2. Desired section: Any section that you all would deem appropriate, preferably Stories & Poems or World Affairs.
3. My experience: Other than 11 years of English in a college preparatory private school, none to speak of.
4. My example: I would like to provide more than one example of my work. I will put each of them into spoiler tabs for easier viewing.
Here is a piece of poetry that I have written. When I had posted this on the Story Mat, Pixel Bunny had said that I could be one of the better writers in there. Sadly, I wasn't able to continue my writing there as I could not access Sal's Forums for a time. Here is the link to the thread: http://runescape.salmoneus.net/forums/inde...p;hl=Redicaluss
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Affection’s Permission
Come again, wondrous fiend, for on every youth’s heart you make yourself a home
But mine, you have shattered the cornerstone.
Desire and infatuation mock me, how they give their hand, but only to snatch it away
While I dangle from the brim of this foul crevice that is isolation…
I beseech thee, for dusk nears, and the night grimly approaches,
My unguarded soul stalked by those beasts that beguile those unwary;
Whose names that be of the foul and heinous sort: Pride and Singularity
By your saber I pray that they be slain, forever banished.
What would you have me do; that in your presence I could dance again
With one that would be the subject of mine affections, in paradisiacal bliss?
Could the will of you be of some maliciousness, that I would be left in the midst of tribulation
As that of a sheep babe, abandon to be in the ubiquity of a horde of jackals?
By my divine Patriarchs name, descend on me and clothe me in your influence
So that the ice that is my heart,
The zephyr that is my soul,
May mercifully be given another chance to love again.
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Come again, wondrous fiend, for on every youth’s heart you make yourself a home
But mine, you have shattered the cornerstone.
Desire and infatuation mock me, how they give their hand, but only to snatch it away
While I dangle from the brim of this foul crevice that is isolation…
I beseech thee, for dusk nears, and the night grimly approaches,
My unguarded soul stalked by those beasts that beguile those unwary;
Whose names that be of the foul and heinous sort: Pride and Singularity
By your saber I pray that they be slain, forever banished.
What would you have me do; that in your presence I could dance again
With one that would be the subject of mine affections, in paradisiacal bliss?
Could the will of you be of some maliciousness, that I would be left in the midst of tribulation
As that of a sheep babe, abandon to be in the ubiquity of a horde of jackals?
By my divine Patriarchs name, descend on me and clothe me in your influence
So that the ice that is my heart,
The zephyr that is my soul,
May mercifully be given another chance to love again.
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Here is a in class short essay that I had to write impromptu for a test on The Great Gatsby. I noticed that it looked relatively small on this post - a page long (front & back) on real paper.
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Aspiration does not exist. For there to be aspiration, one must have a certain and ultimate goal that they commit a majority of their actions toward. Sure, people may say that they possess a dream, but if they achieve that dream, chances are that the satisfaction that comes with completion will be insufficient. Therefore that person chases yet another "goal", and another, and another, until the time of expiration comes. This "hunger" is not malignant within itself - we gain honor and greatness from it - but when left unchecked, it can liken someone to a rat in a wheel or a man who chases the horizon. Aspiration does not exist, for there is a constant need for more. There is only drive.
For the young up-and-comers in "The Great Gatsby", the dream of untold riches and invulnerable security creates the perfect starting ground of drive. These people are willing to do anything to stake their claim in the world of the wealthy. Myrtle Wilson was willing to succumb to the world of infidelity and indignity in order to reach it. Despite her marriage to a faithful husband and steady income, she gave herself to an unfulfilling, loveless, and abusive extramarital relationship. She played the role of a wealthy woman with expensive clothes and haughty talk, but all she really obtained was infamous notoriety as "Tom's Mistress". She had let her drive force her into infamy and an untimely death. She was merely a tool for the pleasures of those she desperately wished to join.
In contrast, there was a woman that had reached such a status, but her drive to stay in the la of comfort had led her into a state of stagnation and ignorance. Daisy Buchanan had it all, and she had been that way since the day she was born. She idled away her time fussing in gossip and the material world, and always wanted more. She wanted a child, but once she had her daughter, Daisy move on to the next diversion. Her efforts eventually landed her into an affair, which spiraled out of control and affected many lives outside of her own. However, she merely moved off in another direction, searching for the next source of gratification. However, some of the people involved were not so lucky.
Jay Gatsby possesses one of the biggest drives of the novel. Once he sees a goal, he attains it, and moves on another with an unprecedented speed. Perhaps his drive can be associated with the hunger he had as a young man to always do better. As an assistant to a very wealthy man, he acquired his taste for the best of everything. Yet, after he had amassed great fame and riches, he realized a need for another goal, in which his affections for Daisy filled his need. He chased this passion with such vigor that all of this actions, wise or not, were done to achieve his one goal. Yet when he had achieved his goal, he wanted even more - to have Daisy as his wife. A chain of events stemming from this need eventually led to his early and inglorious downfall.
The one issue Fitzgerald definitely addressed is that of the human mind - a timeless ally and adversary. Through his story he realizes that while drive is not necessarily evil, it can eventually take people to places that thy ma not have ever thought possible.
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For the young up-and-comers in "The Great Gatsby", the dream of untold riches and invulnerable security creates the perfect starting ground of drive. These people are willing to do anything to stake their claim in the world of the wealthy. Myrtle Wilson was willing to succumb to the world of infidelity and indignity in order to reach it. Despite her marriage to a faithful husband and steady income, she gave herself to an unfulfilling, loveless, and abusive extramarital relationship. She played the role of a wealthy woman with expensive clothes and haughty talk, but all she really obtained was infamous notoriety as "Tom's Mistress". She had let her drive force her into infamy and an untimely death. She was merely a tool for the pleasures of those she desperately wished to join.
In contrast, there was a woman that had reached such a status, but her drive to stay in the la of comfort had led her into a state of stagnation and ignorance. Daisy Buchanan had it all, and she had been that way since the day she was born. She idled away her time fussing in gossip and the material world, and always wanted more. She wanted a child, but once she had her daughter, Daisy move on to the next diversion. Her efforts eventually landed her into an affair, which spiraled out of control and affected many lives outside of her own. However, she merely moved off in another direction, searching for the next source of gratification. However, some of the people involved were not so lucky.
Jay Gatsby possesses one of the biggest drives of the novel. Once he sees a goal, he attains it, and moves on another with an unprecedented speed. Perhaps his drive can be associated with the hunger he had as a young man to always do better. As an assistant to a very wealthy man, he acquired his taste for the best of everything. Yet, after he had amassed great fame and riches, he realized a need for another goal, in which his affections for Daisy filled his need. He chased this passion with such vigor that all of this actions, wise or not, were done to achieve his one goal. Yet when he had achieved his goal, he wanted even more - to have Daisy as his wife. A chain of events stemming from this need eventually led to his early and inglorious downfall.
The one issue Fitzgerald definitely addressed is that of the human mind - a timeless ally and adversary. Through his story he realizes that while drive is not necessarily evil, it can eventually take people to places that thy ma not have ever thought possible.
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Not exactly the tone of most of the Newspaper. That's not a bad thing, merely an observation. 