Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining Essay

husband’s death, falsely concluded from a railroad disaster. Her feelings of freedom are interrupted when her sister, Josephine, drags her to the door where Mr. Mallard stood, alive. The theme of the story is an ironic and it presents the audience with an optimistic message with the reminder that every cloud has a silver lining. Often times during fiction, the story builds up slowly into suspense, either from a happy opening or a shocking one. This little story seems to have started with a shocking one. The beginning of Mr. Mallard’s death would have filled the audience with grief for Mrs. Mallard and concern for her well being. However, on another…

focus to see the light. Introduction: If miracles have ever happened, they have happened in adversity; if warriors have ever won, they have won in warship; if discoverers have ever discovered, they have discovered in a painful encounter; if they have ever emerged, it is because they had never vanished. All the great accomplishments of men and women were achieved owing to their spirit of 'never give up.' Sooner or later, darkest moments befall upon each and every individual: rich or poor;…

Slavery was one of the darkest clouds in American history! It makes me cringe every time I think about what African-Americans had to go through during that time. Not only were the slaves themselves dehumanized but the owners themselves did not act normal because of all the power they had. Slavery is something America will never be able to wash their hands of, but it gave us some of the bravest Americans you 'll ever meet in Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. Slaves were…

Theme Song Essay Music has always been such a necessity to me. Sometimes when I listen to certain songs it brings so many different emotions to me, other times music will remind me of certain memories or people. Music can be such a powerful thing to some people. You can listen to music when you are sad, happy, excited, angry, etc. However, my go-to song when I feel like I'm going through a hard time and need some motivation or reminder that you have to stay positive through all the…

SILVER LINING The first year of living after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 was the most difficult for me. When I heard my president Minh Duong, in South of Vietnam, commanded us to give up and hand the weapons to the North Vietnamese Communist Party, it felt like an atomic bomb exploded inside my head. My entire life, my body, and my heart fell down as I came to a free fall. For weeks I gradually got used to a new reality that my government lost the war. When terrible things happened to me after…

see Nikki, and watched her from a far distance, at last acknowledging she has another family and is cheerful, and hence acknowledges it as the completion of the film of his life. Tiffany gives Pat a tardy birthday show: a cloud diagram, and they lie on the ground and watch the mists together. Pat pulls Tiffany close and she discloses to him that she needs him. As they lie there on a solidified soccer field amidst a snowstorm, Pat kisses her and says, "I think I require you as well." Life…

Every day, I always try to live life to the fullest which allows me to find joy in little things, as opposed to gloomily dwelling on what could’ve been done. I work hard on focusing on the positive, and that pushes me to set out on following my dreams. One must realize that pessimism won’t make any difference as it doesn’t encourage one to succeed or set high standards, nor does it teach one to reach out and experience new things. As J.K. Rowling wrote, “Happiness can be found, even in the…

Millenials, Ellin praises them for being hardworking, technology innovating and outspoken. Ellin offends Generation Y being viewed as lazy and having no motivation to work in order to further claim her purpose and because this was written for Psychology Today and published, her intended audience was for the general public who were most likely to be curious or knowledgeable about the Millenials. I wasn’t very shocked or angry of what Ellin wrote about Millenials since it was all true. Sure, we…

There are five elements that instate the CSR policy of their company with their corporate strategy. To begin with, Centrality as an element defines the closeness of the association of the two things. However, in this case, Nokia has established a wonderful CSR strategy but has not put it into force thereby undermining the link. This is well known by the company and constantly makes a mention on improving upon it but has already turned a deaf year. Secondly, the specificity and the voluntarism to…

But I have come to see over time, that it has helped to shape me in a multitude of ways, some of which I am still discovering. It may sound strange, but for me it was helpful and incredible for it to happen the way it did. I experienced the medical side of the world that I had never seen before; the countless surgeons, doctors, nurses and technicians who took an injured kid and helped to rebuild him. It has helped me find a path in life, because I want to do what they did and help someone else.…