Once More with Feeling

A number of them have become very close, personal friends. Previously, earlier on in my life before college and this project, I was not able to make close connections with people because of my inability and fear of expressing honest emotions and feelings. That all changed because of this project. I started to notice that I made many friends that I felt very close with. I trusted people and they trust me in return here. Some of these friends have become some of my first best friends who I am able…

Senioritis is an illness that affects students in their final year of high school and college. It is what most describe as a decrease of motivation. “This general feeling of apathy and nonchalance towards school work is developed after years in class and hits high school seniors” (Ng.) Most seniors fall victim before graduation, maybe even right when the school year starts. Senioritis makes seniors feel anxious for the change to come. It makes them wish for the time of graduation to come faster.…

left for the individual? In continuation with the dialogues, Socrates answered the question with happiness, which a number of people would agree because anyone, would be happy if we have everything that we wanted including love. Well, having the feeling of happiness is a condition for Plato’s conditional love because if we are not happy in a relationship. We would not want to continue to stay in the relationship. In other words, if we are not in love with our partner to a level of happiness, we…

Lying here trying to figure out what has happened to the life that once was perfect, or what perfect is supposed to be. Many thoughts and feelings go rushing through one’s mind, wondering when it will stop. When will it go back to being perfect, what happened, did something change, or how did it happen? Those may be only a few things that may run through a teenager’s mind when they feel alone, unwanted, worthless, hopeless, or that they are not good enough for someone. “Pediatric mood disorders,…

the community more productive. The single person that holds all the memories would be lonely, depressed, and traumatized forever. In a normal world, if someone feels sad, they could just go to their family or friends to share their feelings or experiences to try…

Phoenix, and is too shy to talk to his coworker Cheryl Melhoff, whom he has feelings for. He wants to make his life more exciting, however he is too afraid of taking risks whenever the opportunity arises. Instead, he escapes from situations like those by daydreaming. However, when Mitty starts taking risks, like when he finally starts talking to Cheryl Melhoff, his life starts to become a little more interesting, and he becomes more satisfied with himself. Stiller is showing us through Mitty…

desires are seemingly to stay out of the pub and refrain from drinking. They appear to be sincere in their declination to accompany their male companions into the pub, however, after they have finally been persuaded into drinking the shrub their true feelings are revealed when the women are “easily prevailed upon to taste [the shrub] again” (269). Through this passage, Dickens subtly characterizes these women by having them contradict themselves between how they act before situations and how…

achieve redemption. In the novel, The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, individuals make mistakes and believe that trying to ignore their memories and feelings of deep regret, their conscience in the future will not be bothered. If individuals allow their jealousy of others to lead to resentment they often try to suppress their feelings of guilt because they cannot forgive their actions from the past. Often, when individuals betray people in their life they believe that by ignoring their…

Effects Exercise has on a Student’s Life Impressionable students are very impressionable and often go through phases where they feel extreme bouts of self-loathing and inadequacy compared to other students. These feelings of self-loathing and inadequacy often results from their physical appearances or their inability to contribute fully to sports that they participate in, and often lead to a lack of confidence. Confidence and other attributes can be acquired through exercise, but in order to…

In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the narrator’s ambivalent feelings about Kurtz indicates Marlow discovering Kurtz intentions. The literary elements such as point of view, tone, diction, and paradox assist the narrator in understanding Marlow’s feelings when learning about Kurtz. Having ambivalent feelings for Kurtz was an unexpected hit of reality the narrator did not expect. From the beginning of Marlow’s journey, there had been nothing except for uplifting remarks regarding what Kurtz…