I Wonder Why

Someone asked me why I was nice to all of those who treated me poorly… I didn’t know how to answer it, until now. I look at that boy who called me “Piggy” and kicked my chair, laying his head on the desk. I knew he was in chorus, and has to get to school, extra early. And I wonder what the reason for him to stay up late at night was, to cause him to sleep during first period. I look at the girl who ‘accidentally’ sneezed in my face. Everyone knew that her and her boyfriend had broken up not too long

to the collection. I haven’t had a full night’s sleep in over 3 months. I wonder what it’s like, to be able to get to sleep without your thoughts circling around in your head like a swarm of angry bees. I guess that’s what I deserve for being this way. “Ellie,” my dad yells from the kitchen downstairs, “Get down here, breakfast is ready!” I yell back, “It’s Elijah, dad!” I trudge down the stairs in my pajamas, a band tee and plaid bottoms. As I reach the bottom of the stairs, I hear my mom fumbling

Why is character important? Why is it important to be a person of good morals, ethics, and character? Can that make you more productive in life, family, school, business, work, etc. ? Well, good moral, ethics, and character has NEVER hurt anyone. President Abraham Lincoln once said, "Reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree." To many, this quote means that Character is like a tree which bears the shadow of their reputation whether it be good or bad. "I have no regrets in my life

call other people deformed? Well in this book called Wonder is about a kid who is deformed. The title of the book is called Wonder I Wonder why it’s called that. The Author is R.J. Palacio You may know her from her sequel book Auggie and me. The time is starting in August and ends at about June. The scene takes place at a middle school. Also the scene takes place at a high school and a house. Well the environment of this took place in a open city. I am going to tell about three very good friends a trio

Many people wonder why firefighters run into burning buildings while everyone is running out. The answer is pretty simple really. We want to be the difference and help and serve others. Firefighting has been in my blood as long as I can remember. Most of my family are serving on the emergency service somehow or another. Why firefighting you ask? Ever since I could crawl, I always seemed to have some sort of gear on. As I got older, and being more soaked up in the fire department. Seemed like every

passes by, she makes people proud, by virtue of her appearance and the way she carries herself” (Overview). The main idea behind this symbol is how she carries herself. The speaker does say that she does not have a model figure, others look at her and wonder how she does it, yet she shows her attractiveness through the joy in herself and her appealing attributes. Also, be happy in one’s skin. She wants to encourage readers, especially in the feminist category to walk the walk, and own their space. She

In the autobiography “I know why the caged bird sings” by Maya Angelou, Marguerite sees Mrs. Flowers as the measure of what a human being can be. Marguerite lives with her grandmother, and looks up to a member of her neighborhood, Mrs. Flowers. The shame Marguerite has when her grandmother speaks to Mrs. Flowers is astronomical. One day when Marguerite luckily gets to go to the home of Mrs. Flowers, she is given books to read and remember and to Marguerite it proved she liked her. The measure of

invisible and visible effects that oppression can have on society (151). Frye further argues how an observer failing to see why the cage is a prison to the bird is like someone failing to treat oppression as a “whole” (151). The author’s creative approach spurred me to think of other “bird cages” presently in our society. Specifically, I wonder how the people within the “bird cages” I present become invisible in the cage. For instance, prisons and psychiatric hospitals are a representation of a “bird

was so emotional reading this poem, and truly did not understand at all. In my high school we would always celebrate black history month, so one day my favorite teacher brought the movie “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and the class sat down watched it for the very first time. Then and there I understood why my

author that can be observed through their works. Maya Angelou 's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried are no exception to this rule, and each show the similarities and differences in the author 's personality. There are many similarities between the style of writing in Maya Angelou 's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. For example, in Maya Angelou 's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou wrote “The truth of the statement