Meaning of life

layers of understanding go into a work of literature. Due to these layers, having context of a work's creation help the reader to appreciate and enjoy the work. Knowledge of the current political conditions that the author was facing during their life can greatly impact a reader's interpretation of a story. George Orwell's books Animal Farm and 1984 are great examples of how knowing the context of political conditions can unlock an entire new view to a story. Orwell created these books in the…

person has his or her own perspective, resulting in respective meaning to each human being. Love is not just the biological urge to reproduce, but it makes us recognize the distinction of the self from others. At the same time, it creates the connection between people. Each person’s meaning of love differs from one another. However, it produces values that are indispensable for us to live on into our objective life. It blows the meaning and essence to our lives, adding worth to living. In…

I had not thought about my reading habits until reading this chapter. Of course, I knew that reading is an essential part of many courses. During high school I had experienced many different kinds of reading — from history texts to mathematics explanations to research for a variety of papers, along with reading for pleasure. However, looking back, I do not think that I truly committed my self to learning what I was reading. Rather, I would read enough to complete the assignment, and maybe…

and other peers in my classroom. I went to a catholic school my whole life, so the word gay was never taught in the classroom by the teachers. My friends and I would talk about the word during lunch and recess. My family never talked about the LGBTQ because it was against what my family believes in. When I was younger, I would hear the word gay a lot on the television. I think watching television helped understand the meaning of the word gay. When I was younger, I watched a television show…

nature of language and implies that, despite efforts to apply order and meaning to our words, we are only as effectively understood as someone else effectively understands. Miguel’s story also suggests that the true significance of our stories and life experiences are often ambiguous. There is no single and objective meaning to discover, but rather the subjective act of interpreting what is significant results in the creation of meaning. Miguel uses absurdity and humor to portray realistic…

Weight of the Words on My Shoulders The spoken English language contains many words with double meanings. In fact, it seems like almost every word can have a different meaning given the right emphasis and context of the surrounding sentence. This is a lesson that Gloria Naylor learns in her story “Meanings of a Word”. In this story a young, third grade age Gloria makes a comment on a young white boy’s score on a math test. This child then calls her the “N” word, leaving Gloria confused yet…

superiority of humans to animals based on lose of the future. In order to understand this, we must look at the human conception of time, time’s arrow, and the animal conception of time, eternal return, and how these relate to finding the meaning of one’s life, whether animal or human, and how it relates to our views of death. Rowlands’ argument is a complex argument…

was immensely impacted by his start to critical theory. In 1983 he graduated with his baccalaureate in photography from the Pratt Institute. He unfortunately died in 1996 due to AIDS at the age of 39. Many of his art was related to his personally life which influenced him to create a series of black and white photographs. My favorite from his work is Untitled (billboard of an empty bed). He expressed loneliness, emotion, and piles of blank spaces because the photograph was dedicated to show…

elements such as imageries, personification metaphors, symbolism, rhyme schemes, sarcasm, satire and many others are used to make the writers work more effective and bring out its meaning. Rhyming words makes the poem flow it gives the poem a lyric, and makes the poem interesting. Symbols help the readers get the inner meaning of the authors massage and its very important helps the reader also to put themselves in the authors place. Personifications are used to give the non-human the characters…

“Do not go gentle into the good night.” (Thomas 6), appears three times in comparison. Although in contrast to rage against the light seems like an aggressive line, it’s easy to draw the line and realize the metonymy association: light meaning life, and night meaning death. Dylan encourages fighting for your last days and to use them well. In another line of the poem, Dylan mentions the light that still burn for some: “Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,” (Thomas 14) It shows that…