Life settlement

Redwood trees have a longer life span than humans with the potential to live for hundreds of years. These trees have witnessed love, war, prosperity, and so much more. If these trees had mouths, they could tell stories of success and failure by humans as well as animals. If a redwood tree were a person, the person would be exceptionally wise due to his or her ability to observe a variety life experiences. Together, however, not only could these trees tell a single…

Euthanasia is one of the most controversial topics and concerns in our society. It crosses many social, political, emotional and moral boundaries which is something many subjects cannot do all at once. This paper is meant to show my personal view on this controversial subject. Margaret Battin’s article ‘Euthanasia: The Fundamental Issues,’ discusses three moral principles that are typically used to argue for the legalization of euthanasia as a regulated practice. These three principles are; the…

Every religion has a certain religious attitudes and traditions in civilizations. Based on the following documents, some similarities are how to reach heaven, reincarnation, and religious teachings; some differences are they ways to reach heaven, who decides when you break the cycle of reincarnation, and which religion is being discussed. Documents 1, 3, and 5 are similar in that they explain how to reach heaven, but differ in the way in which to get there. In document 1, the main idea is that…

Cinematic techniques help films become eye-catching and make viewers really enjoy their films. Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques such as shot reverse shot, non-diegetic music/sound, and low key lighting to create a variety of different moods for viewers. Burton uses these techniques in two of his best films, Edward Scissorhands and The Big Fish. In films, shot reverse shot is when dialogue is in play between two or more people and the camera shifts person to person. Near the start of the film…

battlefield where my life would be at risk . When I decided to place this thought in to action I was halfway through college and the recruiter suggested I finish my degree to potentially become a lieutenant. I continued on through college and met a professor who I acknowledge for imparting the encouragement that I necessitated, my grades improved drastically due to his confidence in me. Soon after, I was in good academic standing and was placed in the Dean’s list. Being victorious in life is…

people were feeling at that time. An effective example of this is just a single line, “I said nothing and sweated like a mouse”(Wazyk, 461), and just through that sentence one can feel the fear; the fear that turned a man into a mouse scared for his life. Adam Wazyk has found a way to describe the feelings of his fellow Polish people through just a couple words. Using empathy as a way to process all the imagery Wazyk provides through his detailed description of the human suffering allows me to…

The evolution of American literature has progressed since the time of the Puritans when they arrived in the New World. Now in the 1800s, Emily Dickinson writes condensed, but complex poems that express her thoughts of death, life, love, nature, and God. She becomes captivated by science and nature in her schooling, which she often writes about in her poems. Her poem numbered eighty-five and titled, “A Light Exists in Spring,” expresses Dickinson’s fascination with the nature and feeling of…

Shakespeare introduces the subject of life and death when Macbeth is faced with his imminent death, and the suicide of someone close to him in the tragic play. William Shakespeare claims that Macbeth’s view of life and death can be seen as futile which he describes as hopeless. William Shakespeare uses various metaphors in the soliloquy to convey the tone that can be described as somber, forlorn, and resigned. The tones exemplifies Macbeth’s view of suicide, death, and life. His use of diction…

The author makes a point, to describe Jim Westcott, Irene Westcott and their children, as the seemingly comfortable middle class family. He makes mention of their physical and material appearances seeming to be untouched by the strains of life. Cheever, wants his readers to catch simple mentions, in his text, that the family, though outwardly appearing to have accomplished the American dream with ease and without hardships along the way, is really just pretending. “Jim and Irene Westcott were…

Everyone can suffer, even those who seem to have nothing but strength. In the poem “An Ancient Gesture” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, the speaker compares herself to Penelope, the wife of the great hero Odysseus, and shows that even she felt pain, and that it is not a weakness, but a necessity. The poem compares the two using brief, simple sentences and short comparisons. Rather than use overly drawn out descriptions, Millay instead writes using short sentences and stanzas. Despite the fact that…