All people face obstacles that provide many different challenges. Physical, mental, or a combination of the two, is what gives life its purpose. This very struggle is captured in the short story, “Through the Tunnel,” by Doris Lessing. Lessing uses irony, imagery, similes, symbolism, and metaphors to illustrate the challenge of a young boy named Jerry. The author uses many different recurring objects to represent the different challenges and conflicts Jerry overcomes, both mental and physical.…
reason for women feared to be a firefighter is they were told be away from risk but not face to them. In our daily life, people can see that men exist in dangerous works such as firefighter and policemen are nearly 99%. It causes by women’s wrong sight that it is always not suitable for they doing anything, which involves a hint of risk. Women should change their opinions for challenges…
forever transformed my life and made me into who I am today. Approximately 13 years and 19 days or 156 months and 19 days or 681 weeks or 4767 days I was sitting in a luminous classroom filled with other smiling lighthearted children my age. At this moment I was completely petrified and afraid of socializing with my classmates and teachers. Throughout my life I have been different from "others". Sometimes people ask which came first the chicken or the egg? Well, my life revolves around this…
grow and become who they are through challenges and hardships in their life. Most people believe that this statement is very true and Nathaniel Hawthorne proves this to be very true in his book The Scarlet Letter. To convey his message he uses Hester, a puritan woman, who has been convicted of being an adulterer. His strong religion, as seen in his personal diaries by saying, “OH lovely God!” (Diary of a Marriage) provides him with a better understanding of the life in puritan new england during…
Every individual seeks emotional wellbeing and mental fulfillment in life. We all start out as balanced rational, emotional and social beings, motivated by a purpose of attaining happiness and contentment in life. Yet, somewhere along the way stress, negative environmental forces and unpleasant and demotivating experiences drain us of our positivity and spirit. Battling the challenges of constant exposure to stress can leave an individual feeling emotionally and often physically exhausted. Over…
which implicitly equated to the dollars. I used mostly my time and money to invest in self-improvements. The focus of my life now is to use my love for technology to improve people’s lives. Even living in advanced civilization, I feel that there are still many challenges such as car accidents, climate change which are up to my generations to solve. Being aware of these challenges, I can set a clear goal for myself.…
Martel mentioned this in his famous novel “Life of Pi”,a piece of literature which was then remediated into a movie in 2012. It mainly illustrates the development of the protagonist, Piscine Molitor Patel, and his legendary journey in the Pacific Ocean with an extraordinary companion, a tiger named Richard Parker. This romance narrative follows the narrative circle by possessing childhood curiosity, going through teenage initiation, and finally, overcoming underworld threats and resisting evil…
I was born in Iraq and was forced to leave the country at the age of nine. Suddenly, this night was shattered by my mother's cries. I was jarred from my sleep and sprung from my bed to find her hurriedly packing. My family and my home were being threatened to be razed by a bomb. As we left, my parents could not take their eyes off the home that we would never see again. I was strangled with grief, anguish, and uncertainty. These defining moments have been forever etched into my heart. This…
have very similar storylines and themes and both use the ideas of slavery and the idea of power struggle in different societies to explore the possibility that humans can survive against all odds. Both novel and film share the theme of slavery and overcoming the hierarchy above them, utilising first person narration…
I'm applying for this scholarship because one of the most the most significant challenges I may face is trying to be financially stable. During this point of my life, I am forced to apply for loans and credit card. Both of them may have a high contribution of interest since I'm first starting out. Also, once I am beginning to end my undergrad career, I will be in debt from school. I'm planning on avoiding this crisis by applying for this scholarship. I know it may not be a lot of money but…