Essay #5

 Fade The Darkness; Bring The Light:

An Essay About How The Song , “Here Comes The Sun”, Relates To A Quote By Charles Dickens And To My Life

Pine Point School

Ninth Grade English

November 18, 2011

By Schyler Davis

Have you ever noticed how light appears in your life, pushing out the darkness, making it all seem okay? “Here Comes The Sun”, by The Beatles, relates to the famous quote by Charles Dickens, “ It was the season of darkness, it was the season of light,” and it also relates to how my amazing friends bring light into my life. I want you to remember a dark time in your life and how a powerful force, friendship, love, family, sports, made the darkness fade, bringing light.

Have you ever wondered how times in life can be happy and joyful, but sad and somber at the same time? The song, “Here Comes The Sun”, relates to the quote, “It was the season of darkness, it was the season of light,” because even when life isn’t going as planned, you can still find light. I believe that you need to think about all the positive aspects of your life and not focus on the negatives. If you can do so, you will find that you are more peaceful. Also, sometimes it seems like everything is going wrong, going down hill, going the complete opposite way than you wanted, but  you need to try to work through it. Instead of thinking about all that has taken a turn for the worse, think about what has gone right; think about all the joy in your life; think about how lucky you are. If you try this, you may find light in the darkest of times. You need to remember that after every tough, bitter time you face that it is followed by a smooth, sweet time. You may need to just pull through bitterness in order to taste the sweet victory on the other side. Try to focus on the beauty of your life, and the darkness will start to slowly fade. Try to make the light in your life shine brighter than the sun.

“Here Comes The Sun” relates how my friends bring light into my life, a light that is like a sunrise, peaking up from the horizon, growing brighter and brighter. For example, I can always count on Eliza’s gregarious personality to make me laugh. If it is when she starts talking to strangers and thanking them or telling me about her dreams, I can always depend on her to put an everlasting smile on my face. I can’t picture my life without Eliza because she shines light onto my life and makes it “all right.” Also, Simone can brighten up my days by giving me excellent advice. Whenever I need her opinion on a matter, she tells me what she honestly thinks, what she thinks would be the best, and what she knows about the situation. I am thankful that Simone is my friend because whenever darkness tries to creep into my life, she is the sun that fights it off. Finally,  I feel that it is almost impossible to have any darkness in my life when the girls in my class are always making me laugh and smile. We have all become close this year and have shared priceless memories together-- memories that pick me up when I am down, make me laugh when I am sad, and make me glad I have such fantastic friends. When “it seems like years since its been clear,” Kiona, Kara, and Cassie make the sun shine down on my life-- a life that I am thankful for, a life that I wouldn’t change for anything. I’m lucky to have hilarious, loving, and caring friends that can make a rainbow after a rainy day.

    If you can think positive, you will live a wonderful life filled with joy. If you can find the light, you will fade the darkness in your life, so you should try to find your sun and never let it go. The song, “Here Comes The Sun”, relates to Charles Dickens famous quote in A Tale Of Two Cities, and it relates to how all my caring, loving, funny friends bring an everlasting light to my life. I hope that everyone can find their special light that keeps them going and laughing and happy and living. 

Essay #4

 There Is A Time When You Need To Walk On In Life:

An Essay About How The Song, “Walk On”, Relates To A Raisin In The Sun And To My Life

Pine Point School

Ninth Grade English

November 4, 2011

By Schyler Davis

Have you ever had to move on in life? In the song ,”Walk On”, by U2, the lyrics are about going on to the next chapter of your life. This song relates to A Raisin In The Sun  because Walter and his family are moving to a new home, and it relates to my life because I will be leaving Pine Point to go to a different school next year. Although, it can be extremely difficult to leave what you have always known behind, it is very important that you do so because if you don’t walk  on in life, you will never discover what waits for you in the future.

In A Raisin In The Sun, Walter’s family is planning to move to a new house, a new neighborhood, for a new and better life (anaphora).  This relates to the song, “Walk On”, because the family decides to move to “a place that has to be believed to be seen”. Since they haven’t moved yet, Walter’s family has to keep dreaming about the new house, hoping it becomes reality. Mama gave Walter sixty-five hundred dollars and told him to give three thousand dollars to Beneatha for school, but instead he gives all the money to Willy because they were going to start a liquor store, but Willy disappears with the money, the dreams, the future (asyndeton), leaving Walter bewildered (FAST). Before all of this happened, Mr.Lindner, who is head of the welcoming committee, wanted to make a deal with Walter to keep this boisterous, black brood from moving into his pristine, white neighborhood. He told Walter that the welcoming committee was prepared “to buy the house” at a financial gain for his family, but Walter said no.  He wasn’t going to let this manipulative, two-faced man determine his family’s future, but now since Walter has lost sixty-five hundred dollars, he is thinking about taking Mr.Linder up on his offer.  He knows his family really wants to move, though,  so they go ahead on their plan to start a new life. In my opinion, Walter made the right choice to move on instead of dwelling on the past (antithesis) and by doing this he is going to change his family’s future by taking a step in the right direction.

    I have been at Pine Point as long as I can remember, and it is my home, a place where I feel comfortable, a place where cozy smiles greet me in the hallways, and a place where I have grown up to become the person I am today (anaphora). This is my last year at Pine Point, and next year I will be at new school, perhaps a boarding school. I am nervous to attend (FAST) a new school and to meet new people and to have new teachers, especially if I’m not living at home, but while I’m filled with these fears, I am bursting out with excitement (antithesis). This relates to the song,”Walk On”, because my time at Pine Point is coming to an end, and although that is sad, I know I have to move on to a different school. “I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home” because where ever I end up next year will hopefully be as loving and caring as Pine Point. Right now, I can’t picture myself at a different school, making new friends, asking my teachers questions, living the next chapter of my life (asyndeton). I wish I could stay at Pine Point forever, but I am excited to walk on to the mysteries of life that stands before me.
    You need to walk on to what you’re not use to, walk on to the path that will lead you down the right road, walk on to the future. In A Raisin In The Sun, Walter’s family moves to a new house. In my life, I’m graduating from Pine Point, which is like my home, and I am going to attend a new school. I believe that moving on in life can be intimidating, but life is a crazy journey that you just have to keep walking on.