Prompt- What do the texts suggest about the ways in which individuals deal with the prospect of an uncertain future? Theme statement- Being encountered by the prospect of an uncertain future, prompts an inclination within[…]
Tag: loss
The Encouraging Abandonments
What do these texts suggest to you about the forces that inhibit or encourage an individual’s actions? As humans, we rely on the support of father figures, to guide our raw aspirations into attainable dreams.[…]
A Monday in July – Personal Response
The ways in which individuals deal with the prospect of an uncertain future. Individuals may deal with the prospect of an uncertain future by refusing to move forward due to fear, causing them to be[…]
Bursting at the Seams – A Polished Critical Essay (Hamlet Response)
“…the role emotional courage plays when an individual experiences separation.” Text: “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare All people hold truth their hearts, but only glimpses of it are shared with the people around them. This sense of[…]
A Love in Spring – Polished Personal
…the nature of human longing and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams… My first dream was to fall in love. At 7 I watched every Disney princess movie and while my brothers[…]
an incomplete me- a polished personal exam
AN INCOMPLETE ME (…the nature of human longing and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams) The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah I remember. They think I’ve forgotten, but I still remember. It[…]
Nowhere
A creative piece based on the idea of the unknown in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. “What the—” The man’s eyebrows furrow as he opens one eye to pear at the sunlight piercing his eyelids, before[…]
Limestone Love: Quotation Presentation
A creative emulation response to a quote from “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini: “Already Laila sees something behind this young girl’s eyes, something deep in her core, that neither Rasheed nor the Taliban will[…]
Ted Talk: Heir to a Garden Heart
part 1: (child) When I was a child, my favorite flowers were tulipa tardas, these tiny pale yellow star-shaped blossoms. In the spring, they are the first to bloom and the first to die,[…]
An Eye For An Eye (Polished Personal Response)
~ The following is a creative response (stage play) to the visual–a photograph by Marco Antonio Cruz from his book Habitar La Oscuridad (Inhabiting the dark). This particular photograph is one of many taken by Cruz that[…]