Depression

Do you ever wonder why the world isn't perfect? Why everything couldn't just go the way you want? Why not everyone thinks the same way? When it comes to love, the road get's even bumpier. I've always been one of those people when I fall for someone, I fall really, really hard. In the end, that person never seems to catch me though. They lie and watch the tears stream down my face. Not an ounce of them cares about me and my feelings. You want to tell people about your struggles and sorrowful desires, but you're afraid. Afraid they might laugh. Afraid you'll be made fun of. Afraid of what they'll think.  Feelings are a difficult things. Everyone has them, yet no one wants to admit it and show them. Everyone's too afraid of what everyone else will think. Some peoples emotions are so strong that they cry themselves to sleep every night and do the unknown. They're very secretive and feel alone. No love. They think the only options are either cutting, drugs or worst of all... suicide. Turns out they're wrong. Even though it doesn't seem like it, there is always someone who loves you. Whether you know it or not, someone loves you.

Woods Runner vs. The Patriot

Author’s Note- I wrote this piece to show my understanding of compare and contrast. While reading this, look for content.

Shooting, stabbing and burning: all things that happened in the Revolutionary War. It was a tragic time for the people who lost their loved ones. The movie The Patriot and the book Woods Runner have a lot in common but they still have some differences.  

The Patriot: A family moves to the city to visit their aunt and for a change, when suddenly a war breaks out and they need men to be brave and fight. Both the dad, Benjamin Martin, and his son, Gabriele Martin, go into war with many other men and fight against the British in an intense battle.

Woods Runner: Samuel is a 13 year old boy whose best friend is the forest. He spends every hour of every day in those woods. One day when he was hunting, he saw smoke coming in the direction of his village so he sprinted as fast as he could to see what had happened. He arrived to ashes covering the ground and only sight of a few dead bodies. He searched and searched but couldn’t find his parents. So, he set out on a journey to find them and along the way he ran into a very generous man. That man supplied him with a sack of potatoes; enough to feed him on his journey. He runs into a lot of trouble on the way, but in the end, he finds his mother. Unfortunately, he was too late to rescue his father, he had already died.

Samuel is devastated when he returns back to his village to find all of the cabins burnt into ash, just like the British burnt down the houses and the church in the movie. Both of these characters had one main reason to keep fighting: their family. They could be homeless and starving but they’d be fine as long as they had their family with them. Sadly, in both the movie and the book at least one of their family members dies. In the movie, two of his sons die and in the book, Samuel’s father dies.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Throughout the whole book, it’s from the point of view of Samuel, a 13 year old boy who loses his family after his whole village is burned down. He goes out on a journey to find his parents and in the mean time runs into a man that gives him a sack of potatoes for food; on the other hand the movie The Patriot is in the point of view of the dad. He fights for freedom, justice and to save his family.

In the end, there are a lot of similarities between the two, whether it’s about family or war. Both of the main characters go through a lot to either save their family and make sure they’re alright. The movie mostly taught me to fight for what I believe in and never surrender no matter how bad it may seem. While, the book showed me how important family really is and how you don’t really realize it until it’s gone. Overall, both the book and the movie told me never to underestimate the importance of family.