Military heroes – the men and women who protect our country in the time of war. The people that keep us safe, that sacrifice so much for our country, yet in return our country gives them one day out of the entire three hundred sixty-five days of the year to honor them. How unfair of our society, these people have seen more bloodshed in the time they were at war than citizens will see in their life, and still the country, they put their lives on the line for only recognize them for one day.
Imagine bombs bursting, guns firing all around you. You’re best friends being blown to smithereens while others are shot down, but you do something heroic. Our country should honor our fallen and our heroes more. They risked their lives for us and one day – November 11, Veteran’s Day – is not enough. We should honor our veterans at least every day because they’re the reason we’re here today – safe. No one can imagine what those people go through, what they witness, the pain they feel. It’s not a fair thing for our country to allow one day of honor so heroes more important than any other.
As children we can only hope to become heroes. Sure, not all of will have the strength and courage to join to the military, but that’s why we need to honor the people who do. They have bravery and courage like no other, they are strong individuals with bright thoughts. They are who we cannot be. Even if they have fallen into the depths of eternity they are still heroes. They had the courage to stand and fight for their country and god forbid they lose their life, but they are still a hero. So we must ask ourselves when is the right time to honor them? The answer is always.
Refelections on Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
In this poem William Shakespeare uses a season usually acquainted with youth -- summer. In the first line, "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?" He uses summer referring to youth by praising his subject, comparing them to a summer day -- something people find lovely -- but in the third line, "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May," and in the fourth line, "Summer's lease" he is referring to summer's end. Trying to state that Summer is short and so is one's youth. The fifth line he said, "too hot the eye of heaven shines," and in the sixth line, "is his gold complexion dimm'd;" Back in Shakespeare's day people were very fond of fair skin and by Shakespeare saying that -- "his gold complexion dimm'd" -- shows that when losing you're youth you lose some lovely things about you from aging. Though our youth is short and we lose things as we age, Shakespeare concluded that, "eternal Summer shall not fade" meaning that the beloved is blessed with eternal youth metaphorically speaking, and "Death brag thou wander'st in his shade," symbolizes that Death will not take away the memory or their love from us.
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
In this poem William Shakespeare uses a season usually acquainted with youth -- summer. In the first line, "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?" He uses summer referring to youth by praising his subject, comparing them to a summer day -- something people find lovely -- but in the third line, "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May," and in the fourth line, "Summer's lease" he is referring to summer's end. Trying to state that Summer is short and so is one's youth. The fifth line he said, "too hot the eye of heaven shines," and in the sixth line, "is his gold complexion dimm'd;" Back in Shakespeare's day people were very fond of fair skin and by Shakespeare saying that -- "his gold complexion dimm'd" -- shows that when losing you're youth you lose some lovely things about you from aging. Though our youth is short and we lose things as we age, Shakespeare concluded that, "eternal Summer shall not fade" meaning that the beloved is blessed with eternal youth metaphorically speaking, and "Death brag thou wander'st in his shade," symbolizes that Death will not take away the memory or their love from us.
