Life extension

became a ballet and modern dancer and then later a firefighter and paramedic. If I could do something many could not I felt validated and valuable. Being immersed in difficult tasks and challenges seemed to help me to feel I had some control of my life and failure was never an option. I know longer use this counter productive coping mechanism. I learned excellence does not require perfection. I was raised as a Christian and that has brought me comfort off and on. I eventually converted to…

Writing history, N. Scott Momaday the author of The Way to Rainy Mountain, writes to remember, recollect, and restore his cultural heritage essay (Oates, Joyce 2000). In his pictorial essay, revealing and recovering what is part of his own untold story, Momaday takes on a journey to be at the Aho’s grave, his beloved grandmother and revive her memories of Kiowa. Artfully, he merges two sets of stories to cast his tale: first, he describes Aho’s memories as the only human link to his tribe and…

When discussing a death, there seems to be an alteration in mood within a room. People analyze facts in reference to the passing of the person. Whether it was natural, sickness, or other factors that contributed to the death. In “Who Killed Benny Paret” by Norman Cousins, he analyzes the events that occurred on the disastrous night of March 24th, 1962. Nevertheless, he included all the factors that took part in the ring during the fight. On behalf of a reporter's view, Cousins writes in first…

despite the circumstances. Mrs. Mallard is looking around from her bedroom window and is taking notice of all the pleasant things around her, such as the “new spring life” and “delicious breath of rain.” Even the word choice regards happiness and a newfound outlook on life. This paragraph demonstrates Mrs. Mallard’s newfound outlook on her life before she has even realized it herself. A large symbol that helps one to understand the setting and the mood of the story is the fact that Mrs. Mallard…

was looking out of when she was weeping about her husbands death, is like a gate to Louise’s new self possesed life. Seeing that through that open window, she feels something” creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air”. When she’s looking through that window, she realizes the life ahead of her. Suddenly everything comes to life. Her senses start to work again, she feels as a different person. Now that Mrs. Mallard has big things to…

from his problems to protect himself from having to grow up. As previously talked about, Chris created a new life for himself. He recreates himself not because he has to, but because he wants to. In fact, Chris was living a very good life before he chose to abandoned it. He grew up with a wealthy family and graduated from Emory University in Georgia. However, he was determined to live a life in the wilderness. Although it seems strange to most, this lifestyle appeals to many including the…

not want to live anymore; she would kill herself, whenever there is a something sudden. Miss Sasaki would think it could be another bomb, and she does not want to go through the same thing, so she would rather end her life. The message says that person can live but have lost their life, which is exactly Miss Sasaki. She no longer has a family or work to take care of herself, and she is injured. Mr. Tanimoto wrote a letter to America about what he experienced which was bad because “I couldn’t…

society can not see. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, the significance of the names is important to the reason behind each event within the plot. The definition of dim is not to have as much light, be unclear or weak. The minister’s life starts to breakdown when he starts to “gasp for breath, and clutch at his heart” (Hawthorne p. 174). Dimmesdale gets progressively depressed throughout the book, relating to the idea of the definition of dim. Without the satisfaction…

Religious faith and science coexist together with tension. One might argue that everything is in God’s plan while another will say that it is all science. In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, the two principles did not come together for the Lacks family until the death of Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells that forever change their lives and millions of others. Religious faith allows the Lacks family to help cope the death of Henrietta and the problems that arise after…

him to send himself into a state of mental exile from everything he has to live for. Raskolnikov stays at limbo in his apartment drifting in and out of haunted sleep, unable to properly function in his everyday life, "One who undergoes exile is robbed of the very foundation of their life, they are unable to function in the way they have always done and are faced with the risk of insanity (Bartoloni 84). Due to this, Raskolnikov limits communication with others, deprived himself of food, and was…