ipl-logo

Reflective Essay On Silence

713 Words3 Pages

I want to be completely honest. I have mixed feelings about the concept of silence in general. As a naturally introverted person, I sometimes crave for silence and enjoy it. However, my anxiety condition makes me fear and feel great discomfort for silence. It is all dependent on my day. In my preparation for this project, I completely outlined my day because I knew if I did not my anxiety would have taken control of that empty space of time. I did my silence project this past Saturday since it was the only weekend that I did not have anything planned and due to plain procrastination. I feel as a university student it is difficult to get away from my computer due to a bulk of my school work is on the computer. I planned my day starting at 8:30 in the morning so I could get my 12 hours done with at 8:30 at night. My day was extremely structured. I spent five hours studying, an hour walking outside, two hours reading a book I have been neglecting, an hour drawing, an hour cleaning my apartment, and an hour of prepping for the LSAT. The last hour I left empty for eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I wanted to be true to the project so I made all my meals myself so I avoided speaking to anyone for the entire 12 hours. Now, I will discuss how it went for being silence for twelve hours. At some points it was difficult and at some other points, I did not mind it. I woke up in the morning and it was a struggle to not look at my phone to see if my sisters have texted me. I

Show More
Related

  • Physician Assistant Capstone Project Report

    393 Words  | 2 Pages

    In order to get everything done and turned in on the due dates, I had to manage my time and not

    Read More

  • Summary Of The Raging Silence By Matthew Teague

    1857 Words  | 8 Pages

    “The Raging Silence” is an article about a series of events that were happening in The city of Philadelphia. Matthew Teague, the author, tells about the underlying issues that had such a debilitating effect of the shooting on the community. It discusses the history of gun and gang violence in the community and how it causes a rift between them and law enforcement. Thought the article Matthew Teague argued about member of the community having easy access to guns that result to a unsafe environment.

    Read More

  • The Consequences Of Silence In Obasan By Joy Kogawa

    2756 Words  | 12 Pages

    Joy Kogawa's Obasan is a representation of the silence Japanese Canadians experience specifically in the past as they have been repressed from telling the stories of the internment camps in Canada due to the government's pressure to not talk about what happened to them, leading to the negative and generational consequences of silence as a trauma response. In addition to showing how Japanese Canadians have covered up traumatic events through silence. Obasan also demonstrates how silence has not solved anything, but has made the traumatic events worse, and that healing can only occur when people begin to speak about them. Silence is shown by the family secret about Namois's mother being absent, as well as Namoi never wanting to tell anyone about her sexual assault from an Old Man Grower, the difference between Namoi’s aunts in how they choose to be vocal or silent in their life. Finally, how Joy Kogawa herself uses Obasan as a way to use language to share her story as a Japanese Canadian.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of The Year Of Silence By Kevin Brockmeier

    993 Words  | 4 Pages

    Rosalia Parrado Ms. D LIT 2010.012 15 September 2016 P1 rough draft – Brockmeier Silent night “The Year of Silence” by Kevin Brockmeier, is an extremely interesting story that captures the significance of what we value in life. It tells the story about an unnamed city that begins to fall inexplicably silent. The random waves of silence were extremely short, but since they were on such an enormous scale-traffic stopping, the wind silencing, etc.

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis On Voices Silenced

    2024 Words  | 9 Pages

    We are living in a world where the erasure and dehumanization of people of color is slowly becoming a normative. Voices silenced, struggles trivialized, deaths becoming statistics, brutality only brought up for shock factor, achievements hidden and it is all slowly becoming accepted. Through various rhetorical strategies Claudia Rankine illustrates the experience of being part of the marginalized identity in the United States and depicts how subtly and multifaceted the methods of oppression take place in the daily life are and the negative repercussions it holds on the individual. The ambiguity of her writing with the lack of punctuation and clarification of what is thought and what is aloud allows the readers to input their own interpretation of these various scenarios.

    Read More

  • Carved In Silence Analysis

    127 Words  | 1 Pages

    The movie Carved in Silence was a very provoking and eye opening documentary for me. It depicted the experience of the Chinese immigrants of Angel Island very well through the narration and the dramatic recreation. As an immigrant, the opening scene and the many stories told evoked many memories and reflections of my family 's journey and aspirations. The stories and descriptions in this documentary were very surreal because they were too hard to believe.

    Read More

  • Silence Is Golden Elie Wiesel Analysis

    513 Words  | 3 Pages

    Silence is golden. Elie Wiesel states that “being silent means being complicit”. But that’s not true. Because there are plenty of stories where people go above and beyond the call of duty and end up making the situation worse. For example, when a group of hoodlums had approached me.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: How Marching Band Changed My Life

    494 Words  | 2 Pages

    If I knew that I would be away from home all day at a marching band competition on Saturday, then I would need to schedule time during the week and Sunday to work on projects or studying for tests. I could no longer procrastinate until the last minute, or I would end up getting only one or two hours of sleep. Because of marching band, I changed my habits of procrastination and transformed into a schedule-oriented

    Read More

  • Essay On The Introverts In Susan Cain's Quiet

    526 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Introvert’s Bible: Quiet by Susan Cain Susan Cain’s Quiet opens on a familiar scene: Rosa Parks’s refusal to relinquish her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama public bus. Most descriptions of this tide-changing event stop there, but Cain goes deeper into the personality of the late civil-rights advocate, and reveals something unexpected: Rosa Parks was an introvert. Parks is not the only introvert to have swayed the course of history; throughout the book, Cain discusses example after example of individuals with “quiet power”.

    Read More

  • All Quiet On The Western Front Rhetorical Analysis Essay

    403 Words  | 2 Pages

    War is a harsh reality that is inflicted upon the unwilling through the “need” of it’s predecessors and those whom wish it. All Quiet on The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is about 19 year old Paul and his friends in the “Second Company”. Even though they are just out of school age, they have already seen things that many could not bear to even think about. Eventually, all of his friends die, and even Paul too, dies. Remarque uses diction and syntax as literary devices to express his anti-war theme, or lesson.

    Read More

  • All Quiet On The Western Front Essay

    972 Words  | 4 Pages

    All Quiet on The Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a novel composed after World War One to convey the experiences of German soldiers during this horrific time of fighting. He brought to light many important issues that occur during wars. In this book, three horrors of war that had the largest impact were the lack of sanitation in the trenches, the loss of comrades, and the shock that came from unexpected and ongoing shelling. The lack of sanitation in the trenches caused many diseases, infections, and terrible memories to me made.

    Read More

  • Silence In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

    1435 Words  | 6 Pages

    Winter kills Martin Luther King Jr once stated, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”. This statement is far from being false. The silence of our friends are expressed when life throws in a conflict. Some people do not know how to react so instead of speaking out they run away from the problem; even if losing a close friend is at risk. In the book, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the author uses numerous literary elements to support the theme.

    Read More

  • Summary Of The Feel Of Silence By Bonnie Tucker

    1042 Words  | 5 Pages

    Bonnie Tucker and Matt Hamill; How are They the Same and How are They Different In the book, The Feel of Silence by Bonnie Tucker, you see the story of a young woman growing up deaf. Although medically and physically she is profoundly deaf, in the mind and heart she desperately wants to be a part of the hearing world. Even in her older years she never really accepted her deafness totally. On one hand you have the Deaf people in the world who are like Bonnie, but on the other you see people like the hammer, formally known as Matt Hamill.

    Read More

  • Social Anxiety Outline

    890 Words  | 4 Pages

    Living with Social Anxiety Disorder By: Brandi Jester Thesis: Have you ever been excited about going out and canceled at the last minute? Had to tell someone that you were not feeling good or that you could not go because you had a last-minute emergency? When the real reason you can not go is because you did not want to leave the house is because you’re anxious about the people you will run in to. The crippling thought of having to speak to others, how you will look to them, and how they judge you.

    Read More

  • Argumentative Essay About Anxiety

    3409 Words  | 14 Pages

    In a time when society demands more than you can deliver, anxiety is a common problem plaguing the human race. Human beings constantly worry about ev-er-ry-thing! We worry about the minutest details. We even tend to worry about why it’s so quite in the house when everybody is out! And why wouldn’t we?

    Read More

More about Reflective Essay On Silence

Open Document