Forsaken

Two worlds divided by decisions and effects they will have on one, they can be thought through or even chosen without delay. These with no thought are our rash decisions, emotion driven choices natural to human nature. It is inevitable to happen once or multiple times in a lifetime especially as a teen. In your teen years, you tend to make these decisions more casually without giving much thought to what the consequences might be going from not doing homework, or studying for an important test,…

While at the trial, Scout states: “...it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world.” (Chapter 19, pg 211) Is Mayella Ewell a character worthy of compassion? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the dubious character Mayella Ewell, left readers divided as to whether she was a character deserving of sympathy. Although she was despised by many due to her role in falsely accusing a black man of rape, her inconsiderate actions were justified, as they were…

Life tends to progress in a linear fashion, from start to finish, infancy to old age, birth to death. Within a lifetime there is the progression, accumulation of experience, understanding, knowledge, memory, and relationships all shaping one’s identity, understanding of one’s self and one’s place in the world thus giving meaning to life. Alzheimer’s disease impedes that linear process; when memories are lost or when the capacity to form new memories vanishes an important link to the content of…

and preferred to remain silent and isolated. From the beginning she always feels that she is alone and that she does not have any friends to sit with or even to talk with, she always says "I am outcast" (Anderson 4). She always feels that she is forsaken and rejected. Melinda is not ready for the high school psychologically. She is neither ready for attending classes nor to sit with her class mates whom she is afraid of. She is angry about everything. She makes fun of her teachers as…

Everyman is a Christian morality play by anonymous. The play reflects to us human, the main character ‘Everyman’ represent us human beings. The story is about God sending death to Everyman to teach him a life lesson since Everyman is obsessed with wealth and material possession. In this essay I will be doing an analysis on the main character ‘Everyman’. The analysis will be based on the setting (place) of the story, protagonist, major conflict, rising action theme, motifs, symbols, and…

This parodies of a human’s gesticulation period and mocks man’s attempts to play God by ending both novels in the season of Fall. In Frankenstein, letters from Robert Walton elucidate the tale of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. The Creature, forsaken by Victor for his appearance, is filled with humiliation and sadness which quickly turns into resentment and vengeance after failed attempts to fit into society. Flowers for Algernon is written in the form of “progris riports” (Keyes 1) by…

Lauren Miller Prof. Porter Rhetoric 103A 12 Dec. 2017 More Than “Just Rhetoric”: Today, the term “rhetoric” often carries the connotations of bombast and deceitfulness, but rhetoric, as theorized by many ancient orators, offered a challenge, calling he who practiced the art to higher ethical, moral, and civic responsibilities. Having the freedom and ability to speak was not a license to bend the rules and constructs of society but rather a power to advocate within them. Though a rhetorician can…

Lula exhibits, is her constant eating of apples, and offering them to Clay. Just like Eve tempts Adam with apples from the sacred tree, Lula attempts to seduce Clay with her own apples. Just as white America attempts to seduce black America and forsaken them to a life of void of true…

The themes of "consciousness and community" are complex when you think of the multiple meanings and what they are comprised of. In Merriam-Webster dictionary both these words have multiple meanings; For example, the word consciousness defines the state of being characterized by sensation, emotion, volition. (1) Also it mean, the state or fact of being conscious of an external object, state, or fact.(2) First, I would like to elaborate the meaning of community in relation to this class. Community…

In Beowulf there is great exploration into the aspects of human nature, and what makes someone human. A considerable theme in the text is the aspects of monstrous behaviour and how it is viewed in a prehistoric society. In Beowulf, Grendel is set up to embody a monstrous nature when compared to Beowulf. While it is clear that Grendel is inhuman his basic instincts, motivations and feelings are human. Grendel experiences humility, envy and pain. But due to Grendel's inability to consider others…