Life Is Beautiful

lawyer who fights for the underprivileged and helps create access to educational opportunities for them. As Irish immigrants with limited money and no education, my great-grandparents moved to a three-decker house on Vernon Hill. They sought a better life for their children by stressing the importance of education as the key to social and economic mobility. Three generations later, I am a rising sophomore at the College of the Holy Cross, located within a few miles of this neighborhood.…

It's understood that films are viewed with our eyes and heard with our ears but, "Scavengers" is proof that you can also implement taste and smell into film even if the smells and taste are absolutely disgusting. The title, "Scavengers" flew over my head even after the opening summary that states that the main characters of the film were left stranded on a strange planet after communication from VESTA-1 (a spacecraft) was lost. As the animation takes place we learned that the VESTA-1 was…

creation story of the Bushongo. In this story, the male deity, Bumba, was in terrible pain and vomited the sun, the moon and the stars. Bumba then vomited nine living creatures, and lastly men. Religion has attempted to answer the big questions in life, even if not directly, religion has helped individuals cope with such formidable ideas. Religion has created a foundation to build a…

The Sun My Heart: A further analysis of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Environmental Perspectives Within Thich Nhat Hanh’s text, The Sun My Heart, he gives an extraordinary perspective upon his own personal experiences as well as using contemporary science and philosophy to help others receive a greater acknowledgment within our daily reality. His story takes place within his monastery in Plum Village. Here he illuminates how everyday events can lead to a greater insight within. Within his text, he begins…

something else. It is essential in our life. It is the hallmark of relationships, without which everything comes to nothing. The word trust discussed in the Creation Health Breakthrough book by Dr. Monica Reed speaks of the Divine Power. It allows us to go through the uncertainties of life with the guarantee that we are directed to a definitive purpose. Personally, I believe that putting trust in the Divine Power is the keystone to a happy and healthy life. I have been raised in a strong…

understanding that even as we age the memories of childhood quite possibly remain intact and towards the end will overrun the reality of the day. She uses the metaphor of the cul-de-sac to speak about the circle of life and then at the end of the chapbook she sums up the transition of the ages of life in one poem, “Don’t Ignore The Inchworm”. Throughout her chapbook, she speaks directly to her reader by using the words “You” and “Your”. Goldstein does this because she wants to give back to her…

How I am in life is a result from the many different things that influence me. There have been several things in my life that have a major influence on me, so much that it did change me as a person. Without question my mom and my dad are the ones who influenced my life. No matter many trials and tribulations I have they are always there to support me and help guide me through the many mistakes I have made in my youth. My mom is like my best friend she has a major part on who I am today. My mom…

and opinions from people in society. Neddy tries to swim to his fantasy world in order to find comfort from his actual life where everything was predictable and he would drink non-stop. Neddy Merrill has been drinking a lot and he goes to the pool to swim: “He was breathing deeply, stertorously as if he could gulp into his lungs…

deceptive and full of lies? Does conform? Does he get lost in it? In “Derealization,” the author David mills answers all of these questions as he introduces the readers what happens to a boy who derails reality to compensate for the uncomfortable truths of life and how one can get lost in it. The author also encompasses literary tools, such as illusion motif, symbolism, formal features, and the theme of things being other than they appear, to propel the character development of Shaymus. To…

Shinji views the vast sea not just as a beautiful object, but rather a powerful and helpful force that protects the island. Shinji believes that the sea takes care of the island’s needs by only bringing and keeping “the good and right things”. The sea is personified and given human traits, making…