My alarm goes off. I get up tired and sad that it's another day of school. I walk slowly and carefully to the bathroom, making sure I don't stub my toe on the door. I get to the sink and grab my toothbrush without thinking, and start brushing. Then I realize there was no toothpaste on I and think back to when I started brushing. For the life of god I could not remember picking up that toothbrush. Then it hit me! I have been brushing my teeth everyday since I could walk and now it's just a habit. I think of all the habits I have like hitting that tempting snooze button in the morning. Everyone has habits whether they are good or bad they exists in your everyday lives. Even in Africa in a country called Malawi, a young boy of the name William Kamkwamba, had habits that helped him reach his goals. In the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, written by William and co-writer Bryan Mealer, it talks about his life and the journey to get to where he is now. William has been through more as a kid, than most should live though in there lifetime. When he was just 14 there was a downpour then …show more content…
William cannot help but to ask questions and figure out how things work. William says that “Malawi had two stations called Radio One and Radio Two, both run by the government.” Many Malawians listened to the radio, for they did not have TV. When there was a failure with the radio people would bring it to William and Jeffery, who would fix it. At this ratio fixing shop they needed batteries to see if the fix worked. Jeffery and William would scavenge the trash for batteries not fully empty for testing. William also brought himself to the library to study how to make a windmill and other electric generators. He would be at the library all day studying currents and other electrical mechanisms. This characteristic helped him in the long run by getting him interested in the dynamo on a bike, which started his research process on how to make a
In Kite Runner there are many lesson that could be learned and many things are shown to the reader that the author is trying to point out. “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir” he said” (Hosseini 142). One thing you do can change your whole life and make things either more difficult or easier. The scene in which Baba tells Amir about Soraya past in Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, is important because Hosseini uses it to establish one thing you do can change your whole life and make things either more difficult or easier through Soraya running off with a guy, Amir watching Hassan get raped, and Baba lies.
Amir spends most of his adult life trying to forget about his cowardice during Hassan’s rape, yet he is awarded with a physical reminder of Hassan. After recuperating from Assef’s attack he endures to rescue Sohrab, Amir has a scar that resembles the one Hassan had during childhood. This is both ironic and symbolic. His new scar makes him like Hassan, similar to how his rescue of Sohrab (bravery) made him like Hassan. Amir rescued Sohrab from the same perpetrator, Assef, that Hassan did for him. The event is further ironic because both Sohrab and Hassan use a slingshot to save Amir. The slingshot represents two generations and symbolizes standing up for what is morally right. Amir’s scar can be viewed as a --- of courage and dignity. He is
When I learned that I would have to do my ethnographic report on what I did during Halloween, I was worried because I live in Turnpike and the most excitement that happens in turnpike is the sound of the garbage truck when it comes to pick up the Wednesday trash. Fortunately something did happen to me and I realized I would not have to write a boring paper of how I woke up and just stayed in my room the whole day. Well the day started off with me waking up and walking to the bathroom to take a shower, as soon as the turned the water on I realized I had left my shower and rather than turning off my shower I stayed in because the warmth of the hot water was too seductive for me to get out and get my towel. In the shower I had my usual thoughts about life, death, and comebacks to old arguments. Afterword I got out of my shower and reached for my toothbrush, which was located in a cupboard behind the toilet, but I grabbed at it too quickly and it fell in the toilet. I stood over my toilet for about five minutes just staring at my toothbrush in the toilet not believing what just happened, after that I started blaming myself for being too impatient. When I was done feeling sorry for myself I went into my room in search of another toothbrush but unluckily I couldn’t find one, so I had to go walk to the local store at around 7:30 in search of a toothbrush. While searching for a replacement toothbrush I realized that not that many people were in the store, I had always thought that stores were busiest in the morning and evening but apparently that’s not true. Once I got my new toothbrush I finished brushing, got dressed and went to catch the 11 to the Transit Center.
...ood habit; it is second nature to them. A bad archer either does not understand how to aim, or does not know how to aim. (Dreisbach, 2009) What does this have to do with habits or morals? Simply stated, if one starts out developing a positive habit, it will become part of who that person is, however; if they do not develop good habits, and then they will never succeed in life.
Radios in the book show power in many different forms, whether it be propaganda, the ability to know of the outside world or just owning a radio, sets one higher than those without.
Can moral obligations be blinded by religious views? For some, the sense of religious pride reigns stronger than the moral belief. In the beginning, citizens of Hillsboro from the novel Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, acknowledged religion as something far more valuable than the moral truth. As the novel continues the prosecuting attorney, Matthew Harrison Brady, enters the scene which reveals the prejudice of the courtroom regarding the case of Bertram Cates. When Brady takes on the challenge, the exposure of excessive pride and boasting of recent cases won can be seen as a certain Dramatic Personality Disorder from a medical standpoint. Throughout the novel, more symptoms of the disorder are revealed through Brady, who continuously proves to have a Narcissistic Personality Disorder or otherwise known as NPD.
In The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, William Kamkwamba explains how he created electricity for those who have never imagined the power of it. Since science was not well taught, William and most Malawians believed in Magic from a young age. When William was a teenager, he started to wonder how things worked and was frustrated because nobody had answers. This sparked an interest in electronics, and he began fixing radios. When fixing radios, they needed a form of power. The problem was that electricity was provided by a turbine from the Shire River, which was South of William’s village. The river would often get flooded with soil and garbage, requiring costly maintenance. Maintenance meant power cuts and a raise for the price of electricity. This
Poor decisions in life can impact oneself and others in ways one doesn't expect. As evidenced by ¨Romeo and Juliet¨ and ¨Sound of thunder¨ by William Shakespeare and Ray Bradbury choices one makes can cause severe mental harm by spawning many negative feeling like guilt, rage, ego and excess pride.
William is a brave and powerful presence throughout the events of the story. In the book William is selfless, thinking of others before worrying about his own needs and wants. Even when his family was starving, he was constantly trying to think of ways to make their life better. When he struggles, instead of giving up he keeps pushing and doesn’t lose hope. “With that little success, I started planning for an even bigger windmill,” (Kamkwamba, William, page 73). William is curious, and
Along with bettering himself using the library, he utilizes his creativity to make his own toys from objects that others consider junk. “Since we had no money for a real ball, we made our own using plastic shopping bags[...]we [built our trucks] from Shake Shake cartons and pieces of wire. To us, they were just as beautiful [as the expensive toys]” (24). He seizes the opportunity enjoy his childhood using free materials, one that many others would not. To gather the components for his windmill, William “[spends] the next three weeks sifting through the grass [of the junkyard] like a bomb-sniffing dog, turning over every piece of metal in hopes of uncovering a generator [he] may have missed” (183). Despite his inability to purchase expensive, pre-made parts, he is able to create his own by searching through the junkyard. This perseverance leads to his success in not only having a windmill as a power source, but also as a booster for his education later on in his life. William has trouble accessing the proper tools to build his windmill as well, but instead of admitting defeat, he made his own when he went “into the kitchen and stuck the cob-handled nail into the fire, and once it glowed hot, [he] bored a square pattern [into the blades]” (188). His determination and ability to use materials that others considered
Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit, acknowledges how habits control our daily lives in every decision we make. For Instance, an ambitious woman named Lisa Allen, has not always had a fruitful life. Previously, she had abused her body with harmful toxins such as tobacco and alcohol since the beginning of her teenage years. Carrying out these habits everyday resulted her into being unmotivated and unconfident. In fact, she never kept a job longer than a year and began to fall into major debt. “She needed a goal in her life, she thought. Something to work toward” (xii-xiv). It begins with the “three-step loop” a cue that triggers our brain to do the habit. Next a routine, a set of actions that are either physical or mental. Finally a reward of satisfaction that determines whether or not this habit will be continuous (19). Not all habits can be good, but this is where the golden rule applies. Duhigg explains that in order for you to change your habit “ you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine”(62). “However, simply understanding how habits work- learning the structure of the habit loop makes them easier to control”( 20). Reading The Power of Habit, helped me understand the process by which I made a positive change to fight procrastination.
Since I was a child my mom used to tell me “you needed to brush your teeth at least twice a day because if you don’t do so, you are going loose them forever, and guess what, once you lose them they won’t grow back again”. I am pretty sure that for some of you this words sound very familiar, right? As I grew up I started to wonder why my mom always tell me brushing and flossing is so important? And that is the main reason why I decided to become a dental hygienist, in order to be able to teach my patients its importance.
Habits are choices that one continues to do repeatedly without actually thinking about them. Habits start with a decision, but they eventually become automatic. One can probably think about things we do every day that we wish we did less of, perhaps like binging Netflix, constantly checking social media, or snacking when not being hungry. If one can understand how habits are triggered, one can learn how to overcome them. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and “Rat Park” by Lauren Slater will reveal the main strategies to recognize and overcome habits. Angie Bachman, a women who developed a gambling habit due was well aware of her habits, but she continued to drag herself into debt, resulting in losing all that she owned and getting sued by
This leaflet aims to help you address these habits, understand them and hopefully, overcome them.
A habit can be many things, some good, some not so good. Everyone has habits that they would like to change and maybe improve upon. I believe the majority of habits I have are good ones but some are not. These bad habits are the ones I will talk about.