Old Believers

One of the first quotes that stuck out to me was toward the beginning of the movie, when one of the members of the quartet stated that “old age is not for sissy’s”. This sums up how so many of the people of the older generation feel, the movie shows that you have to be strong to get through the changes that happen as you age. If you are not strong than the changes are going to end up…

Imagine waking up every day, secluded to a nursing home, constantly following the same monotonous schedule, and regularly having a feeling of despair. Joint facilities aim to eliminate the stereotypical life inside of assisted living and better the lives of elderly. Their solution is children. Not only are the elderly gaining from this experience, but the impact made on the youth as well is miraculous. The idea for combining these two unalike generations stemmed from the 1970’s. A man in Japan…

(Padgett). “A Rose for Emily,” is a short story written in non-chronological order with a Gothic atmosphere. Faulkner incorporates various themes to describe the hostilities between the Old South and the New South, the aristocrat class diminishing, and Miss Emily’s rivalry with change. Faulkner uses the social barriers the Old and…

This book written by Atul Gawande is a journey through the process of death. The author uses interesting stories to illustrate his points in every /chapter. He takes us through the process of aging, and eventually dying, in a graceful and peaceful way, pointing out several problems in the way that end of life care is done as well as the way we as a society treat our elderly, providing historical and current evidence to support his points. He even draws in a personal connection by discussing the…

Interview Assignment The person I interviewed is named Tom and he is sixty four years old. He is in the middle adulthood period of life. An individual in middle adult is between young adult and elderly, approximately 45 to 65 years of age, whose psychological task, is generativity versus stagnation. I selected this period of development because my father is in this stage and I did not know much about this period. I will be covering vision, illness and disability, speed of processing, memory,…

Transhuman is about the overall advancement of human biology and how we can further the human race with technological and biological enhancements. With enhancements comes the question, what should we enhance and why. For every individual, the answer would be different, whether it’s leaning towards more technological integration, or various biological enhancements such as perfect vision, longer life expectancy, or even full disease immunity. One very important aspect of transhumanism, which I…

In the “Mirror”, by Sylvia Plath, shows the lack of confidence women face with image/reflection and the hours associated with aging through personification and metaphors. The author is accomplishing numerous forms of figurative language devices. Symbolism to show images only last for a very short time and resulting, the speaker’s attitude toward truthfulness. In the next couple paragraphs I would like to focus on the theme, tone/attitude and figurative language device used in this poem. The…

Motivations (A Discussion on the Motivations of Beowulf) Beowulf is an Epic poem estimated to be written in the year 1000, with an unknown author. Before this story was written it was known as an oral story, or one only told by speaking. This story is the code of the Anglo-Saxon people. To define the Anglo-Saxon code consisted of living a life where you gain Glory, or respect. They believed you have a duty to accomplish in your life. They also believed in having a role model that followed…

despite Mercy's worries of not. They are assigned a conductor for the rest of the way, Great-Heart, the hero of the story. They go through the Valley of Humiliation and the Valley of the Shadow of Death without much trouble, and later find a pilgrim, Old Honest, who takes them to an Inn. There Mathew, the eldest son of Christian, married Mercy and James, another son, married a girl named Phoebe. A couple of crippled men, Mr. Feeblemind and Mr. Right-to-Halt, join them as Great-Heart led them to…

In the book of Exodus, God is the essential worker. The nature and intent of that divine work set the agenda for Moses’ work and through him, the work of God’s people. God’s initial call to Moses included an explanation of God’s work. This drove Moses to speak in the name of the Lord to Pharaoh saying, “Let my people go” (Exod. 5:1). Pharaoh’s rebuttal was not merely verbal; he oppressed the Israelites more harshly than before. By the end of this episode, even the Israelites themselves had…