A Worn Path

“Out, Out–” and “Mowing” by Robert Frost explore the differing values of life by creating a relationship between a tool and a human. “Out, Out–” forms a negative relationship between a boy and a powered buzz saw, whereas “Mowing” creates a positive one between a man and a scythe. These poems depict an individual hard at work and use the central image of the sound their tool makes to convey the theme. Frost also emphasizes the reality of the time and location these pieces were written in to…

Peru is a country located on the western coast of South America that borders the South Pacific Ocean and was the center of many ancient civilizations. Such as the Incas whose empire the Spanish conquistadors Diego de Almagro and Francisco Pizarro initiated an invasion and capture in the early 1500 's during the Spanish exploration of South America. The Spanish took control of the country and began to kill most of the Inca highest rulers. However, the biggest killer that the Incas received…

impacts on our lives. In this poem, the path that the narrator is walking on all of a sudden comes to a split; he has the choice of either going left or right. After debating on which path to take, he finally makes his decision, “Then took the other just as fair and having perhaps the better claim." He chose this path because it was the one that pleased him the most and “it was grassy and wanted wear.” In the end, the narrator feels as if he chose the path that most would never choose, because…

Arguments continue today about whether George R.R Martin was correct when he said "Different roads can lead to the same castle" in the Game of Thrones. In the movie, when he said this quote, there was invading armies that were on the outskirts of the city wall and Martin was spreading the army to different roads that lead to the same castle. However, this has raised lots of controversy about wherher or not Marin's quote is applicable in real life as well. Martin's quote can be germane in real…

In a scene from the 2006 Peruvian film Madeinusa, Don Cayo—mayor of the fictional Andean town of Manayaycuna, breaks a clay pot full of food on the ground, as a gesture that signals the beginning of tiempo santo. As they file out of church after mass, the people of the town prepare to celebrate a period that starts at 3pm on Good Friday—the time of Jesus’ crucifixion—and ends at 6am on Easter Sunday, the time of his resurrection. According to local custom, during this period there is no sin:…

Tim O'Brien said “A true war story is never moral.” In both “The Red Badge of courage”, written by Stephen Crane, and the movie “Paths of Glory,” directed by Stanley Kubrick, this statement takes upon a new meaning. Both Crane and Kubrick validate this message by showing that men grow selfish in the race to war glory and status, which in turn dehumanizes and uselessly kills innocent soldiers. They are expected to look this death in the face with unconditional bravery, which is against human…

The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom Chapters 4-26: 30 pg- 82 pg Chapter four is an entire chapter written in a metaphor describing life and oneself as a “flower”. “Like a beautiful flower full of color but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them”, (chapter 4:51). Verse 52 claims that one who does practices the words of Buddha becomes “fruitful”. Chapter nine starts with the name “evil”. This chapter mostly refers to the evil of…

Eightfold Path, and Three Signs of Being. What are the Four Noble Truths? The Four Noble Truths says that suffering exists, there is a cause for suffering, There is an end to suffering, and in order to end suffering, you must follow the Noble Eightfold Path. The first truth is that life is suffering.Suffering is created from desire is the second truth. The third truth is that if we stop desiring, we can be able to support others. This is called nirvana.The last truth is that the Noble Eightfold…

Neo is shown as an ordinary young man whose life seems ordinary and full of mistakes at first. His boss tells him that he seems to be one who crosses paths with the law and from this statement, one may think that the boss already knew that Neo is one of the protagonists together with Morpheus, who are against the matrix. After meeting with the oracle, Neo’s perception shifts towards thinking beyond scientifically…

Japanese society, it effected everything from art, to values, and culture within the society. The inception of Buddhism came into practice at approximately 500 BCE in India, but did not make its way to Japan until 552 BCE. It is considered to be a path to spiritual discovery. It was founded by a man named Siddhartha Gautama, who believed that within the human condition there was disease, decay, and death. Gautama felt that within the human…