Beggars

The pursuit of discovery inherently exists within human nature as a quest to discover something new or something previously known. These discoveries will often lead to the modification of an individual’s beliefs and values due to the gaining of new knowledge. However, these changes may also affect one’s relationships with others and the broader society because their new beliefs and values may conflict with the rigid norms of society. This complex nature of discovery is explored in Shakespeare’s…

Noor Darwish Hour 2 This hero from ancient Greece encountered many temptations, killed monsters, killed hundreds of people, so he can return home to his beloved wife. Who is this man? This man is Odysseus. He is a mythological legend from a story called The Odyssey written by Homer. The three main qualities that best describe Odysseus are curiosity, bravery, and intelligence. First of all, Odysseus is curious. A reason why odysseus is a curious person is because he never seen a cyclops so…

Mother Teresa once said "If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Judgment is something we as humans inherently fear yet, we dare to impose it upon others. However, when people are at their utmost vulnerable there is no force greater that human compassion. I believe that like Mother Teresa we should all strive to judge less rather, we should help to alleviate the suffering of others. I have spent many summers volunteering at a food pantry in inner city Fort Wayne. The food pantry is…

The men aren't even recognized as soldiers, but lowly, old beggars that are generally assumed to be useless. Not only are they given a low human status, but they are described as lacking basic human rights such as cleanliness, sleep, clothing, and normal health. Without these basic human rights, no one would consider…

In the Odyssey, many characters of high social status help Odysseus on his journey. However, some helpful characters also happen to be of a low social status. Eumaeus, Eurycleia, and Philoitius, invoke the theme of loyalty throughout the epic. Even though there is loyalty to Odysseus from kings, gods, and princes, his most loyal characters are one of the lower statuses. Although these characters do not have much, their loyalty to Odyssey ensures that he is able to drive the suitors away from his…

In Book 19, a nameless beggar shared news about Odysseus to Penelope. After he did this simple act, she thanked him by making sure he was clean and had a nice place to sleep. Penelope commanded her handmaids to set up a couch “with bedding and coverlets and with shining blankets…

After reading “A Priceless Lesson in Humility” by Felipe Morales from NPR’s This I Believe series, I found that this piece of writing would be beneficial for students who would read and analyze it. This essay effectively explains how the writer was reminded of why he came to believe in humility through a series of past personal experiences, and later, in an incident with an elderly blind woman. In his sightseeing trip to Washington, D.C., Morales acted with prejudice when an elderly blind woman…

“If they would rather die,’ said scrooge, ‘they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population,”(Dickens 6). This quote comes from a book written by, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol where charity beggars were asking scrooge if he would like to give money to charity and scrooge responded with the quote. Scrooge who is the main character works at a counting house and he is an older man. Scrooge has a clerk named Bob Cratchit who is a poor family man. Scrooge gets visited by three…

different people and experience many different obstacles. As Siddhartha enters the different stages of his life he learns about not just the unity of all things, but he discovers himself and his place in the world. Going from being a Brahmin, to a beggar, to a wealthy merchant, to a ferryman instills perspective in Siddhartha. All of these obstacles and occurrences lead him on his path to enlightenment, but they are all different. Siddhartha began his journey as a Brahmin: wealthy,…

Dennen is referring to the beggars on the sidewalk, who literally beg for change, meaning coins, and are also begging for us to change the ways we are doing things as a society. Why, if there are many people thriving in our society, are there also people without enough food to eat, without homes, and those have no loving family? Dennen is trying to tell his listeners that beggars are the “prophets” exposing and telling us this message. The lyrics “There…