Essay Ideas

Ideas for an Essay

1. Band/Music

A.How being in band really makes me find the positive things in life.

B.One day I was extremely upset/mad and when we performed it made me feel better.

C.I didn't think I would grow so close to those people, they're like a second family to me now.

D.I believe music can really heal your wounds.

E."Music and Friends: Ultimate Bondage"..(I guess)

2. Rights and Happiness

A.Society's outlook on others' joy..(Through my eyes)
B.The way my grand-parents treat my aunt.
C.Talking and being around her gave me a new idea of people's source of joy.
D.I believe anybody should be happy no matter what it is they do.
E."Do What Makes You Happy."

3.Stereotypes

A.How stereotypes are constantly used.
B.I always get stereotyped bacause I'm not the loud and hype type.
C.It changed the way I look at some of my "friends".
D.Eveybody's their own person so there's no need for lables.
E."Express Yourself!"

4.A journey

A.The time my mom went into the hospital.
B.Everything in the story is an anecdote
C.Never take anything for granted
D.Spend as much time with the people you love
E."My Missing Mom."

Quotations

Quotes That Relate To Me

• Talk does not cook rice. -Chinese Proverb
• A friend who lies for you may also lie against you. -Unknown
• The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in his heart. -Benjamin Franklin

Quotes That Relate To My Cultural Icon

(Freddie Mercury)

• If you have much give your wealth..If you have little give your heart. -Arab Proverb
• If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. -Unknown
• Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. –Thomas Edison

Poetry

Mother To Son by Langston Hughes
Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history 

With your bitter, twisted lies, 

You may trod me in the very dirt 

But still, like dust, I'll rise. 

Does my sassiness upset you? 

Why are you beset with gloom? 

'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells 

Pumping in my living room. 

Just like moons and like suns, 

With the certainty of tides, 

Just like hopes springing high, 

Still I'll rise. 

Did you want to see me broken? 

Bowed head and lowered eyes? 

Shoulders falling down like teardrops. 

Weakened by my soulful cries. 

Does my haughtiness offend you? 

Don't you take it awful hard 

'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines 

Diggin' in my own back yard. 

You may shoot me with your words, 

You may cut me with your eyes, 

You may kill me with your hatefulness, 

But still, like air, I'll rise. 

Out of the huts of history's shame 

I rise 

Up from a past that's rooted in pain 

I rise 

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, 

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. 

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear 

I rise 

Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear 

I rise 

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, 

I am the dream and the hope of the slave. 

I rise 

I rise 

I rise.

Things Don't Come Easy by Amanda(High school writer)

Things come so easy

when you are little

and your sweet smile melts another’s heart

the way the sun melts

a chocolate bar in your pocket

Things don’t come so easy

when your smile is full of braces

and you remind your mother

that time is passing

and you are now what she once was

Things don’t come at all

when your pockets are empty of chocolate bars

and the sun has set