Existential quantification

In Sherman Alexie’s Story, This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona, Victor is a complex character in ways. On the outside he is more closed off and and tries to act “normal” and that he is above others who aren’t in that definition of normal. But on the inside he knows that he shouldn’t be like that. He holds regret for treating Thomas Builds-the-fire the way he does growing up. They were friends when they were younger, but by their teenage years Victor had drifted away. One night, “when…

“The Lottery” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson in the month of June in 1948. The story is about an annual tradition, called the lottery, held in an anonymous small village. All of the villagers gather for the annual event and Mr. Summers conducts a quick roll call. Each one of the residents of the village draws a piece of paper from the black box. As this happens, the villagers start to talk with one another how some nearby villages have stopped following the tradition of the lottery.…

Epicurus’s thinking of the soul was that since the soul is made of material and that if the soul dies, then the body dies and therefore there is no reason to fear death. This is because he believes if the soul leaves the body we will not exist to experience the death of the body. This is known as the Argument from Experience, there are two counter arguments to this argument. Firstly, the Argument from Deprivation, which states that death is harmful due to the deprivation of pleasurable…

When you’re weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes…who you gonna call? When you’ve fallen so far, there are only two options: Flight takes you deeper into unfamiliar darkness; fight must be nurtured from somewhere within you and offers no promises. >>>>>>> The pressure, it just depresses you. When your spirit and soul, your mind and your ego, are all on the post-iceberg Titanic, all you can do is find someplace through meditation or otherwise where you can…

Ford Pinto Paper #5403 In 1978, an attack came unto Ford from unhappy consumers. These consumers, or more telling, their next of kin, were unhappy with the safety offered by Ford’s subcompact model, the Pinto. The subcompact was a new addition to the American markets, but not new to markets. The markets overseas were run amok with much more favored subcompacts for years. The American market was just now, however, starting to lean away from the larger, more gas guzzling cars and going towards…

Introduction It is widely accepted in the Christian faith that mankind is created in the image of God. When an individual believes this, they can use their understanding of this doctrine to determine how to interact with people in their day-to-day lives. After I graduate, my goal is to become an Elementary Teacher. As a teacher I will interact with my students, other teachers, administration, and my students’ parents/guardians. I think it is also important to know how to interact appropriately…

David Shannon has always been an amazing writing and has been writing children’s books for many years. David Shannon has well over 20 books and each of them have their own uniqueness. Shannon is an amazing writer and illustrator. He knows how to draw a reader in and make them want to read the whole book. All of his books range from short books with one or two words on the page to many paragraphs throughout the pages. David knows how to suck the reader in and want to read all of his books. He…

Expectations and standards for women in society are unrealistic and outrageous. These thoughts of what a woman should be like and how they should behave have been around for centuries. Woman are often times looked down upon when they don’t look like how society tells them to and this can cause a number of things to go wrong in their self image and life. Unfortunately these high expectations have had an extremely negative impact on females. In Margie Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” she discusses the…

In the short story “Gryphon” by Charles Baxter, the main character is Tommy, who is a young boy in fourth grade and goes to Five Oaks, and he defends his interesting, unique substitute teacher, Miss Ferenczi. In the beginning of the story, Tommy’s teacher, Mr.Hibler developed a cough and finally decides that he is too sick to carry on. The next day, a strange woman walks into class, “carrying a purple purse, a checkerboard lunchbox, and some books (p. 43, l. 45) She had “her light hair in a…

Once in awhile, I stumble across an unusually refreshing actor with whom I was not familiar hertetofore, but I know instantly that there is something exceptional about him or her. In the case of Tracey Birdsall, indeed nothing could be truer than that. Tracey took a few minutes from her hectic schedule recently to chat with me about her career with a dominant emphasis on her most current work, Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter. Likewise, she eloquently shared her unique outlook on the industry today.…