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¶ … person only appreciates a great gift after that gift is taken away. This can true of a beloved person -- a man only realizes that he has met his heart's desire after his future wife leaves him for a time. This can true country -- a citizen only appreciates how great freedom and democracy can be when he or she sees how awful it is to live in a land that does not uphold such values. And this principle also true when reflecting upon the importance of obtaining a college education.
A embarked upon my first efforts in college with a mindset that was very similar to the attitude allowed me to pass through high school. I thought of learning as something one 'had' to do, not something that was a precious opportunity. I felt a sense of entitlement regarding my admission to college, and my subsequent attendance. Plus, I was distracted by home obligations I found more immediately pressing than my future objective of gaining an education. I assumed that getting a college diploma was something that just happened, rather than an achievement, so my attentions were focused in other, disparate directions. The culmination of my distractions and poorly focused attitude was that I was asked to withdraw in 2002.
A seek now to come back to the university environment. Only, now I know what a great gift it truly is, to be able to devote one's primary energies to learning. I have worked alongside people who did not have the privilege of even dreaming of obtaining an education after high school. I now also understand that one must embark upon the educational experience with the same set purpose and mission that one does when one goes about paid labor, in the workforce. In the real world, and in life, there are no easy excuses for not doing one hundred percent, one hundred percent of the time.
I am not sorry for my past mistakes. I have learned from them, and paid the price. They will help me appreciate what I hope to gain from my education in the future.
Great Depression Dorothea Lange's iconic picture of the Great Depression in America is titled simply, "Migrant Mother." The title depersonalizes the image of Florence Thompson, who Jennifer Keene claims is "angry and bitter" that the photographer never asked her name, nor used the photograph to help the poor. According to Keene, Thompson believes that Lange profited from the photo without fulfilling the original promise to inspire government aide for the poor.
Gatsby loved Daisy when the two of them were very young, but believed that the only reason she rejected him was because he was poor. Unlike Nick and Daisy, however, all of Gatsby's wealth is new, won by ill-gotten gains. His recent status as a man of great social standing is only an appearance of reality, not reality itself and the 'old money' of West Egg will not accept
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Great Expectations" & "The Sun also Rises," one may concur that both narrators are on opposites ends of the spectrum when comparing their reliability. In Great Expectations the main, character Pip is the narrator. Pip is considered a reliable source in the novel, on the other hand in " the Sun Also Rises" the narrator Jake Barnes is not viewed as a reliable source, there are scenes in the
In explaining his theories and conceptions regarding the divine nature, the writer helps us understand what the Thomistic school of thought is. It must be underlined that the Thomistic conceptions reach a very profound philosophical level. Regardless of this the author of the book under review manages to introduce them to the general audience through a language and a manner which make them accessible to everyone. Religious issues such
Great Gatsby. The writer discusses the story and the plot line, the writer's life and motivation for writing it, what the critics said about the story and the writer's opinion. When authors write their stories, it is with the hope that someone will find them interesting and want to read them. Every once in awhile, they produce a work that is so well crafted that it becomes an American classic.