"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead from a bough Without ever having felt sorry for itself." -D.H. Lawrence

I feel as though this quote holds an important meaning and that meaning is no one should ever feel sorry for himself/herself. As D.H. Lawrence stated, he never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. The key phrase in that sentence is “wild thing.” Typically, wild animals have a much harder life than most people. They have to hunt for their food and must live through some of the hardest conditions. While people always feel sorry for themselves, compared to the wild animals, we have nothing to be truly sorry about. It isn’t like we have to go out and hunt for our own food. Unlike birds, we don’t have to worry about flying thousands of miles to live once the season changes. Even a small bird that drops frozen dead will not have felt sorry for itself while people always feel sorry for themselves about the most unimportant things. In conclusion, I believe D.H. Lawrence was trying to state that humans, of all living things, have no reason to be sorry for himself/herself.

"I am nobody who are you?" -Emily Dickinson

I believe that I am many things. I am definitely a scholar. I am constantly concerned about my schoolwork and my grades. On top of being a scholar, I am an athletic person as well. I enjoy soccer, cricket and currently hold a 171 average in bowling. I am a hard worker as well; currently I work two jobs. I work at my middle school two days a week afterschool as a computer technician and I work as a chess tournament director every Saturday. Although I work hard, I am also a typical teenager. I enjoy being with my friends and I enjoy participating in typical teenager activities, such as playing video games. Although I may not be great, I am a musician. I have been playing the guitar for three years and hope to become almost as good as my idle Jimi Hendrix. I am also a chess player. I have been playing chess ever since the fourth grade and I have traveled across the country playing in many national chess tournaments. As for my personality, I feel as though I am a kind and supportive person. I never enjoy seeing people suffer. As for my career, I hope to become a computer engineer and find a job working for Apple. Although I may currently be a “nobody,” I hope that I can someday become “somebody.”