Feelings

understand what an emotion is. Skepticism says that feelings, at least physical ones, are compulsions to fulfill physical needs. Therefore, one could hypothesize that an emotion, such as loneliness, could lead one to seek companionship in the same way hunger would lead one to seek sustenance. Where physical feelings are activated to fulfill our physical needs, emotional feelings are activated to fulfill our mental needs. A Skeptic would take the feeling of sadness as an indication that they need…

world. Or at least that’s what little six-year-old me thought when I left my home country of Cuba to come to the United States. That was a time of emotional turmoil for me, feeling the pain of leaving everything and everyone I knew behind. There was the excitement and fear of coming to a new unknown place, but there was also a feeling of dread at this vast language barrier that I was facing, and finally accepting and adapting to this new life. Coming from Cuba was a difficult experience that…

the eye contact to show up my interest in his speaking and tried to build a good rapport with the patient. Caris-Verhallen et al. indicated that the eye contact could present a feeling of interest in the person to the others in the communication (2). I also was polite to thank for the time of patient when I finished my…

Tremendous freedom and joy is what overflows Mrs. Mallard’s emotions as she copes with the shocking news that her husband, Brently Mallard, has died. Despite the feeling Mrs. Mallard encounters, there is an ironic ending to this short story when Brently Mallard walks through the front door untouched and unaware of any railroad disaster. In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin uses diction through Mrs. Mallard’s emotional changes to show how the significance of dramatic irony portrays throughout…

Happiness is the feeling of contentment and pleasure in one's heart or mind. Happiness can also be defined as enjoying your life and things around you, and never wanting those feelings to change (Schoch 451). Studies show that about forty­one percent of people in the United States consider themselves happy and content all of the time. Does that make the other fifty­nine percent unhappy, pessimistic grouches, not necessarily. Many people can have thoughts and feelings of anger and sadness…

Ronald Jackson. The speaker, begins to reflect back on the past. He reflected back on the past, because he begins to go back in time to when he was a child. When he started to reminisce on the past, he had a childish tone that he uses to express the feeling of jumping on the bed. He feels his dad’s presences as if he does what is not acceptable in his home- He senses at that very moment that his dad anger is coming upon him. As the speaker begins to have the imagination of the past, he begins to…

The first day back to school has finally come again. As you walk down the freshly waxed halls, the smell of cleaning agents gives you a fresh clean feeling. On your walk to your first college course, you notice something oddly strange about your fellow classmates passing by. You attempt to converse with people but no one replies, you shrug it off. When you arrive to class everyone is quiet. As you head to your seat you begin to notice strange posters all over the classroom labeled “Speech…

politics. When using these negative emotional arguments, it is easier to talk about and express fear and anger than what is causing it. The key to political rhetoric is how the tactics used are consistent, “the feelings political candidates seek to evoke with their campaign rhetoric – feelings of fear, anxiety, and anger – will be more invariant” (568). While the content of messages may differ over time and between candidates, the tools used to deliver the message remains the same because of…

much that you would be willing to risk getting in trouble at school and at home just for your life and everybody else's to live freely? Teens know how many parents want them to fit in and don’t care about anything else? Teens should express their feelings and let out their emotions and to have fun. School uniforms should not be allowed because it violates a student's’ right to freedom of expression, are a financial burden for poor families, and they make students a target for bullies from other…

I want to apologize to you. I did not handle last night very well. I definitely said things that were on my mind, but could have chosen a better time and way to express my thoughts and feelings. When I left last night we agreed to table the break up until we have the chance to talk Thursday night. I am glad that we decided to do this, but I want you to know where I am coming from and what it is that I need. When I am face to face with you I tend to clam up and stop talking. Unless I get…