The Fault In Our Stars Essay

After reading William Shakespeare’s possibly most famous play, Romeo and Juliet, one may think to themself; “Whose is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?” In the play, a young man named Romeo Montague and a girl named Juliet Capulet find themselves falling in love and marry shortly after they meet. However, their families are in the midst of a generation’s-old feud. The feud leads to Romeo killing Tybalt Capulet in order to avenge his best friend Mercutio’s death. In response to this,…

screenplay. This statement enables people to have favorite films that they really do not completely understand. One of the most nostalgic movies in history, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, contains many disguised philosophical themes that many viewers have overlooked for multiple decades. The philosophical theme most relevant in the Star…

People are always blamed and held accountable for both, tragedies and blessings. This doesn’t only happen in our day to day life, it also occurs in literature. In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare portrays many characters to be at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Though, there is one character that is most at fault for the events that occurred to these star-crossed lovers. Friar Laurence is to blame for their deaths because he married Romeo and Juliet -with selfish reasons-, supplied…

My creative piece represents an alternate universe fanfiction of Steven King’s novel, Misery (1987). By considering the outlawing of Popular Culture and fiction as a crime against artistic integrity, as well as Paul’s obsession with becoming a ‘literary author,’ my work subsequently evaluates the recurring tension of ‘Popular fiction vs. Literary.’ As discussed in lecture, Paul and the United Republic’s attitudes toward Popular fiction reflect the common presumptions made about this kind of…

Who is Andrei Garcia? Born on January 21, 2000, Andrei Garcia is a bright, kindhearted, and hardworking individual. Andrei was born in the Philippines, but moved 7,000 miles away in 2012 to live with his 36 year old sister in San Leandro, California. Andrei’s earliest memory from his childhood was going to his friends house and running around, playing games all day long. His happiest memory was visiting his grandma, who lived a one hour plane ride away from his old home. Every year Andrei…

we were asked to stand for the pledge. In middle school and elementary we would all happily stand and all proudly yell the lyrics to the pledge without hesitation but that’s because we were too naive to understand the defiant meaning behind those stars and stripes. Most of us didn’t tune in to CNN after we got…

involved. Some focus on how the rapists’ life and how it was so out of character for these young men to commit such a heinous crime. The absence of addressing rape myths and perpetuating the idea that rape is the victim’s fault, are prime examples that most people and even our society’s media coverage are in deep structuralized denial of the rape culture in America. Instead of humanizing and allowing…

“Men at sometimes are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus is not in our stars but in ourselves, that we are underlings” (Act 1, Scene 2 Line 140-142.) In these lines Cassius is unwilling to accept the supremacy of Caesar and his power and has a belief that fate is a form of cowardice. He tells Brutus these lines and blames himself and Brutus for being submissive in front of Caesars power not because of destiny, but because of their failure to proclaim themselves. Fate and freedom seem…

Reactions to events are an important part in today’s world. From tragedy and horror to miracles and joy, everyone has their own unique reaction to an event. There are many examples of how characters react to events in every novel. Reactions can completely change the opinion of someone or something. The story, Moby Dick, has many positive and negative reactions that take place during different events. One example of a positive reaction is that Ahab wants to hunt down and kill the whale that took…

Romeo and his star-crossed lover, Juliet. These tragic events weren’t actually caused by any villain. I believe they were actually caused by our main character Romeo. “I fear too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night’s revels, and expire the…