the understanding that he need to fight and protect the things he loves the most. Although his change in the story is more drastic than Jacob’s they both change for the best.

Those are just some of the reasons how Jacob changed through out the story. But overall Jacob made those changes to create better self image. And it definitely paid off in the long run. Now he allies when he needs them. And now he knows that people won’t try to threaten Bella because she is protected by an unbeatable alliance of the strongest vampires and werewolves

Patriots Pen Essay

Authors Note: This is my Patriots Pen Essay. About the bonds of our great nations

Dear Founding Father's,

What is the meaning of our nation? What bonds us together to make us whole and my experience with the country. Well, when I think of that question here is only one thing that comes to mind is something that needs to be ended. Like war, the definition war to me means: sadness and hatred towards one another sadness is something that happens during this fight for something that isn’t worth fighting for. I feel that when I remember hardships in U.S history it is hard to hold back tears from all the sorrow of innocent people dying for no good reason what so ever. For someone to sacrifice the own live for salvation of  our country. Is courage, bravery, and passion. 

 It was hard for me to watch this tragedy unfold on this day of remembrance of those who saved so many lives and died doing it. There are those who believe in forgiving the people who caused that chaos. I feel like people like shouldn’t be forgiven for taking the lives of many innocent people. Yesterday, I watched Red Dawn a classic movie from the 80’s. This movie was set in the 1980’s in which the U.S was invaded by the Soviet Union.

 The story is about teenagers who try to make themselves known to the enemies that they weren’t just some dumb high school kids they meant business. However, the onset story was supposed to be World War III. This team of elite teenagers called themselves the Wolverines because of their school mascot.

This just goes to show that it doesn’t matter how old you are you can always make a fight for what you believe and having courage and braveness. So if you ask me I will always say I am proud to be American. I don’t care how cheesy it sounds it is true to me America is a place for a new start. It is a clean slate no matter what your back round. It is a place for happiness. Even though we have gone through some hard to times we will always be a great country for all.