...your “friends”, and you plan to have all of those friends when you go into middle school and high school. We learn that those friends do not stick around as long as we think, and find that we do not really need anybody but ourselves. Many times, we think we need people to be around us all the time, when we do not.When I was in the 3rd grade, I moved to a new school, in a new town, far away from my old friends back home. I swore to myself that I would still talk to all of my old friends, and I would never make a new friend again. Turns out, none of that actually happened. I made all new friends, met all kinds of people that I never knew existed. I met people that were so nice and welcoming. The neighborhood that I moved into was really nice too, I had never seen such beautiful trees, or houses before.I never thought that my life would have been so great after i had moved schools. I always thought I was going to go to the worst school ever, and everyone was going to be mean to me. Of course, I made tons of new friends, and at the end of 6th grade we all made a promise to talk to eachother everyday. No matter what, we were going to stick by eachother, and never let anyone walk by themselves through the hallways of middle school. I just knew my life was finally going right, and everything was going to be okay.The first day of middle school, I went to my first class, and I had nobody that I knew in there. I was reliving my Elementary days all over again. I had a couple of friends in all...
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...from the Am I Blue serious story called Holding named Jon. Boo was a nonconformist because he never comes out the house. Jon was conformist for a holding on to a secret from his best friend. Boo from To kill a mockingbird was important character that represent non-conformity. Boo was the opposite of all people who lived in Maycomb County. In the book no one ever saw him because he never came out the house. Boo not coming out of the house is what made him be known as a recluse who...
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...bullying, and constant change. The family moves multiple times throughout the book, picking everything up and moving to a fresh start. Unfortunately, these fresh starts never seem to end well for the family. Eventually, Jeannette and Lori take matters into their own hands and decide that moving to New York, where they can have a fresh start...
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...Only Friend: Conformations of Loneliness In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck displays a grim but honest truth about life. Steinbeck’s novel tells of two men: George Milton, a small and quick man; Lennie Small, an enormous man with incredible strength while behaving and thinking as a young child. The two men have been traveling together as laborers and have formed a unique father-and-son like bond. After getting jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley , George and Lennie have aspirations to accumulate enough money to fulfill their dreams of “ living off the fatta the lan” but encounter an unfortunate circumstance which prevents them from doing so. Throughout their journey, the main character, George developed from taking Lennie’s presence for granted to truly understanding the pain of loneliness proving friendship is only a temporary distraction from inevitable loneliness. Although subtle, George changed his tone from the beginning of the book to the end, from having been relaxed confining into a friend to being...
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...of living. It is set in England in a town in modern day society. The novel shows aspects of relationships, love and time. It is a psychological novel and a love story that ends in tragedy and heart break. The reason this book affected me so much is due to many factors, however a constant theme through the book is relationships. The relationships between herself and the little things in life, the important things, are what the reader can connect to on a personal level because they’re things most people endure everyday, this consists of: hugging your best friend, talking to your brother, eating your favourite food. This made me feel just how special I am, as the reader knows at the start of the book that she doesn’t have much longer to live. As she is released from the constraints of "normal" life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. The book also makes me think not only about what I have, but what I should appreciate, the things that go un-noticed: The trees, the stars, the air we breathe, these things we can’t live without are yet things that aren’t keeping her alive. It is a beautiful yet tragic book that leaves you devastated, because of the sheer emotions the writer makes you feel, you go through the loss of what seems to be as best friend as you go through all the hardship of her life with her as it feels so real. I connected to the book especially, as I have a younger brother much like Tessa, she treats...
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...it may be time to end a long-time companionship How do you know when a friendship is on its last legs? If a pal has done something unforgivable or hurtful, or is simply a constant nuisance, the sanity-saving thing to do may be to cut her off, says Florence Isaacs, author of Toxic Friends, True Friends. That's what Kathryn Hoots, 42, did. She always thought her friends would be happy for her when she got married and started a family. But when one of them didn't seem to be, it threw Kathryn for a loop. "This one friend liked going out and having fun when we were both single, but as soon as I got married and had a child, she seemed to lose interest," says Kathryn, who has a 2-year-old and is currently expecting twins. During the course of their 13-year friendship, the woman always steered conversations to her own problems, never taking much interest in Kathryn's, especially after she became a mom. "She never wanted to meet my son and she even told me that I wasn't the maternal type," says Kathryn, who lives in New York City. That was the turning point. Kathryn had put up with her friend's self-absorbed behavior for years, but the comment made her wonder why. By the time the friend called to apologize for the offensive remark, Kathryn had already begun to reassess their relationship. "She just didn't seem able to be happy for me, and that's not a real friend," says Kathryn. "I couldn't put any more time or effort in after that." The two are no longer friends. Kathryn made a quick...
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...During my first early years of school, I loved school and did all my homework, had lots of friends and I lived with my grandma most of Elementary school. I always got good grades in school and never ran into any problems with anyone. In 4th grade I moved from rossmoor Elementary school to Juliette Low Elementary in Anaheim and moved with my mom. When I moved there I suddenly started to not do well and got into a lot of trouble. In 6th grade I eventually got everything together and started doing well again in school and adjusted back to my good old ways. In Junior High unfortunately I started to get worse due to the people i hung around and my overall laziness. My grades were all D’s and F’s and a couple of C’s. I still had lots of...
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...The book, Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, Is about a boy named Scott who narrates the challenges he has to face throughout Freshmen year. Throughout the book Scott makes, and loses friends. Almost everyone in the book changes from the beginning to the end. Scott changes the most in Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie because he started out as a socially awkward kid, but soon joins all kinds of after school activities to get close to his crush Julia, and becomes friends with a most unexpected people. First of all, Scott didn't really like to be very social, but he ended up joining student council, the newspaper, and the play. He did this so he could get closer with his crush Julia. “At the first sight of her, even from a distance, I felt like I’d been stabbed with an icle.” (Lubar 9). Scott tried to impress Julia with his clever Tom Swifties, but it ended up not working. “ I wonder whether Julia would think they’re funny”. (Lubar 44). He also joined the newspaper because he overheard Julia talking about how she was in it. Turns out she was only doing one article. Scott later decided to run for student council because Julia was running for...
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...you read the story you become more and more surprised on what some friends can do to each other and how they can manipulate you into something without you knowing what they are doing. In the beginning, he begins the story in a carnival that has happy and bright colors where nothing would go wrong, making us believe that the story will continue that way and not thinking that it would turn around so suddenly. He also talks about the two guys, Fortunato and Montresor and how they are friends until one says something rude to the other one. Using the two friends as characters makes you think that nothing terribly bad would happen to either one of them. Friends are friends and they will say things to you whether you like it or not, you just have to except it and move one, but not in this story. As the story continues, they get out of the carnival and start going into a cellar. As they walk it gets darker and darker. Making you realize something is going to happen to one of them or both. You also get to realizing as Montresor keeps on asking him if he would like to turn around and go back. He knew that Fortunato wouldn’t want to go back at all and he kept on drinking the wine for his coughing. When you realize that Montresor just wants Fortunato to get drunk, and as the tunnel is getting darker you can tell that he is going to do something to him and it wouldn’t be nice. Once they have reached the end of the cellar Fortunato is drunk and can barely hold himself up. Fortunato...
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...There is a saying that “Temptation always ends up as a bad thing”. Most of the time when the person is tempted he will break the rules and go against everyone, but when it ends in a bad way. It teaches you the biggest life lesson. That’s what happened with my uncle. My uncle was counted as one of the top 10 richest men in the state. He had everything. He had the big house, big business and a nice little family. Everything was going great in his life. But one day his own best friend came with an offer to him. That if you invest this much money in his company, he will get him double the amount in two weeks. My uncle was very kind hearted and he can’t say no to anyone. So the next day he invested $100,000 in his friends company believing that he will get $200,000 in two weeks. Two weeks passed by and his friend comes to my uncle with a $200,000 check in his hand. My uncle got so happy, he didn’t believe that he just made $100,000 in 2 weeks. But this wasn’t the end this was just the beginning. Day by day he started investing in his friend’s firm. He almost invested $3million in the company. Six months passed by and everything was going great and one day he gets a call from his other friend and he tells my uncle that his friend was a total fraud and he has ran away to a different country with all the money from the clients. That day he lost around $3.5 million and he had no money left in his hand. He only had his house and his business. That was the biggest life lesson....
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...When Paul sees Arthur and Erik walking up to Luis with bats, he says, “I understood that I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle—these two demonic creatures on this dark, lonely road. But for once in my life, I wasn't.” Paul says he isn’t afraid of Erik and Arthur but isn’t quite sure why. After moving to Lake Windsor Downs, Paul makes many friends, like Joey, who stand by him and support. The support of his friends boosted his confidence which allowed him to realize he had a right to be heard. After remembering what happened to his eyes, he confronted his parents about all of the times he told them about Erik hurting him and them never listening to him and believing him. With the support of his friends, he also stands up to Erik. Paul mentions through the story that he is terrified by Erik and he never does anything to stop him. Paul never tries to stop him because Erik is older and is the “poster” child and he believes no one will believe him. Near the end of the book, after Arthur and Erik hit Luis, Paul realizes how pathetic they are and that they will get what they deserve so he confronts and exposes them making him feel relieved and confident in himself. As previously stated, Paul had a lot of trouble with feeling voiceless and defenseless making him antisocial and depressed. Paul was only able to face his fears with the help and support of his...
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...The Seventh Man The saying, “you can never go home again” relates to the narrator in “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Marukami. In the story the narrator leaves his hometown and comes back a different person, and that is exactly what the saying means. Tragic events can have an impact on the rest of people’s lives. This proves to be true in “The Seventh Man”. In the story, the narrator has to deal with the loss of his best friend. His loss has a lasting impact on him. For a great deal of his life, this tragic event haunts the narrator, but he resolves his inner conflict by revisiting his hometown. In the story the narrator has a friend that he is protective of and cares for greatly. One day in September, a great typhoon hit. His hometown had closed...
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...Reading,"The Sun Goes Down on Summer" by Steve Lawhead brought back feelings I have about summer ending, school starting again, and being the real me! During the summer I feel no worries. I get to relax and make memories. I usually hang out with my friends throughout the summer. I love summer and I'm sad it's going away. The summer coming to an end and school starting back means all the daily anxiety and stress comes back full blast. So much panic comes with school starting; all the relaxing and memory making is replace with studying and worrying. I constantly stress about homework, grades, sport, friends, and fitting in. One aspect I relate to a lot in the poem is,"I won't if I'll fit in." Each year is different, new teachers, new people,...
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...Choosing A Friend – October 2K10 WTLB CHOOSING A FRIEND I have found Jesus to be my true friend, and I can always depend on Him to guide me. Sometimes when the road gets rough, and the storms are raging in my life, He’s stands true. Sometimes God allows us to go through storms so we truly understand who He is. It is then that we realize that He controls both the storms of nature, and the storms of the troubled heart. Jesus’ power can calm any storm, and help us deal with the problems we face. He is willing to help if we only ask Him. We should not discount His power even in terrible trials. He keeps making a way for me, and bringing me out without a doubt. In the darkest moments, He shows me there’s light at the end of the tunnel. WHAT A FRIEND I HAVE IN JESUS. God will never forsake you; just put your trust in Him and not man. There are times when man will let you down, they change like the weather; but God is the same today, tomorrow and forever more. There were times in my life when friends changed like turn coats, and started throwing darts, persecuting me. But if I love God as my friend, I must have a forgiving heart. Even If you find it hard to forgive someone who has hurt you, forgive anyway. If appropriate, tell this person you would like to heal your relationship. Many times you will discover that the right action leads to the right feeling. Romans 12:18 reminds us that, “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceable with all men.” I thank God that...
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...follower, the peer pressure and the excitement of starting a new school and making new friends was a huge factor in her decision to break the rules she’d always adhered to. The fact that she was so excited to make new friends and wanted them to see her as someone they had things in common with was a major factor in her decision to break the rules she’d always followed. She wanted to fit in with the crowd, and following the rules of her curfew would’ve prevented that from happening. Her decision to break curfew and go to the party was influenced by this need to be accepted by her peers. Sarah displayed cognitive dissonance because she knew that she should be following the rules previously set by her parents to not break her curfew. She felt continuously worried about breaking these rules throughout the night, even though she made the decision to do so. Although during the night she gained memories and even a date with an older boy, she displayed discomfort throughout the time at the thought of breaking the rules. Even at the end of the night when she went home, she began evaluating herself and the night she spent with her friends to determine if the activities that happened were worth her decision to break the rules. She began to conform to her new peers’ beliefs toward the beginning of the night, when she was out with them and they asked her if she wanted to go to the party. Even though she had never broken the rules before, which displayed that she knew the value of the rules and...
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