Idea

Wildfires have destroyed homes and cities within days. A fire can represent two ideas: civilization and savagery. William Golding explains these ideas in The Lord of the Flies. He shows that the fire the boys use for a rescue signal, can also destroy or kill if it is given the chance. Although Golding has several symbols he applies to convey his message, he uses fire to express civilization to counterpart the idea of savagery. In The Lord of the Flies, Ralph makes it necessary from their…

classroom discussion, the class has the opportunity to first share ideas and experiences related to the anticipation guide amongst their peers. The teacher will later then still have the ability to direct where conversations may lead with having the power to dissolve any appropriate/unnecessary conversations. As an ideational hook, having students in small groups of 2-3 to discuss the questions allows them to be comfortable in sharing their ideas while appreciating other’s perspectives. By…

Orson Scott Card’s definition of an outsider conveys an idea that outsiders can see things more clearly and are important to everyone around them. He compliments their stronger sense of self compared to the rest of people in society. Card mentions how an outsider has a unique perspective than everyone else and that great heroic deeds are made by outsiders because of this unique perspective. While there is a notion that outsiders are not important, it is clear that outsiders are necessary in…

hardest time coming up with ideas. I felt like my stories were flat and uninteresting. Although I was reading a lot of interesting stories at home, I had trouble producing such interesting ideas myself. In our family, my sister was considered the creative one; my parents would often praise my sister’s creativity. They were always impressed with my sister’s ideas, and when, on occasion, I was the one that came up with a creative idea, they immediately assumed it was my sister’s idea. My parents…

her children; she saw them as burdens and she did not even care enough to spend time with them. Detachment can lead to lack of empathy and therefore no inclination to be moral which hinders people from improving themselves; distractions promote the idea that it is acceptable to put a their own feelings before the feelings of others. Ray Bradbury explained through “Fahrenheit 451” that when people are distracted they tend to be more suicidal, uncreative and detached, especially when those…

Maya Angelou, a renowned American poet once said ‘We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated’. Being a poet of African descent, she was able to manifest this in her poems by making a connection to Africa and its history. Similarly, David Diop, a contemporary of Angelou was of African descent but he was born and raised in France. Even so, he spent a significant amount of time in West Africa which helped him connect with his mother nation. His works were mainly on political…

a world focuses on internal aspects of an individual that may or may not connect with external notions of the society (Fink, 1968). For example, Pat Power in the article “Playing with Ideas” discusses about the effects of cultural norms and values on a person’s attitude and behavior during a play. Further, the idea of play creates a playful behavior in a being that brings forth an imaginative energy that is beneficial to the person (Power, 2011). It is crucial to analyze and discuss the…

loses the idea quite, and so far it produces perfect ignorance. For since we can know nothing further, than we have an idea of it, when this is gone, we are in perfect ignorance” (Locke 62). In this case, the mind cannot be a perfect reflection of God’s causality, since God is unable to “forget” what he has created. Therefore, the human mind is an imperfect method for resolving doubt, since the consciousness of a human being is based on what they know and how they remember these ideas. Surely,…

The idea behind my project is to show how the aphorisms were always running through Morrie's mind. I drew a silhouette of Morrie and filled it with aphorisms that stood out to me. I did this to show that Morrie, himself, came up with these aphorisms, and not someone else. Morrie used the aphorisms to teach and get a point across in a way that is easy to understand. My project is another tool to help get Morrie's many messages read. There were many things that went into the reasoning…

Skipping school is most likely to happen to students in high school because of the frustration and anxiety of work and peer pressure. I can relate to this idea, in High school. One day I was pressured by one of my best friends, Derrick, a boy who was known for skipping school. My friend Derrick asked me to skip school with him because the work was too hard and no one would even know we were gone. At first…