Significant Life Experience Essay

After becoming a chimney sweep, Tom’s head was shaved, presumably by his master or boss, in order to prevent soot from destroying or contaminating it. While Tom cried, however, our narrator finds solace in the experience, claiming in lines seven and eight that it, “for when your head's bare, / You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair." This is the first introduction of Blake’s metaphor which uses black and white as vessels through which he discusses corruption…

word 'archetype,' he understood the concept very well. Blake was very interested in philosophy and had an amazing view of nature and life. In his poetry, he often uses animals as his archetypes, such as in “The Lamb” and “The Tyger.” The archetypes he uses in his series of poems entitled Songs of Innocence are very different from those he uses in Songs of Experience. In his poetry, William Blake uses archetypes to illustrate the ideas of innocence, strength, and the power of optimism. First of…

death is a one time experience. If anything is perceived from the closeness to death or the fews moments before life’s door fully closes shut is lost to the departed soul, never to be known by friends or family. But for thousands of people each year out of the millions that pass away they become lucky enough to be brought back from situations where they were their body was on the brink of shutting down or had fully gone to the other side. These lucky few not only get to give life a second…

believed that she had a mostly normal childhood for the exception of being adopted. Raymond Reddington—Red— entered her life mysteriously to share some information from her…

children whom yell “weep”, not because they are crying, but because they can not pronounce sweep. In two poems we are told similar stories of chimney sweeping children. But what differences can be found between the two children? In the poem of “Experience” the boy is yelling “weep” and while doing so he is asked by someone as to where his parents are and to their surprise they are at the church praying. On the other hand in the poem “Innocence” the boy is completely ignored and we are told by…

“are gone to praise God and his priest, and King, who make up a heaven of out misery,” (1465). I think the first child seems to be not as mature or as old as the second child. The first child is so optimistic while the second seems to know from experience that the situation is…

Through his exploration of family history, he begins to find his place in a community and in turn becomes a more mature and caring adult. Milkman first journeys to Danville in order to find the gold from the cave, which he believes will change his life and allow him to live independently, however, his journey quickly turns into a quest for self-knowledge and family history. Milkman’s search for his family history helps him mature. As he finds out more about his family and his history, he is…

long been an element in life that most people have a great deal of fear into the point that for many it is a major concern. Whether it is the fear of dying or the depression that comes from losing a loved one, the fact is that regardless the process can be very emotionally strenuous. Such an emotional journey is described by Kubler-Ross's theory of grieving which states that the process has multiple steps before acceptance. Additionally, the element of culture plays a significant role in the…

implies that it takes years of experience and learning for one to evolve and change as a person. In the two stories “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro and “ All the Years of Her Life” by Marley Callaghan, the protagonist from each go through major changes and evolve into different people through their individual journeys. In each story the protagonist changed to meet the expectations of their parents, but the pathway each took was different. In “ All the years of her life” the protagonist,…

they go together even though they are clearly two completely different. “The Lamb” is about the goodness and meekness side of God and the innocence he has put in the world, while “Tyger” is about the power and fearful side of God also representing Experience. So, even thought the two poems are different from one another, they balance each other making the power of God…