Old Well

The rate and progression of aging varies depending on the individual. How an individual adapts to aging depends on genetic factors as well as physical and social environments. Some of the declining health issues related to older adults include thickening of the heart muscle, stiffening of arteries, decline in lung capacity, loss of axons in the brain, decreased renal efficiency, decreased…

Well, they told us we had to barbecue at least ten feet away from our unit, so there it is.” “So, you just move here? Have you met people here?” She prayed they hadn’t heard the rumor mongers, yet. “No. Actually, you are the very first person I’ve met from here.” Marci’s smile was contagious. She invited Ava to join a them. As the day faded into a lovely warm night, Ava shared their meal and a few glasses of wine with the couple, observing the tongues of the old biddies alongside…

Should scientists help people beat old age? My topic I chose for this essay was whether or not should take the time to focus on helping come up with ways to beat old age, so that people can live longer, more healthy lives and enjoy their experience of living more. This topic is interesting to me because it has two clear sides to it and has lots of reasons to both of them. The idea of beating old age has been around for a very long time. Shakespeare wrote about it, Ponce De Leon’s theory of…

and ‘ironic twist’ in order to almost mock the issue of secondary burial as the primary issue of the passage in Matthew. For, as we have seen, it obvious that Jesus would never set Old Testament Law in meaningful conflict with his call to discipleship, for he is the human embodiment of God, who delivered to us the Old Law, while he is also the very Creator that demands our loyal discipleship. Therefore, Jesus makes the decision of demanding the disciple abandon any other obligations on the…

Jesus Christ is God. As most of modern society knows, this statement is fundamental to the teachings of Christianity. Christians believe that the many prophecies of the Old Testament, such as, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel,” are all fulfilled with the coming of Jesus, giving them evidence that Jesus is God (Isaiah 7:14). For Muslims though, putting Jesus on equal standing with God is considered…

“Broadway Melody” by Frederick Seidel is somewhat humorous but realistic impression of elderly people. I can honestly say that I laughed after reading this as well as slightly being moved by the beauty of it towards the end. I find it a unique poem, because of the subject matter and context, as well as the cruelty and the offensiveness of the tone with the speaker. In addition, In my interpretation of the poem the main focal point revolves around the idea of ageism in which everyone in this…

Mrs. Crandall. Lizzie, as well as, other children on the block knew that the old lady who lived on the corner was a meanie. She didn 't seem to like anyone since her husband died a few years ago and she lived all alone in her house. Mrs. Crandall was given a not so nice nickname, because of her being cranky, and it was no other than ‘Cranky Crandall!” One day after getting off of the school bus, Lizzie was walking…

Why would someone want to live forever? Bernard Williams, a philosopher and an author wrote the essay titled “The Makropulos Case: Reflection on the Tedium of Immortality”. In his essay he discusses how death is not necessarily evil, like some people think. In order to structure his argument, he includes both Epicurus’ and Lucretuis point of view that humans overthink the state of being dead. He agrees with both philosophers that being dead isn’t bad, but Williams believes that Lucretuis is…

years old. That study revealed chronic disease and depression reduced participants’ chances of successful aging. Whereas walking…

Stereotyping is an age old problem that involves trying to generalize a group of people into a certain set of expectations or characteristics that begs us to ask the questions: "why do people have this urge to stereotype others?" and "what effect do these stereotypes have on those around us?" Throughout history man has tried to assume the personality and actions of those who differ from him through stereotypes. But, these stereotypes have drastic negative consequences on both the person…