Sunday, October 31, 2010

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

A Walk to Remember is about how two people's different worlds collide in an unexpected and bitter sweet way.  Jamie Sullivan is a religious girl that carries a bible in her hand every day, wears her beautiful brown hair in a formal bun and wears a brown cardigan.  People don't give a second look to her.  If she doesn't scare them away, her father definitely does.  Hegbert is Jamie's protective father that is also a pastor for a church.  Then Landon Carter is a boy who likes to have fun with his friends and has a wealthy powerful father in Congress. He has anything he could possibly need.  When Jamie asks Landon to play the character of Tom Thornton in the play at her church, both of their lives are changed forever.  They both realize their love for each other, but it doesn't last long enough.  Sadly, Jamie was diagnosed with Leukemia in Autumn.  This deeply wounds both of their hearts as she is suffering through her disease.  In the very end Landon gives Jamie what she has been aching and dreaming for, her dream wedding.  With the support of her father, she is walked down the aisle to Landon in a church full of people. 


I think that A Walk to Remember is the closest to Tragedy even though in the beginning it is normal.  But, it has a rise to power when their relationship is going well.  The tragic flaw is when the Leukemia is really starting to have some effects. Then the tragic fall is when she is late in her sickness.  In the very end, Jamie dies.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

On a dock on the river.....

On a dock on the river.........

There I was, sitting on the dock on a foggy day on the river. Rain soaked through my hair dripping silently onto the cracked, old pier. Tears streaked my pained, pale face. I tried not to remember what had just happened. But, I couldn't bear it. Just the thought of it made me sick with dread. Then I just suddenly threw off my coat in a sorrowful rage. This was too much for me. For a moment I stared into the dark but familiar distance. Suddenly I got up and walked forward to the very edge of the dock looking down at the ancient, rotting wood layered on top of one another. Without much of a thought I dropped myself into the dense river. My shoes were coated with mud sitting on the river's bottom. I liked the feeling of the rocking river stirring and tossing from the storm. It was somehow soothing to me. But suddenly a flash of a memory hit me. I held my arms tight to my chest. Somehow I had to make this right. Not now though, but hopefully not ever.

A clearing in the woods......

A clearing in the woods was coming overhead. My legs were pumping and moving as fast as they could carry me. I swung my arms back and forth to keep my pace, to keep going. The back of my legs screamed in protest, but I just ran against them as hard as I could. Blood was pounding through my ears and in my head. A bead of sweat dripped down my forehead along my hairline. There was a group of people swarming around the runners screaming encouraging words to keep us running and to not stop . Behind me I could hear deep heavy breathing wheezing in and out constantly. Hearing her and now knowing how close she was behind me, this made me run up and go faster. Screams were echoing through the grassy ground and trees all around me. I just had to keep going, to not give up. Then I stepped across the line and was finished, I was done. All of the girls around me were bending down and trying to catch their breath. Little puffs of hard labored breaths escaped my mouth making me go to a nearby bench and sit down to wait.

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Sunday, October 17, 2010

My Veterans Essay


Does Patriotism Still Matter?
Many courageous people through the history of this country have an important calling to fight for the freedom and safety of this country.   People of the United States must honor and not forget them because sometimes these men and women don’t even make it home to live in their own freedom.  Then there are normal people like you and I basking in safety and freedom formed over blood and time.  We don’t even think about how these people made our country what it is now.  A lot of citizens overlook what was done in the past and don’t think about the thousands of men and women slaughtered for the rights and safety of this country before our constitution or government was established.
 Every day, everyone goes silent in the dim light of the morning and we all look to the flag with our hand placed over our hearts.    In rhythm with all the other students we state the pledge of allegiance.   We can’t just ignore the sacrifice people have made for our country.  These groups of people symbolize the colors of our national American Flag.  These colors stand for their enduring perseverance, purity, strength and the devotion for their country.  They sacrifice their comfort and even their lives, but you don’t even think about why and who they are fighting this battle for?   How can they not think about these people??  Shouldn’t you be grateful for your rights and safe homeland?  Not every individual person in this cruel world has to opportunity to vote, or go to school.  Around the world some get brutally killed if they practice their own religion or speak their opinion.  Everyone  should be thankful that you have these opportunities and rights, just because men and women risked their lives for their beloved country and all of the people living in it.