What Could Have Been The path through life is paved with good intentions; but it is the ever-present question of what could have been which seems to linger most among life's travelers. This path is never straight from beginning to end but instead filled with many decisions on which directio...

Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been?", is about entering new uncertain future. Within only a short time Connie, the protagonist of the story, has to grow up, learn to take responsibility and face the cruel and hard reality of life. "My sweet little blue-...

Dear Diary, There still hasn't been a day that I haven't thought about ______ and what I had done to him. I don't really know if I'm a horrible person with a horrible job, or if I'm a good person stuck into a horrible job? I walk into the same bathroom everyday staring blankly at the same re...

A common belief that has been in existence for some time became a blur to me through my second year in high school. I was a cheerleader and a star rookie runner. Two passions I cared for deeply and I heard it, " You have to choose one." My coaches were telling me it was too much for my bod...

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL PROSE version II There are many ways to write something like this, obviously you can tell by the title, that the first one didn't work. Let's go ahead and change format. I'm doing this journal-style. I'm alleviating the flair for the dramat...

The clock on the wall made its way past ten as I snuck in the door, wet from the rain. Following the bend of the hallway with my hand, I felt the ridges of the plaster wall. At the end of the hall was the only part of me that made sense. Him. We were in love. He proved it all in the end. He gave me ...

A Night of Cocaine Have you ever wondered what it was like to try cocaine? About a month ago, I was wondering how it would feel to be on snow. A few of my friends were doing it quite often; being around them all the time it struck my curiosity...

Going After Cacciato- "All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers." -Orson Swett Marden The dictionary defines a daydream as pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imaginations. We all are guilty of daydreaming. We do it during a long, boring lecture or...

Many things happen in this world to which we cannot find explanations. We cannot understand why some babies are born deformed or why healthy young people can one day suddenly be infected of a fatal disease. We often ask the question ¡§why me?¡ when we are confronted with an unbearable reality...

All of my life music has been a very important of who I am. I think that the various stages that I have gone through, where I listened to all different types of music, have greatly helped shape my personality. As far back as I can remember I have looked to music as kind of an escape from reality....

I was sixteen years old and, in my opinion, old enough to do anything on my own. Although I was still young, I wanted to behave maturely. But of course, when adolescents act in ways they don't usually act, things turn out worse. I thought I was more responsible and trustworthy. My parents drove...

In the psychology of communication, my classmates and I are forced into conversing with one another. In dyads, we reveal personal information that is usually not revealed to complete strangers, but rather reserved for our closest friends. As the notes are being given, I often find myself agreeing w...

In the play "Twelfth Night," the character, Malvolio, is an ill-mannered steward. Although Malvolio is ill-mannered, I truly believe he was treated way too harshly by the others. Malvolio's departure also leaves a loose end in the plot which weakens the play. Even if Malvolio was ill-mannered, ...

The feeling in the pit of my stomach was like nothing I ever felt before. Terror, excitement, anxiousness all compressed into one lump, weighing down on my stomach as if it were made of lead. I just stood there reading the same words over and over again, "DMV Testing Facility." Finally,...

Dear Diary, I have finally done it. Everything is in place for me to become the King of England. All the murders have been committed. I have all the power needed to be King. All I need now is the crown. The ceremony for my crowning will take place tomorrow, and nothing can stop that. There ...

1.Montag is a very easily influenced and changing person. Even such a seemingly insignificant person such as Clarisse had the most profound affect on him. One Second he his following the path of his society, and the next he his starting to doubt his ways after a few chats with a young girl. In the b...

Loneliness and its sufferings have been expressed in many poems and songs by many poets and artists. One of the great examples where a song explains about loneliness is Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely, which is composed by the Backstreet Boys in 1999. In this song, the Backstreet Boys sings ab...

The book Catherine, Called Birdy was a good book for the most part. Throughout the book there were many strong points and weak points. One strong point was that Catherine, the main character, spoke her mind and it's usually a good thing for girls her age who are reading this to know it...

On the first night of class, it was made extremely clear that psychology was one mans theory on life. So now I'm able to express my theory on my life, and what I've been going through for the past 10 years. I wish I could dodge the bullet of life, but considering the fact ...

How To Start Your Own Business Most people are wondering if they should open their own company or business. Personally I would open my own business. I know a few people that have tried to open their own business and it didn't work. I think that their problems were that they were not or...

Happiness sometimes finds you when you least expect it. It is often said that whenyou are looking for something, it will be harder to find. A similar saying would be "At watched pot never boils". When you finally accept the cards as they were dealt, someone shuffles the deck! But change ca...

Suburbia Script Analysis I believe that the playwright choose the language he used to make the script more personal and realistic. The language used in this script enabled the characters and the world of the script to relate to the reader more efficiently. It seems like today's modern lan...

The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz's The Four Agreements is one of the most interesting books I have ever read. I felt like every thing he said had happened some time in my life and have effected me in some way. His ideas were so simple. This is the first book I have read with such ...

Women are obviously very different from men. The opposite sexes attract to eachother, but do they really understand eachother? I think that men and women can come to an understanding over time. If two people are really connected and are willing to make their relationship work, then they can...

OF MICE AND MEN "Friendships" The friendship Lennie and George had in Of Mice and Men is incomparable to most friendships today. They were two very different people brought together by fate. Through all the hardships that they've been through, they still managed to pull through ...