Emotion

Anelise Colenzo September 12, 2017 Language Arts Period ⅞ Truman Show and The Giver Similarities What if you lived in a world where there was no real emotions. Imagine figuring out that your whole life was a lie and your world was all controlled. “The Giver “by Lois Lowry and “Truman Show” have many similarities that you can notice throughout both of the stories. Trueman is the main character of “Truman Show” and Jonas in the main character in “The Giver”. In the…

Psychologists conduct many studies to recognize the new ways in which people think, and to ultimately find what makes people feel certain emotions. Results of these studies surprisingly show that feeling other emotions such as anger, fear or sadness could be better for people in the long run. Sad feelings can be linked to a better quality of life over the constant emotion of happiness in humans. Happiness is known to prevent countless "psychological illnesses, including depression, anxiety and…

‘Inside Out’ was an adorable movie, that teaches children about emotions, but it does it in a very cute and different way. In the article, ‘The Science of ‘Inside Out’’, the author points out that the movie helps understand emotions, and that emotions help organize rational thinking and our social lives. In the article it states that “…emotions guide our perceptions of the world, our memories of the past and even our moral judgments of right and wrong…” and that the movie did show that, in a way…

There are a multitude of different mythological stories that take place throughout art history. Many of these stories are very well known for containing strong emotional and moral messages that are essential to each one of them. They are used to comprehend and give an explanation as to why things are the way they are, or how they came to be. For example, the reasoning behind how deserts were created was due to Phaethon driving his father’s sun chariot, essentially burning certain parts of the…

All students are excited for breaks from school, but in Seamus Heaney’s case his break was more of a hard blow than a relaxing time. This lyrical poem addresses the reader directly by reaching their emotions. The poem is about an elder brother who was away at school but had to return home in order to attend the funeral of his younger brother who tragically passed away. The poem is written in first person from the viewpoint of Seamus Heaney himself, he focuses on the reactions of his parents…

This intersubjective approach is adopted in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, but it is also analogous to the relationship between individuals and the arts, in particular, literary work. Transferential exchanges of stories, raw emotions, and associations related to these emotions occur consciously and unconsciously in both types of relationships. Approaching literature with this intersubjective framework expands the readers’ abilities to gain further insight about not only the text itself, but…

the effectiveness of arguments. She constitutes effectiveness as the sustainability and repeatability of techniques used to deliver the points of the candidates. The reason for negative appeals is that, “candidates have strong incentives to evoke emotions such as anger, fear, and anxiety; thus, appeals that are high in emotional content will survive longer than other types of arguments” (564). When using emotional appeals, it is easier to deliver a simple and uniform message than to speak on…

to obey and be weary though our emotions learned as young children? Though research individuals have been able to unveil the truth about learning and emotions and how they are connected. As look though the research we will find that we in fact do learn from our emotions though out the course of life. This field of research had been around for many years and we shall start out on what made myself look in to the research a little bit more. Robert Nozicks, Emotions,…

the narrative novel. In effect, Sonia Nazario is able to extend her arguments with a higher degree of success by appealing to emotion more so than logic. Her use of pathos significantly outweighs any arguments grounded on logic, therefore she inherently establishes a persuasive text that encourages the audience to avoid objectivity and read the book through a lens of emotion. More so, the humanization of the issue of immigration by establishing empathy with Enrique and the various sub-narratives…

experience many emotions, such as fear, anger, joy, sadness, etc., throughout the day, have you ever wondered why we feel these emotions? Were we just born with the instinctual ability to feel these emotions, or did we learn to feel certain emotions towards certain things or situations? Amongst the many psychologists that set out to find the cause for emotions, a psychologist named John B. Watson immediately stands out. Not only was he able to discover the mystery behind emotions, but, in doing…