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Response of Hope

Virginia,

       Never give up hope! There is a purpose in life for everyone- a reason to live. There is a God. He is real and loves you so much that He sent His only Son to die for you so that you can have eternal life after death in the presence of the Lord! No matter what happens in life, it is important to know and remember that God loves you and is always there for you. In the middle of life’s messes and the things that stress us out, it hard to dwell on how much we are blessed. But, hey, it’s not the end of the world! We have to trust that God knows what He is doing. These things that seem utterly devastating are actually the stuff he uses to draw us closer to Him.

       Even when all seems lost and you feel you have lost all reasons to live- please stop and think about the little things in your life that make you smile.

I pray and hope that you reconsider,

Ari

                                               

Lawrence and the Rocking Horse

Joyce Recap

My Almost-Sixty-Second Recap of James Joyce's Eveline

In this short story, the main character, and namesake, is a nineteen year old woman named Eveline. The story opens up to her looking out the window of her old house, thinking back on her childhood and the good days.

Recently, her life hasn’t been so good. In fact, Eveline refers to her life as “a hard work- a hard life.” After her mother died, Eveline has had a hard time keeping her promise to her to her mother to keep the home together as long as she could. What with her father looking down on her and having her give him all her wages and her having to make sure the children go to school and eat regularly, she’s been left pretty tired. But apparently she doesn’t find her life “wholly undesirable.”

She has in her lap two letters- one for her brother and one for her father- which she plans on leaving when she leaves later that night to run away and marry her kind, manly, and open-hearted Frank. In the end though, she stays there, her letters unread.

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Kipling Short Story

“The Other Man”
     Of all its lessons, I believe that “The Other Man” screams the lesson of honesty the loudest. Honesty, not only to others, but also to oneself, is very important in life. Lying to others will only have the illusion of leading to a savory outcome for a while but it will inevitably lead to bad consequences-such as bad health or a terrible meeting with an old “friend.”

“When the earth was sick and the skies were gray,

And the woods were rotted with rain,

The Dead Man rode through the autumn day

To visit his love again.”

     I found this wonderfully written story to be sad and good at the same time. I think that Miss Gaurey’s life was particularly hard, but her actions still bothered me in that the narrator does not mention her giving input for anything that made her life seem difficult.  

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Other Man." Web. 11 Apr. 2011.           

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2468/.

A Poem Inspired by Kipling

If you love looking at the ordinary

And seeing something extraordinary,

By seeing with different perspectives,

If you enjoy looking at life

Through the framed view of a lens,

If you find yourself full of curiosity,

If you find wonder in the simple things,

If you love hearing the click of the shutter

As another moment is captured in time,

Then you may be a photographer at heart.

Dickens' Stories

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

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Pip, who is a poor orphan boy, helps a hungry convict and wishes he could be a rich gentleman to impress the snobby object of his affections.
Due to mysterious circumstances, Pip is able to temporarily have what he wished for, all the while learning many things from his mistakes and struggles.
One silver lining to Pip losing his fortune is that his old love’s husband is dead and they can now walk hand-in-hand.

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Hound of Heaven

Housman

Eight O'Clock

He stood, and heard the steeple

Sprinkle the quarters on the morning town.

One, two, three, four, to market place and people

It tossed them down.

 

Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour,

He stood and counted them and cursed his luck;

And then the clock collected in the tower

Its strength, and struck.

Housman, A. "Eight O'Clock." British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 670. Print.