in battle and in trials of war. I did not have the pleasure to know John Datzman from a young age, but I know that John was a Spartan at heart. Yet, the minute we met in Marine Corps’ Boot Camp a bond that supersedes friendship and enters the realm of brotherhood was forged between us. We went through boot camp, infantry school, and deployed within the same infantry squad together, creating a relationship that…
India is a country culturally diverse yet spiritually intertwined. Having over eight different religions and innumerable castes, creeds and tribes, I often wondered if the country is vulnerable due to the differences between the races. Time and again, I had heard how the differences are surpassed by the heartwarming festivals celebrated in India. And during my latest visit, I personally experienced the warmth myself. Despite being born and brought up in India, I had spent a significant number…
Women are often looked at as weak, inferior and only use is to bear children and raise them, compared to men who are looked at as strong, superior, and gods on Earth, women are not looked at as equal to men. The play Big Love by Charles L. Mee, displays the different views of genders and their thoughts on marriage and equality with the opposite sex. Within the play we see the different gender views of marriage in a way that each character is another level of a gender stereotype. This play proves…
of the characters by explaining the racial tensions between…
By defining the difference between an ordinary man and an “‘extraordinary man,’” Raskolnikov’s meeting with Porfiry serves as a benchmark for Raskolnikov’s reflections in his conversations with Sonya, exposing his biggest flaw of rejecting the truth about his guilt. While Porfiry interviews Raskolnikov as a suspect for the murder, Raskolnikov claims an “‘extraordinary man’” can “‘allow his conscience to … step over certain obstacles,’” confirming his guilty conscience already deviates from this…
about a boy, also with disabilities, named Simon and his best friend Joe. Simon and Joe battle their way through daily struggles of being teenagers, but also with the constant judgement of their unlikely friendship. While the two stories have their differences in developing the relationship between the two main characters (Doodle and Brother, and Simon and Joe), they are similar…
might be the choice you're looking for and the decision that's right for you. Consider privacy and community. Throughout our whole lives, there is an interplay between privacy and community; naturally we are impelled to be part of a community because human interaction gives us so much enjoyment, laughter, emotional stability, love, friendship and human warmth. There is an element of surprise with other people where you never know what each new day will bring as your emotional…
individuality and freedom to keep control over society One way that the governments keep control is through relationships. In Anthem, Equality constantly refers to another person as ‘they’ and as himself as ‘we’. There is no ‘I’ or ‘he/she’; these pronoun differences enforce the belief of the importance of the whole society versus the individual. They aren’t even…
dominance over him, to gain Baba's love. Amir couldn’t help but wonder “Was it a fair price? The answer floated to [his] conscious mind before [he] could thwart it: [hassan] was just a Hazara, wasn't he" (Hosseini pg. 77). Amir hated himself for thinking of Hassan as just a hazara because he meant so much more to him. Amir is trying to degrade Hassan from friend to hazara to justify abandoning him. Amir's jealousy getting them best of him made him risk their friendship and he would soon regret…
Ruth selfishly keeps Tommy and Ruth from true love with each other throughout most of the story even though it was apparent they are truly in love in the description during their time at Hailsham. Another event occurred that made Kathy question the reality of right from wrong and ingenuity of another being was when she realized that Ruth lied to…