Everyday Life

Everyone has everyday problems nevertheless, as a citizen in a western country we are often oblivious as to how remarkable a life we have and we ought to be reminded, which is why people exclaim “Think of the starving children in Africa” Having the opportunities to live life the way you prefer is a central theme in the text “How Lucky You Are” by Debi Alper. The short story is focused around the adolescent Max from England who is living life without caring too much or setting high goals,…

functions therefore improving the lobes of the brain where design, communication and art creation are handled (Jensen 50). 30- Since humans think and dwell on what is important or meaningful to the individual much of the early art is depictions of everyday life (Jensen 51). 31-Such as, the cave art of early men showed the food, nature, tribe members, and what happened in their lives. 32-Since art demonstrates a spatial sense, not just a visual sense, the spatial sense is an expression of doing…

In the story “Myth Of Sisyphus”, Sisyphus is punished by the gods and sentenced to a life of hard labor.I began to question if we as individuals can relate to the experience Sisyphus had. While I am almost certain that no one can relate to the physical labor Sisyphus endured. We relate to emotional and mental struggles Sisyphus faced. Similar to Sisyphus, we spend our days rolling our own rock up the same mountain. Once we reach the top of the mountain, our rock begin to roll back down the…

There are many quotes in the world that involve disappointment and tragedy. The following quote by Shaw is an example of one of these quotes. "There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it" (Shaw). This is trying to explain that the two main tragedies that you’ll endure in life are losing and gaining your heart’s desire. The first tragedy that Shaw mentions is losing your heart’s desire. A desire is something that you want strongly. When you lose…

Changes Essay “Old ways won’t open new doors.” (Unknown) “A Crush,” by Cynthia Rylant, shows the main character, Ernie, experiencing a different variety of events that discovered the need for change. He wasn’t going to open the same old door everyday and decided he needed to open a shiny new door that would lead him to change. The death of Ernie’s mother started the need for change. The text states, “This house was called a group home, because in it lived a group of people who, like…

Almería. There a bride ran away with her cousin. Her cousin was then murdered by the bridegroom’s brother. Given this inspiration Lorca went on to write a play that continues to be popular to this day. The play is full of various themes, themes that everyday people can connect to. It also contains climactic scenes like majority of good plays do. It would be a challenge to produce and direct this play. Although there is some methods you could use to help the actors present it effectively. There…

Thousand Years” by Livia Bitton-Jackson, life, death, and faith are all aspect of humanity that the main characters of this memoir had to deal with. However simple these three words may seem, they are more complex than any human could possibly perceive them to be. Elli Friedman is the main character in this memoir, and her family and she are subjected to the evils of the Holocaust. Elli, who is just a young girl when she is captured, deals with both life and death and faith. Her story reveals…

out in the worst way. “Do you ever look deep down inside staring at your life, paralysed?” It describes how it can put a person in a very dark place where you feel like you cannot move on. Losing someone that you love can give you depression and then lead to bad decisions. It may get so bad that you lose your mind. As stated, “since you’ve gone away from me”. The next…

Icarus Everyone struggles with making the right choices and mistakes are made all the time. Mistakes are a part of everyday life and we know it’ll be ok in the end as long as we can correct and recover from them. The song “Icarus” by Bastille covers making mistakes and living with those mistakes incredibly well. “Icarus”, Bastille’s powerhouse song is a must hear because of the story it tells, the lesson it teaches, and how relatable the song is. To know who Icarus is, first you have to look at…

“Life of a soldier, looking at the glass ceiling” Taj Atkinson Teaser: I hear and see dead people all the time, can you imagine seeing hundreds of dead faces every day for the rest of your day. I see the children running to random villagers asking for help and the pain in all their faces is painted in red. Well I couldn’t either until now of course, I see them when I’m sleep, and even when I eat, I wake up and sleep in an infinite nightmare. Maybe the…