In the essay "Bonehead" by Larry Terherst, the author illustrates that people should not judge others by their outer appearance because one never knows what that person carries inside. Terherst describes that his initial reaction to his student Bonehead was negative based on the student's criminal appearance. To the Author's surprise, this student was one of the most successful in his class. When Terherst presented Bonehead with his certificate of completion, Terherst was taken back by the comment Bonehead gave. Bonehead revealed that Terherst was the first person who ever told him that he did something right. That statement left a profound impact on the author that will affect his life forever. Terherst now wonders if Bonehead would be in his current situation had he received positive support from influential adults like educators throughout his life. I feel that praising a person for all good things he or she does can make a difference in that person's future.
My youngest brother, Greg, is now paying for the neglectful decisions my mother made regarding his life. He is a thirteen-year-old boy who has lacked the influence of a father as well as any consistent positive acknowledgement. I feel that if he had received some positive feedback in his life, he wouldn't behave the way he does today. I can remember Greg coming home with an A on his test that I helped him study for. I gave him a lot of praise for it. He was then eager to continue making these grades so that he could make our family proud of him again. Now that I have my own home and family to care for, I do not have the opportunity to study with him much. Unfortunately because of this, he rarely hears praise. He doesn't want to be in school and has no respect for adults. This is essentially a good kid who was robbed of essential needs from his parents and family. I know a positive influence would make a world of a difference in his life.
The nature of Faustus is not that complicated of a situation to figure out. Faustus in the simplest denominator is an arrogant and smug little man. Though you do feel somewhat tied to his nature because I believe in all of us is a little pettiness just waiting to get out. If we as humans were not...
The novel Daddy is a historical fiction/thriller takes place during World War II. Because this book is more of a thriller than a historical novel, the author's purpose in writing this book is to entertain the reader rather than educate them, although he ended up doing so in the process. Hans Thom...
If you look at Belcher in Frank O"Connor's "Guests of the Nation" and the Chinese soldier in Haruki Murakami's "Another Way to Die", there reactions to the knowledge that they are about are in fact similar. In "Guests of the Nation" Belcher is quite patient while waiting for his turn to be executed...
To Whom It May Concern: I hope this letter finds you in great health and wonderful spirits. My name is Jermaine __________. I am 32 years old, unemployed, and live in Ruther Glen, VA. I am a fairly recent college graduate, having graduated in 2012 from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Sci...
Michael Haneke is a director known for his rather brutal and bleak style of film-making which often raises issues about problems in modern day society. His 2008 film, "Funny Games" is a shot-for-shot, word-for-word American remake of the Austrian 1997 original, which he also directed. In this essay ...
Have you ever wondered what would happen to the state of popular music should a war ever break out? It's hard to determine exactly what roads popular culture will travel down in the best of times, under the most pleasant of circumstances. Forecasting such a metamorphosis under dire circums...
In comparing Jane Austen's Emma with Amy Heckerling's Clueless one can see the vitality of the language working together with the visual images to successfully create the overall message of both narrative texts. In considering whether or not both the visual and written text works hand in hand one must view both texts in terms of semiotic analysis. At a deeper level, it is also true to say that the way in which both composers have generated meaning will slightly differ of course, due to the different mediums which have been used to propose their narratives. What needs to be noted is ...
