Once More with Feeling

What is love? Is it a feeling, or is it something much more than that? No one knows what love is or how to explain it, making it one of the most popular themes throughout the literary world. For example, in Ovid’s epic entitled “Metamorphoses,” he uses love many times as a recurring theme, and each time he uses it in a unique way. One of those being the story of Apollo and Daphne; where Cupid shot Apollo with his magic love arrow which caused Apollo to become entranced by the river nymph named…

surrounding her for quite a while, while the narrator of the second passage is trying to run away from a situation in which he is linked to the death of an innocent woman. It is evident in both passages that towards the endings, both characters seem to feel more at peace with themselves upon their arrivals to their destinations. Countless references of characters, events, and settings in both books help emphasize the obvious theme as escape as well as new beginnings. At the beginning of the…

Tale of Two cities, by Charles Dickens, Sydney Carton is an excellent example of one who was able create a better and more fulfilled life for himself. Even when some view his ending as a tragic one, it is clear that at the time of his death Sydney Carton had accomplished and become all that he longed to be in his younger years. Sydney…

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck many of the characters exhibit feelings of loneliness due to their age, situation, or race. The story is set during the Great Depression which was a time period in American history where unemployment was high and working men were forced to move across the States looking for job opportunities. Many men were not in a place long enough to form a bond to the place or the residents and despite this being a regular occurrence some never got used to being…

Yusef Komunyakaa is a creative writer who specialized in poetry, he was born Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1947. Once Yusef graduated from high school he entered the army and served in the Vietnam War. Once he returned from the war he was awarded a bronze star and continued to get more degrees involved in writing. Yusef wrote several books of poetry. In one of the books about the Vietnam War, the final poem is titled facing it. In the poem the narrator is Yusef himself, and his state of mind is sad…

life. Yet there are those that cannot cope with these struggles in terms of a positive solution and there for seek the guidance of a therapist to provide an unbiased view of the whole picture and train the client to get back on track, managing life once again. Therapists are trained in the field of mental health and provide experience in identifying key stressors within the client that may lead to unmanageability. Common place in society is substance use as a maladaptive behavior as well as a…

motivation may form a seemingly unending loop of doing nothing when you feel emptiness, lethargy and nothingness. The feelings of depression well up inside you and may affect everything you do, including the most mundane tasks. With lack of motivation, depression may become a very serious part of your life if you don?t take it seriously or take action to get help. Despite the overwhelming feelings welling up inside you, there are some simple ways you can try to break the cycle. Here are some…

was frustrating and pushing our endurance to a breaking point. There was a physical, a ton of questions and a lot of waiting for the next part within the progress. There's so many people there of authority figure shouting commands and orders all at once just to make sure you follow the progress and pass to swearing in front of a flag and say the vow. This showed a future, a door that was opened just for me and whether i was willing to take it or not was my choice. The path to becoming a marine…

I reach my hand out, groaning into my pillow as I press the snooze on my alarm clock for what must be the hundredth time this morning. “Honey, you need to walk up or you may be late now do we?” She says in this cheery voice that always makes me happier. “Okay mom. I’m getting up.” I say, and finally roll out of bed. While getting ready, I can’t but feel a little excited to see my best friend, Krystal, for no reason. Krystal should have been named Sunny because She was always cheerful and…

Everything is controlled and rules are demanded to be followed. The people see their world in black and white. There is no vibrancy in the objects, which is symbolic to the way the characters felt. The townspeople were neutral inside, never possessing feelings of extreme happiness or sadness. The literary techniques and devices are descriptive in how they help the reader understand how Jonas feels about his environment and how it operates. Imagery is often used in The Giver to describe the town…