The Honest Truth
Hello readers! Today I will be addressing the honest struggle it is to live like a young Christian in the times that we are in. One thing that has always baffled me was the fact that people who do not believe see us, Christians, as these people who think they are higher than the rest…
Read MoreConnections to “Say Nothing”
Hello readers! Today I will be watching a video and making connections to my book that I am reading in English class called, ” Say Nothing”. In the video, one of the many things that stood out to me was the talk of segregation. Segregation in “Say Nothing” is huge in Belfast, Northern Ireland and…
Read MoreFound Peace: 2nd Verse
There is a beautiful picture before me, one where everyone appears to be having a good time not stressed about their reality. That life seems nice, only it appears that I have fallen behind on that trend. To what end will this picture come to?? They tell me I am too focused on the end…
Read MoreFound Peace: The Thought Behind It
Hello readers! Today I will be discussing the meaning behind my poem/song series and how I came to create it. During the pandemic, I felt many emotions and did not know how to put them into words. As I started going to school again, my English III class’s main purpose was to focus on deep…
Read MoreFound Peace: 1st Verse
Life- a tale I have yet to complete. How sweet, a path made just for me, only who knows what lies beneath?? No time to look under my feet- ‘Look straight ahead’ they tell me. For I will not be misled by the thoughts in my head -and I will keep straight, looking forward to…
Read MoreFound Peace: Intro
Day by day everything seems the same But it also seems new, somewhat tame. Like watching life through someone else’s eyes but it’s mine, it all takes me by surprise. Constantly shifting emotions, one minute this feeling, then the next minute that. It all just seems to push me back into my habitat, my own…
Read MorePoetry Analysis Skills Part: II
Hello readers! If you have read some of my previous blogs, you will notice that I am learning some techniques of poetry in my English class. So, today I would like to offer some tips to become a better analyzer and reader as well as a better poet. Use of Imagery Many times in descriptive…
Read MoreFound Peace: [Interlude]
Stuck on a rollercoaster never-ending is what it is. Claustrophobic–fear of tight spaces, add that to the list of phobias. Same cycle, the same rotation I used to think I was trapped in my own utopia seems I was wrong. I had in fact done the exact opposite. “Darkness surrounding me” were the words…
Read MorePoetry Analysis Skills
Hello readers! Today I will be talking about my poetry analysis skills. This week in my English III class, we are developing better analysis skills with poetry and just text in general and in order to properly analyze texts, my teacher broke down steps to take. Before we went over the steps, my analysis skills…
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