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    While reading The Picture of Dorian Gray first thing that came into my mind is how shallow and vain someone can be, and at the same time pretend everything is normal. Dorian Gray, the protagonist of the novel is exactly that: self-loving, egotistic young man who is not capable of making out good from evil. Maybe it would be more proper to say that he does not want to acknowledge his misbehaviour even though he is aware of it. This corrupt demeanor of his naturally brings out immorality in all…

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    In a world where humans confront futility and suffer from infertility, hope has lost its glimmer. After all, the dismal, the decay, and the dull are words that define the dystopian reality of Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men. From this actuality, it presents notions, relevant for wider society to consider, that can be analyzed for this essay. Whether these ideas are about the significance of children, the decay of art as a medium, or the loss of human values. These concepts have accomplished to…

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    Have you ever been pointed at with a flashlight in your eyes, and are immediately irritated and hope it would end. Well that’s how Albert Camus's main character Meursault feels in his novel the Stranger. Meursault, a detached and emotionless man living in french occupied Algeria, shows no care towards his mother's death, his “girlfriend”, and an Arab that he murders. While performing his careless everyday routines, the only emotion he shows is his feelings towards the sun. Even though he shows…

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    Albert Camus

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    When writing The Stranger, Albert Camus had other intentions than just giving his audience some story about the life of an indifferent man. The novel itself gives the main character, Meursault, a way of thinking that some would find unimaginable and incomparable to any character that might be seen in another piece of literature. While the book makes an attempt at making sure the reader understands the philosophy of Meursault while progressing through his timeline, the philosophy Meursault…

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    Different philosophies reveal different perspectives on life. Absurdity is a philosophy that defines life as unreasonable and lacking of a defined meaning. In contrast, humans have an innate nature to give meaning to life. Albert Camus reveals his absurd outlook in The Stranger through Monsieur Meursault’s actions and attitudes. Meursault’s actions and attitudes are unconventional, and their existence causes numerous difficulties. Meursault, who is an embodiment of Albert Camus,…

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    The absurd in philosophy refers to the conflict between the tendency of men to seek inherent meaning and value in the life that one lives and the inability to find any. The Absurd arises out of this constant confrontation between the unreasonable world’s silence and the human need for purpose and meaning. Thus, human beings must live in a world that is indifferent towards them or altogether forever hostile. As Camus observes, the world will never care for humanity the way that man wants it to…

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    Nagel's Importance Of Life

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    People often wonder what motivates them to keep getting up in the morning, to go through their normal routine day after day, and to always think about what they should do or say. They begin to ponder three essential questions: Does life have any purpose? Do my actions impact anything in the future after I die? What is the importance of my life? Philosophers have taken on the argument of these three essential questions for many years now, and there still isn’t a definitive answer that works for…

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    It is often hard to define someone as a great human being. Greatness can be defined itself as having the power to be brave, and never give up. Most people judge on the events that made that person great. Bethany Hamilton was one of those people who is defined as great. Bethany Hamilton is both brave, and dedicated. Bethany has never given up her dreams even after a shocking yet horrifying incident occurring only at the age of fifteen. Bethany’s story of courage can easily be categorized the same…

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    Kierkegaard, Camus, and Sartre are three main philosophers that have overlapping ideas of Existentialism. Throughout Kierkegaard 's book Fear and Trembling, Camus’ book Absurd Creation, and Sartre’s book Existentialism and play No exit, the idea of the ability for one to make one’s own choices and decisions through free will is shown. These philosophers opened my eyes to a new perspective on what existence precedes essence means. While reading these books, I agreed with some ideas as opposed to…

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    Anger is a form of communication that discloses important information about the obstacles oppressed people meet. For romantic period writers, anger was a cross of rational justice and irrational savagery, and determining its position in society and in their own work as a tool or weapon tackles them as a vital task (Stauffer 2). Anger often plays as a tool of truth, pointing out injustices, betrayals and false states of affairs and seeking to even scores. To this point, the romantic…

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