Life is like a baseball game, it throws you some curve balls and strikes, but you always have to expect the bad ones. That’s how life is, it can be a challenge but you can succeed at anything if you put your mind to it and once you do it’ll feel like you’re on top of the world. You have to do something with your life and be ready for anything because life is full of surprises you won’t know what’s coming next.
You arrive at home after school. You walk through the door to find a huge tower of boxes. You aren’t sure why. Suddenly this exact scene seems familiar like a sudden rush of Déjà vu. You realize that you have to move once again. Expect the unexpected this, is the theme or point of the story “The Circuit”. Panchito’s life is like a circuit the same things happen again and again, though he does want to get out of the circuit and do something different with his life, but he doesn’t want to except the truth. The truth is that is the circuit will always repeat its self until he does something. It’s like being trapped in a light bulb. You go up the wire loop around and come back down again and again. It’s a life that we all want to avoid, luckily we always have hope.
You hear the soft rumble of the up coming bus. You are ordered by your father to run and hide. You bend down and hope that the bus didn’t see you because you’re suppose to be at school. You walk back to your father slowly and realize that you need to get out of the endless horrific rows of strawberries and do something with your life. This refers to a scene in “The Circuit” Panchito and his brother run when they see the bus, but really they are running away from their only hope. Panchito needs to get out of the circuit and take a chance in school. He does take a chance and he realized that he is happy and his life is good, but the unexpected arrives. They have to move again, that means the circuit starts all over again.
As if their life is on a circuit they have to move multiple times never staying in one place, always having to rebuild their life. Their life is not only a circuit it also follows the tragic plot line. First off they have to leave what they have built up in their life behind and start over. When they move life gets better for Panchito. He takes a risk, a chance, and follows the only hope to school. This is the rise to power. At school he decides not to read in front of the class, and this is his tragic flaw. The tragic fall in his life is the fact that he starts doing well in school. Panchito is enjoying himself until he comes home one day. He is moving again. This story is mainly written in the winter setting, also when they are about to move a dog is barking in the background, both of these are tragic symbols which indicates this story is a tragedy.
You have to do something with your life or else you’ll be trapped in a light bulb, forever until you take hold of your life and make something happen. Don’t strike out in the game of your life like Panchito, and always expect the unexpected.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Monday, December 7, 2009
Veteran Essay
When is the right time to honor our military heroes? Everyday, soldiers sacrifice their lives for us, when we’re enjoying our free time they are creating a safe environment for us.
Everyday, people are fighting for our country, living tough lives, as we live our simple lives. Right now people are trying to protect our country, our lives. If we didn’t have them our world would be a dystopia vision. Every single military solider, or any one who is fighting for our country, makes a difference.
A famous military hero who served for many years was George S. Patton. George went to many schools before his training but graduated one year behind because of a learning disability, most likely dyslexia. A battle in Mexico was Patton’s first assignment. George was tremendously helpful in the vehicle area. In World War І Patton trained and was part of the Tanks area Patton received a wound in his leg that earned him a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery. When World War ІІ came around George commanded in the Desert Training Center on the borders between Arizona and California as a major general. Later Patton assisted the US in landings in North Africa and in the battle of Sicily. George was a lieutenant general, and visited and treated wounded soldiers when he stumbled upon two unwounded men who had been suffering “battle fatigue” and were seeking treatment, George slapped them and called them cowards, this event lead to little participation in the next battles. One year later George helped in the planning of the Normandy attack, because of his slapping event he could only plan not attack. The attack plan worked he regained his job as field commander of the third army, Patton led his army into many more battles but Patton was injured in a car accident when he was sixty and died soon after.
Every day we should honor our military heroes, they are the ones who protect us and our families. All soldiers are important and put forth the effort needed to help our country. Sacrificing lives, living tough so we don’t have to, those are things a soldier does. Soldiers are great people and every day America should say thanks.
Everyday, people are fighting for our country, living tough lives, as we live our simple lives. Right now people are trying to protect our country, our lives. If we didn’t have them our world would be a dystopia vision. Every single military solider, or any one who is fighting for our country, makes a difference.
A famous military hero who served for many years was George S. Patton. George went to many schools before his training but graduated one year behind because of a learning disability, most likely dyslexia. A battle in Mexico was Patton’s first assignment. George was tremendously helpful in the vehicle area. In World War І Patton trained and was part of the Tanks area Patton received a wound in his leg that earned him a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery. When World War ІІ came around George commanded in the Desert Training Center on the borders between Arizona and California as a major general. Later Patton assisted the US in landings in North Africa and in the battle of Sicily. George was a lieutenant general, and visited and treated wounded soldiers when he stumbled upon two unwounded men who had been suffering “battle fatigue” and were seeking treatment, George slapped them and called them cowards, this event lead to little participation in the next battles. One year later George helped in the planning of the Normandy attack, because of his slapping event he could only plan not attack. The attack plan worked he regained his job as field commander of the third army, Patton led his army into many more battles but Patton was injured in a car accident when he was sixty and died soon after.
Every day we should honor our military heroes, they are the ones who protect us and our families. All soldiers are important and put forth the effort needed to help our country. Sacrificing lives, living tough so we don’t have to, those are things a soldier does. Soldiers are great people and every day America should say thanks.
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