A Difficult Life

the wilderness where he can be completely one with nature. In nature he is able to escape the evils of society to seek the beauty and simplicity of life. This is very strong romantic idea in the movie with the protagonist constantly feeling very clear/alive when in the wild, soaking up nature’s essence. Furthermore, Christopher completely abandons his life of comfort…

that Dickinson uses comes in the form of a metaphor, as well as personification, comparing hope with a bird that has the power to sing in the most difficult situations. Moreover, she claims that hope does not stop from singing, and this song is sweet and nothing will pause it. Dickinson writes that she has her this bird of hope singing in the most difficult conditions (chilliest lands, strangest seas), but never did this bird ask a crumb from her. Furthermore, “Hope is the thing with…

throughout life but they have very different tones associated with it. In addition to this, Howe’s poem has a much more violent tone than O’Rourke’s and it hints at abusive gestures and a very difficult life that also deals with looking back at the person’s life through memories. O’Rourke’s poem focuses most on the aspect of regret. The poem seems to be reliving old memories with someone that is significant to their life and how the only way to escape from the reality of their own personal life…

narrator is going through a difficult situation and the repetition in the poem makes it even more deep than it is meant to. It also may be relatable to someone who has gone through a death of a relative. The repetition may also mean that the narrator wants the person to come back. The narrator goes back and forth to when the person was alive. She closes her eyes and the person is alive and well. When she opens her eyes she comes back to the reality that is her life. She realizes…

The death of a friend, loved-one, or enemy is one of the most difficult hurdles to pass. In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, written by Khaled Hosseini, the chance or option of murdering someone causes guilt in the culprit’s life, not always resolved problems, but the atmosphere around may be changed in a more peaceful manner. Gerda Weissmann Klein wrote All But My Life, which showed us the way innocent people were tortured and put through pure suffering for no reason. In A Separate Peace…

In Kitchen Table Wisdom, Dr. Rachel Remen offers countless stories demonstrating the importance of creating a medical environment that fosters intimacy, vulnerability, and a willingness to accept the hardest moments of human life. In Remen’s book, these moments all center around death and dying. Through storytelling, Remen is able to illuminate the hidden stories and feelings associated with death, the uncertainty of death, and the fear of losing a loved one. Remen demonstrates that only by…

Let Your Imagination Fly Having my mind constantly thinking, without letting it have a single breath can be tough. My life is a roller coaster that doesn’t stop until it finds a solution to make it reach the end of the crazy ride, which unfortunately, doesn’t occur too often. As my imagination flies to many stops of this amazing, yet scary world, I tend to find new discoveries that I, personally, have never encountered. One stop that has affected me in a great way is why the world cannot find a…

cyclical, unified and interdependent. A third belief is we can not separate ourselves and our actions from the web. We are interrelated and part of an invisible, interdependent whole. Finally, the 11th Lens believes "all is one". The web of life is complete without a spiritual element. The author offers the 11th Lens as a solution to our distorted and incomplete vision provided by the ten lenses framework. The…

What is a downward spiral conversation? To explain this concept, it is necessary to give a little of my background. This had affected my life because it explains who I am and why am I a musician. My mom was a clarinet teacher who studied at the Tchaikovsky conservatory. She went back to Costa Rica to teach and she became very well known as a teacher. I grew up with music as an everyday routine, and eventually I chose to play the clarinet. I ended up enrolling in the same school where she was…

transition from the physical life to the spiritual life, she took her last breath on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016. And so now is the time to mourn. The heart can only gradually comprehend such a loss and it will take weeks and months to travel down that journey of grief. Each step will be full of gratitude for Marge’s life and sadness because of her departure. We stand in this sacred place next to her husband John to say our final goodbyes to Marge. We thank her for her wonderful life and the…