Like many of the other stories that we have heard about so far, this is another case where the victim of the story did nothing wrong and that their illness just happened by chance. Laura Hillenbrand was an average teenager like others and myself around me. Throughout her story she tells of how she first became ill when the symptoms were bearable moving on to tell how devastating the ailment became. Before Chronic Fatigue Syndrome struck her down it seemed that she had everything, friends, boyfriend, and college to look forward to. As her sickness grew stronger and she grew weaker this things began to fade away. In the beginning of sickness she tells how she would dream to get away about better times when she was an athlete and could do everything. After seeing doctor and doctor that diagnosed her with her being depressed and other misdiagnosis, she began to become ashamed, depressed, and lonely. She stopped dreaming happy dreams at one point and started to dreams of being ill. She began to lose hope and started to lose her battle with this unrecognizable yet harsh disease. She began to put all of her energy and efforts into her writing. She was tired of being stagnant so she decided she would move and change things up around her. She talked of the smells of the supermarket and the feeling of running her hands through grain. This caught my attention. These are everyday things that most people including myself take for granted. Sometimes you just don't notice the simple things in life until they are gone. Much like the story of multiple sclerosis, a disease totally engulfs you, leaving you feeling robbed and weak. This is just sad and scary that this happens to people. I personally didn't even know CFS existed. Throughout this story I also felt a little bad for Borden. He spent his whole life with her and also in pain. This just goes to show how a disease as traumatic as this not only affects the one with the illness but also others that are close to you.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is an action-packed biography about Louis Zamperini that will leave the reader on the edge of their seat constantly. ... Hillenbrand, kept describing the events of the war for far too long in the intro before she tells about Zamperini's time serving. ... Hillenbrand was trying to add more interesting details with this, but failed. ...
He said he had been trying to teach the POWs military discipline, and asserted that he had been acting under orders (Hillenbrand 393). ... In normal times I never would have done such things" (Hillenbrand 393). ... "If the former prisoners want, I would offer to let them come here and hit me, to beat me" (Hillenbrand 393). ... He claimed that he'd only used his hands to punish POWs, an assertion that would have riled the men who had been kicked, clubbed with his kendo stick and baseball bat, and whipped in the face with his belt (Hillenbrand 393). ... The buckle rammed in...
Seabiscuit An American Legend By: Laura Hillenbrand Seabiscuit An American Legend, by Laura Hillenbrand, is a thrilling fast moving tale. This true story is about three men and their thoroughbred, who was a cultural icon. Seabiscuit is a fascinating tale about racing in all its drama...
It made such a dark place, kind of cheerful (Hillenbrand, 2014). ... Louie would rather die than to go against his country in any way (Hillenbrand, 2014). ... For Louie, though sick and weak, these were days of bliss (Hillenbrand, 2014), (Jolie, 2014). ... Now all he felt was rapture (Hillenbrand, 2014), (Jolie, 2014). ... (Hillenbrand, 2014). ...
The Great Mosque at Cordoba can be very simplistically reduced to, as Robert Hillenbrand states an "enclosed square or rectangular space with a courtyard and a covered area for prayer on the qibla side." Hillenbrand suggests that these "very simple elements of the mosque could be essentially varied at will, so as to transform the structure of the building." ... This reference was helpful due to its referencing on the Taj Mahal. Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic Architecture, Columbia University Press, New York, 1994. ...
A Solution from Terrorism Conflicts continue to occur around the world as they have throughout history. Struggles happen between people of different religious backgrounds within the same country. The struggle between the Catholics and the Protestants in Northern Ireland and the struggle between the Christians and Muslims in Bosnia are examples. Ethnicity, religion, and language, the major components of culture, sometimes work together to strengthen certain groups of people. The majority in Greece is Orthodox Christian and they speak the Greek language; the majority in Italy is Roman Cath...
