Passion Essay Examples

The week before my freshman year of high school, I went to school every day for 8 hours to participate in band camp, the annual kickoff to the marching band season. Having been an enthusiastic clarinetist since fourth grade, I was eager and excited to enter high school and discover new opportunities. And excited I…

I have been playing instruments for over fourteen years now, In first grade, I learned my first instrument through lessons, which was piano, and then started teaching myself through books and listening to songs by ear. Then I started learning how to play the drums through the Paul Green School of Rock. This is a…

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why” -Mark Twain Passion is a part of choosing a career or goal that is often overshadowed by knowledge. According to cleverism.com, only 20% of working Americans feel very passionate about their jobs. Many Americans…

Hamlet was published in 1603 by William Shakespeare, a renowned English playwright and actor. This play brings up very sophisticated topics that were very often hidden and shied away from in Shakespeare’s time period. The audience follows the story of a young prince who seemingly falls apart after the death of his father and brings…

“You were born to be a leader.” Many people have told me this since I was a young child; rather it was my parents, extended family, educators, coaches, or college friends. I have been intrigued by my environment and the social construction of the world since as early as age five. It is my aspiration…

I realized that I knew what my aptitude was all along—I just did not have the word to describe it. Meier describes aptitude as “a natural inclination or ability for something” (Meier 2010). My aptitude is my ability to help others without thinking of myself. I offer my help as second nature, and I do…

In the passage “Learning to Read and Write”, Frederick Douglass talks about his experiences during slavery while living with his master. He describes his struggle to learn how to read and write. Frederick Douglass becomes a very good writer, and reformer. Fredrick Douglass uses strong diction, symbolism, imagery and good use of tone to show…

There is a constant tug of war enacted in Hoffmann’s “Councillor Krespel,” between the rational self and the passionate self. In many ways, Krespel manages to successfully operate a harmonious marriage of the rational and the artistic. Krespel spends his time attempting to balance the fiery uncontrollable passionate self that is represented by both his…

Life is like a paint brush. We make our path and direction following the steps. As a passion, I follow my steps toward photography which has two aspects: technical and creative. It is important to have good technique when selecting the image. However, it is equally important to be creative when selecting the subject and…

More often than not two people are brought together and fall in love through their unintentional love for something else. This holds true in the movies “Just Wright” directed by Sanaa Hamri and “Brown Sugar” directed by Rick Famuyiwa. Whether it be a love for basketball or a love for hip hop, the characters were…