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Quipped by singer Judy Collins, “Suffering is the price of being alive.” In the novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, Wang Lung, along with his family, goes through life in 1930s China, experiencing tribulation and prosperity. The Good Earth sends a universal message about a life full of struggle, in hopes to thrive and be successful. The book, wasting no time with frivolous love stories or fairytale endings, focuses mainly on the hardships of Wang Lung. A poor farmer, he depends heavily on his…

The Good Earth Essay The remark that The New York Times says about Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth holds quite a bit of truth in today's world. There comment implies mainly one thing. All tragedies and grievances of life can be experienced in any time or place. In one way or another whether the middle ages or ancient egypt. The Good Earth answers and explains these points through the story of a poor farmer named Wang Lung who loves land like a mother loves her baby. He encounters many…

“The only way you can tell whether an intention would be good is by looking at whether performing the corresponding deed would be good, in which case the appeal to intentions isn 't really necessary.” This argument made by Peter Abelard is a bit confusing because, it begs the question, “how can a deed be named good or bad if the intention isn’t necessary? While attempting to answer this question, I became conflicted by many of my own moral and ethical ideals. Often I found myself questioning if…

What started as a short story written for a Harvard writing class, life mirrored art ever so slightly for Matt Damon when he wrote Good Will Hunting—earning an A for his work on the assignment and an Oscar for his work on the screenplay for the film. The two childhood friends from the south side of Boston, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, wrote a script together that some might say is the greatest piece of writing ever done for a film. The two of them sold the script and turned it into a movie that…

Luxury goods have not always been as prevalent as they are now, in today’s growing consumer market. There are a few leaders in the luxury goods industry, including Gucci; who opened its first store in 1923 in Florence. The business was owned by Guccio Gucci who sold luggage imported from Germany and offered repair services for leather goods. Gucci began to flourish in a booming economy thanks to post war prosperity; Guccio Gucci began to create his own designs using leather. In 1953 Gucci opened…

Good Will Hunting focus questions 1. Will Hunting is a complex character, emotionally distraught and confused and above all completely insecure. The abuse he suffered as a child hardened him against the world and taught him to always be suspicious of those who try to get too close to him. When considering a new relationship or opportunity he focusses on any possible negativity that can come of it in the future and becomes discouraged from trying. His pessimism, sarcasm, and arrogance are a…

South Boston from the eyes of Good Will Hunting Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s first production Good Will Hunting, is a movie about an orphaned teenager from South Boston struggling to stay out of jail. unbenounced to most, Will is a mathematical genius, but has meager motivation to showcase his talents to the world. South Boston has harbored Will from seeking opportunities to his genius and plagued him with low expectations that surround him. The movie portrays low class struggles of South…

greater good and how it’s defined in literature. Putting yourself at risk could help the greater good. Is the greater good to you important? Does it have to do with your actions, religion, or even your personal values? Throughout Fearless and in real life, having bravery, hope, and pushing obstacles out of the way help uncover the greater good. The first way literature helps define the greater good is with having bravery. Having bravery will help you overcome the scary problems to get to the…

The assignment I have been given asks me “Can any obstacle or disadvantage be turned into something good?” I believe this statement to be mostly true. Although I think that most things can be turned into something good, I would not go so far as to say that “any” thing can be turned into good. One of the only things that I can think of that can not be turned into good is your own death. Even though other peoples deaths can benefit you, your own death will not benefit you the majority of the…

inquired, “The best men are not consistent in good-why should the worse men be consistent in evil?” Innate human nature has been a heated discussion among society for an extremely long time; are we born good or evil? In the novel The Lord of the Flies, the short story The Most Dangerous Game, and in another short story Thank You Ma’am Wilkie Collins’ inquiry is prominent in each text as characters display both traits of good and evil. People are good to the extent where their situation and…