Personal Opinion Essay

Saint Augustine and Thomas Aquinas are most prominently known for their discussions of God and the happy life. For them, God is related to a happy life but that happy life is vastly different for them both. In this essay, I’ll discuss Augustine and Aquinas’s view on the happy life but specifically the role of friendship in achieving happiness. I will focus on Augustine’s De Beata Vita (DBV) and City of God (COG) and Aquinas’s Summa Theologicae (SV). First, I will discuss Augustines view of the…

Paragraph on My Daily Life Question: write a paragraph about “your daily life”. Your paragraph should include the answers to the following question. When do you get up from bed? What do you do in the morning? What is the daily schedule of you studies? When do you attend madrasah and return home? What do you do at night? What do you do no holidays? Answer: Daily life means the routine of daily activities. I am a student. So i always get up early in the mooring. Then i brush my teeth; wash my get…

Mi Infancia My Childhood I loved my childhood. Sure, to you it may seem like nothing, but I absolutely loved my childhood. I never had much, however I was content with what I had, scratch that; I loved what I had. I had freedom. I had a life where I could do what I wanted, when I wanted. I was able to roam free. Even if I had no toys to play with but the toys I could make or find at home. Even if we had no running water. Even if I wouldn’t have my first full can of coke until I was older…

Since the human appeared in the planet, he has started trying to create or search meaning of their lives. Freedom which is the essential part of people’s lives had been also confued with that kind of dilemma. Are we really free? Are we as a human being really care about meanings of our freedom when we make decisions? Those questions always made people to think about freedom as a philosophic concept. Albert Camus, one of the greatest philosophers and writers of 20th century is famous for his…

Life is an epiphany! No matter what we achieve in life disaster or tragedy will strike and destroy it but this does not mean you have to throw the towel. Values such as; courage, bravery, strength, loyalty, and reputation allow individuals or communities to face such adversaries and survive in spite of them. Beowulf is an example of how individuals survive adversaries in life regardless of endless challenges that one face in life. The character of Beowulf in the poem Beowulf demonstrates courage…

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Greediness and bitterness. Angry and Unhappy. These personalities and emotions are experienced by this dynamic character. But, how will this bitter old man change into a man who is kind and happy from the man he is? Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, a novel full of morals in which the protagonist experiences and learns from his actions and those around him. Ebenezer Scrooge, the main…

Robert James Waller once said, “Life is never easy for those who dream.” In A Raisin in The Sun everyone has a dream they wish to achieve while others think it is bizarre. The statement given by Robert James Waller is true because the texts A Raisin in The Sun and “Harlem: A Deferred Dream” prove that having a dream is not easy for someone, especially with major setbacks. Life is not easy for those who dream; however, it is manageable with perseverance and patience. The texts displayed above…

Literary Analysis: To Build a Fire by Jack London The events that a human being experiences during his lifetime will transform him and shape the way he will act and think. Nature has a tremendous impact on a human’s life. Some fortunate incidents will create a better person, and on the opposite side, some traumatic episodes can lead a human to completely change his behavior and become, for example, more aggressive or closed to himself. In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” the Fight of human…

This essay is concerned with and analysis of the speech given by Steve Jobs, the late CEO of Apple, at Stanford University in 2005. The speech is often cited as a textbook example of a motivational public address, having been reproduced on the internet as both text and video formats, and commented upon in many newspaper and news sites. Throughout the essay, I will be focusing on the techniques Jobs used to ensure that his audience were both entertained and inspired. He used a variety of…

“Happiness, So Far So Close” How many times have people heard themselves or someone else say “If only I could be happy”? The harder people look the more difficult it is to find. People have searched for happiness for a long time in the wrong places and by distracting themselves. Our society has been confusing distractions which give you a temporary pleasure, with true happiness that is lasting and it doesn't just go away. “Pleasure exists when you have something-status, the high from a new lover…