...his life remembering and reminding us of every human life, every beating heart, every drop of blood lost in a war we continue not to see. He had the courage to tell his story, shows us moments of weakness when he didn’t speak, moments of strength surrounded by fear such as the moment when he was forced to run through the cold snow, without stopping and without any warmth, at the brink of starvation. There are 3 ways that many people react to pain and suffering. They can wither away and hide from the world, they can ignore what happened and try to regain a sense of normalcy or they can speak the truth, preventing anything like that from continuing to stain others, to prevent it from repeating. Elie Wiesel spoke the truth in a way he sometimes seemed to target himself, like he wanted to be blamed, wanted us to hate him. He told us every thought he had, every near death experience, every death he witnessed and told us every moment he was filled with relief knowing that someone else's death meant his life. The fact that he had allowed himself to be vulnerable, to be judged, allowing us to see even the darkest parts of him, of his life, is a risk very few are willing to take. He has shown us the extent of self preservation. The lengths people are willing to go in order to survive. He is what I believe is the human version of an upstander. You see, sometimes it's the most horrific and scarring events that can lead to the most miraculous of changes. Sometimes from absolute darkness emerges...
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...When Maria was old enough, she went to an all girl school where they taught only what they thought girls were capable of, but Maria insisted on going to a technical school .She did not want to be a teacher but instead an engineer. That was unusual for a woman to find the courage to fight for what she wanted to do with the rest of her life .Her father disagreed on this idea, but when she proved that she was capable to do what they asked her in all classes, her father then stood beside her in every decision that she...
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...Isabel poured milk into her bowl of Cheerios. As she ate, her parents went on and on about making friends and how she should try to be more “socially connected” with others. They also said that the kids who lived in the little town of Cherrybrook were pretty friendly, and she should try introducing herself to somebody. They got credit for caring about her, but her mom and dad simply didn't get it: not everybody was nice. She never spoke of this in front of her parents; she had never worked up the courage to talk to them about the bullying and teasing that went on over the years. She got this lecture every time the first day of school rolled around the corner. Now that she was in seventh grade, she was fairly used to it. However, she had made a decision. It is time I finally come out of my shell, she vowed....
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