A Different World

Light for the World is a non-profit international disability and development organization that strives to aid people who have an impediment or disability. They treat disabilities and empower individuals to become active member in society. Light of the World specializes in inclusive education, eye health, prevention of blindness, and community based rehabilitation; through these four concentrations, they aspire to change the world. They are currently engaged with multiple local, national, and…

was nothing. Not a single bit of struggle, no burden, and no soul crushing. That moment has forever marked the time when I can say I overcame my hardest challenge yet: depression. The morning I woke up, feeling good about myself, feeling as if the world was at my fingertips, changed my life in ways nothing else has. It changed my personality completely, from being shy to being an extrovert, from being sad to happy, and from being insecure to confident about myself. The day I overcame depression…

Kathleen McCarty's poem, "The World We Live In" contrasts people living in comfort and security with people living a life of hardships around the world. The poem also describes that life in first world countries is not perfect and those people often forget the awful living conditions others must survive in. In the poem, McCarty uses effective mood and imagery to demonstrate that people living a luxurious life are under the illusion that they live in an ideal world and therefore cannot see the…

between light and darkness that has crept into their world.…

In the technological age of the world today, the people of Earth are more connected than ever before. This connectivity makes for a vast network in which fascinating, new ideas and advancements can quickly be shared around the globe. Because of this, societies around the world are rapidly growing and changing. However, it is not only technological advancements that are being shared. Through technology, people around the world are being introduced to cultures and religions that were once unheard…

In a bleak, monochromatic wasteland, a “banished sun circles the Earth like a grieving mother with a lamp” (32). For the inhabitants of this barren, post-apocalyptic world, man’s bravest feat is waking up in the morning—mornings that are met not with symphonic sparrows and songs of the world’s awakening, but with the all-encompassing reality of loss. Nights are “dark beyond darkness,” and the dawning of each new day promises a progressive descent into grey (1). Nature is an impoverished mother:…

have thrown out ideas of the “common good” and “human rights” that seem to elude societies all around the world. The common good refers to promoting a positive action that promotes society as a whole. Human rights refer to every human being, if they be wealth or poor to have the same rights as each other and that those rights can never be taken away, that every human soul is equal. In today’s world, we can see the struggles of trying to live together, that the civil rights movement is rising to…

Two different worlds The universe is made up of millions of stars and millions of wormholes. Yet we only know of 8 planets. Our universe is different than others, yet so are our mindsets. My parents and I are from two different worlds. We have different mindsets when it comes to my career choice. They want one thing yet I want another. Even though we have different points of views my parents are my universe. My parents have always pushed my siblings and I to good in school. To never take…

Oryx and Crake is a post-apocalyptic world of Snowman and Crackers. The story itself is between the marriage of extreme science and capitalism. The post-apocalyptic world of Oryx and Crake is the consequences of a company playing with God. A giant corporation who uses science to the extreme in order to take over God in nature. The idea of perfection is embedded deep within the corporation’s mind. Overtime, the word perfection has been distorted. The perfection that human seeks has changed into a…

“The World on the Turtle’s Back” is a myth how the world began. The story begins with a woman who was digging a tree root for medicine. As she was digging in the tree root, she makes a hole in Sky-World and falls in the hole. When she lands safely on a turtle’s back, she plants the roots on the turtle after she was given dirt from a muskrat. She eventually has a daughter who has twin boys who compete against each other until one is defeated. This myth explains how the world started and why…