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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Autobiography—due January 28
How does the narrative relate to your life?
Take a theme (hope, truth, friendship, toughness, planning, giving, overcoming, doubt, hopelessness, regret) from the film, perhaps, and apply it to your own life, autobiographically. Include 400+ words.
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All of these pertain to my life because without those traits I wouldn't be the person I am now. Before I really didn't know how to interact with people in 7th grade because it was my first year here and I wasn't familiar with the people I know now. Some of my friends have taught me how to be tough and overcome things that I wouldn't expect to happen and I'm thankful for them because without them I don't think I would have many friends to keep me going and to push me to keep going and to not give up at any time. There are some things in my life that I regret doing but those days were in the past and I tend to forget about them which is a good thing because I don't like remembering things that have happened in the past, that was the past and it's time to move forward. I've had doubt and hopelessness many times in my life and I know how to overcome and avoid them. Being able to figure out things that aren't going well and then having a plan to overcome it is the big thing. For me having a plan is the best option for me because I know what I need to fix if there’s anything for me to fix, keeping up with my determination, and the ability to motivate myself to not give up and to keep going. How I do it is pretty easy, if I know that I have a game coming up or something, I prepare myself to get ready for it by either listening to music that will pump me up or thinking to myself how I’m going to play. Motivation is awesome, just knowing that you want to be successful and keep pushing yourself forward. Someone that motivates me or that I look up to for motivation would be Dave Ramsey, when I was younger my mom would take me to school when I was in elementary school and we would listen to his talk shows in the morning because he’s good at keeping you upright and leaving you with a smile on your face and having a positive vibe in the mornings, not only would he talk about getting people out of debt and financial problems but he just had something good to say all the time about someone or something. I also used to do kids' jokes when I was really young and to be honest I was famous for that for a while until I stopped doing it because I kind of grew out of it and wasn’t interested in telling jokes anymore. For the most part, having a good reputation with friends, family, employees, anyone you meet, you will find yourself in a good place and in good situations if you have Hope, Trust, good friends and friendships, toughness, Care, not having doubt on yourself or others, and not having any hopeless thoughts or actions.
The number one theme from The Shawshank Redemption that relates to my entire autobiography so far is hope. The thing I have been wishing my entire life is to make changes to things that are lacking and I pretty know what I want to be more than anything else in this whole world. The thing I want to be is a screenwriter and make an impact on people and the industry itself. It all started when I was in my teen years and I realized that should be my goal, but then I started to realize it’s not easy at all and it’ll take a long time and I just felt like I don’t belong there, so that’s when my hope was decreasing. When the coronavirus happened, I was looking at a lot of stuff on the internet and I watched almost every movie and read their trivias. Once I was reading the trivias I heard about the scripts becoming popular on these script competitions in the past and it led it to become a movie. That's when I realized that I could get a chance quickly to get into Hollywood once in for all and my hope came back and started to increase fastly. My hope is getting stronger nowadays and I have something that I’m going to write that the script competition will like. I’ve been reading and studying a lot of scripts and my writing is getting better and I really don’t need to go to film art school. This is the number one lesson every child should learn just because you made a mistake and you feel like you have no hope doesn’t mean your life is over. Everything leads to something and that’s what it’s leading me to and not just me possibly others who have goals that they seriously want to achieve.
How does the narrative relate to your life? I relate to the movie because of hope. I hope for a lot of things, like getting a good job. I hope to get a job that will be able to support a family. To get things that I want like my dream car and dream house. To go on my dream vacation with my family. I hope to have a good life. To be able to live my life and be successful. I hope to graduate high school so I can move on in life. I also relate to the movie by toughness. I am tough in many ways. I don’t let anyone push me around and tell me I can’t do it or that I am not able to do anything. I also relate to the movie by planning. I plan out my future so I will be able to follow it. To make sure that I don’t get off track. I already have some of my life planned out after high school. The movie also relates to me by friends. I have moved three times and it was hard for me. At my first school where I was born I had a lot of friends. I would talk to everyone and anyone. But when I moved it changed me. I became shy and I really didn’t want to talk to anyone. But when I moved to Brandon there were a few people who talked to me and we became friends. I have had a lot of hopelessness and doubt. Especially when I moved three times to new places where I have never been. I had doubt about having fun in high school because I didn’t have a lot of friends. It is tough to have fun and enjoy high school when you don't have a lot of friends. But after a little while I have made more friends in high school to have fun and enjoy it. I have had a lot of hopelessness in high school about grades in freshman year. But after a little planning I was able to create time and effort to have good grades. After freshman year I have better grades and do good in school. I have also had regret too. In freshman year, I regret not trying and making no effort.
Toughness I believe can be applied to many people's lives especially during a time like this. A global pandemic is one that not all generations have seen and hopefully won't ever have to but with being quarantined and isolated people that already had inner demons to face now have no choice but to face them alone. This leaves many people feeling hopeless and alone. Loneliness kills and to be forced to even the most social butterflies take a turn for the worst. Regret, anger, thoughts, and past feelings all set in and destroy people and their relationships with each other. This is even shown in the film when they are put in isolation. Just like them to be forced to do it feels like a punishment that one and many don't deserve. Self-doubt and the suspicion of others thinking that they could completely change their perspective on it are scary. It forces us to work on ourselves because there are no more distractions or even excuses like an appointment, party, or social event that we need to attend. Even jail or prisons force you to work on yourself like Jimmy with his education and many others as well. Many found peace indoors and worked out to stay healthy others turned to unhealthy habits and drank or did drugs. Goes to show what someone will do to pass the time while they are inside. it’s quite possible that all of this social isolation will feed into your depression. But it doesn’t have to be inevitable. This is a strange new world we’re living in, and we’re all just trying to figure out how to navigate the new rules while maintaining our mental health. Whether you’re reaching out for virtual connections or maximizing your alone time, take a moment to feel pride in the effort you’ve made so far. You know yourself best, so even if you are alone, you’ve got a real expert on your side. Prisoners especially those in isolation are those who break the fastest and are usually the ones to take their own life or just let themselves go. I've always wondered why people react this way but now that I can say I have somewhat my own experience that it's most likely that there are no distractions or even that it is the crushing loneliness that makes you fill your mind with deep dark thoughts. Oh well.
hope and trust can go a long way and you're living like in a football game or in normal places, even in your home there a lot of trusts like did you take care of the dog or goa and feed the birds or did you clean your room up even out of school there still a lot of trust going around the place like did I finish my homework did I make it to class on time or did I make it to school on time but for me, the most important one would be work there just a lot of things that needs to be done before the end of the night and if you don't get it done you will get yelled at for not getting it done or even fired wich I don't want I like the job that I'm at right now and I would stay with it for now but the only way to stay with it is if you get your stuff done on time. so trust is a lot of things and you will have to maintain it but it will be hard doing that just like in the book called the road you got to keep the fire lit and keep moving forward. I also used to do kids' jokes when I was really young and to be honest I was famous for that for a while until I stopped doing it because I kind of grew out of it and wasn’t interested in telling jokes anymore. For the most part, having a good reputation with friends, family, employees, anyone you meet, you will find yourself in a good place and in good situations if you have Hope, Trust, good friends and friendships, toughness, Care, not having doubt on yourself or others, and not having any hopeless thoughts or actions.
The theme of this narrative how they base there life. Lets talk about hope. Hope is something that you have to have to move forward in your life hope is something that you look forward to if you don't hope to be the best pearson you can be you'll be nothing because you wont have any motivation the next word were gunna talk about is over come what does it mean to over come when you over come something you take control of it it is something that is difficult for instance back when i races dirt bikes i had the cheaper older ones on the market but i was still able to compete i would say i over came my hard chopsticks of not having the same amount of power and lightness my third word is regret what des regret mean, well its a feeling of sadness and a wish to be able to takes something back one regret i had is i wish i would of spent more time with my grandpa before he past away all i can think about is how i didnt go see him as much as i could of and now theres no time left hes font and theres nothing i can to about it it makes me feel kinda sad and i wish i could take it all back but i cant. What is toughness toughness isnt always about how strong you are physically it can be a mental game to look at are amrican soldiers they have to be both kinds of tought of the things they see to the thing they do i tell yeah what if i had bullets wiszing past me i dont think i would act like mister tough guy i think id run and let the next guy worry about it but ig who knows until it happens meier
To be fair this life is just a continuous cycle of wake up, do little to nothing, eat, repeat step 2, eat again, and then sleep and we do this every single day without us noticing what in the world we are doing. “But Alex, what about scientists,” you think they are doing the big thing, no, you are wrong, they are doing the little thing telling us to go in the corner and wait for our daily serotonin boost and tell us 30 seconds later that they accomplished nothing in the past minute. “what about software engineers” tell me this, if they can build more useful robots than a romba that can swear when it bumps into something, I’ll eat. Okay, rant mode turned on and I feel drunk with power… I hate going into rant mode mostly because my mind shuts down for a moment unless I get distracted by something. *me looking at what I typed yesterday* RANT MODE PLEASE COME BACK!!!! The fact that we are in school is to read, write, forget what we learned in science, do stuff that will only matter for our interests, remember that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, and besides the fact, this is just a daycare for us telling our parents that we will remember what we learned here when in actuality if people look inside a highschooler’s psyche, you will see a large dumpster fire, anarchy, stress, and mental health problems and adults overlook this entirely just saying “my child’s mental health is perfectly fine” and then they have a heart to heart with us asking what is going on, then we open the flood gates not knowing that we are going to get medicated and then there is a new routine every morning and we don’t know what is going on and now we just learn that everyone is an unstable mess and oh noo we know that our religion is a myth and I have no idea where I’m going with this, I need coffee. How do I not notice when I am in rant mode, I mean, there are multiple things I can do to not notice that I don’t reside in my monke brain with a PlayStation, a bag of chips, and gamer juice, but it won’t help my case because of rant mode whenever I’m in the ZONE, but I can’t help it.
Andy Dufrense and I both share something in common and that is getting in trouble for something we didn’t do. I got in trouble for something I would never do. I was basically in the wrong place at the wrong time. One thing Andy was really good at was making friends easily. I'm the type of person that is the opposite of Andy, I don’t make friends easily. I’m more of a shyer person and likes to keep certain things to myself. One day I would like to overcome that and I would like to make new friends a lot easier. Something I plan on doing is graduating high school and going to college to get a degree in cybersecurity or something in that field. I had no hope I was gonna make it through high school. I had no hope because I was struggling with my homework. I have things to regret like not trying from my freshman year to my sophomore year. I didn’t try because homework was on top of my list for things to do and not trying really put a toll on my grades. After I saw my grades I actually tried and put homework before everything and got good grades. Another thing is friendship, you need friendship to get through life. You need friendship so you can have people to relate with you and to hang out with. Like Red and Andy, they became really good friends and you need one or a couple friends like that and maybe they’ll back you up in life and give some pretty good advice.
I do a lot of planning or I don’t do a lot of planning. It all depends on what I’m doing but most of the time I don’t plan a lot of stuff because I’m just not that person to do that kind of thing. I am the guy just to do it on the fly because I’m better at doing that stuff. I like to plan if it is a big trip. Speaking of a big trip I am going to the Black Hills and we started to plan that in December because we know we need to save up money and know what we are going to bring. It will be a fun trip because I am going up there with people that I care about. I can overcome a lot of things in my life but sometimes I can’t just the fact it is a big impact on my life and it is hard to do that. But I can overcome a lot of it because I know what the outcome is for me so I push towards that. Overcoming stuff can be hard but it is a lot of fun to overcome it because you might have people in your life to help you. Sometimes you have to do it by yourself because it is a mental thing and if you overcome that it will make you a stronger person. I have overcome the fear of spiders and now I realize the fact that they are doing their own thing so I know if I don’t bug them they won’t bug me. Friendship has a big impact on my life because it is nice to have someone by your side at all times and it is fun to do stuff with your friends and forget things that you wanna forget. Friendship is awesome because it will help you through a lot because it will distract you from whatever you are thinking about. Friends will help you through something and you can do it together or they will have fun and your choices are go have fun with friends or just sit by yourself. There are a lot of things I regret. One of those things is not being able to forgive my mom for what she has done since I have been on this Earth. Regret either can tear you apart or make you stronger. But all I know is that it will tear you apart just the fact that you will be hard on yourself for that regret. Pfeiffer
The narrative relates to me by hope, regret, fail, doubt, planning, giving, friendship, and truth. These are all big parts of living and life. Some are good and some are not so good. We have to keep trying and pushing. This film has a lot of ups and downs. The films make your heart happy at some points and make your heart sink at other points. This film is kinda like life at certain moments. Sometimes life will give you hope and happiness and then it will all get taken from you. Maybe it's because you did something wrong or life just was not ready for that just yet. Sometimes that makes you hurt and you just have to push through it. The film relates to the topic of planning because Andy had a plan since he got into the prison. Andy kinda figured things out as he was there longer and longer. So Andy had plans and he got to do those plans. That is like my life I plan all the time and sometimes it does not work for me but most of the time it does. I plan on going daily. GIving is a big key in this film because Red is a giving person and Andy asked Red if he could get something for him and Red did it and that was giving. Friendship is a big key in life and in the film. Friendship is a big key in life because it helps you get through life a little bit easier and it lets you find people you like. Friendship is a big key in the film because there is a lot of friend making. Andy is one of the new people in the prison and he has no friends. Then one day in the film Andy goes over to Red and random;y ask him a question and Red makes a deal with him.. After that they became friends because they could trust each other. Truth is a big factor in this film also because Andy, Red and their other friends all trust each other and if they all lie about certain things then they will probably get beat up because they just lied to a friend that trusts them. THat relates to life because if you lie to a friend or family member they won’t trust you ever again and you pretty much just lost a good friend that trusted you and believed everything.
The themes of forgiveness, friendship, and redemption do relate to me on a personal level. Several years ago I wasn’t the person I am today, in fact, I was, in some ways, a spoiled brat growing up. Always seeking attention, demanding things constantly from my parents, and never made any friends for a while. Y’know the standard spoiled brat stuff.
I can’t exactly remember what but I do remember something hitting me with the fact card about how I was behaving and acting and it just...kicks in? I’m not sure as to how to describe it in words but I felt like I did a complete 180 and try to redeem myself after acting so poorly in those long years in my life. I started to be more quiet and let my family do their own thing without having me be constantly involved in their stuff and I started to do things on my own.
After a few years, I became the person I am today. And I’m glad to move away from my spoiled brat years in my life and now becoming more and more like an actual adult. I have a job, plenty of friends, and responsibility for taking care of the house and several pets.
I think hope is important in life. With hope, you can do anything in your life that you want to do. There is no hope there is no life on earth. I think you should hop on someone that you can trust and you can say anything in life. Trust is important in life too. You can not trust them, you can not share anything in your life. you do not trust them you can not believe them.
I chose to write about truth because life needs to have the truth because saying the truth is the moral thing to do. because if you don't tell the truth or be true to yourself it will cause problems and barriers with loved ones because if you can tell the truth why would they believe you or why should they trust you if they are lied to. Because if you lie once it might happen again and you might lose friends, family, jobs because of you not telling the truth. I think we should always tell the truth because it helps us be a better us and helps us carry the fire. And it will make us feel better and do better if we tell the truth and it also gets us further in life. And telling the truth can get us better things in life if you tell the truth and bettering yourself and work hard. I also chose to write about planning because planning things can help you with using and managing your time because if you plan everything out you will be able to use your time properly and you won't overwork yourself and gives you some free time. plus it makes you feel like a better person. and can boost your spirits. Hope what is hope, hope to me my dreams that I want to accomplish. Everyone has a little hope. everyone has their own hopes that will change them for the better or is to help better other people.
When I was young I was more confident than ever. I would talk to people and become friends with them. Nowadays I just stick with myself and the friends I have around me. I guess that I just liked learning new things and new people when I was younger. Things started to change when I moved. I came to Brandon in 6th grade. I was nervous and curious about what people were going to be like. The first time I visited the school I looked around and I didn’t see many people of color. I mean the school was out of the city in a town. I guess that when you make friends you look for people who have the same interests or can relate to you in a way. I used to love the game of basketball so that was the only thing that I can really relate to with other people. I would always go to the open gym in the morning and after school to play basketball. We would pick teams and play each other. And that's how I made some friends because we have an interest in basketball. Then in 7th grade, my childhood friend came to Brandon and that really made me happy to have a friend that you know for a long time. Since we got older and going into high school we started to lose people because they were in a higher grade than me each year we would lose about 2 of our friends. Then when we became a senior it was just down to 4 people that are in our group. Nowadays we are distant from each other because they work or have something.
The narrative relates to my life through overcoming. Throughout life, I’ve had to overcome a lot throughout school, I used to struggle a lot more with getting work in, I’d have a lot of missing assignments constantly, but I had to overcome it and keep pushing to get things in and pass, especially when entering high school, since everything got so serious and failing was going to set me back a lot. It also relates with friendship, because I’ve made a lot of strong friendships throughout life, these friendships have made me stronger and happier, people who have stuck with me through troubling times and always had my back. My friendships have also helped with overcoming these things, I use these friendships as an encouragement to not let myself fail and get so far behind.
The movie Shawshank Redemption relates to my life in many ways because at the beginning of this year i had to start out at a new school. I didn't know very much about the school and I didn't know anybody except for about two different people. The school had a different way of doing things similar to a prison. You couldn’t talk much which I was not used to. I was used to being able to talk when the teacher isn't but there you couldn’t talk at all. I had to adjust 11 years of what I have learned about Brandon and how Brandon does things and adjust to what this school does. Similar to Andy when he gets sent to prison he has to adjust to what he has been doing for his whole life. He was put into a whole new environment. Another similarity is that Andy was really quiet for the first several months that he was there. That is similar to me because the first couple of months that I was at the other school I'm pretty sure I didn't say anything to anybody except for the teachers.
how I think the Shawshank redemption relates to my life? well, I feel like I have the friendship andy has with red and the hope. I wish my hope could be better but I am very doubtful at times. someday I hope to be more like andy and red. I have a lot of regret with old friendships, things I wish I didn't do or say. I want to be a good friend but it's hard for me.
8th-grade wrestling. Countless drills on a mat, the sweat gliding down my face rapidly, light refracting off the surface as I pulled my shirt from the grasp of my chest. Tomorrow was a game day, Coach told us about our competition, Keene High School in New Hampshire. I had one win under my belt, but I’ve noticed my skill level went down. I also was just recently put into a new weight class. I was a scrawny kid, 5’5 ish, barely 120, and now I’m fighting in the 120 -130 weight class. The day after was the day we would head out, Coach told us to bring money but luckily, a friend offered to help me out. Classwork was classwork, school was school, yadda yadda yadda. I got done with it, and soon enough, I’m at the cafeteria waiting for the bus. My friends H and G pick me up and we go to one of the school exits. I’m light, every stride felt programmed, every step felt meant to be, I thought “ I’m definitely going to win today, at least I hope I am” We’re in the bus now and Coach asks us where we want to go. The answer was almost unanimous, “Mcdonalds!!”. We talked and messed around but we had to keep quiet as to not disturb the bus driver and Coach, I had my earbuds, listening to music, shaking off some nerves, getting ready for a round or 2. We are finally at Keene, I hear all the fanfare and we head into the gym’s locker to put on our singlets. We jog out like we practiced time and time again and it’s then as I’m striding through the air I realized my singlet is inside out. I whisper to one of my friends that my singlet is inside out and they tell Coach for me, he tells me to head back into the bathroom and I do, quickly unturning it and putting it back on. I jog quickly back to my place at the stands and wait for my turn. I watch as H wins his matches, I watch my other friend, and mini Keanu won his match as well, going to flirt with the girls on the stands after-wards as I looked and smiled with amusement. Another friend pulls me to the side and gives me a speech, he tells me to do whatever it takes to win and he heads off to his match. My turn is up and my opponent and I have a constant back and forth, he twitches, feigning a takedown as bait, I ignore it and try the same. We both played it pretty timid and then BOOM I’m now on the floor diving headfirst into the mat with the speed of an Olympic diver, I’m dazed and in my confusion, he pins me, I struggle to get out but then I wave of helplessness washes over me, I continue to struggle but I already know it wouldn’t have made a difference. Although I writhed around my fate remained unchanged, I was a helpless bystander watching this match unfold, I now knew I definitely lost. My face rose in temperature, the beads of sweat practically evaporating off my forehead, and the moisture in my body exiting my nose through huffs of steam as I stayed firmly planted face-first onto the mat. The match ends, the ref grabs our hand, his hand cold and foreign, tactile senses failing to process anything through my frustration and humiliation. He puts my opponent’s hand up, I swallow my pride and put on a smile “Good game”, I said as I extended a hand towards my opponent. I don’t really cry much, but that night almost made me.
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All of these pertain to my life because without those traits I wouldn't be the person I am now. Before I really didn't know how to interact with people in 7th grade because it was my first year here and I wasn't familiar with the people I know now. Some of my friends have taught me how to be tough and overcome things that I wouldn't expect to happen and I'm thankful for them because without them I don't think I would have many friends to keep me going and to push me to keep going and to not give up at any time. There are some things in my life that I regret doing but those days were in the past and I tend to forget about them which is a good thing because I don't like remembering things that have happened in the past, that was the past and it's time to move forward. I've had doubt and hopelessness many times in my life and I know how to overcome and avoid them. Being able to figure out things that aren't going well and then having a plan to overcome it is the big thing. For me having a plan is the best option for me because I know what I need to fix if there’s anything for me to fix, keeping up with my determination, and the ability to motivate myself to not give up and to keep going. How I do it is pretty easy, if I know that I have a game coming up or something, I prepare myself to get ready for it by either listening to music that will pump me up or thinking to myself how I’m going to play. Motivation is awesome, just knowing that you want to be successful and keep pushing yourself forward. Someone that motivates me or that I look up to for motivation would be Dave Ramsey, when I was younger my mom would take me to school when I was in elementary school and we would listen to his talk shows in the morning because he’s good at keeping you upright and leaving you with a smile on your face and having a positive vibe in the mornings, not only would he talk about getting people out of debt and financial problems but he just had something good to say all the time about someone or something. I also used to do kids' jokes when I was really young and to be honest I was famous for that for a while until I stopped doing it because I kind of grew out of it and wasn’t interested in telling jokes anymore. For the most part, having a good reputation with friends, family, employees, anyone you meet, you will find yourself in a good place and in good situations if you have Hope, Trust, good friends and friendships, toughness, Care, not having doubt on yourself or others, and not having any hopeless thoughts or actions.
The number one theme from The Shawshank Redemption that relates to my entire autobiography so far is hope. The thing I have been wishing my entire life is to make changes to things that are lacking and I pretty know what I want to be more than anything else in this whole world. The thing I want to be is a screenwriter and make an impact on people and the industry itself. It all started when I was in my teen years and I realized that should be my goal, but then I started to realize it’s not easy at all and it’ll take a long time and I just felt like I don’t belong there, so that’s when my hope was decreasing. When the coronavirus happened, I was looking at a lot of stuff on the internet and I watched almost every movie and read their trivias. Once I was reading the trivias I heard about the scripts becoming popular on these script competitions in the past and it led it to become a movie. That's when I realized that I could get a chance quickly to get into Hollywood once in for all and my hope came back and started to increase fastly. My hope is getting stronger nowadays and I have something that I’m going to write that the script competition will like. I’ve been reading and studying a lot of scripts and my writing is getting better and I really don’t need to go to film art school. This is the number one lesson every child should learn just because you made a mistake and you feel like you have no hope doesn’t mean your life is over. Everything leads to something and that’s what it’s leading me to and not just me possibly others who have goals that they seriously want to achieve.
How does the narrative relate to your life?
I relate to the movie because of hope. I hope for a lot of things, like getting a good job. I hope to get a job that will be able to support a family. To get things that I want like my dream car and dream house. To go on my dream vacation with my family. I hope to have a good life. To be able to live my life and be successful. I hope to graduate high school so I can move on in life. I also relate to the movie by toughness. I am tough in many ways. I don’t let anyone push me around and tell me I can’t do it or that I am not able to do anything. I also relate to the movie by planning. I plan out my future so I will be able to follow it. To make sure that I don’t get off track. I already have some of my life planned out after high school. The movie also relates to me by friends. I have moved three times and it was hard for me. At my first school where I was born I had a lot of friends. I would talk to everyone and anyone. But when I moved it changed me. I became shy and I really didn’t want to talk to anyone. But when I moved to Brandon there were a few people who talked to me and we became friends. I have had a lot of hopelessness and doubt. Especially when I moved three times to new places where I have never been. I had doubt about having fun in high school because I didn’t have a lot of friends. It is tough to have fun and enjoy high school when you don't have a lot of friends. But after a little while I have made more friends in high school to have fun and enjoy it. I have had a lot of hopelessness in high school about grades in freshman year. But after a little planning I was able to create time and effort to have good grades. After freshman year I have better grades and do good in school. I have also had regret too. In freshman year, I regret not trying and making no effort.
Toughness I believe can be applied to many people's lives especially during a time like this. A global pandemic is one that not all generations have seen and hopefully won't ever have to but with being quarantined and isolated people that already had inner demons to face now have no choice but to face them alone. This leaves many people feeling hopeless and alone. Loneliness kills and to be forced to even the most social butterflies take a turn for the worst. Regret, anger, thoughts, and past feelings all set in and destroy people and their relationships with each other. This is even shown in the film when they are put in isolation. Just like them to be forced to do it feels like a punishment that one and many don't deserve. Self-doubt and the suspicion of others thinking that they could completely change their perspective on it are scary. It forces us to work on ourselves because there are no more distractions or even excuses like an appointment, party, or social event that we need to attend. Even jail or prisons force you to work on yourself like Jimmy with his education and many others as well. Many found peace indoors and worked out to stay healthy others turned to unhealthy habits and drank or did drugs. Goes to show what someone will do to pass the time while they are inside. it’s quite possible that all of this social isolation will feed into your depression. But it doesn’t have to be inevitable. This is a strange new world we’re living in, and we’re all just trying to figure out how to navigate the new rules while maintaining our mental health. Whether you’re reaching out for virtual connections or maximizing your alone time, take a moment to feel pride in the effort you’ve made so far. You know yourself best, so even if you are alone, you’ve got a real expert on your side. Prisoners especially those in isolation are those who break the fastest and are usually the ones to take their own life or just let themselves go. I've always wondered why people react this way but now that I can say I have somewhat my own experience that it's most likely that there are no distractions or even that it is the crushing loneliness that makes you fill your mind with deep dark thoughts. Oh well.
catiana vargas
hope and trust can go a long way and you're living like in a football game or in normal places, even in your home there a lot of trusts like did you take care of the dog or goa and feed the birds or did you clean your room up even out of school there still a lot of trust going around the place like did I finish my homework did I make it to class on time or did I make it to school on time but for me, the most important one would be work there just a lot of things that needs to be done before the end of the night and if you don't get it done you will get yelled at for not getting it done or even fired wich I don't want I like the job that I'm at right now and I would stay with it for now but the only way to stay with it is if you get your stuff done on time. so trust is a lot of things and you will have to maintain it but it will be hard doing that just like in the book called the road you got to keep the fire lit and keep moving forward.
I also used to do kids' jokes when I was really young and to be honest I was famous for that for a while until I stopped doing it because I kind of grew out of it and wasn’t interested in telling jokes anymore. For the most part, having a good reputation with friends, family, employees, anyone you meet, you will find yourself in a good place and in good situations if you have Hope, Trust, good friends and friendships, toughness, Care, not having doubt on yourself or others, and not having any hopeless thoughts or actions.
The theme of this narrative how they base there life. Lets talk about hope. Hope is something that you have to have to move forward in your life hope is something that you look forward to if you don't hope to be the best pearson you can be you'll be nothing because you wont have any motivation the next word were gunna talk about is over come what does it mean to over come when you over come something you take control of it it is something that is difficult for instance back when i races dirt bikes i had the cheaper older ones on the market but i was still able to compete i would say i over came my hard chopsticks of not having the same amount of power and lightness my third word is regret what des regret mean, well its a feeling of sadness and a wish to be able to takes something back one regret i had is i wish i would of spent more time with my grandpa before he past away all i can think about is how i didnt go see him as much as i could of and now theres no time left hes font and theres nothing i can to about it it makes me feel kinda sad and i wish i could take it all back but i cant. What is toughness toughness isnt always about how strong you are physically it can be a mental game to look at are amrican soldiers they have to be both kinds of tought of the things they see to the thing they do i tell yeah what if i had bullets wiszing past me i dont think i would act like mister tough guy i think id run and let the next guy worry about it but ig who knows until it happens meier
To be fair this life is just a continuous cycle of wake up, do little to nothing, eat, repeat step 2, eat again, and then sleep and we do this every single day without us noticing what in the world we are doing. “But Alex, what about scientists,” you think they are doing the big thing, no, you are wrong, they are doing the little thing telling us to go in the corner and wait for our daily serotonin boost and tell us 30 seconds later that they accomplished nothing in the past minute. “what about software engineers” tell me this, if they can build more useful robots than a romba that can swear when it bumps into something, I’ll eat. Okay, rant mode turned on and I feel drunk with power… I hate going into rant mode mostly because my mind shuts down for a moment unless I get distracted by something. *me looking at what I typed yesterday* RANT MODE PLEASE COME BACK!!!! The fact that we are in school is to read, write, forget what we learned in science, do stuff that will only matter for our interests, remember that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, and besides the fact, this is just a daycare for us telling our parents that we will remember what we learned here when in actuality if people look inside a highschooler’s psyche, you will see a large dumpster fire, anarchy, stress, and mental health problems and adults overlook this entirely just saying “my child’s mental health is perfectly fine” and then they have a heart to heart with us asking what is going on, then we open the flood gates not knowing that we are going to get medicated and then there is a new routine every morning and we don’t know what is going on and now we just learn that everyone is an unstable mess and oh noo we know that our religion is a myth and I have no idea where I’m going with this, I need coffee. How do I not notice when I am in rant mode, I mean, there are multiple things I can do to not notice that I don’t reside in my monke brain with a PlayStation, a bag of chips, and gamer juice, but it won’t help my case because of rant mode whenever I’m in the ZONE, but I can’t help it.
Andy Dufrense and I both share something in common and that is getting in trouble for something we didn’t do. I got in trouble for something I would never do. I was basically in the wrong place at the wrong time. One thing Andy was really good at was making friends easily. I'm the type of person that is the opposite of Andy, I don’t make friends easily. I’m more of a shyer person and likes to keep certain things to myself. One day I would like to overcome that and I would like to make new friends a lot easier. Something I plan on doing is graduating high school and going to college to get a degree in cybersecurity or something in that field. I had no hope I was gonna make it through high school. I had no hope because I was struggling with my homework. I have things to regret like not trying from my freshman year to my sophomore year. I didn’t try because homework was on top of my list for things to do and not trying really put a toll on my grades. After I saw my grades I actually tried and put homework before everything and got good grades. Another thing is friendship, you need friendship to get through life. You need friendship so you can have people to relate with you and to hang out with. Like Red and Andy, they became really good friends and you need one or a couple friends like that and maybe they’ll back you up in life and give some pretty good advice.
Zimmerman
I do a lot of planning or I don’t do a lot of planning. It all depends on what I’m doing but most of the time I don’t plan a lot of stuff because I’m just not that person to do that kind of thing. I am the guy just to do it on the fly because I’m better at doing that stuff. I like to plan if it is a big trip. Speaking of a big trip I am going to the Black Hills and we started to plan that in December because we know we need to save up money and know what we are going to bring. It will be a fun trip because I am going up there with people that I care about. I can overcome a lot of things in my life but sometimes I can’t just the fact it is a big impact on my life and it is hard to do that. But I can overcome a lot of it because I know what the outcome is for me so I push towards that. Overcoming stuff can be hard but it is a lot of fun to overcome it because you might have people in your life to help you. Sometimes you have to do it by yourself because it is a mental thing and if you overcome that it will make you a stronger person. I have overcome the fear of spiders and now I realize the fact that they are doing their own thing so I know if I don’t bug them they won’t bug me. Friendship has a big impact on my life because it is nice to have someone by your side at all times and it is fun to do stuff with your friends and forget things that you wanna forget. Friendship is awesome because it will help you through a lot because it will distract you from whatever you are thinking about. Friends will help you through something and you can do it together or they will have fun and your choices are go have fun with friends or just sit by yourself. There are a lot of things I regret. One of those things is not being able to forgive my mom for what she has done since I have been on this Earth. Regret either can tear you apart or make you stronger. But all I know is that it will tear you apart just the fact that you will be hard on yourself for that regret.
Pfeiffer
The narrative relates to me by hope, regret, fail, doubt, planning, giving, friendship, and truth. These are all big parts of living and life. Some are good and some are not so good. We have to keep trying and pushing. This film has a lot of ups and downs. The films make your heart happy at some points and make your heart sink at other points. This film is kinda like life at certain moments. Sometimes life will give you hope and happiness and then it will all get taken from you. Maybe it's because you did something wrong or life just was not ready for that just yet. Sometimes that makes you hurt and you just have to push through it. The film relates to the topic of planning because Andy had a plan since he got into the prison. Andy kinda figured things out as he was there longer and longer. So Andy had plans and he got to do those plans. That is like my life I plan all the time and sometimes it does not work for me but most of the time it does. I plan on going daily. GIving is a big key in this film because Red is a giving person and Andy asked Red if he could get something for him and Red did it and that was giving. Friendship is a big key in life and in the film. Friendship is a big key in life because it helps you get through life a little bit easier and it lets you find people you like. Friendship is a big key in the film because there is a lot of friend making. Andy is one of the new people in the prison and he has no friends. Then one day in the film Andy goes over to Red and random;y ask him a question and Red makes a deal with him.. After that they became friends because they could trust each other. Truth is a big factor in this film also because Andy, Red and their other friends all trust each other and if they all lie about certain things then they will probably get beat up because they just lied to a friend that trusts them. THat relates to life because if you lie to a friend or family member they won’t trust you ever again and you pretty much just lost a good friend that trusted you and believed everything.
McCulley
How does Shawshank Redemption relate to my life?
The themes of forgiveness, friendship, and redemption do relate to me on a personal level. Several years ago I wasn’t the person I am today, in fact, I was, in some ways, a spoiled brat growing up. Always seeking attention, demanding things constantly from my parents, and never made any friends for a while. Y’know the standard spoiled brat stuff.
I can’t exactly remember what but I do remember something hitting me with the fact card about how I was behaving and acting and it just...kicks in? I’m not sure as to how to describe it in words but I felt like I did a complete 180 and try to redeem myself after acting so poorly in those long years in my life. I started to be more quiet and let my family do their own thing without having me be constantly involved in their stuff and I started to do things on my own.
After a few years, I became the person I am today. And I’m glad to move away from my spoiled brat years in my life and now becoming more and more like an actual adult. I have a job, plenty of friends, and responsibility for taking care of the house and several pets.
-Andrew Colby
Rai
I think hope is important in life. With hope, you can do anything in your life that you want to do. There is no hope there is no life on earth. I think you should hop on someone that you can trust and you can say anything in life. Trust is important in life too. You can not trust them, you can not share anything in your life. you do not trust them you can not believe them.
I chose to write about truth because life needs to have the truth because saying the truth is the moral thing to do. because if you don't tell the truth or be true to yourself it will cause problems and barriers with loved ones because if you can tell the truth why would they believe you or why should they trust you if they are lied to. Because if you lie once it might happen again and you might lose friends, family, jobs because of you not telling the truth. I think we should always tell the truth because it helps us be a better us and helps us carry the fire. And it will make us feel better and do better if we tell the truth and it also gets us further in life. And telling the truth can get us better things in life if you tell the truth and bettering yourself and work hard. I also chose to write about planning because planning things can help you with using and managing your time because if you plan everything out you will be able to use your time properly and you won't overwork yourself and gives you some free time. plus it makes you feel like a better person. and can boost your spirits. Hope what is hope, hope to me my dreams that I want to accomplish. Everyone has a little hope. everyone has their own hopes that will change them for the better or is to help better other people.
When I was young I was more confident than ever. I would talk to people and become friends with them. Nowadays I just stick with myself and the friends I have around me. I guess that I just liked learning new things and new people when I was younger. Things started to change when I moved. I came to Brandon in 6th grade. I was nervous and curious about what people were going to be like. The first time I visited the school I looked around and I didn’t see many people of color. I mean the school was out of the city in a town. I guess that when you make friends you look for people who have the same interests or can relate to you in a way. I used to love the game of basketball so that was the only thing that I can really relate to with other people. I would always go to the open gym in the morning and after school to play basketball. We would pick teams and play each other. And that's how I made some friends because we have an interest in basketball. Then in 7th grade, my childhood friend came to Brandon and that really made me happy to have a friend that you know for a long time. Since we got older and going into high school we started to lose people because they were in a higher grade than me each year we would lose about 2 of our friends. Then when we became a senior it was just down to 4 people that are in our group. Nowadays we are distant from each other because they work or have something.
The narrative relates to my life through overcoming. Throughout life, I’ve had to overcome a lot throughout school, I used to struggle a lot more with getting work in, I’d have a lot of missing assignments constantly, but I had to overcome it and keep pushing to get things in and pass, especially when entering high school, since everything got so serious and failing was going to set me back a lot. It also relates with friendship, because I’ve made a lot of strong friendships throughout life, these friendships have made me stronger and happier, people who have stuck with me through troubling times and always had my back. My friendships have also helped with overcoming these things, I use these friendships as an encouragement to not let myself fail and get so far behind.
-Busselman
The movie Shawshank Redemption relates to my life in many ways because at the beginning of this year i had to start out at a new school. I didn't know very much about the school and I didn't know anybody except for about two different people. The school had a different way of doing things similar to a prison. You couldn’t talk much which I was not used to. I was used to being able to talk when the teacher isn't but there you couldn’t talk at all. I had to adjust 11 years of what I have learned about Brandon and how Brandon does things and adjust to what this school does. Similar to Andy when he gets sent to prison he has to adjust to what he has been doing for his whole life. He was put into a whole new environment. Another similarity is that Andy was really quiet for the first several months that he was there. That is similar to me because the first couple of months that I was at the other school I'm pretty sure I didn't say anything to anybody except for the teachers.
how I think the Shawshank redemption relates to my life? well, I feel like I have the friendship andy has with red and the hope. I wish my hope could be better but I am very doubtful at times. someday I hope to be more like andy and red. I have a lot of regret with old friendships, things I wish I didn't do or say. I want to be a good friend but it's hard for me.
Helplessness
8th-grade wrestling. Countless drills on a mat, the sweat gliding down my face rapidly, light refracting off the surface as I pulled my shirt from the grasp of my chest. Tomorrow was a game day, Coach told us about our competition, Keene High School in New Hampshire. I had one win under my belt, but I’ve noticed my skill level went down. I also was just recently put into a new weight class. I was a scrawny kid, 5’5 ish, barely 120, and now I’m fighting in the 120 -130 weight class. The day after was the day we would head out, Coach told us to bring money but luckily, a friend offered to help me out. Classwork was classwork, school was school, yadda yadda yadda. I got done with it, and soon enough, I’m at the cafeteria waiting for the bus. My friends H and G pick me up and we go to one of the school exits. I’m light, every stride felt programmed, every step felt meant to be, I thought “ I’m definitely going to win today, at least I hope I am” We’re in the bus now and Coach asks us where we want to go. The answer was almost unanimous, “Mcdonalds!!”. We talked and messed around but we had to keep quiet as to not disturb the bus driver and Coach, I had my earbuds, listening to music, shaking off some nerves, getting ready for a round or 2. We are finally at Keene, I hear all the fanfare and we head into the gym’s locker to put on our singlets. We jog out like we practiced time and time again and it’s then as I’m striding through the air I realized my singlet is inside out. I whisper to one of my friends that my singlet is inside out and they tell Coach for me, he tells me to head back into the bathroom and I do, quickly unturning it and putting it back on. I jog quickly back to my place at the stands and wait for my turn. I watch as H wins his matches, I watch my other friend, and mini Keanu won his match as well, going to flirt with the girls on the stands after-wards as I looked and smiled with amusement. Another friend pulls me to the side and gives me a speech, he tells me to do whatever it takes to win and he heads off to his match. My turn is up and my opponent and I have a constant back and forth, he twitches, feigning a takedown as bait, I ignore it and try the same. We both played it pretty timid and then BOOM I’m now on the floor diving headfirst into the mat with the speed of an Olympic diver, I’m dazed and in my confusion, he pins me, I struggle to get out but then I wave of helplessness washes over me, I continue to struggle but I already know it wouldn’t have made a difference. Although I writhed around my fate remained unchanged, I was a helpless bystander watching this match unfold, I now knew I definitely lost. My face rose in temperature, the beads of sweat practically evaporating off my forehead, and the moisture in my body exiting my nose through huffs of steam as I stayed firmly planted face-first onto the mat. The match ends, the ref grabs our hand, his hand cold and foreign, tactile senses failing to process anything through my frustration and humiliation. He puts my opponent’s hand up, I swallow my pride and put on a smile “Good game”, I said as I extended a hand towards my opponent. I don’t really cry much, but that night almost made me.
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