Elliott Smith

One can interpret faith as a subjective experience. Many of us approach religion in our own personal way. Whether that means rejecting the entire idea of religion or following in our family’s religious footsteps, it is a personal choice that we all come to make at some point in our lives. I’ve always been very open to the idea of religion. The air of mystery that surrounded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the reason I chose it as my listening post. The Church of…

about Big Brother is “Big Brother is watching you”, because the party that was Big Brother was watching everyone at all times. And they would say they watched you, track you, and not promit certain things for your own sake. I would relate with Winston Smith because I don’t like the idea of always being watched, only a certain group of people have any power, and everyone else is pretty much under their thumb; and I would try to do something about it like he did. There aren’t really any parallel…

Karl Marx and Ayn Rand are two of the most recognizable philosophers of the modern era. They both had extremely differing views on how money should be used and what money is good for. Ayn Rand, famous for her books Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, has a strong belief that money is not a force for evil, but a force for good and change. Karl Marx, on the other hand, had a very underhanded view of money and its effectiveness as a motivator. He believed that money could only temporarily…

Philosophy can be defined as a particular system of thought based on study or investigation (Dictionary, Philosophy). No two people approach a problem with the same mindset. The different systems of thought from person to person comes from real world experiences that create a way of living for that person. Coaches apply that concept to figure out what works and what doesn’t in order to get the most out of their players. Coaches have a core set of principles that they take with them to every…

“Greed is not a financial issue. It is a heart issue” –Andy Stanley. In today’s advanced, economy-based world, the true meaning of greed is often lost. The definition of “greed” is not strictly limited to financial lust. True greed is the desire for power over others and the world as a whole. Michael Bay’s The Island very accurately captures this true definition. The film portrays a dystopian society in which humans pay large sums of money to have an exact clone made of themselves. These clones…

Uprisings that abolish corrupt a government system and improve society drive typical dystopian plots. However, George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 distinguishes itself because the novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith, ultimately fails to free himself from the Party’s authoritarian rule. Winston’s aversion to his lifestyle leads him to defy the government by engaging in a sexual affair and committing Thought Crimes. After the Party catches him rebelling, Winston endures abuse that transforms him…

In George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel 1984, rebellious Winston views the totalitarian government of Oceania as constantly removing society’s freedom and mentally enslaving them to maintain control. Throughout his difficult conflict between himself and the government, he seeks out many other rebels and experiences an illegal love affair, yet he becomes paranoid of the cruel government arresting him for his crimes. Initially, Orwell portrays Winston as a secretly rebellious ministry worker. At…

According to Ivring Kristol, “A neoconservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality.” Neoliberalism is an ideology based on the classical economic liberalism of Adam Smith and the classical political liberalism of J.S Mill, including the influence of key thinkers such as Frederich Hayek and Milton Friedman (B. Arneil, personal communication, September 27, 2015). Adam Smith’s economic theory advocates liberation of the market and a state role limited to establishing security (Garner,…

John Smith, of Jamestown 1607, faced the difficulties of weather, starvation and the new people of the Native American tribes. He wasn’t the only one who had faces these difficulties, for John Winthrop, a man who took the voyage in 1630 to sail on the Arbella across the Atlantic Ocean for nine weeks. Yet, another memorable member of the 17th century colonial literature would be Jonathan Edwards, who encounters weather and natural disaster in a completely different form than the others. John…

Kwon 1 Tony Kwon Mr. Rasmussen Language art 12 Octobor 2015 Life About John Smith John smith was a explorer born in January 1580, Willoughby, United Kingdom and died at June 21, 1631, London, United Kingdom. When he was young he attended school like other boys in that time but when he turned 13 he decided to become sailer. But father wanted that John smith become apprentice. In 1596 when his father passed out , he stasted to sail for france, Two years later, he sailed on Mediterranean Sea as…