A Bug's Life

Collins’ style of writing lacks many traditional poetic devices such as a structured meter, but Collins uses other devices to deliver his central purpose. In “Picnic, Lightning,” Collins creates a central purpose that the whimsicality and wonder of life should be appreciated, and even though death presents itself as imminent and certain, it also is fantastic. The first two stanzas of “Picnic, Lightning” begin the poem and introduce the reader to the improbable, yet certain spectacle that is…

When we do not fit in or feel like we are part of the “in crowd”, life really sucks. Our happiness is generally dependent on the intimacy that we all crave and long for. We always try to hide in ourselves the things we do not want people finding, if only to stay with the current friends we have. At the same time though, when someone remembers us, life becomes incredibly exciting. The happiness overwhelms me when someone takes the time to save me a seat at lunch…

end to life, existence, and everything that we know. Death is like a wrecking ball that tears through the homes of all the friends and family that it affects. However, is there a positive side to this monster that breaks apart loved ones and family members? At first glance there is no apparent way to look at death in a comforting and reassuring way. Even though this aspect of death is hard to find, it is critical to understand and discover in life. Otherwise, death will take over your life, and…

Victor who realizes that he regrets creating a forbidden monster. There is a significant connection between the characters and nature as multiple times throughout the book, the characters look into the wonders of nature in effort to escape their own life obstacles. In Frankenstein nature is a pacifier which sooths and calms the characters from the challenges they face. Victor until the creation of the monster rejects pleasure as he thinks that the only way to find happiness is for the completion…

The overall basis for this theory is explained in four ways. The first component is: humans are non-privileged beings in the community of life. We are not the end of the evolutionary trail and nature does not depend on us. The second component is: that nature is interconnected to everything. The third component is: organisms are “teleological centers of life” and we have a good of our own. Humans have conscious wants and we also have interests unlike other things such as machines. The fourth and…

Many migrants travel on the daily in hopes of a better life but few attain the goal. In the book, “Crossing Over” by, Ruben Martinez. It discuses his difficult trail in obtaining a better life. Though the book it proclaims the death of the three Chavez brothers named Benjamin, Jaime and Salvador in Temecula, California. They were crammed in a truck with 25 other immigrants on a journey to a better life when border patrol began to chased them causing the coyote (the person who sneaks migrants to…

John the Savage of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” is a character who has experienced major rifts in his life, preventing him from ever returning to his original state of being. John experienced such rifts in the forms of enrichment and alienation. John experienced enrichment through his mother’s teachings of the world she came from. John experienced alienation through his mother’s death and through the multiple Delta clones he witnessed. Linda, John’s mother, spent the majority of John’s…

My Worldview Thus Far My worldview consists of presuppositions that I have inherited from my parents, mentors, siblings, and in the classroom. My worldview has also been shaped by commitments and passions that have grown with me throughout my nineteen years. The culture I live in, the environment I was raised in, and the people I associate myself with also influence my personal world view. Things that I believe to be true. As many other Christians may say, the one thing, the one…

As the world fades around me into a gray mist, I struggle to catch one more breath. I gasp from the muscle cramps and unintentionally breathe in water. In a last feeble attempt, my arms twitch and fail to bring me to the surface. Instead, I drift within the current and my eyes dim while glazing upward towards the water’s surface. My body surrenders to the mercy of death with the expelling of tiny air bubbles. They caress my face in a playful motion. Then as my body begins to sink, the remaining…

what she thinks to be the most appropriate way of responding, which is to cry dramatically, instead of being numb with the news. Mrs. Mallard then proceeds to go to her room to grieve alone, but then realizes that she will have independence in her life. This sudden realization of being an independent woman makes Mrs. Mallard happy. Mrs. Mallard’s sister, Josephine, calls her out of her room because she doesn’t want Mrs. Mallard to hurt herself. As they are both walking down the stairs the front…