...Brieanna Fredricks One Hard Life (A Discussion of the theme Life is Not Always Easy in Spoon River Anthology) Nothing about life is easy; you work, you try, and sometimes you fail regardless of your efforts.Some people believe in reincarnation, others in some form of an afterlife, and some believe you only have one life. Believing that you’re only able to live one life could benefit the person because they take that idea and they accept it. In that acceptance they choose to live everyday as if it were there last, so that by their last breath they can say they had a good life, even with the struggles and heartache. Most people live with the belief that we only have one life; although life is a gift with endless possibilities, it's not always...
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...ways to escape from the hole they had been trapped in. Not only would they travel to the North, but they would also fight in the Union army. The minority would come to avail the Union. They would fight for freedom and citizenship. It may have seemed easy, but going from the Confederacy to the Union wasn’t an easy task at all. African-Americans were willing to give all that they had to have liberation and citizenship in the U.S. Frederick Douglas was an African-American abolitionist who had escaped to the North for his freedom. He was also the author of a newspaper he had called The North Star. The North Star was called that because if you followed the North Star, you would make it to the Union, or the free half of the U.S (OI). The Negroes were inclined to give their lives and expose themselves to bullets in order to have freedom (Doc. 1). This was dangerous for them to travel to the Union because since they were in the war, the ways to get from the South to the North was guarded by soldiers. So on their way there, there were chances of them getting killed if the Union thought...
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...and achieve in the operating rooms? 2. How was the first heart operation performed in 1893? 3. How did Dr. Daniel Hale Williams career change after his first heart operation? July of 1893: As a new century loomed, was this certainly particular year of great progress into new medical innovations. In that year, the first heart operation was performed and another man’s life was saved. This big achievement helped set the new stage for modern surgery. Medical professionals at that time said that: “operating on human heart was too dangerous, and there were no procedure for opening the chest.” (The first heart operation-chicagotribune.com) In 1800’s, being a doctor wasn’t easy as we may think. How was the first heart operation performed at that time and very important aspect of that, how did Dr. Williams career and life changed after his first heart operation? 2...
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...referred to by the men that desired her; saw men as devils and sexual predators. Justine even saw them as a way of easy money when she allowed herself to become a prostitute. The way she was physically described was very desirable for a man to lust for. Shabine was wanted by the men and she accepted this and used it to her own advantage. Shabine the men would call her, not having a bit of respect for the woman she was. She saw men as devils or sexual predators who just wanted her body and what she could physically provide them. You could say she built even a stereotype for them, thinking that all the men that she met are the same. In my opinion it was true most of the men that she encountered were just sexual perverts who just wanted “a good time”. Shabine got so used it, she learned to deal with the phrases and shouts said to her by the men who saw her everyday quite casually. In my opinion the only good man she met was the Narrator who proposed to her a life of prosperity but she refused this because she couldn’t get over what all men had done to her. “Shabine makes hungry where she most satisfies”. By rejecting the Narrators offer she accepted being a prostitute. She saw men as a way of easy money, knowing that no man could resist her body. She knew that she could make easy dollars from men by just fulfilling their sexual needs. The life of a prostitute isn’t easy and it isn’t legal either, somewhat risky with the consequences in society today but who can say maybe Shabine...
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...someone who made an impact on not only the sports world, but the entire world. Jackie Robinson is considered a hero to me and that is why I chose him. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season by Jonathan Eig tells us all about Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. This book was published on April 17, 2007 by Tantor Media. On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson took the field wearing Brooklyn Dodger’s Jersey. He was the first African American to join a MLB team and he did it with pride. Jackie Robinson created so many oppurtunites for so many different people. It took alot of strength and courage to become the first African American athlete to compete in Major League Baseball. He knew it wasn’t going to be easy but he was willing to go through whatever he needed to in order to set a standard for future generations to come. I did learn some different characteristics about Jackie from this book that I never new about before. It tells all about how Jackie Robinson had an anger problem and played baseball very aggressively. He was going to have to change his ways if he wanted to protect his safe in this new league. The current players would not take it very nicely if he continued to play that way. I also learned that he didn’t always have that sweet swing that we know him for today. You would think that his uneasy swing would make things difficult for him, but Jackie showed what he was capable in his first game. Jackie went on to become the...
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...The California gold rush started in 1849 where over 90,000 people went to california to mine for gold but it was not easy as it sounds for the gold rushers.some challenges people faced when traveling to California during the gold rush were weather they should choose the sea route or the land route, lack of or too much supplies, diseases, and how it would impact California. The first thing the 49ers did for the land route was gather supplies for their trip to California. The supplies they brought were wagons, rubber inflatable beds, stoves, shovels, lanterns, barrels of water, medicine forks, cups and dry food took up most of their space on their wagons. During the land route They usually started from Missouri and “tried to cover the 2,200-mile journey in approximately 123...
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...system needing to be updated or where the time clock software needed to be updated. The manager was pretty good on keeping all systems up to date, but that was due to my manager being able to plan around the updates. Most updates my manager was able to have happen after the store had closed so no interruptions would happen during regular business hours. There were times when even trying to plan, updates during business hours had to happen, in which case, the manager had always posted signs on the doors warning customers of possible interruptions during checkout. The manager was always organized with signs. There wasn’t a time where my manager wasn’t organized. The manager was also a good leader. The employees believed that because the manager was able to plan and be organized, the manager was able to lead the team when situations with technology occurred. The manager wasn’t tech savvy, but was always willing to learn. They would pass on what they learned to the team. Technology is in every...
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...plenty of family that went to college and had degrees but I really wasn’t doing much with my life. I felt stuck in life like I was trapped in a situation and could not get out. Looking at my life and my child I one day decided to do more with my life suddenly picking myself off the couch I went back to school and got my GED. Life still wasn’t easy I needed more I was able to get a job but without a degree could not obtain the type of career that I know I deserved. Armed with the knowledge and the steps that was need to advance in my career I enrolled into online classes. My son is a student in college as well so knowing that I needed to finish for myself but also knowing I needed to be an example for him and my other children. So with a lot of support and a great deal of dedication I am working every day to complete my degree. I know I have a struggle before me but I am willing to do what is needed to complete school. Often in life we are influenced half way by our environments and the things that we see as children. It has been stated that the microsystem consists of our primary daily environment: family, school, neighborhood, religious, and group affiliations. Each of these interactions may range from excellent to poor and thus have a direct impact on the daily development of children (Bronfenbrenner, 1979). With that being said I didn’t want my children to grow up to be a reflection of me, I wasn’t doing anything with my life on welfare and a dropped out of school...
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...In the short story, "The Necklace,"by Guy de Maupassant portrays the theme that being grateful for what you have isn't always easy. Although being grateful for your belongings is not easy, Guy quotes, ”She had no gowns, no jewels, nothing. And she loved nothing but that.” (1) She wasn’t necessarily poor, she just did not understand the value of what she had while her husband worked for everything they had and was content. Even though most people thinks it is a general thing to be grateful for what you have, but say that if you want more you must be ungrateful for what you have but that is not always the case, he also says, ” ‘Why, my dear, I thought you would be glad. You never go out, and this is such a fine opportunity.’ ” Mathilde did not know how to be grateful to be around people because she had been working...
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...they awaited his arrival with their food, and she was the cause of this. Although in the article, Beth had only killed a roach, her behaviour shows how vicious and wrathful we can all be. Adversely, we should also bear in mind that Daddy Roach was a trespasser in Beth’s kitchen. Of course his objective was good for his family, but not for Beth’s kitchen. He wasn’t invited into Beth’s kitchen, therefore his actions were wrong. He wasn’t considering Beth’s feelings to just enter into her home and charmingly help himself to her food. This showed that he didn’t want to work hard; he didn’t want to go around the various street garbage bins to look for food for his family, however, he wanted to just go into someone’s house because he is sure to find food there. A roach is a scavenger but that still doesn’t give them the authority to enter people’s home. People litter and throw away food on a daily basis, so he could’ve easily gone out and got food and return home unharmed to his family. This scenario shows how we sometimes want to find the easy way out, not realizing that the “easy” way is not always as beneficial and easy as it seems. When we want things in life, we should always work hard for it, or else we’ll become history as Daddy Roach...
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...I performed my health assessment at Bethany Nursing Home. The health assessment took place in an apartment inside of the nursing home. I wasn’t up on the floors where the residents need help with daily chores and tasks. The apartment was on the first floor where the people that reside in them are independent for the most part. The apartments are very nice and spacious and have the helpful tools, such as side rails to help them not fall. It is nice that they get to decorate their own apartments. While I was in my client’s apartment it was very easy to do my health assessment. I sat on her big coach with her and asked her questions. She even had a desk that lifted up, so I could write on. She said it was her husband’s desk. It was very easy...
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...Finding Myself People think it’s so easy to change. They think it’s so easy, but it isn’t. Sure, things don’t always stay the same. You get a new couch, boys come and go, you gain a new scar, discover a new song, or you find a new passion. But in the end you’re still just you. Always spinning and turning in awkward beautiful shapes like a ballerina on a floor, spinning and spinning only to come back to the same position. A conflict I’ve always had to face a lot in my life is myself. I’ve always had a problem with accepting myself for who I am, what I’ve done, and what I can become. Self-esteem was my greatest issue. From the time I was in fourth grade I didn’t fit in. I probably didn’t fit in before that either but I noticed myself in the fourth grade. I remember the countless times I tried blending my colors with their colors only to be disappointed that ours didn’t mix well and that the end result was a nasty brown color, much to my dismay. It was like a never ending battle and of course like any other kid I thought, was it me? Of course, now that I’m older I understand that it wasn’t me, not intentionally. It wasn’t until I finally started middle school when I actually had some other people I could call friends. They too were like me, misfits. We had our own table and our own discussions. It felt nice to blend in nicely with others for once but alas, it didn’t stay that way when we reached our high school years. But honestly they were just there to help pass the time...
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...problem solving I sent the cat first, then dog and after doing this I brought the cat back then took the mouse. This seemed very easy to solve but unfortunately I knew that the cat couldn’t be left with the dog or the mouse. I realized that the cat would fight with the dog and the cat would eat the mouse as well. Once I got the problem solved I did try different strategies of how I could get each animal to cross the river in a different way, but did keep in mind that each step I tried wasn’t going to work because I couldn’t leave the cat alone with either one. These was my first steps I took the cat over first then went back to get the dog, then I realized this wouldn’t work unless I brought the cat back. Then when I brought the cat back I knew the cat and the mouse couldn’t be together as well, so then I brought the mouse over. After I solved the problem I did the opposite I brought the mouse first then realized again this wasn’t going to work do to the fact the dog and cat wouldn’t get along either so then I went back and done the first problem solving that made the most sense to me. So I crossed the river first with the cat then I crossed the river with the dog and brought the cat back across the river and then got the mice and crossed the river. In order to solve the problem I did have to figure out the problem but once I did it became very easy and I understand the cat and the dog wouldn’t...
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...cooks, my father cooks. My grandfather cooked when my father would watch him from the kitchen table, as my father learned he would try to teach me how to cook. I wasn’t really interested. It didn’t quite catch my attention; all I wanted to do is play outside, like other kids my age. One day I saw my dad cutting onions and the way he would cut them. It was amazing how fast he was moving the knife and cutting the onion. It almost looked like a cartoon the way he was cutting the onions and all the other vegetables. The knife looked like if it had like a laser underneath the blade. How quickly he was cutting the onion and the other vegetable’s he was cutting, then there is where I told my dad, I wanted to learn how to cook. Playing outside really didn’t matter to me anymore. All I wanted to do is to learn how to cook. My friends would come over and ask if I wanted to go play outside, but I would tell them that I was grounded. That was a lie, just so I can stay in inside to help my father and to learn more. That’s the way me and my dad bonded or father and son time. Finally after watching my dad how to cut and cook I got my chance to hold the knife. I was about the age of ten when I wanted to learn how to cook. I was really young I really didn’t know how to read that quite well, but I was really eager to learn. I wasn’t like other ten year olds wanting to learn different things like painting, drawing, building sand castles, and video games. My main thing was to learn how to cook...
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...matter in this world are family and being who you are.” From that day on, I, Carlos Olea-Tapia, took these words seriously. It wasn’t easy since I was born on March 8, 1998, and at the time a lot of things were happening in the year 2000. The media was tough to face since everything out there was either mainstream or popular so I stared to look for alternatives such as listening to underground bands and reading books. School wasn’t easy either. People don’t like change so when they saw a kid like me they would make fun of me or admire me for being who I am. I’m now seventeen and I’ve been changing ever since. Elementary school and middle school were both shit like literally some kids made my life a living hell. Elementary school was probably the worst; I was bullied by many kids until one day I came home and told my mother, my mother straight up gave me permission to punch any kid if bothered no matter what the school consequences were. That day I stood up for myself and showed the world that I wasn’t going to take shit from no one. Middle school was a little better. I made quite the name for myself. By the end of eighth grade I was known as a pimp and I liked it. That reputation continued on to high school by then I was no longer a pimp I was a drug lord. I wore the best of the best clothes that I could afford; those were the good old days. I wasn’t the best of students. But I made quite the title for myself. I was well respected by my teachers and my fellow class mates. My...
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