The Flame of Courage

Courage is like  fire. It burns on even evil when fear tries to put it out. Though sometimes fear wins, and courage goes out, it will rise and fight again. Courage can be found as small as a match and large as a bonfire in the hearts of the Earth’s population. It is a symbol of hope in the darkness for many.  It has become apart of our life and survival since the beginning. You have to choose to be courageous just as you choose to light a fire or stay in the dark. But in the end, we all need to be courageous just as we all need light to see a better tomorrow. 


Sorry for posting this later that the due date. My Grandfather passed away last Monday and this week we had the wake and funeral. It has been a very tough week for our family. I hope you understand. Rest in Peace David M. Frizzell 1933-2016.

Bravery in Cowardice

This is a Scrap poem I made out of a jounal entry called Bravery in Cowardice. I hope y'all enjoy!

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Courage is powerful

Doing right even if not the popular decision

Everyone can be encouraged

I was scared 

But now I am brave 

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The Hunter And The Messenger

Have you ever noticed that there's sometimes similarities between the two characters? The characters that have plenty similar that you wonder if they started out as one character. Two characters that I believe are similar is the protagonist of I Am the messenger Ed Kennedy and one of the protagonists of The CW series Supernatural Dean Winchester. I know it sounds like these characters don’t sound like they are similar, but if you take a deeper look you might be surprised with what they have in common.

The stories of Ed and Dean start out fairly similar.  They have a little brother (Ed also had older sisters) and a relatively average life until one day changed their life forever. The day had both good and bad repercussions which included giving up their path of a mundane life.  While Ed's life changes by an Ace of Diamonds with three addresses on it, Dean's life changed when his mother was murdered by a demon. After the life-changing event, they start both helping people whom they didn't know beforehand. However, sometimes the help that was needed wasn't exactly peaceful. In at least one case for Dean Winchester and Ed, Kennedy had to kill a monster to make the world better. The monster that Ed killed was an abusive, alcoholic husband. For Dean, he has killed actual monsters and other mythological creatures.

They also other similarities within different parts of their life that are more detailed base than a sum up of their life so far. One of those differences is the fact that both characters have very low self-esteem. They feel like their failures. Sometimes they don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. A good chunk of this negative mindset is because one of their parents called them a failure his entire life. Ed was constantly tantalized by his mother while Dean was his now dead father who would verbally hurt him. But through these dark times, they've had one constant throughout their life. Though this constant might not be human, it has been with them for a majority of their life. For Ed, it was his coffee-drinking, the 15-year-old dog simply known as The Doorman.  The Doorman has been a part of Ed’s life since he was four years old and becomes his best and true friend.Dean's support didn't come from an animal, but a 1967 Chevy Impala. Like the Doorman for Ed,  the car had been in his life since he was a little boy. He always makes sure that his "Baby" is taken care of even before his father gave the car to him. Another part of their life that kept them going was their siblings. Over time, those siblings left and began a new life in different places. During these departures, both Dean and Ed's younger brothers went on to go to college far away from them. Nevertheless, there is one person that these two main characters love that is still with them. Though throughout the time that Ed and Dean knew these characters, they have never admitted their true feelings. Ed was secretly in love with fellow underage taxi driver Audrey. Dean's interest is an angel named Castiel. Though it is never truly confirmed on the show, it is hinted that there is something more to their relationship than meets the eye. Even though on the surface they seem so different, the similarities are hard not to notice when you look deeper.

Charles Darnay: ATTC

In the Charles Dickens classic A Tale of Two Cities, one character that goes by the name Charles Darnay has a very interesting emotional forming early on the book these moves trains from caring intelligent to one of those of remorse and brazen.  What emotion that the character display is that of a caring nature. In the chapter Two Promises, Darnay says,” I could retain no place against her love for her father”(Dickens 103). In this scene Charles is asking about Lucie and wanting to pursue a relationship with her if she loves him back. When talking to her father, he promises that he won’t take Lucie away from her father because he cares about her feelings. From this, we can see that he is be very compassionate man, but there is more to him than just caring. Darnay is also shown to be rather bright. In the book Dickens writes,”...Darnay was established in England as a higher teacher of the French language”(Dickens 99). From him being an educator, we can see that he is intelligent enough to not only learn French but teach it to others in need of learning. Charles is also remorseful about his family’s dark past and present. In the chapter the Gorgon’s Head he says,” We have done wrong, and are reaping the fruits of wrong”(Dickens 94). In this section of the book, Charles is talking to his uncle about how he renounces his family’s name. The reasoning being that his family has done sickening things in the past and Darnay feels sorry about that. From his feelings of remorse and other possible reasons, he denounces his own family’s name. Finally, Charles is shown to be bold in the face of danger. In the same chapter as the quote prior Darnay says,” Yes the family honour is safe from me in this country”(Dickens 96). In this moment, Darnay is speaking to a government leader, his uncle, that could send him to prison similar to Dr. Manette based on that comment. However, Darnay is brazen enough to make this comment that’s about his own family's “honor” or lack thereof. In the end, Charles Dickens created a three-dimensional character within a few chapters of a book.

The Brightness and Darkness of Family Relationships

The novel A Tale of Two Cities by the late Charles Dickens shows the hopeful tone of a discovered father and daughter relationship between Ms. Lucie & Dr. Manette through light and darkness. In chapter 6 of Book 1 Monsieur Defarge says,”’to let a little more light in here. You can bare a little more?”(Dickens 30). During this moment, his daughter, whom he’s never seen before come to see him for the first. Dr. Manette has suffered through nearly two decades of solitude in the room he’s currently in. When he sees Lucie for the first time he becomes filled with joy that has been almost nonexistent for this chapter in his life. Lucie without knowing it is the light to guide her father back to England safe from harm. Later on in the chapter Dickens writes,”...It looked as though it had passed like a moving light, from him to her”(Dickens 32). This first encounter with eachother sets the emotional path of their relationship. Dr. Manette finally sees this beacon of a better life, and Lucie sees a man that urges to reclaim the life that has long been lost. From this, we can see that they are the other’s hope and happiness in the brief amount of time they’ve met. Finally, near the end of the chapter Dickens states,”...It were the light of Freedom shining on him”(Dickens 34). Dr. Manette’s imprisonment has turned a respected man into a shoemaker to keep his sanity. Now, Lucie’s light has been infectious and has made him hopeful as well. After roughly 18 years, Dr. Manette has both his daughter Lucie and hope at last.