Essays on Memories

We are often asked about our best memories from life to be shared among friends so we can smile and have a good time together. When we are prepared and recollect the fun times we had we only get a few chunks collected from a...

I’ve always looked at my memories and recollection of events as a stream of equally important parts, that piece together a story. I’m unable to choose one memory or event that changed my views on a cultural level. I can’t see them, alone, to be...

Can you remember what you wanted to be when you were 17? I wanted to be a pilot, a rock climber or a skydiver. It was all about the freedom; the wind in your hair, life in your hands, ground under your feet freedom. A...

The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a sci-fi type novel about a society where everyone is assigned a specific job to do and no one is allowed to have feelings or memories of anything. Society is dictated by a few people in charge and the...

The Giver is a youthful grown-up tragic novel by Lois Lowry. Lois Lowry is an American author, who is credited with more than thirty kids’ books. Lois was conceived in 1937 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She started her profession as a picture taker, at that point...

In the novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry uses a community of “Sameness” to show how important individuality is. She wrote this book after her father had developed Alzheimer’s, so she understood how painful it was to live in a world without memory. Lois Lowry uses...

You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a day their shoes. This is the realization that Janice E. Fein describes in her piece, “A New Perspective. ” She uses a medley of imagery, figures of speech, and tone to convey her eventual understanding that her...

The hands of the clock have passed 12. 096 times since I was born. But, it’s only recently I become aware the meaning My mother comes home from work at 5: 30 every day. Being raised by a single mother, I learned to embrace and...

Few days ago, I had a terrible dream that scared me. I dreamt my mother died. This terrible nightmare had a huge impact on my personality. This horrible experience taught me that my mother is the most precious gift from god, and I can not...

Generally speaking, if you asked me what my opinion of the word “Hope” was about five years ago, I would not have an answer that is like my answer for you today. My life has always been trying to look for hope, but it is...