Not Right

Recall a time you witnessed a friend do something that you knew was not right. Did you do anything about it? Why or why not?
One time I was at the mall with a few friends.  We were thinking of shopping and then going to watch a movie later on.  At one point one of the girls lost all of her money and she really wanted to buy this shirt she had been looking at for weeks.  Then, I saw an idea pop into her head... she wanted to use the 5 finger discount.  My first reaction was to leave her alone and let it slide but then I realizes how wrong it was and how much trouble she can get in.  I decided to grab her back in and explained that 

Conclusion

The simile used through out  Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron," Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and, Richard Wright's "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" helped the audience better understand what was happening by comparing one thing to another.  In "Harrison Bergeron" the similes enhanced the ideas about how harsh Harrison's handicaps were.  In "Hills Like White Elephants" the author uses simile to explain the setting. In "The Man Who Was Almost A Man," Wright uses examples of simile to describe the authors views and thoughts.  Each story has benefitted from simile because it has given them a more detailed and amusing plot. 

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Another story that shares a touch of simile is "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright. This short story takes place during the mid 1900's on a plantation located in the western part of the US. To most men having a gun didn't really mean anything but to Dave it was a whole different story.  Dave receiving the gun meant the world to him because he believed that with this material object he would be look on as a adult from the on.  "Like a hungry dog scratching for a bone, he pawed it up" (Wright 47). The author used this line to help the audience visualize understand how the character, Dave, grabbed his lovely gun.  The authors use of simile helped this story become a a very much more interesting and enjoyable story.

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In "Harrison Begeron" wouldn't be such an interesting story if it didn't have simile.  "Harrison Bergeron takes place during the year 2081.  Throughout the story it is explained how difficult life is during this time due to the strict government.  At the time US citizens are forced to wear "handicaps" to create disabilities for the people for example like weights and headphones that play loud, pinching noises every few seconds.  "Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper" (Vonnegut 350).  Many people did not believe in these "handicaps" but only Harrison stood up for what he thought was right.  "Harrison is like a walking junk yard" (Vonnegut 349). As the government decided to make everyone equal they also made everyone look like a pile of junk as said in the quote.  Simile took a change to the story to make the author visualize life in a finer way.

Weak?

Out of all my weaknesses there is one that definitely one that wins first place.  My biggest weakens has to be dancing and/or singing to a song playing at the moment.  When a song come on the radio or on tv there is absolutely no way of stopping me.  I automatically stand up ad just start dancing and singing on my own which i find to be amazingly fun.  HAving fun is a very important part of life.  If a person can't have fun or promits themselves from having fun they will never be able to enjoy the beauty of life.

"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun." ~ Katherine Hepburn

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Simile takes a huge role throughout Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron." During the year 2081, Harrison Bergeron, a 14 year old rebel is taken under custody for being normal. He is later forced to put weights all over his body and change all of his facial details like his nose and eyebrows. "Harrison is like a walking junk yard" (Vonnegut 349). The author uses this line to help the audience picture how life was in the course of this period; tough and strict. "Harrison tore straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper" (Vonnegut 350).  Harrison was a tremendously strong young man and with that strength he was able to rip all the handicaps put onto his body. But, his strength was what also caused him the arrest in the first place.  

Helping Hand ✄

Helping a disabled person out is a great thing to do but doing it for years and years, might get out of hand.  Traveling with a disable person can get very difficult at times due to the extra attention needed.  Personally,  I believe that I would not be able to take on such a responsibility like George does with Lennie in "Of Mice and Men." I would not be able to do this because at times I can get very irresponsible and aggravated at time and, that would not help a disabled person.

...like...as...

Have you ever read something that compared two absolutely different things? Did you wonder what that was called?  It's a simile!  A simile is a comparison between two things using the words like and as.  In a story the author uses a simile to emphasis the mood throughout the piece. Three stories that share this literary device are "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, and "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright.

Secret Santa

        My family has many family traditions; some are fun and some are not so fun.  One amazing tradition that I personally miss is playing Secret Santa every Christmas. My family always makes our holiday's fun and enjoyable but as we gradually ended playing Secret Santa started to feel normal and boring.  Playing Secret Santa was very entertaining and exciting because the whole family got together and played; thats one tremendous thing I miss. 

"As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead." 

~Allan Bloom 

I Want to Be Cool

        There are two important things that most of today's children don't think about before doing something they will regret; rules and consequences. And I, was one of those many kids. When I was in the 2nd grade everyone knew my class but, for the wrong reasons.  My room was the class with all the "bad kids."  These "bad kids" were look on as the cool cats in my grade; everything they did seemed like much fun even if they had something waiting for them on the other end of the road. It was pretty though and lifeless being the good student all the time so, when I saw my chance to hang with the "bad kids" I didn't let it slip.

       One day my teacher sent the cool cats down to the nurse's office to get their eye exams.  About thirty seconds after they left, she called me up and told me to catch up with the rest of the kids. I was so excited.  Right when I caught up to them they started to tell me their plan. I was a little nervous but I went for it any way.  "1, 2, 3 GO!" were the magic words that made everyone automatically disappear including myself.  Next thing I know we are all running around the school.  We ran and ran until we couldn't anymore. Then, we started again but this time when it was time to stop it was through force.  Mrs. Idontrememberhername was standing right in front of us with her arms crossed and her eyebrows pointing down to the ground. At that moment all that went through my head was, of course the time I join in they have to get in trouble!   After her never ending lecture, she walked us back to our class room.  I have never seen the "bad kids" so quiet and scared.  

        Just as we opened the door everyone looked back.  At that point I knew that the whole situation was about to be explained and I was just about to get in trouble for the first time.  While Mrs. Idontrememberhername told the story I noticed my teacher's smile flip the other way.

        Walking to my car after school was very scary.  I knew something was going to happen, my actions weren't just going to slide like that.  That day was when I realized that "following the crowd" isn't always a good and fun idea.

 "If they decided to jump off a bridge would you do it too?"