...blessed with the middle name Ellen. Tracing back to my great great grandma the name Ellen made its debut into the family tree. There was a generation skipped where it wasn’t present but my grandma had brought it back in style. Although there may not be a true heart to heart meaning behind it, giving the girls in the family the middle name Ellen is a family tradition and carries on a legacy. I plan to carry on this tradition some day and give it that same love past generations have. It was December 9, 2000, and my mother had been laboring with me since the night before. Once I was born it was the time to tell the doctors what I would be called. From the beginning of the pregnancy, my mother knew she wanted to carry on the middle name Ellen. Ellen means “Light, Torch, Bright” and originates from the Greeks. Previous holders of this name were my great great grandma, Sarah Ellen, my grandmother, Mary Ellen, and my mom, Denise Ellen. Personally, I have never really thought much about my middle name but now, I see that it’s not just any ole name. It’s a name with great meaning and love behind it as...
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...Cornell, that's pretty nice.” She replied smirking “Haha yeah. It's almost like a tradition in my family to go there. How about you?” “I went to New York University and studied law. It's actually a tradition in my family to go to Cornell too. I grew up in a foster home most of my life and didn’t learn about the tradition until recently when I was digging into my birthparents past and stuff.” Kamberly replied. “I grew up in a foster home too. Maybe that's where we have seen each other. Where did you grow up?” he asked “I’ve grown up here, in New York for my whole life. Never lived anywhere else. How about you?” “Oh, that can’t be it then. I grew up in Washington most of my life.” he replied “Weird question, but what’s your last name?” she asked. She had a feeling that she needed to ask that question. She didn’t know why it just kept nagging at her mind. “Arrowmen.” She felt her jaw drop and her eyes widen. She couldn’t believe it. The hair, the eyes, the smile. It all seemed too familiar. She had known there was a possibility that she had siblings, but she never put much thought into it. “That my last name.” she replied quietly. His eyes started watering. He couldn’t meet her...
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...Abbina: Hello, I am Abbina. Carrie: Hello, I am Carrie Arlene: Hello, I am Arlene Hilaree: Hi, I am Hilaree. Javen: Hello, I am Javen, and we are at a crime scene. Someone has stolen (prizes) from your teacher. We were brought here as suspects and your assistances to find which one of us stolen the (prizes). The winner will get a share of the (prizes). You win by gathering the most points. You can win a point by winning a game. Don’t worry if you don’t win a game, you can get points by solving the crime and figuring out which one of us stolen the (prizes). Your suspects are Javen, Hilaree, Abbina, Carrie, and Arlene. You will receive clues from winning each game. If you break a rule, you lose half a point. If an student is frequently breaking...
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...Cornelius Jacobi Adams is my name, but what is the real meaning behind such a unique and interesting name. When Mrs Beddingfield assigned this essay, I didn’t know anything but a few pieces of information about my name. Cornelius was just a name my mother gave me because she knew I would be smart so she wanted a name to fit in with that, and Cornelius sounded quite interesting and intelligent. I really don’t know anything about my middle name, Jacobi,except for the fact that it just sounded good. My last name, Adams, comes from my grandmother’s name. Adams was her name when she got married and she had it ever since. I would like to discover more about my name and the real meaning behind it. I would also like to know where my name came from and where did it originate from. By using the Internet, a personal interview, and a book, I discovered interesting fact about my first,middle,and last names. What I Learned My first name, Cornelius is not as popular today as it was in the 16th through the 18th centuries. It is found in the bible. In the new Testament, Cornelius is found in Acts as a wise...
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...rhythmic breathing of my two little sisters. In the dark this familiar sound is like a lamp almost, providing me with just enough hope to be able to feel my way around. My name is Taya and I am 19 years old and after months of consideration, of both the negative and positive aspects of what it would and could mean to be caught with a journal that documents what it is that we all face every day, I’ve decided that I must. I know, from stories that can only be verbally passed down while no on e is sure to be listening, what a paper and pen once was. I know that there were machines once that a person could use to write things down, but now all of those are unavailable to me. The tools I use for this undertaking may seem primitive to some, although our society is anything but. It’s just that no longer are all the available extras that I’ve heard once existed still available. For now, I’m laying on my back underneath our kitchen table, a pile of mostly burnt wood to my right side, scraping and scratching these feelings onto the underside of the place where, when we all can, sit down as a family and eat. Another thing that is rarely available. If I close my eyes I’m comforted by the scents that I could recognize anywhere. The fire that we are currently lucky to have warming us during this winter night, the skin ointment one of my friends grandmothers refers to as loshing, that she has suggested I illegally purchase for years now, that, as instructed I rub onto my sisters chest before...
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...Prologue The way it is I'm sorry, what did you say your name was again? “It's April,” I answered as I waited to be ridiculed. “April, like the month of the year?” “Yes. Exactly like the month of the year.” “I thought that was a woman's name.” By now, I'd had enough and I snapped, “Are you going to give me your number or not?” “You don't have to be so snappy. I only asked you a simple question.” I took a deep breath, recollected my thoughts and then apologized. “Look, I'm sorry. Are you going to hook me up with your digits or not? The club is about to close.” “Since you asked nicely, this time, I guess so. But I need to ask you another question first.” “What's that?” “You're not a woman, are you? You know the ones that dress like men?” “Hell no! I'm a man.”...
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...my school life. When I first came to SAS, the only English phrase that I can say was “I don’t know”. While it was my first day to school, it was the first day back to school from the winter break for everyone else. Everyone knew each other, knew their ways around the school and knew each other’s names very well. I felt like an absolute outcast, facing a high brick wall that separated myself from the rest of the class. Compared to other students, the wall was higher and seemed more impossible to overcome to me since I was unable to communicate. Unlike how I was back in Korea, I changed into a reserved child, unwilling to express my thoughts and opinions. To a 6 year old girl, this sudden change in environment was a bit too much to handle; however, even though I was young, I realized that my life would never go back to how it was in the past, and that I will have to find a way to conform to the norm of the situation I am set in. As time passed by, I got used to the SAS community and managed to adapt to the three cultural influences that I was receiving: American in school, Chinese out of school, Korean at home. Little by little, I opened myself to the people around me. Noticing the change in my attitude, my classmates approached me and asked for my name. Like a robot, I would reply, “My name is Jung Hyun Yoon.” No matter how many times I would say it, they asked again the very next day or say it with a weird pronunciation. I absolutely could not understand why in the world they...
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...Critical paper for My Name is Khan My Name is Khan is a 2010 Indian drama film directed by Karan Johar, written by Shibani Bathija and starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in the lead roles. It is a movie which shows a great discrimination towards a particular group of culture. The dark side of identity is also pointed out in the movie. Indeed, this movie indicates of how the people claim of being superior to any other culture. First thing first, I am greatly touched by the character of the main star named Rizwan (Shah Rukh Khan) I feel his emotions and I am surprise towards his abilities like repairing mechanical things though he has a syndrome. Second, is Mandira who is strong enough and I appreciate her for marrying someone who has a syndrome. Thirdly, is his brother who look for Rizwan to U.S, although, they don’t have good relation when they are young. I feel the characters as real, complex and fleshed out. Actually in this movie many characters have showed dedication and as a whole they correspond to the entire movie. The entire story has its twist and conflicts but the characters overcome from this until the end. Rizwan Khan is a Muslim from India who has Asperger syndrome. He is frightened by the color yellow and sharp sounds or noise. His brother, Zakir, get Rizwan to live in United States after their mother passed away. All is well, until Rizwan meet her special someone Mandira. Mandira is a Hindu woman who works as hairdresser. She is a single mother with a young...
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...Names Ever since I was a little boy, I always remembered wondering how and why things were named what they are; also why/ how the words were formed. On long road trips/ vacations I would look at street signs and store names in foreign places and wonder why things were named as they were. A group of people I thought who put a lot of meaning into what they named things were the Native American Indians. All of the places, people, even animals they named were very symbolic, and had an important meaning. I feel as if in today’s world we don’t put as much thought into the things we name. Even when parents name their kids, some just slap a name on their forehead (not literally.) They don’t think about how they want their child to be raised, or they want them to become as an adult. My good friend was given a made up name when he was born because his father was drunk. To me that’s just cruel. For one thing, it would be rather hard for him to complete an essay like this, but also knowing your name which is a big part of you, has no real meaning. My name, Owen, was passed down 3 generations before me. I asked my father “why has our name been passed down this long? Why did you name me it?” he told me that his great grandfather was born into slavery and explained to me how he was not given a name until he was released and shipped to Jamaica. There, he was adopted at a young age into a family. The family said my great grandfather was a fighter; taking a lot of abuse and seeing a lot...
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...What does my full name mean? This was the essay assigned to me by my outstanding English teacher Mrs. Beddingfield. When we were first assigned this topic, I was very excited and began my research immediately I knew insufficient facts about my name, however; I was not clueless. I have always known that my first name bailey is great for either a male or female. I also knew that my middle name Allen was a family name. My middle name Allen came from my father’s side of the family. My last name Doolittle is very rare. All I knew was that it is my father’s name, and it has Irish roots. It is also used as a very popular movie title Dr. Dolittle. Every name has a meaning to me. All names have a power to them and were given to that person for a specific reason. I have always wondered many things about my name. Where it was first originated from, what is its meaning,...
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...My Title, the Meaning of My Name The Story of My Search What’s in a name? Before I ever began my search for information I recalled the facts that I already knew. I knew that my first name, Samuel came from my Grandfather. I was given that name as a result of my appearance when I was first born. Both my parents and everyone agreed that I looked a lot like my grandfather. My middle name was chosen at random out of a baby name book. My mother happened to like the name Jared and just sort of ran with it. I knew very little about the surname Brown. By using many resources, I discovered various facts about the meaning of my first, middle, and last names. The Search During the research process I found many new things about my names....
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...Name: XXXX English 26 Amada Professor Short essay #2 "My name " by XXXXXXX Name is one of beauty thing that people calling each other. In Vietnam , my name has been written by XXXXX because of Vietnamese culture . Frist name will come first , then middle name and last name. “Huy” has no meaning if it stand alone, but when it come with " Hoang " which is my younger sister name ,it gently means splendid victory .My parents gave us that name on purpose . If that are 2 worlds come together will become a full meaning .They expect us always stick together in any problems or any happiness in our life like those worlds has to stick together .Therefore , even before she was born ,she had been named " Hoàng". Notice I put the acute accent on the "A" , giving a full meaning "Victory" in Vietnamese language .The complete word is “XXXXX “ ." Minh" in the middle make my name stronger meaning , it looks like a superman always doing good on everything. At US, they did not pronounce my name right. My friend which is Mexican, she always call me like "Chuy ,Chuy " .Then they named "Chuy" such as "trees" such as my new Mexican name. I was so happy to have a new name. It is so funny name but I love the way that they are calling me. My name is short and very simple. It makes me proud of the meaning inside the name and also give me more spirit that I have to be “victorious “on everything I have to do I am so proud of my name. I wont change my name for anyone else because that is the thing...
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...The True Meanings “That’s a boy's name,” I heard a guy say when my friend called me over after fifth hour. It was always strange to me why my parents named me Addison. When I would look up my name, most of the time it would say it meant Adam’s son. Seeing my name being associated with “son” always confused me as to why my parents didn’t look up the name before hand. They chose Addison because all of my siblings names start with an A, but they considered naming me Abigail. It was soon out of the question. One of my parents friends named their child Abigail shortly before I was born, and my parents didn’t want us to have the same name. Addison does have other meanings, and I would say it both fits and doesn’t fit me. My name shows the fit to...
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...“My Name” My given name is Pedro. It is a Spanish form of the name Peter. I got my name because my father’s name is the same. My last name is Sanchez, which is also a Spanish name. My grandfather’s last name is Sanchez, and he was born in Spain. Sanchez is derived from the given name Sancho, meaning “sanctified”. Sanchez is the 8th most popular Hispanic last name. I like my name, but it is a very common male name. Also, my nickname is Pedrito, a sweet form of the Spanish name Pedro. My relatives and friends call me Pedrito, but they never complement it because it is not a very distinguished name. I do not feel my name causes people to treat me in a particular way, but I love my name because it is special to me. Because my name is derived from the Greek word “Petra” meaning “stone, rock”, I could associate my name with any rock. However, there are many types of rocks, and there are a wide range of colors of rocks, depending upon the presence of minerals. If I have to choose an specific color, blue is my favorite. There is a rock named “azurite”, an Arabic word meaning blue. Searching the internet I found that there is a plant named San Pedro. This plant is a cactus that grows in the desert. The plant is light to dark green. I also found a place in California named San Pedro Rock. It is a huge rock formation emerging from the depths of the sea. My name have different meanings and associations. I do not want to change my name; Peter was the name...
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...I was pleasantly surprised when I received a response from your office. Thank you for taking the time rather than just blowing off the request, as so many others in your position would. That continues to speak to your class. I understand the limitations of your schedule; there are just so many hours in the day. Even still, please accept a copy of my book as a gift. As you know due to the meaning of your name being “with sweetness”, that names mean a lot. My character in my book is named Marguerite, not for the meaning of the name, but because of the meaning of the name to me. My mother, Marguerite, was an avid reader. She devoured books. She always wanted someone to name a character after her. Originally my character in Fish Out of Water...
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