Abandonment

The Studies of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Borderline Personality Disorder, often acronymed as “BPD”, is a personality disorder that ordinarily affects your moods, relationships, self-image, and behavior. It is not very well known, however it is a very common disorder. When scientists first started researching this disorder, the name was derived from the early thought that BPD was the “borderline” between psychosis and neurosis. The name Borderline Personality Disorder was meant to…

In William Golding’s fictional novel, The Lord Of the Flies, an idea is displayed portraying the dark side of people, illustrating mankind's evil nature. Golding displays the descriptive scene of Piggy’s death to show the destructive nature of Man when stranded to survive on a desolate island. Ralph blows the conch shell, reporting everyone to order for a meeting. Jack emerges from the forest and immediately the two face off. Ralph is trying to make a point about the importance of the signal…

Miss Havisham can be symbolized as one of the main antagonists of the novel. She had never lived life to its fullest, after she was left at the altar. After her wedding incident, she stopped bathing; stopped all the clocks in her home; never left the house, as shown by quote number one; and never took off her bridal dress. The image of Miss Havisham’s bridal cake shows that she held on to everything from the past, no matter how disgusting it made her life; consequently, making herself miserable.…

1. Fardoussa Mahamoud Houssein Marilyn Tourangeau English 11 October 12th, 2015 Loneliness is an unpleasent emotional response to abandonment, isolation and lack of companionship. In the novel ‘’Of Mice and Men’’ by John Steinbeck, loneliness is a motif found through several characters. Although present in most, the theme of loneliness is mostly present in the characters of Crooks, Curley's wife and Candy. To begin, Steinbeck illustrated the theme of loneliness through Crooks’ segregation from…

had no way of knowing that the prophecy would one day ring true. While she would endure hardships and suffering, eventually she would become a great queen, rather an empress, of the powerful French Empire. Josephine Bonaparte overcame hostility, abandonment, and imprisonment to become…

The dark, brooding artist is a common trope in mass media today. Both visual and literary artists are often linked to mental illness in one form or another to the point where it’s become expected of them; emotional instability is too often a hallmark of the modern artist and, therefore is often overlooked. Moreover, the “atypical” view of the world inherent in creativity is frequently seen as the root cause of anxiety—and, therefore, the actual causes of anxiety or depression are dismissed as…

William Golding's fictional novel Lord of the Flies and Maria Mauro’s article “Children Who Murder: Jordan Brown, Eric Smith and Others: Jordan Brown: Too Young to Kill?” depict the horrific behavior of children in order to show the world that society must require consequences to deter such atrocities from happening. Mauro discusses a 13 year-old named Eric Smith, who murdered 4-year-old Derrick Robie in a park in Steuben County, New York. Eric dropped two big rocks on Derrick's head which…

Many know me as a leader. I am a leader in my soccer team; they consider me a captain! I am a leader at school; they consider me the Senior Class President! I am a leader in my youth group; they consider me a proud leader of the truth! A leader is someone who is ready to take control; to guide or someone who is self-assured. I am unique, distinctive, and special in many ways. I was born for a purpose, everyone is. Being raised by a single mother nurtured me into becoming a strong, noble-hearted,…

“waifs” (pg.68) of the late 1800s. In the 1890, a well-known book called “How the Other Half Lives” (p.67) was published. The book was written by (most famous for his journalism), Jacob Riis. Jacob Riis at the age of forty, revealed the ongoing abandonment of infants and other hidden horrors of the “New York slums” (p.67). “The New York slums” (p.67) were immensely poor neighborhoods that were occupied by large amounts of unprivileged beings. Hence the poor population, “Young mothers…

Is it true that the Cold War began after the Berlin blockade crisis of 1948? The Cold War was described by George Orwell as “a peace that is no peace”. The lack of actual armed conflict combined with the undulating political and military tensions make identifying the start of the cold war problematic. The Berlin blockade crisis of 1948 played a large role in the onset of the Cold War, and yet several earlier episodes suggest that the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union had…