Bliss

Working in the media, industry can challenge a person and affect the way they portray themselves and their family. The cultural pressure to appear in control with perfection and complete bliss makes couples bitter, secretive and complicated. However, with Fluffy and Rocco, I could ask questions and get the gritty details of their marriage. They were willing to tell me facts and answer my questions openly (almost too open at times). This helped me understand the difference between Fluffy and…

Although many scholars argue that “Milton writes sonnet [nine] to console and encourage [his lady friend, but] carefully eschews giving any advice [and only] pays her the compliment of merely describing with satisfaction what she has done,” (“Variorum Commentary”, Bush) this is one of many interpretations. The idea that Milton “consoles” and “encourages” his lady friend to be part of a religious institution is only visible on a surface level scan because if one reads in between the lines, he can…

In Chapter 94 of Moby-Dick, “A Squeeze of the Hand,” Melville exposes the reader to the bizarre and coveted substance that catalyzed the rapid expansion of the whaling industry. Spermaceti is a waxy, oil-like substance produced in the spermaceti organ in the skull of the sperm whale. Originating from the spermaceti-organ, the fluid is located in the cranial cavity of the sperm whale and occupies a major part of the skull, holding up to 1,900 litres of spermaceti. Since the spermaceti organ, a…

had ever experienced. My stomach felt like it was in the process of disappearing as I landed on my knees and I laughed. I began to wonder if I was going to die because I could not breathe. Tears were streaming down my face and I was having the best bliss of my life. I turned my face up the hill and saw Keith and Joe guffawing. Their huge smiles only made me laugh harder. It was so funny. I turned to look at Fred again to see if he was going to give me the smug look he usually gives me after he…

dangerous to others, because people may use it for the wrong purpose. Also littluns do matter because without them things would be completely different and the masses of society are not ignorant nor unimportant because i believe that Ignorance is bliss. So overall, both the novel and film are outstanding examples to how the government till this day treat the masses of…

completing the cycle back to reality.” (Bradbury ##) The metaphor describes so much in just a small paragraph. Faber paints the picture of a world where we don’t wish to see imperfection, difference or negativity. We only wish to see happiness and bliss, so we don’t have to feel terrible things like pain, sadness, anger and hate. In describing the people like flowers, he is explaining that we cannot truly be happy without experiencing what it’s like to be sad or angry. How would we know if were…

The legal drinking age for military serving on active duty can vary from around the world. The minimum drinking age in the United States military is twenty-one and in other countries the minimum drinking age is eighteen. Germany has maybe the most relaxed laws for military personnel, which they only have to be eighteen to drink and can drink a maximum of two beers during the duty day. Young men and women can join the United States military at eighteen, have the right to vote, are tried as an…

fruit globes fair and red. Sweeter than man-rejoicing wine, Clearer than water flowed that juice; She never tasted such before. (lines 128-131) Rossetti’s vivid description of Laura’s first taste of the juices emphasizes the sheer pleasure and bliss Laura experiences as she willingly devoured the forbidden fruits. The taste of the fruits allows Laura to experience an intense high, an effect similar to the consumption of a drug. Once full, Laura leaves the glen in awe by the great pleasures of…

describing soma as a drug that is used when feeling “depressed or below par.” Huxley says that soma, “was not a private vice, it was a political institution.” Therefore, it was at every citizen’s fingertips. He says that the drug would provide “ a sense of bliss,” induce “visions,” and even induce a “restless sleep.” Now to me that sounds a lot like the same effects of marijuana, which in “The Medical Committees” eyes was “not a serious menace to society,” but that it was “merely a nuisance.”…

As much as everyone wishes to be happy in their lives, many people will define happiness differently. The personal nature of happiness makes it difficult for many people to define it. However, there are the common needs that people share when it comes to achieving or experiencing happiness. Happiness is very complex define since it means different things to different people. No one can fully understand the experience of other people’s feelings because everyone has his/her own way of considering…