Colin Burlingham
Mr. H Salsich
8 English
11/18/09
To Be Unwanted
_____(TS)Have you ever felt unwanted, because I know I have. (CM)I remember hating the feeling of being excluded and ignored. (CM)No one I knew would want me near them and I bet others have felt the same way. (C)In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, people feel unwanted; in the past, people have felt unwanted; in the present, people feel unwanted; and in the future many people will continue to feel unwanted and unneeded.
_____(TS)To feel undesirable is a terrible curse which no one deserves, and many people are holding this horrid fulmination (complex sentence and adj. clause). (SD)In chapter twelve of To Kill a Mockingbird, Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to her "black church" with only good intentions in mind, but it turned out to be a big mistake. (CM)The Finches' were being made fun of by everyone and even the smallest child could tell “they did not want [them] [t]here”. (CM)Cal’s “comp’ny” was redundantly ridiculed and Scout and Jem just wanted to go home, but they stayed and faced the hardships together, long enough to overcome them. (SD)On another occasion, Scout was in the kitchen eavesdropping on her Aunt Alexandra's conversation with Atticus and she heard her aunt say Atticus had to get rid of her. (CM)The one thing that stood out from what they were saying about Scout was, “…you’ve got to do something about her,” and after hearing those few words, Scout almost ran away because she was felt so unwanted. (CM)Luckily, Scout found out that they were not talking about her and she was there to stay. (SD)On a more poignant side, Dill ran away from his family and friends and hid under Scout’s bed because he was unwanted in his own family. (CM)Mistreated and ignored, the only place Dill could go was to Scout, who happened to be his "wife", and he was told he could stay for a short time (complex sentence and adj. clause). (CM)Yet, after all that, Dill still considered himself lucky because he had somewhere “to run off to,” unlike many other helpless people. (CS)As you can see, to be unwanted, ostracized, and unneeded is a terrible curse that you should never have to face alone.
_____(TS)Who might feel unwanted in our world to day? (SD)There are many people, but one famous one is George W. Bush. (CM)Mr. Bush, who is ridiculed and bullied every day, is disliked and unwanted, but there are still some people who look up to him and that small hope gives him courage (complex sentence and adj. clause). (CM)When he went to Pakistan last year, still during his time as the president, a shoe was thrown at him, and this was the most disrespectful thing you can do to disgrace someone in the Pakistanian culture, and
Bush was very humiliated and hated. (SD)On a non political side of being unwanted, if a celebrity makes one mistake, they are cast out on the streets. (CM)Last week, I was in Washington D.C. at the Newsiam, where I saw an old newspaper with a celebrity on the cover, and he is now homeless and poor, because he made a small mistake, and he picked a very bad movie that no one liked. (CM)He won many awards, but just as quickly as he rose to fame, he was kicked and with less than he started with. (SD)Every now and then, you might pass an abandoned cat or dog on the side of the road, who are wandering, and looking for food. (CM)Those pets have been cast away from their homes and families for good and are unwanted like many people. (CM)With out the skills to survive in the wild, they will surely die, lonely and hungry. (CS)As you can see, everyone can feel unwanted at some point in their lives, from George W. Bush to your simple house pet.
_____(TS)I have felt what it is like to be unwanted and no man nor woman should ever have to go through that same feeling. (CM)People are being ridiculed and ignored all around us from the men at the homeless shelter to President Obama trying to save this country. (CM)The question is, are you unwanted or have you made others feel unwanted? (CS)If you have made others feel unwanted, you should correct the damage that has been done and make things right again, like the good old times.
