Endless Love

No that couldn’t be, they had different cultures. Perhaps Mexico’s love for the other was so unconsciously strong it was making its way into his people hearts; he didn’t think that was the case either. But he knew without a doubt that this flag represented his heart! And in his heart were his people and his love for his country, for the men the fought beside him and those who believed in him, and he knew that was the strongest love he could ever know. But still, even after all these years,…

“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien explores the thin line between sane and insane as soldiers walk through a war-torn Vietnam, feeling their love and longing- for some- turn to hatred and guilt, and calling into question one lieutenant’s priorities and the value of the burdens his men bear. While it is hard to determine the exact point of view in this story, the point of view is still very important to it. The point of view lends to itself a closeness, an intimacy within the story, in such…

Can money really buy you happiness? I don’t think so! In this so called life many people believe that money is the reason for everyone’s happiness. People always seem to talk about ways on spending their paychecks or on how they don’t have enough money. Have you ever thought how much money is enough? People tend to be greedy and needy and don’t consider these two questions when it comes to purchasing items; “Is this something I need?” or “Is this something I want?” Do you wake up in the…

racism and the oppression against all nationalities, cultures etc. Also in Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare is criticizing that fighting only brings pain. The Capulets and the Montagues lost their children and multiple family members because of their endless fighting. Without their meaningless war, they would have avoided all the consequences caused by an argument fueled by…

her progressively developed masculinity, as she goes from an ‘effeminate novice to voluptuous woman’, becoming a virago, as she uses her sexuality to doom Ambrosio to ‘endless perdition’ (p.206). Matilda’s dark nature is evident when contrasted to Antonia, who represents the Beautiful. The Beautiful encompasses the passion of love, and appearance of ‘delicacy, and even of fragility’. Antonia’s limbs, so ‘white, so soft, so delicate!’ and her ‘lips fraught with inexhaustible sweetness’ fit…

perceptive on life, love, people, and death that have impacted me. A meaningful life is all anyone seeks for. It’s advertised in the media that a meaningful life means having the right job and…

for each other. When Thanksgiving vacation comes, a snow storm interferes with Jam travelling home, so Griffin allows her to stay at his farm with his family. They grow a liking to each other, however, Jam is in denial and tells herself she can only love…

WOMEN WHO LOVE TOO MUCH By Robin Norwood, 1985 Reviewed by Rediet Merid The author of the best-selling book Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change Robin Norwood says "It was mostly from the wives and girlfriends of addictive men that I began to understand the nature of the disease," (Norwood, 1985, 40). In the book Norwood examines in it explains why women are involved in a harmful relationship with men (Powell, 1985). The #1 New York Times bestseller that…

fights, pent up aggression, sleepless nights, tears shed, heartache, and smiles camouflaging pain have brought me to unfeigned enlightenment. ‘Family is everything. True love is undying. Forgiveness is freeing. Living, breathing, seeing is believing.’ These life lessons did not come without the scars to prove that I have braved the endless, boundless, unconstrained abyss that is existence. Reaching this comfortable, unworried place in which I can reflect upon myself and the actions taken to…

recruit soldiers. Boys ages from 14 and up go to war, whether you have had experience or not. Many live behind their girlfriends, wife’s, family, kids, mother and father, and the list goes on. Like in the O’Brien story says “he was just a kid at war, in love. He was twenty-four years old. He couldn’t help it” (O’Brien 921). The situation Jimmy was dealing with, is the same thing with soldiers in Congo. Where they still want to live life, have plans and goals. However, once you enter war there is…