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In the novel Un - Ashamed by Lecrae moore, he talks about his life and how God intervened and changed him forever. Lecrae had horrible things happen to him as a child things no child should ever have to go through such as abuse and a fatherless childhood. He explains how his life was altered from being a child without a father because he looked for someone, anyone to be a father figure in his life. His uncles and cousins were there for him in different ways and showed him different things to make who he once was as a child. Rap was another thing there for him it was a substitute for his father especially Tupac because the way he sang was like he sang his Lecrae's exact life. Lecrae struggled with drugs, alcohol, and sex growing up which
Allison Vandemore looked back one last time at the dilapidated weekly rental as she pulled a dark strand of hair behind her round ear. How it looked even less livable than what it had ten short months before, she wasn’t sure. Still, she was certain a small part of her would cherish the time spent in the duplex style apartment. Although she was ecstatic this chapter of her life was finally over. The rotten siding, broken window panes, as well as the sagging roof with patches of missing shingles, felt like home. It’s the only real home I’ve known, she thought pressing her lips thin and nodding to herself.
Take a moment to envision all of the people with an eating disorder across the world. Additionally, consider how much shame these individuals place on themselves. According to the National Eating Disorder Association, approximately ten million women American women suffer from eating disorders (Mirasol). The majority of these individuals with an eating disorder look in the mirror every day and do not like what they see. “Patients with eating disorders determine their self-worth largely, or even solely, based on their body, and judge themselves according to their ability to control their eating, weight and shape, intensively fearing losing control over these aspects” (Matos, Marcela, et al. 39) Placing additional shame on these individuals should
“He is an ignoramus.” I shouted, as I stepped uneasily down the long and dark hallway. I did notice Montresor following me right on my heels. All of a sudden, I had came to a screeching halt. I had ran into a solid wall. I stood there bewildered for a second. And the next moment Montresor was chaining me to the wall I had ran into a minute ago. The clanking of metal chains still had me dumbfounded. It had only taken him a couple of seconds to chain my waist against the wall. It almost seemed like he was trying to kill me. I hadn’t had time to react to the situation, as I was still stunned. It seemed like we were just having a happy and friendly conversation a second ago.
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Harvest Of Shame, an interesting and touching black and white documentary from the early 1960’s, documents and exposes the deploring lives of thousands of American migrant cultural workers narrated and dissected by one of the best and first American broadcast journalists called Edward Roscoe Murrow. The principal objective of this movie is not only to show the poor and miserable lives that all of these people live, but to let all the other Americans who are above these workers on the social and wealth scale know that the people who pick up their fruits, vegetables, and grains have no voice, no power, and no help to battle the inequities and mistreatment they receive.
At the end of my mat was the other end of the cell. The wall hovered over me like a tall, ominous castle. Small blocks protruded from beneath the thick, smooth paint and stared at me. A long, thin ray of light replicated the thin, long, dirty piece of glass that was probably trying to mimic a window. It was about three inches wide and a good meter in length. Sometimes, I stare out that window at the world outside, at the people walking freely on the streets two stories below. I wonder if they appreciate the freedom they have. I wonder if they appreciate the smell of the air. I wonder if they appreciate the nice, big windows they look through when they go home. Home. I wonder if they appreciate home. I know I didn't before. No. I didn't appreciate any of that; at least not the way I will when I can have them again.
Today was Tory’s funeral. It was the first time walking in her room for about a month. I have tried to stay away from it as long as I could, yet today I felt like I needed to go in there. The pale purple walls made me gasp as my eyes started to tear up. My fingertips slid across the walls and a little dust gathers since know one has been in there. The wooden floors creaked as I walk over to her twin bed. I sat on her bed and stared at the pictures on the walls that were of Tory and I then lay flat back on her bed to see the dangling butterflies hanging from the ceiling fan. I reach over to the left at me and grab Tory’s build a
At the beginning of my 8th grade year, when it was still very hot out, I wore a pair of shorts to school. The shorts were past my fingertips, which is what the dress code required. Yet, as I left the cafeteria to go back to class, the lunch aide called me out to stand against the wall with a group of girls. We were all marched to the office to have our shorts scrutinized by the principle. I stood in line watching girls call home to have new clothes brought to them, or sent back to class as their shorts were approved, I was a bewildered and appalled. I knew my shorts were long enough. After the principle examined, and of course approved me, I trudged off to class 20 minutes late. Is it right girls have to miss learning time
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Upon moving in to her home she is captivated, enthralled with the luscious garden, stunning greenhouse and well crafted colonial estate. This was a place she fantasized about, qualifying it as a home in which she seemed comfortable and free. These thoughts don’t last for long, however, when she is prescribed bed rest. She begins to think that the wallpaper, or someone in the wallpaper is watching her making her feel crazy. She finally abandons her positivity towards what now can be considered her husband’s home, and only labels negative features of the home. For example, the narrator rants about the wallpaper being, “the strangest yellow…wallpaper! It makes me think of… foul, bad yellow things” (Gilman). One can only imagine the mental torture that the narrator is experiencing, staring at the lifeless, repulsive yellow hue of ripping
As a young girl, I was forced to grow up faster than I wanted to. I had to have an awareness of things around me and needed to know how to wiggle myself out of things. For instance, when my friends wanted to come over for the weekend I would have to find away either to make the event happen at someone else’s house or come up with an excuse so my friends would not come to my house. It is not that my house was unclean or that it was always bad but there was always a chance of him being there. I am a daughter of an alcoholic.
Everything seems like it’s falling out of place, it’s going too fast, and my mind is out of control. I think these thoughts as I lay on my new bed, in my new room, in this new house, in this new city, wondering how I got to this place. “My life was fine,” I say to myself, “I didn’t want to go.” Thinking back I wonder how my father felt as he came home to the house in Stockton, knowing his wife and kids left to San Diego to live a new life. Every time that thought comes to my mind, it feels as if I’m carrying a ten ton boulder around my heart; weighing me down with guilt. The thought is blocked out as I close my eyes, picturing my old room; I see the light brown walls again and the vacation pictures of the Florida and camping trip stapled to them. I can see the photo of me on the ice rink with my friends and the desk that I built with my own hands. I see my bed; it still has my checkered blue and green blanket on it! Across from the room stands my bulky gray television with its back facing the black curtain covered closet. My emotions run deep, sadness rages through my body with a wave of regret. As I open my eyes I see this new place in San Diego, one large black covered bed and a small wooden nightstand that sits next to a similar closet like in my old room. When I was told we would be moving to San Diego, I was silenced from the decision.
I raised my arms in anger, ?I?m talking to you.? Instantly his arm swung swiftly, like steel, it impacted on mine. Fear bulged from my eyeballs, he grasped both my hands and heaved me up. My feet dangled in the air.