Life settlement

“ I guess we come to this world lonely and spend our lives struggling against it. We must cry for ourselves sometimes. We may have everything in life and still it isn’t satisfying.” (Kono p.4921) -Anshu Dark Sorrows by Juliet S. Kono tells a story of a woman from Kaiwiki, Hawaii. This young woman is Himiko Aoki, who at a young age was faced with life tragedies of losing a father and a lover. And due to her pregnancy was sent to Japan to live with her relatives to save her family shame. There she…

thought about dying, my visions were mostly those of falling asleep and not waking up. I believe that I mostly thought about the dying part and not about the grief. Losing my brother and ex-husband have been by far the most painful experiences in my life. One truly does not realize what they have until it is…

others; some people are privileged to live up to 100 years old. But the bottom line about this is that no matter how rich, poor, popular, weird, strange, quite, or loud you are; you will never be able to avoid it. Emily Dickenson’s Poem 258 “The Slant of Life” talks about death, and is also the inspiration to the book “An Imperial Affliction” which is the book within tfios. Emily curses the fact that she has to feel pain, but at the same time also realizes the importance of pain. Without pain…

that death is the circle of life. Even Elton John wrote a song regarding the circle of life. The movie shows how King Mufasa is preparing his son for his death. He did that by stating that one day the sun will set on him, meaning one day he will die. Everyone agrees that death is part of life. Nevertheless, people see different emotions when someone passes, from angry, pain and sorrow. Many experts said that this was a normal process. However, if death is a part of life, why does a person cry at…

things that concerns him most is that his father should embrace life to the very end although he knows that death is something no one can avoid. The speaker on the other hand argues for the stillness that death provides, which this poem tries to show by imploring resistance in the face of death. Thomas uses this poem to talk about the resistance to death by four different men of which all of them where meant to live a satisfactory life but they were…

essentially have the same needs at the end of life. My encounters have been mostly with Christian religious beliefs. These beliefs and practices can vary widely depending on the denomination, but all base…

Collins’ style of writing lacks many traditional poetic devices such as a structured meter, but Collins uses other devices to deliver his central purpose. In “Picnic, Lightning,” Collins creates a central purpose that the whimsicality and wonder of life should be appreciated, and even though death presents itself as imminent and certain, it also is fantastic. The first two stanzas of “Picnic, Lightning” begin the poem and introduce the reader to the improbable, yet certain spectacle that is…

When we do not fit in or feel like we are part of the “in crowd”, life really sucks. Our happiness is generally dependent on the intimacy that we all crave and long for. We always try to hide in ourselves the things we do not want people finding, if only to stay with the current friends we have. At the same time though, when someone remembers us, life becomes incredibly exciting. The happiness overwhelms me when someone takes the time to save me a seat at lunch…

end to life, existence, and everything that we know. Death is like a wrecking ball that tears through the homes of all the friends and family that it affects. However, is there a positive side to this monster that breaks apart loved ones and family members? At first glance there is no apparent way to look at death in a comforting and reassuring way. Even though this aspect of death is hard to find, it is critical to understand and discover in life. Otherwise, death will take over your life, and…

Victor who realizes that he regrets creating a forbidden monster. There is a significant connection between the characters and nature as multiple times throughout the book, the characters look into the wonders of nature in effort to escape their own life obstacles. In Frankenstein nature is a pacifier which sooths and calms the characters from the challenges they face. Victor until the creation of the monster rejects pleasure as he thinks that the only way to find happiness is for the completion…