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The topic of the story “Self Reliance” is being dependent on yourself, and learning how to break free from other people’s expectations and obligations, developing your potential as an individual person. When you compare this with our two values, being caring and being patient, you wouldn’t find many similarities, but if you read the author’s essay carefully you might realize that they are more present that you think. When we start becoming more independent and we start thinking by ourselves and not caring about what other people think of us and being able to decide by our own mind, we are actually showing and taking care of ourselves because in this essay it its expressed that being self reliant can free a man from many things, like other’s opinions, routines, consistency, and conforming. the author says that you should trust thyself, meaning you should care and value your own opinion and learn to accept it, which is a part of caring for yourself and deciding that being more individua

"A psalm of life" and "The tide rises the tide falls", are two poems in which the values of fairness and justice are present, Fairness is when something or someone is treated with equality, while justice is the quality of being fair and reasonable, in a psalm of life, Fairness is present in the story because the author tells the readers of the poem that if we make the most out of our lives we will come to better enjoy our lives, meanwhile justice is also present in the story because in a way the author is trying to tell us that people which make the most out of their lives will be rewarded while people who are lazy and waste their lives will never be successful, in addition the author clearly makes a point in telling the reader that life can both be fair and unfair depending on the situation. In "the tide rises the tide falls"  while the value of Fairness is not directly shown, there is a hidden meaning in the poem regarding fairness, because in the poem

The devil and Tom Walker is a story about a man who makes a deal with the devil, in this story there are two main values trustworthiness and thankfulness, trustworthiness is the ability to trust another person , and thankfulness is the act of being grateful towards somebody, throughout this story we come across situations where this values are and are not present in the story, this is exemplified in the relationships between characters and in their own personalities. Trustworthiness is absent from the story except for one moment, instead the characters tend to be untrustworthy with each other, for instance, Tom`s relationship with his wife is one of complete distrust, because the wife thinks Tom is a miserly man, and Tom thinks his wife is a cheater and a hoarder, another example is when Tom tells the wife about the deal, and the wife betrays him and goes to make the deal on her own, but instead she gets killed by the devil, another example is when Tom becomes extremely religious due

Kevin was driving down the highway from a long day of work, it was a dark and rainy night, and Kevin was very tired from having worked all day, while he was driving, a lightning strike landed in front of the car and he crashed in a nearby forest, about two hours later Kevin woke up and realized he had broken his arm, he tried opening the door but it wouldn`t budge, he tried kicking the windshield, and it cracked open, he then crawled his way out. Kevin realized he was lost, since he could`t see the highway, he tried using his phone, but there was no signal, so he decided to walk in a random direction, since eventually he had to get somewhere, or so he thought. After having walked for around half an hour Kevin heard a howl in the distance, but didn`t pay much attention to him, soon he would pay for his negligence, as soon he was preyed upon by a pack of wolves. He tried to run but a wolf pounced him and forced him to the ground, however Kevin lit a flare he took from his car, and ma

Colombia is a country located in south America, Colombia is located in the northern tip of south America, Colombia has a large variety of climates and biomes, and it is one of the few countries that has all climates in the world. Colombia also has shores in both the Atlantic and Pacific ocean, Colombia is a beautiful country with some of the most diverse Fauna and Flora in the planet, it also has several biological landmarks such as Caño Cristales, Sierra nevada de Santa Marta, San Andres and Providencia, and the Amazon rainforest. In a geopolitical sense Colombia borders 5 countries,Panama, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, and brazil, it is divided in 32 departments with the country`s capital located in the city of Bogota. In an economical sense Colombia is emerging as an economic power in the region, however development has been hampered by corruption and the internal conflict that has raged here since the past century, The Colombian economy is bolstered by such activities like commerce, to

My name is Emilio Cantillo, i was born on  January 15, 2002 in Barranquilla, Colombia, i live with my mom and my dad, i am also an only child, currently i am studying at Lyndon B. Johnson school. Before coming to this school, i studied at Colegio inter-americano , however i came here in 6th grade, in 2012. I tend to be calm and pay attention in class,  however, i tend to get angry and take things too seriously, i also get stressed very quickly when things don't work out my way, i am polite and respectful towards my teachers and my friends, i also tend to be shy when meeting new people. my favorite subjects are english, biology, and chemistry. I have lived in Barranquilla  for my whole life, however i have traveled to the United States several times, and have visited other parts of Colombia. I have a relatively small family with most of us living in Barranquilla, and a few living in the U.S. I tend to spend my days at home, since i don't get out much, however i like to hang ou