"I Will Take My Voice Back"
I think that this essay is really powerful and has a good meaning behind it. The author conveys his desperation for being free from addiction and how much he wants to have his career as a writer and performer to blossom. You can really feel his hatred for the drug he is addicted to, and also the strong love for his talent. I wish it was a little longer though because it could have gone deeper into background.
"There Is No God"
This essay was extremely interesting and made me think a lot. I am agnostic and generally have a belief that there is some form of God but I dont know for certain or what he/she/it is like, but he is an atheist and made very valid points for how healthy and actually beneficial his belief in there being no God can be for yourself and potentially the world. He says how it allows him to fully appreciate things that are granted in his life by luck and his own doing instead of believing it was given by the "imaginary friend" that he references. It also says how by believeing that bad things are the doing of people and the world instead of god(s) will set us up so we can act and fix more things and better the world instead of sitting back and thinking its out of control.
"Love Is Stronger Than Death"
This essay was good at showing the authors emotions and giving sensory details towards memories of her dead husband and his scent on the jacket she kept. I also liked how she wrote it progressing through her life after his death and how she came to find contentment by seeing him in her children and grandchildren. It seemed like she put all her emotion into the writing.
"To Be the Best Humans We Can Be"
I think that this essay was interesting and lets you feel sort of what it'd be like to have a family and be a police officer, very aware that you could be killed in your job. It also has a good message that although nobody is perfect and you will do things you will not be proud of, you should try your best to be the best person you can. He also had a good image set up when he was describing his locker and where the letter was, I had a clear picture in my head.
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