Outward Bound

oth Russell and Thoreau believed being in nature leads to happiness. Thoreau believed in being in isolation and to not self- indulge and Russell believe that you should fulfill the wants and needs of yourself and others. Thoreau and Russell were men that were both in the pursuit of happiness. They both talk about what makes them happy, and how to be successful in life. Thoreau talks about how being isolated and to not to self indulge. He wants to “live deep and suck out all the marrow of…

common phrase used in present times. The frequently used metaphor describes that people should not prejudge or attempt to find the value of something, solely based on its outward appearance. No story is more relevant to that idea then William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Macbeth is riddled with many different references to how outward appearances are contradicting to what the reality of the situation is. Macbeth is the story of the rise and fall of a wacked out man who is mesmerized by the ability to…

of insecurity, passion, insecurity, and more as she depicts Victor’s actions as the idea of the monster is born and finally becomes alive. Victor acknowledges “It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and weather it was the outward substance of things, or the inner spirit of nature [...]” (Shelley 19). Victor’s motivations started out completely pure and only developed for a thirst for new knowledge. His mind wasn’t aware of the potential dangers his dream could birth,…

positivity in everything, then they will get positivity out of it, and vice versa. Appiah talks about race, racism and judging. Basically if people see other people as different, or perceive them in a different light than himself or herself, they are bound to judge them unfairly and make them seem lower level than himself or herself. Pratt talks about…

Abstract John Dewey had many ideas about education that came from a philosophy of pragmatism and were central to the Progressive Movement in schooling. He believed that learners needed to be interested learning and the curriculum should be relevant to the children’s lives. He also thought that children needed to be taught about their surroundings. If they were taught these about their surroundings and the nature of living then they would have a chance to survive in their community. They needed…

” “sad,” and weary of questioning him as she was “afraid of [his] anger” (24-45). The author uses the repetition of intense emotions to express the wife’s poor emotional state in response to her husband’s actions. While a pattern of abandonment is bound to cause feelings of anxiety and sadness, being afraid of his anger implies that Bisclavret has a temper which is hidden from the reader. Even when he explains his curse to her she insists that she loves him, and only after explaining the…

Traces of Puritanism While one may argue that Puritanism can be seen in modern society through values of community and the precedence of outward appearance, it is the Puritan ideal of strict morality that is most prominent in present day culture. The unspoken and unwritten rules of current society can be traced back to the Puritan times, where citizens inherently knew right from wrong, an act of good faith from an act of sin. Piecing together evidence from literary and historical sources, it…

When Roland Barthes casts his bone into the Rue Servadoni, he is performing the symbolic act of act of letting go. When Boltanski builds shrines to his past self, he too is trying to cast something away from himself, in a process of mourning and of consolidating. Whether we feel the need to dispose of them or hold on to them, there is no denying the ceremony around these objects- the agency they hold and importance they play for us. Our urge to collect, forever juxtaposed with our urge to be…

Acetylcholine has two types of receptors: muscarinic and nicotinic, these receptors are functionally and structurally different. Nicotinic receptors are ionotropic, meaning that ions flow through it when acetylcholine binds to it. It acts as a channel for the ions that cross it, especially sodium, and this causes the depolarization of the cell. There are two types of nicotinic receptors formed by different subunits, N1 are found in the neuromuscular junctions allowing muscle movement, and N2 is…

It is imperative that people get concerned with the inward appearance including positive thinking and attitude over the outward appearances that in the end results to only pain and disappointments. The deceptiveness of appearance denies us our true self thus hindering creativity and innovation at the expense of mediocrity. It nothing is done about all this, then we are bound to live in a society that is full of mistrusts, misunderstandings as well as lacking integrity. The ultimate results in…