to have my parents to say that they were too busy to see my drawings and praise my creations. Fatigued and sweaty, my dad briefly stepped back from the heat of the woks and said, " make use of the opportunities that you have now so that you won't regret it in the future". Not surprisingly, I was a dumb little kid and I stormed out of the kitchen with clenched fists, teary eyes, red face
said, “Poetry is about the grief.” It is clear that this was Frost’s intention for each poem he wrote. For example, in After Apple-Picking the poem is about a man who seems to be dying and is reminiscing about his past life. The man is full of regrets after realizing all of the dreams he did not accomplish. The man is full of grief. He views his life as worthless and meaningless because of what he missed out in his own life. In the poem “ After Apple-Picking” Robert Frost’s battling tones and
(line 1). This suggests that the setting happens during fall which is the season of change. The second line, "sorry I could not have traveled both" (line 2) expresses the curiosity to explore several possibilities in life. It also forms a sense of regret at not knowing what could lie ahead on the unchosen road and the speaker's limitation to one lifetime. When the speaker says, "And be one traveler" (line 3), it is obvious that it is not possible to travel down both paths. He
One could infer that Bertha Mason symbolizes Edward Rochester’s regret. He married young and uneducated. He was told that Bertha’s mother died, but in reality she was in an insane asylum. After marriage, Bertha got violent; so bad that Rochester locked her in the attic at Thornfield. Nobody knew about Bertha besides Grace Poole, who was to watch her. Often, when people regret something, they try to forget about it. Rochester locked Bertha away and tried to move on with
A good apology must satisfy six basic elements, includingexpression of regret, detailed explanation of the aspects that went wrong, and acknowledgement of responsibility. The other elements includea statement of declaration of repentance, offer of repair, and a genuine request for forgiveness from the party that has been wronged. In addition to the six elements, a good apology must also have a form of rhetoric appeal. The mostrelevant form of rhetoric appeal would ensure that the target audience
Reading and comparing two essays, “Dear Sugar” and “Only Daughter”, they both are about women’s life, but there are so many differences between two. Sandra Cisnero’s novella, “Only Daughter”, indicates a more effective discrimination of older women’s power in their life than Sugar’s essay “Dear Sugar” through family relationship, symbolism, and conflict with others. As for family relationship, though Sugar describes typical family shape in these days, in which each members are distant, Cisnero indicates
“Bang the Doldrums” has moods and emotions of regret of saying goodbye in a past relationship with the speaker’s lover just like the last song it’s about Lover. There are many lines throughout ‘Bang the Doldrums” that have figurative language alluding to regret about letting go of a past lover. The lines that allude to regret are “I wrote a goodbye note in lipstick on your arm When you passed out I couldn’t bring myself to call Except call it quits” (Stanza 1), “Best friends Ex-friends till the end
In Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, presents the idea of obsession and how it can drive humans to find a strong, unhealthy attachment to what they hold dear to their hearts. The concept of obsession ties in with symbol of ghosts and the word love. The connection between the two ideas becomes greater because there are supernatural occurrences that evolve from the love that Heathcliff and Catherine share. The theme of obsession is introduced after Catherine’s death and Heathcliff is left uttering
Have you ever made a decision that you wish you could go back on? We all have, my regrets start in my first year of high school. High school was a nice change of pace from elementary school, no more uniforms, no more time wasted on boring courses that do not interest you. The essay "The Step Not Taken," by Paul D'Angelo, is about an experience in his life, in which he was given the opportunity to help a total stranger, but ultimately chose not to. His decision eats away at him like a combination
Bullying is never okay. According to source 2, when the bully gets older the bully will look back and will regret bullying the student or students that he or she bullied. When the bully bullies the victim the victim regrets living. The bully can suffer tremendous guilt it's could because they got in really bad trouble or they have some consequences that they don’t want to do so they regret bullying the