I am writing this multi-genre essay because I feel this topic is worth my time. It will be composed of a traditional eleven sentence paragraph, a poem, a journal entry, a short story, a recipe, a want ad, and a letter. Over the course of my fifteen years on this planet, I have realized that no one's life is easy. Even if on the outside, someone seems to have a perfect apple pie life, there is always something deeper. Everyone struggles for what they want. At some point, everyone falls down, but we get back up again, brush the dirt off our shoulders, and try again because we have that strength of spirit. We have that passion that pushes us to try harder. When people push us down, we push back, but with more force. When they hurt us, we will be the bigger person and smile. And we surely will have scars from our battles, but we will show them off with pride as if to say, "Yes, I have struggled, and this is what I earned for it". In the end though, the point of this essay is not about the struggle, but the thing that gets you through the hard times. This essay is about the strength of my spirit.
Sincerely,
Simone Kronholm
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poem
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I have strength of spirit.
I have that extra push.
I have a voice that cannot and will not be silenced.
I have anger that can't be tamed,
And I have happiness that can't be dampened.
I have that strength of spirit.
Really, everyone has it.
Most just don't know it,
And I want to change that.
I want everyone to have that push.
I want everyone to have that fire,
That endless passion.
I want everyone to have strength of spirit.
Everyone has a voice that should be heard.
No one should ever be told not to speak their minds.
Everyone has that power, but not everyone recognizes it, but
I know that I have that strength of spirit.
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journal entry
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Dear Diary,
I'm sorry I have not written in a while; I have been reading and reflecting on two very different books, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. I feel like both of these books have strength of spirit, as do many of the characters within them. The characters in Julius Caesar show strength of spirit through their powerful lines that Shakespeare wrote with care, while A Tale of Two Citie's characters show strength while they bear the cruel times through the the French Revolution. These two books and the characters inside them have inspired me to have confidence and attempt to obtain strength inside my spirit, but I know that it is easier said than done. Now it is my goal to be more like Portia, Calphurnia, or Lucy Manette, and have a strong, confident, unbreakable spirit. In Julius Caesar, Portia and Calphurnia show strength by standing up to their husbands, which was not common back in that time. Portia had the power to tell her husband that she would not stand to have things kept from her, so she demanded to know what the secrets were immediately. Calphurnia, on the other hand, convinced the stubborn Caesar not to go out in the ides of March, until a disloyal conspirator, who was posing as a messenger, came and told Caesar that he would be crowned that day, but Caesar was so greedy for power that he went out anyway. On a different note, in A Tale of Two Cities Lucie shows great strength while she stays unbreakable while her husband and the father of her children was in jail. She showed immense power to be able to stay strong and never give up hope that he would come home. So now you see why I want to be like these great women. I hope that one day my spirit could be as strong as theirs.
Goodbye For Now,
Simone
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short story
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"You have strength of spirit", that is what people told her at least. She thought otherwise though. She couldn't run the mile half as fast as the other kids in her class, and she couldn't do pull ups, sit ups, or push ups. She wasn't the star of the field hockey team, the gymnastics team, or any team for that matter. This is why she could not fathom why anyone thought that she had strength of spirit until one day when someone told her once more that her "spirit was strong". "Why do you say that?!", she said, thinking that so many people have said it before, that they must be teasing her. The person simply smiled and said, "Strength of spirit has nothing to do with how fast you can run, how big your muscles are, how many sit ups, pull ups, or push ups you can do. It has to do with what's inside, what's deeper. It has to do with your confidence, your mood, and your frame of mind." She looked up at the person smiled back, and finally realized why so many people thought she had strength of spirit, and she even started to see it herself.
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recipe
recipe
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Confidence Cake:
1) Take your shaker and sprinkle about one cup of spirit into a bowl
2) Scoop out two tablespoons of strength and dump into the bowl with the spirit
3) Add one teaspoon of bravery, anger, and stubbornness, and passion
4) Last but not least, add a heaping cup of trust within yourself
5) Mix batter until there are no lumps, and then pour into a oven-safe tin.
6) Set the oven for 350 degrees and put the timer on for twenty minutes
7) When the timer dings take the cake out and let it cool
8) After thirty minutes or so have passed, stick a fork in the middle and make sure it comes out clean
9) If so, start frosting the cake with whatever flavor of faith you like
10) After, if you like, you can decorate the cake with self-assurance sprinkles
11) Once you take your first bite, you should feel renewed with self-confidence
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want ad
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Wanted:
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Thank You!
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letter
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I know right now it seems like leaving Pine Point may be the hardest thing in your life, but trust me, there are many more challenges to come. I know leaving is sad, but think of all of the benefits. Pine Point has given you such a strong foundation, and built your spirit into what it is today: strong and confident. You should be so thankful that you were lucky enough to go to a school that actually cares about the state of your spirit. They nurtured it when it was dying, set it ablaze when the flame was fading, and protected the passion that is locked inside. You should know that no other community will care as much as they did, and you should know that throughout the oncoming years of high school, you will often think back upon your years at Pine Point and appreciate what they have done for you, and you are definitely never going to forget it. Because Pine Point made you what you are today: a strong-spirited, confident, passionate, ardent young woman.
Love,
Your future self
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