Amarinder Sidhu ELA 30-1 Amarinder Sidhu Prompt: What do these texts suggest about the ways in which individuals struggle to restore honor and certainty? Theme Statement: To what extent do individuals need to prove to themselves that they have understood what they have done, and they can forgive themselves for their mistake? Text: 120Km/Hr, 1975 […]
Polished Personal: Maintaining Ignorance
Maintaining Ignorance Often times, life will throw individuals with obstacles that hit them by surprise, and the reaction and recovery from these low points of life become the deciding factors of how one will go on and manage their futures. Adversity is inevitable; it is the one thing in this world that […]
Critical Essay Polished
Loss of a Woman’s Honour An individual’s level of chastity throughout his or her lifetime is based on the decisions her or she makes, which can either be accepted or rejected by the individual themselves or the people around him or her. For women, not only in contemporary society, but also in history, […]
Personal Polished Response
Can Honor and Certainty Ever Return? When an individual commits a crime by no proper intentions it can give them grief and hardships for the rest of their lives. His honor is lost and he becomes very uncertain about his existence. In “from Redemption” by John Gardner, the main character Jack […]
Ophelia’s Journey of Certainty – Polished Critical
There are few things in life that people value more than protecting their honour and holding certainty over their past, present and future. However, one may soon come to realize that these ideals come in short commodity and it is difficult to maintain one without letting the other falter. One who is prideful and […]
Healing Melody – Polished Personal
It had been 2 months since Mom died in September, that idea still struck me as nonsensical. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t cry, it didn’t seem all that real. Only back during the summer she was talking to me, scolding me when I came home late, being over-protective like every mother seems to be. […]
The Fault of Madness – Polished Critical
…the ways in which individuals struggle to restore honour and certainty The Fault of Madness An individual’s honour can be defined by their virtue and their ability to perform moral actions. All individuals justify the certainty of their own actions as they want to perceive themselves as honourable. Therefore, when this honour is lost, […]
Critical/Analytical Polished Response
Driven to Madness The ways in which individuals struggle to restore honor and certainty? When a devoted individual cannot receive guidance from those around her, she is able to relinquish her need to put on an absurdity in order to match her emotions, rather than her reputation.This is caused because of […]
A Different Kind of Empathy- Polished Personal
The following is a personal response to the poem “Empathy” by Stephen Dunn. It’s a different kind of empathy. I’m not selfless, kind, or patient. I don’t push aside my problems to listen to others. It’s a different kind of empathy. I’m selfish. I seek out other people’s stories, pain, and emotions to fill the […]
The Destruction of Identity through Unbearable Adversity- A Polished Critical
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the role adversity plays in shaping an individual’s identity. Using the text Night by Elie Wiesel The Destruction of Identity through Unbearable Adversity As members of a pluralistic society we all experience varying levels of hardship, through different forms of adversity, […]