Existentialism

Plato’s has idealist point of view were we are living there are endless possibilities to what we actually are and anything can change at any moment. We are in this uncontrollable state where anything can happen and we just have to accept and adapt because none of us really know the truth to what we are, who we are, and what we are here for. Us as the the prisoners are chained from birth forced to look a certain way and not be able to turn our heads from the casts of illusions and appearances.…

Sartre would say, “man is condemned to be free” , he means that we are thrown in this world in our own and be responsible for everything we do. Instead of realizing our identity as free beings we often pretend as determined objects. Refusing to take the responsibility of making fully out of ourselves on what we are, we impersonate as if we are pre-determined objects of the society we are born in. People tend to uphold on the outside circumscription rather making fully out of themselves. This…

Life consists of not knowing the final outcome of life and through this one will conceive a life one can call their own. The cycle we take on as human beings also known as The Human Condition comes with an acknowledgment of what connects humans one to another while simultaneously developing us individually. Life will always consist of a beginning and an end and our understanding as humans of this will come through birth and death. Our lives will never be understood but that's what the human…

François-Marie Arouet also known as Voltaire was born in a noble and notary family on November 21st, 1964, in Paris, France, and was educated in Collège Louis-le-Grand by Jesuits. He was a Philosopher, Historian, and a Writer. His style, intelligence, and humour made him one of the greatest French Writer and Philosopher. He produced literary work in almost every genre like poetry, play, essays, novels, scientific and historic works in over 21,000 letters and over thousands of books and pamphlets…

Ha Min Ko Professor Seitz LVA2006 4, September, 2016 Dostoevsky Paper: How might you outsmart the Underground Man? (TENTATIVE TITLE) According to the Underground Man from Dostoevsky’s “Notes from the Underground,” [FIX INTRO] The Underground Man is elusive. It is dififcult to properly identify the characteristics of this individual. Indeed, that seems to be one of the goals of the Underground Man – to challenge any attempts to reason and rationalize the world. Perhaps the question is, how…

Conflicts between Good and Evil Achebe weaves conflicts in his novel between man v/s man, and man v/s. society. The conflicts are manifested in Okonkwo’s inability to reconcile with the Change. Achebe gives a message through his novel that a man must change with time, and if that man does not act wisely and instead acts like a die-hard man like Okonkwo, he is hoisting with his own petard. Tradition Verses Change Achebe develops the theme of “traditional verses change through a powerful…

In a country where longing for the past bespeaks a dominant cultural trope - saudade, fado and the long wait for The Desired, D. Sebastian of Portugal are examples of this – the performance My Room / My Rum, premiered at the Condomínio Festival, in Lisbon, explores and further unsettles the dynamic between memory and identity. Accordingly, collecting and archiving as necessary means to assert identity are subject to evaluation. It turns out that they both prove ineffective at spotting one’s…

Love and hate two different things yet they cannot exist without each other, it’s as if they were incorruptible together. As shown in George Orwell's 1984, the ideas of love and hate seem so distant in meaning as they are polar opposites, yet they can exist without each other. George Orwell's 1984 is a novel that shows the life and aspect of a totalitarian society. The people love “Big Brother”, their dicator that is infinite, and Big Brother influences them to hate Emmanuel Goldstein, the…

The Kite-Runner – Memoir Project – Written Portion JOURNAL PROMPT NO. 1 What are your opinions on war? War is an indicator of failure. On a personal level, it’s a sign of people not being able to express rage, deception, sorrow or disillusionment in a constructive way. It also can be a means to take advantage of a situation, like with war over petrol, over a territory, over a spice trade, over mineral resources, over the supremacy on an indigenous people, and on and on. I link war to a kind of…

The ending of Nella Larsen’s Passing leaves us with a big mystery on our hands. That mystery is formed in the question, “Who killed Clare Kendry?”. The novel chooses to leave us with a rather ambiguous ending that never outright answers the question. With in-depth psychological and textual analysis, the answer can be found. This analysis will prove that the protagonist Irene Redfield killed Clare Kendy. Passing takes place from Irene Redfield’s perspective. The novel may not have been written…