Life

Alice Munro and “ All the Years of Her Life” by Marley Callaghan, the protagonist from each go through major changes and evolve into different people through their individual journeys. In each story the protagonist changed to meet the expectations of their parents, but the pathway each took was different. In “ All the years of her life” the protagonist,…

person gets tired of their life because of an issue that is taking place. Thoreau must’ve been exhausted with trying to battle it that he has decided to just eliminate it from his existence completely. Thoreau subsequently lived in the woods till he passed. His lifestyle was elementary and he was really gratified about it. He tried to effectuate it everywhere. (“Walden” for example) He believed that man needs to be connected with nature and needs to lead a simple life. However, since these are…

John Pielmeier was a guest speaker that came to PSUA on Tuesday, September 12th. John is an Altoona native; he graduated from Catholic University with a degree in theater. John’s dream was always to become an actor, but his life took a different path. Meanwhile, after he graduated he went on to grad school at PSU and earned his MFA. Before earning his MFA he left early to produce, direct, and act in his play. He eventually moved to New York and began his writing career. From here on, John was a…

asked what is the purpose of life? Many people would have different purposes; however, they would generally be the same. Some people would answer that the purpose of life is money and property, while others would say the purpose of life is happiness and family. Despite having different purposes, they question the purpose of life. Before his death in 399 B.C.E, Greek philosopher Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”1 In order to live a fulfilling life, Socrates believed that…

Introduction: In order to understand the concept of life expectancy, scientists use life tables to calculate age-specific life expectancies. Life expectancy is the average number of years that an individual of a given age is expected to live into the future. A life table is defined as an age-specific account of mortality (Smith, 1955). To put it simply, it represents a population’s survivorship. One standard method is to collect data on a cohort which is a group of individuals born in the same…

The Trimurti, and The Four Stages of Life. Dharma is one’s “duty” in life, for practicing dharma is the way in which one may improving their life. Karma, on the other hand, is the belief that a person’s actions in life will determine their fate in their following life. One must do their dharma in order to achieve good karma. In the art piece, dharma is represented by the brown path following from the bottom left corner to the upper right corner. One’s path in life is also represented by the…

The value of life is one finding their true passion in life. This can mean a number of thing ranging from career or even love wise. This passion can be the one thing to save one’s life in darkest of times. The same passion can be motivation to continue to push and grind to be successful in life. A really strong belief that I have is people are put on this planet for a specific purpose but it’s up to them to fulfill that purpose. Everyone has that one thing that gives them at home feeling when…

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.(Bertrand Russell) This quote shows on how life is founded on love and we are guided by knowledge on how we live our life. As the quote states Morrie lived his life, having a loving family and was a very knowledgeable life. In the book Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie teaches various lessons about life in this essay I will talk about three Tuesdays. For the first Tuesday I would like to talk about is the 5th Tuesday Family, Morrie teaches…

road you decide to travel down in your life, the things you accomplish, and the dreams that are reached. You can be faced with a predicament, but you choose how to react. You can either roll with the punches, or decide to get hit. Life is not an easy walk through the park. There will come times when you have to stand up and fight, or times when you should just sit down and let life happen. In my life there have not been a lot of life altering choices. My life has been pretty straight…

In Christianity, the attainment of eternal life is perceived through various divergent views and interpretations since overtime science has developed and advanced, leading traditional ideologies and principles to be impugned. The Roman Catholic Church's early conventional view on eternal life is portrayed by the tangible concepts of heaven and hell in which heaven is believed to be comprised of the resurrected lives of faithful righteous Christians whilst hell resides impure and sinful beings.…