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                                                         Crying
                 An Essay about Why Jem Was Crying in To Kill a Mockingbird

        

                                                     Mr. Salsich

                                                     Crying Essay

                                                          David                                                                    
                                                       10/14/10

 
 One cries from many different things. As you grow up and become an adult, crying becomes more rare. I believe one should cry whenever they feel they need to. Crying releases lots of bad and good emotions, therefore making you feel much better.

(TS) Crying is a way of letting things out that your body just can't contain.  (SD) Whether you are crying happy tears or sad, crying in my eyes is always good. (CM) If you don't cry that means you are holding in all the emotions in your body. (CM) Someone that doesn't let his/her feelings go will soon break down with anger, and this is what I think happened to Jem at the end of chapter 7 in TKAM. (SD) When most people see someone crying, they're immediate reaction is to leave the person alone, but what you should do is try to comfort the person. (CM) I think that if you see someone crying you should go and make the person feel better, instead of just leaving them alone. (CM) Jem was crying not just because of recent activities, but most likely because he hadn't cried in a while, and needed to cry to make himself feel better. (CS) Crying isn't bad, crying is great, Jem felt the need to cry, so he did.

(TS) I feel that crying is a natural reaction to stress, sadness, happiness and love. (SD) Crying releases stress and emotion after a disappointing event, during a stressful period or when a person feels strong emotion, such as sorrow and joy.  (CM) Most humans cry involuntarily to release either happy or sad emotion from their body. (CM) Crying is natural because everyone cries sometime in their lifetime when they are upset or even when they are proud.  (SD) I have had a few experiences seeing people cry. (CM) One day my mom was having a hard time trying to keep me and my two sisters quite. (CM) After trying and not succeeding for a while she exploded, and couldn't hold her emotions in anymore. (CS) Everyone cries at one point in time, and there is no way to prevent it from happening to you.

              People cry because their emotions have nowhere else to go. Whether you are crying from sadness or happiness, crying is a good way to release your emotions. Although crying can sometimes be very unnecessary, it is mostly a great thing. I should cry more often, it would probably make me feel much better


Self assessment:


One thing i'm working on: One Major thing I am still working on is correctness. Sometimes my spelling and grammar really gets out of hand, and I hope I am getting better at it.


A strong point: A strong point in my essay is definitely my first body paragraph. I took lots of time to do it and i feel i did a great job. 


A week point:  One week point in my essay is my second commentary in my second paragraph. It seems to me that this sentence is a little confusing to me and must be to you.


Grade I deserve: I believe I deserve a B or B- on this essay. I think I put a lot of effort into it and think the grade should reflect a little bit.