Love-shyness

social skills. In the romance/drama HER created by Spike Joneze, He focuses on the two main characters, Theodore Twombly and Samantha. Theodore: is a hard worker at his occupation is to write letters. Preferably love letters, he gets emails from troubled clients that can’t express their love in writing. So Theo is there as a back bond…

The short stories “Lessons of Love” by Judith Ortiz Cofer and “The Skating Party” by Mena Summers emphasize the illusions of love and how it affects the main characters, of whom are impeded by their feelings in such a way that prevents them from understanding and processing the situation as they would have in any other circumstance. Both are blind to the egotistical agendas of their love interest until the conclusion, and regardless of such neither character regrets the situation or outcome.…

3.1.2 Gatsby——ego Ego is separated from id. And it suffered realistic cultivation so that it can be sensitive generally. It can gain the satisfaction and prevent from pain according to the “reality principle”. The name of “Gatsby”, which also can be explained as “by gate”. He is near the gate, but he can’t enter. This name can also symbolize that Gatsby wants to realize his American dream, but failed eventually. During the 1920s in America, Pursuing fortune and enjoyment became people’s fashion.…

Spring Lake ranch and how I wish to continue moving forward in my attempt to be spiritual and build a closer relationship to God. Love and death have played large roles in my life, especially of late and through the course I have been able to better understand my views on the topics and which areas of those views may need re-mapping to expand my world. Much of my life, love has been defined by an unexplainable and uncontrollable feeling that burns inside your soul. One that when you look at a…

A Girl With a Story There she was sitting in the room waiting patiently for my arrival. She had dark curly hair; so curly it made you think she got a perm. She had a face that was as white as snow. She seemed like a truly fine individual. I open the door and greeted her immediately with a handshake. We were on the third floor in the library of Texas Woman’s University, in a study room that was so small and warm. I could tell she was just as nervous as I was. I mentioned to her that she was brave…

interpreting the incomplete ending in a certain way. Three short-stories that capture this practice nicely are John Updike’s “A&P”, Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, and Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” By examining the non-resolution of these…

meaning is “to join together”, and it is a wonderful celebration of love. Some marriages, however, are foolish and haphazard, happening for all the wrong reasons. In Pride and Prejudice, through the experiences of Lydia and Wickham, Charlotte and Collins, and Elizabeth and Darcy, Austen criticizes marriages based on infatuation, convenience and money, and emphasizes that marriages can only be successful is they are founded on mutual love. Throughout Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen reprimands…

undoubtedly the well-known poet in 13th centre. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 is one of his most famous, yet poignant sonnets that had been written. The main poem explores on the theme of love, religion nature, love being the central aspect, but the poet does not address the poem to any speaker, rather it explores on the reasoning of love as a concept. Shakespeare was not only an English poet but he was also a play writer in Elizabethan era. Sonnet 116. In this essay I will be exploring the ways…

The word love is being used today more than ever. I believe that the word ‘love’ has lost some of its potency because of the fact that it is so commonly associated with many different things. It is used for materialistic and non-materialistic entities. Phrases such as, ‘I love that car,’ ‘I love that watch’ are being used today. People don’t use the word love to describe a strong relationship with one another as much anymore. The word love is being thrown out there and the real deep meaning is…

empty handed. In Barbara Fredrickson’s “Selections from Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become” she claims to have discovered the method to achieve happiness. Fredrickson argues that in order for one to be blissful, one has to surround themselves with positive emotions and practice love. In doing so one will ultimately become connected with the world around them, which is how Fredrickson articulates love is achieved. In Robert Thurman’s “Wisdom” he…