Seeking Redemption

      All individuals hold a prideful nature within them. Honour is what keeps individuals from acting out of line and keeps them cooperative with society. However, when one’s honour is lost they may find that their previously secure future is now threatened by uncertainty. This uncertainty creates a sense of danger in individuals […]

polished essay

Prompt: what do these texts suggest about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform? Theme statement: When an individual who is self-minded, and doesn’t comply with rules or standards, is confronted with a personal desire, one forgets the bigger picture which leads to more problems being created. Then leads to the […]

Polished Personal- Her Salvation

Her Salvation     The damage to Blair Whitethorn took a long time to heal. Her performing troupe moved from one village to the next, making coin, trying to forget the missing member of their group, and the scorch marks the flames had left on some of their wagons. Blair couldn’t handle the guilt, the […]

Polished Personal

  Prompt- What do these texts suggest about the ways in which individuals struggle to restore honour and certainty? THEME STATEMENT- When a traditionally shy and confidence lacking individual goes about a course of action out of their comfort zone, and proceeds to take drastic; he or she will have an instinctual desire to run […]

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 […]

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 […]

Trailing Light – Polished Personal

What do these texts suggest about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform? ____________________      Every night, I would fall asleep to the rhythmic, soothing, perpetual sound of the watchman’s whistle. I knew that if I were to peer out my window, he would be there— pacing around the block, […]