Broken Families/ The Struggle

Broken Families

by:M. J. Joachim

Journey to the other side of childhood
Adults longing to be young
Replaying over and over again
Songs that were never sung

Broken dreams, shattered emotions
Life's blood shed on the tattered course
Shameless rantings - ravings battered
Anger and rage, but never true remorse

Alone, on the other side of dawn I watch
As history repeats crimes against each one
New generations silently suffer
Abandoned and turning to stone

Bruises aren't the cause of this
Nor fear of fighting back
Hopelessness and loss of love
Turns brilliant worlds quietly black

Visions stifled by broken hearts
Reflecting pain and sorrow
Learning from the lessons taught
Yesterday repeated or ignored tomorrow

Finding peace within the turmoil
Options few claim can be real
Choices made with so much purpose
Keeping newer hearts from turning to steel

This poems connotation reflects who I am as a person. It tells what I go through what I feel. I decided to present a sort of parrallel poem that I wrote to reflect this one.

 

The Struggle

by: LaDarria Arnold

As I lay here in a bed of my misery

I wonder how this came to be

Abortion they said or try to miscarry

As the option began to fade away

Adoption became the safe haven

But guilt came strolling in

Like an absent partner or late friend

“I have to try” the words uttered from her mouth

Like a heroine that people know and love

But heroin took over and I never heard those words again

Now laying here in a bed of my despair

I realize that my life has been a constant struggle

Pushing,

Knocking,

Kicking and Scratching my way through

Please oh please!

Are the words I proclaimed

For my right to be loved?

That’s the constant battle I fight everyday

This bed will not always be a bed of anguish

It will be a glimpse of hope

For a better tomorrow.

 

Director of my choice

I chose Wes Anderson because he has a strategic pattern to his film making that makes it uniquely his. I specifically plan to mimic his narrative style in Moonrise Kingdom and the shifting camera angles because that is the most memorable and obvious part of the filmmaking process in this specific movie. Also because I love this message in this film as well.

Frankenstein The End

The quote by Robert Kennedy "Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live."  is basically saying that a person should learn something during a loss not live life in fear. At the end of Frankenstein, Victor  faced terrible losses due to his hubris acts and had to faced consequences of losing everone close to Victor. Kennedy's message to Victor Frankenstein is to learn from his mistake not sulk in tears of the one's lost or fear the fate to come.

The quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein "You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks." is elaborating on the effects of tragedy, not only in Frankenstein, but in all people's lifes. When the tree bends it could always be put back in place or still get some kind of benefit. But when the tree breaks theres no fixing the loss. In Frankenstein, everone's death was a continuation of broken trees. Thir lives would never be restored.

The quote by Jaques Barzen"Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy."  is one to be compared solely with Frankenstein. Victor was a genius to create his monster from scratch, but once Victor saw his creation he turned his back on him. Victor allowed his monster to get under his skin when the monster began killing all his friends. The monster knew that killing off all Victors loved ones would hurt more than anything else. The monster became the creator.

College Admission Essay

My life was a pre-destined miracle. After all the attempts to formulate a plan for me not enter the world, I emerged into this Earth victorious. No drugs, no abortion, and no hatred could keep me from the birth of my intended life.

“A star is born”

As I grew up, I began to get in touch with my inner artist, and it was not hard with my life story. “The bed I lay in will not always be a pool of despair.” was a line from a poem I wrote that really evoked a true feeling o f overcoming all my hardships. Fighting back, defending my right to succeed was the constant battle I had to fight with my family. They say “I will never amount to much”. They say “I will fall before graduation”. But I say “success is my virtue”.

“I conquer all!” I yell as the rope is released from that crazy bungee jumping ride at Six Flags. I began to plummet into the ground, but then it happened. I began to soar. I soared above all my trials, tribulations, fears, hardships, issues, barriers, doubters, mistakes, and failures. I just soared.  That little joy ride that cost me forty five dollars had the greatest impact on my life. Although minuscule to most people, it was an analogy to my life achievement. It left a lasting indent on my heart. Now I know. I succeeded.

Argo F**k Yourself

This movie gave me so much insight on the history of the Unites States and Iran that I do not learn in my history classes.The story had me sitting on the edge of my sit the entire time because it was mind bobbling to see how all the details unfolded. The movie made you look at America and say why, but then make you look at America in a patriotic way because when all their lives were saved, it gave hope to everyone watching. When the cultivated the plan it was so hilarious because the audience was looking at the presentation of the plan and setting it up for failure. Argo F**k Yourself is a line in the movie that is stated many times, but first when the director was asked about it. Being that it wasn't an actual play, he became flustered and shooed him off by saying that. Thus it elevated into the big theme surrounding the whole movie. All in all it was a really great movie and you really should go see it. A plus is that every character that was casted in this production was made or already looked like the six survivors of the actual event. I always appreciate that.