<h2>I just did my first practice SAT essay, using the 25 alloted minutes, and ended up not finishing. I had an introduction and two body paragraphs, but lacked a conclusion. How will this affect my score?</h2>
<p>Prompt: Can success by disastrous? </p>
<p>The notion that success always elicits harmony and happiness is flawed. On the contrary, often times it serves as the weight which tips the scale away from one's favor. Unforeseen consequences can await in the shadow of accomplishment, as proven time and time again.</p>
<p>Truman Capote's publication of [underlined]In Cold Blood, a nonfiction book narrating the murder of the Clutter family and the events that followed, first served as his uprising to fame. The vulgar repercussions unfortunately resulted in his death. After crafting a heavy emotional attachment to the story and its characters, Capote fell into the darkness of drug and alcohol abuse. his personal demons arose through his venture of success, and it can easily be inferred that his life would have taken a less brutal road if he had abandoned the task in the first place.</p>
<p>Another man whose life or more specifically, conscience took a turn for the worse was President Harry Truman. Upon his rise to the presidency, he was forced to make a decision regarding Japan. Their lack of compliance led him to drop multiple bombs on Japanese soil, ending thousands of lives, most of which civilian. The mental burden of such a feat was crippling enough for one human, let alone the disagreeing United States citizens.</p>
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<p>...and there it ends.</p>
<p>What advice would you have for me? I take the SAT on May 1st.</p>
<h2>Here’s another one I just took. I got a little farther this time! :)</h2>
<p>Prompt: Do you think that ease does not challenge us and that we need adversity to help us discover who we are?</p>
<p>The saying “when times get though, the tough get going” is applicable through daily life. Adversity and hardship — often the spawn of man’s own doing — challenge one’s desire to achieve. It is with this type of motivation that one truly finds themselves.</p>
<p>The degradation of women has caused rifts within society and given birth to feminists everywhere. The novel [underlined]The Awakening depicts the inward struggles of a woman seeking to find her place in the world. Edna Pontillier, whose rebellious character appears more fit for a twenty first century female, live shelled up for years before her epiphany. Her adversity lies within her gender’s role in society; she branches outward, though, and choses to live life for her own benefit rather than that of her husband. With this changed mentality, she unearths her pent up emotions and succeeds —if but for a moment — in discovering her own passions.</p>
<p>Likewise, Guy Montag, in [underlined]Fahrenheit 451, breaks through societ’s grip and into a world of fulfilling knowledge and self discovery. In a world where ease and endless entertainment reign, Montag undergoes intense struggles and understands ease gets one nowhere. Following his act of theft, in which he steals a book before it is to be burned, he is on a run for survival. His world turns upside-down as he realizes the insanity surrounding him. At a time when police never hesitate to kill a harborer of books, Montag undergoes a similar type of epiphany to Edna’s. His leap into danger results in his understanding of the truth, both of the world and of his self.</p>
<h2>Edna and Guy underwent hardships and arguably came out of them more in tune with themselves than before.</h2>
<p>If you could grade it, too, that would be amazing! Hopefully before tomorrow, which is my SAT date!</p>