It's You

One argument from Maslow’s essay “The Need to Know and the Fear of Knowing” which directly relates to A Separate Peace is that one often evades knowledge of their true selves. Although Phineas’s nonchalant and loyal characteristics make him seem almost godlike, he seems to also fear certain aspects of himself. In particular, he has a fear that his basic desires contradict the innocent person everyone perceives him to be. For many of the students at the Devon school, the war seems almost fictional, partially because of the attitudes of people such as Finny. Finny’s ignorance of the rules, yet simultaneous loyalty and sincerity, made him seem innocent despite the trouble he got himself into. This innocence created a peaceful atmosphere around Devon, which most likely pressured Phineas out of doing things such as openly boasting about his athletic abilities. Sharing his swim record, for example, could have caused him to be seen as superior, creating a social hierarchy that could have destroyed the calm. This relates to Maslow’s essay as Maslow believed that one protects themselves from “any knowledge that could cause [them] to despise [themselves]” or make them feel “evil” and “shameful” (Maslow lines 12,13). In Phineas’s case, he liked to think that “[friendliness was] one of [his] reasons for living” in order to protect himself from the true desires of his id (Knowles 22). There is no doubt that his id would have encouraged him to make his swim record public. However, this…

“It’s not you, it’s me,” this is one of the many phrases people use to break up with other people. When two people are in a relationship romantically whether for a short or long period of time it is not always going to work out. Popular reasons for breaking up can vary from being too busy, to one person or both persons cheating on the other. Based on the relationship and how the breakup is done there can be a wide variety of emotional reactions. Rejection can cause emotional strief. When being…

Not the fingering Kaz, but ignoring that his dick is hard as hell and his body is yelling to fuck him, to ravage him and to make him see stars, no, scratch that, to see goddamn galaxies. He's so beautiful like this, brain vs. body, brain fighting to keep his dignity and not respond and to be stronger than this, but his body, oh, his body is winning the battle, hand gripping the sheets and a bead of blood on his lip from how hard he's biting, eyes lidded but still fighting to stay open…

Summary of “It’s Not About You” From David Brook’s blog in New York Times, he speaks about the unpreparedness of college Americans nationwide. Starting out, he states that America sends classes off to bad markets, and an economic downfall which causes them to enter an unbelievable amount of debt on their account. However, the main issue is the fact that the people that interact with the individual to give them such a great structure up to college such as parents, teachers, and fellow…

Well-accredited journalist for the New York Times, David Brook's, in his opinion column “It’s Not About You”, emphasizes the over protection that parents and teachers fixate on college students. Brook's purpose is to bring society clarity by encouraging societies superiors to allow college students to have more freedom before they set their sails in treacherous waters. With this being said, Brook's uses pertinent diction and parallel structure to mock society’s tendency to coddle college…

It’s You Or Me. (It’s probably going to be me.) I entered the first house my heart was racing, my palms were sweating, and I was frantic to get in and out. I had never done this before but I was desperate as if this was the last thing I could do to survive. I yelled out “hello!” No one replied I did a quick look of the downstairs and then slowly and quietly went upstairs all I could hear was my heart beating out of my chest. I was looking for one thing and one thing only and that was gold,…

This implies racism and anti-semitism because you should not have to force someone to change religion unless they are being persecuted. In court Antonio suggests that Shylock should “presently become a Christian” (Act IV, Scene i). This displays that they for part of his punishment he had to become a Christian. This emboldens anti-semitism because it shows that Jews have little power and should just be forced to be Christian. When Shylock hears of his punishment he says: “Nay, take my life” (Act…

Do elders over encourage college graduates to follow their hearts, but despite this expect them to be the most successful? Well- renowned columnist, David Brooks in his opinion piece, "It's Not About You" addresses the inconsistency between the pointers graduates are given by adults and what is hoped for them by these individuals. Brooks' purpose is to illustrate that although cliché advice is given to these young adults, it cannot be followed because of the societal pressure to be successful.…

rather i’m doing something right, or doing something wrong. Your mentor should be someone you can count on, or someone who has helped you a lot throughout your life. Someone who is positive, and someone who is helpful. You should be able to work with and accept the advice your mentor give you. I’ve learned throughout the years so many things from the advice of Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Williams taught me how to better myself and step up and be a bigger person. She also taught me how to make my own…

Do you ever sit in class and have no idea what’s going on? Well, that’s me right now. I’m sitting in chemistry listening to descriptions chemical reactions. Why am I even sitting here trying to make sense of a subject that has no practical relevance to our lives whatsoever? Realistically, out of all senior chemistry students, who will actually use chemical principles on a daily basis? Most of us haven’t chosen a career pathway yet. The un-deciders, like me, hopelessly put effort in getting…