Leo Kanner

Even Genius People can be Wrong (An Argument against three points in Plato’s The Republic) “What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” (Vonnegut) Plato explains the perfect city and their perfect kind. He follows the idea of Vonnegut’s stable community and uses many different ideas to explain how to create this perfect city. Some of his best…

Parade Critique Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of Parade shows the story of the Trial of Leo Frank, a Jew convicted of murdering a thirteen-year old girl, Mary Phagan. The white southerners in the show convict him guilty of murdering Mary. They do not have any evidence of convicting him guilty though. The convict him because he is Jew. This trial shows how racial discrimination is the overall them of the story. Ball State University Department of Theatre and…

In his final novel, Hadji Murat, Tolstoy depicts the Caucasian campaigns of the mid 19th century, condemning Nicholas I’s attacks on the Islamic people of the region, as well as the tsar’s use of violence in general. However, Tolstoy also criticizes the Islamic leader Imam Shamil, even drawing some comparisons between Shamil and the tsar. In this sense, Tolstoy condemns the Russians but in doing so does not condone the leaders of the Islamic people; rather his criticism focuses on violence and…

Leo Tolstoy wrote: The Death of Ivan Ilyich in 1886 to show his view of how life should be, how we all should live, and what actually matter most at the end of everything. According to Tolstoy, there are 2 ways to live life; one is by outer appearance which are propriety, decorum, and standards of conduct, and second, inner appearances, and spiritual life which are “the real thing” that makes one’s life worthwhile. Insincere life style is the first way human can choose to live and it is shown…

The book Into the Wild by author Jon Krakauer tells the incredible story of Chris McCandless who decided to abandon his old life and free himself from the shackles of society that dragged him down so that he may live in complete freedom and happiness, no longer would he suffer from the constraints of everyday life but could instead focus on things he felt that truly mattered so that he may live a fulfilling life. Chris was an incredibly determined young man who had a strict moral compass. From…

Cesar Chavez voiced his opinion on why society should choose a nonviolent response instead of violent in a religious article on the tenth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. As a labor union organizer and civil rights leader, Chavez understands how the use of nonviolence is powerful by experiencing the effects of peaceful protests to get a message across and attaining effective change without having to resort to violence. Chavez reaches out to his audience by stating that…

No matter where a person may come from, everyone encounters a similar journey. The journey that is heard in stories is symbolic to what anyone may go through in life. In the story “A worn path”, an old women goes through many obstacles as she is on the pathway to acquiring what she sought after. In order to better convey the hero’s journey in the story A Worn Path, Eudora Welty uses characterization, symbolism, and conflict. In the story characterization is used to describe the main character…

Throughout history, there has been an enormous amount of leadership figures—both good and bad. One of the most famous is Martin Luther King Jr.--the leader of the African-American civil rights movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent disobedience. Although there have been a significant amount of honest leaders who care for the well being of his/her people, there never ceases to be an evil commander who is self-absorbent, selfish, and corrupt.…

Teddy Manfre Ms. Blass ENG 209-001 March 15, 2017 Ivan Ilyich’s Traumatic Death Leo Tolstoy is a Russian Realist who is known for being a great writer in the Nineteenth century. In one of his famous works “Death of Ivan Ilyich” he writes about a man named Ivan Ilyich who is a man with two important life values which are being a part of the high class, and being accepted by everyone around him. Being that Ivan Ilyich views himself as just a common person in his society, he is unsatisfied with…

“Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist”, is what Andrew Weil said, explaining the effects of greed and the result that they can have on mankind. Green is commonly known to have effects on humans that in most cases, turn out to be negative. This idea even dates back to the story of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman of existence, who became greedy and got in trouble with God for, against orders,…