Life extension

meaningful to the individual much of the early art is depictions of everyday life (Jensen 51). 31-Such as, the cave art of early men showed the food, nature, tribe members, and what happened in their lives. 32-Since art demonstrates a spatial sense, not just a visual sense, the spatial sense is an expression of doing art and demonstrates the product of thinking (Jensen 51-52). The early religious art was an extension of spatial art which is an expressing of self, or a way to share culture, and…

mobility are made even more clear by the second verse. Rather than projecting upon a faraway future, the speaker is suddenly face with “here and now” (Palmer 2.14). There are new values that applied to them, but Palmer indicates that they are merely an extension of the previous expectations that reflect an increase in age through the repetition of the phrase “Because I will be the picture of discipline” (Palmer 2.17). Since those five years have presumably passed the additional responsibilities…

You are walking through the forest and come upon a tree with no leaves and what appears to be little life. Most people would assume it is dead based on its appearance without a second thought. However, what if there is life beneath the surface of the tree? What if the appearance of the tree does not reflect its reality? Appearances versus reality is a main theme reflected in Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak. Throughout the novel, Melinda’s appearance does not reflect who she is inside; however,…

ever witnessed, with emphasis placed on their skills in genetic engineering. They are believed to have been beneficent creators who traveled among the stars, terraforming primordial celestial bodies and seeding them with the foundations of biological life. As such, they are revered by some as gods by the species they created. Which brings me to the topic of this article. How has the arrival of the Engineers affected the world religions and the 51% of the world population who believe in a…

metastatic ovarian cancer. Edson herself has said that this is a play about grace. This theme is evident in Vivian’s gradual transition from graceless intellectual to gracious cancer patient; a transition which is accompanied by her finally understanding life and death from a human perspective, rather than a scholarly one. Edson uses literary foils and mirrors, the evolution of Dr. Bearing’s character, Vivian’s fourth wall breaking interjections and flashbacks, and John Donne’s poetry as…

emotions. Socrates believed our souls were immortal, that once death arrived, our body and soul would separate. When our body dies, our soul dies along with it. The body is the prison of the soul. The nature of our soul is determined by the quality of life we choose to have, as it should be good and beautiful. After we have explored our self-knowledge, we can explain the difference between good and evil. Something Socrates spent a predominantly amount of time exploring, the true definition of…

of substances; mental and physical (material and immaterial). The existence of the substances are fundamentally distinct and exist independently of each other. If the soul can survive the death of the body, then there is the possibility of an after-life. Plato and Descartes are notorious for substance dualism which is also known as mind-body dualism, the believe that the soul is able to live on without the presence of the physical substance, the body. In this essay I will describe and assess the…

Imagine from the first day born one’s life was already determined as host to harvest organs for other people. Another example is the movie The Island, a hollywood science fiction film based on a society that depended on identical clones of themselves for the purpose of harvesting organs if…

Emily Dickenson’s poem titled My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – is one of the many poetic works she created in her lifetime. The staple ambiguity of her poetry is ever present in this poem, which reflects the eccentric nature of Dickenson herself. This poem reflect the anger within her life and show how she is carried away by the male personified version of her anger and becomes an instrument of his. This poem offers an inside look into Dickenson’s psyche, as it show that she feels empowered by…

The fictional story of Liz’s life and death deserves a place in the magical realism genre. Written by Gabrielle Zevin in her novel “Elsewhere”. The story fulfils all five points of magical realism: lyrical/fantastic writing, an examination of human existence, criticism of society, cultural hybridity, and authorial reticence. Done in two-hundred and seventy-five pages though the viewpoint of Elizabeth Hall. It starts with an examination of human existence early on. Through the mind of their…