Ode to Joy

Good Country People, by Flannery O’Connor is a short story that describes the relationship between four main characters, who have distinct feeling about the others, from misunderstanding to contempt. From these four characters, Joy (Hulga) and Manley Pointer are the deepest and the ones with the most obvious facades. The bulk of the story takes place between these two characters, Joy and Manley, who begin their relationship in a simple and natural way, but ended up showing their true characters. To understand more clearly what has happened between the two of them and how Manley challenge Hulga’s virtues, the reader must discover the characters of two of them. Hulga, Mrs. Hopewell daughter, is 32 years old with an artificial leg due to a…

Shakespeare’s sonnet 110 describes the importance of true love, from a perspective of a person who lost love. The poem is written with iambic pentameter with regretful, yet repentant tone. Along with the shift of the focus, Shakespeare uses melancholic diction, juxtaposition, and connotation to effectively emphasize the regret of letting go of the true love, although it is too late. In the first quatrain, Shakespeare carefully picks words with negative connotation to create the remorseful tone…

Odes have been used throughout time to entertain, engage, inspire, celebrate, and explore. This ranges from odes written by Pindar a classical poet from ancient Greece to odes written in the 19th and 20th century by female poets such as Emily Brontë and Sylvia Plath. The ode is first and foremost a poem that consists of a subject or object being addressed by a narrator; usually the poet themselves. The imperative ‘must’ in the question suggests that the grandness of the ode is necessary for it…

Happiness is something that is being sought by everyone. Some people would do some crazy things in an effort to be happy. However, it may not be too difficult to be happy if you know that you have the choice to be happy. Yes, it may sounds a little unbelievable, but it’s true. Your happiness depends on you and you only. No one else can make you happy, not a boyfriend, a fiancée, or even a best friend. You’re the only one who’s in charge of your happiness, until you realize that I’m sorry to say…

Happiness is subjective. Every person has a different set of things that bring joy to people’s lives. There are obvious correlations that are common. Many find happiness from their loved ones, food, money, and passions. There are some people who aren’t made truly happy by any of these things mentioned. The chemical release of dopamine in the brain can be triggered by nearly anything depending on the person. The question then becomes, what brings people the ecstasy of living? Walt Whitman is a…

A native of London, England, John Keats was born on October 31, 1795 and devoted his life to poetry marked by his bright use of imagery, sensuous appeal and philosophical ideas. Although his life and writing career of less than six years was very short-lived, his poetic achievements are extraordinary. Keats believed that reality is determined by knowledge. Therefore, most of his poems stem from internal conflicts. Several of his great works including “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian…

Julius Caesar once said “It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” Pain is an extreme emotion that we all experience on a quite frequent basis. It is so extreme in fact, anyone who truly endured the deepest of pains would likely agree that even death, a void that contains absolutely no emotion, would be more preferable. Pain weighs down on our souls, blurs the sight of our world, and stops the production that could…

Happiness can also be defined by the individual person because for some people negative things can make them happy. Good feelings may be omnipresent in you so you have to tap into that. They 're present like God 's energy, and should ultimately be respected and achieved by hard work. When your life become too busy to handle, settle down and think things out. Meditate to get in-tune with the positive side of yourself. The little things you do in life that gives you joy can be gathered into one…

happiness in nature very easily, such as hikers, runners, or bicyclists. Mary Oliver is one of those people that love the outdoors. Mary Oliver is a poet whose main work is about nature and her happiness found there. In her poem “Happiness” she writes about a bear, “I saw her let go of the branches, I saw her lift her honeyed muzzle into the leaves, and her thick arms, as though she would fly -an enormous bee all sweetness and wings -down into the meadows, the perfections of honeysuckle and…

Bertrand Russell, a British mathematician and philosopher, says in “The Happy Life” the “happy man” is: “Such a man [that] feels himself a citizen of the universe, enjoying freely the spectacle that it offers and the joys that it affords” (790). The man Russell describes is someone who enjoys the world around them, and this ultimately makes him happy. Too often people don’t stop and think to live life, but will strive for a happy life that is not feasible for anyone. It is important to live life…