Prince Charming

“Here is a child who cannot forget that his academic success distances him from a life he loved, even from his own memory of himself” (518), were the words spoken by Rodriguez. Why did Richard Rodriguez allow his desire for academic success to distance him from his family? The desire for academic success was overwhelming. Desire was the drug that lured Rodriguez to the point of no return. He was persistent in evading nostalgia for the life he lost nonetheless; he has his intellectual mind…

Teenagers today are in a constant struggle to balance their time between work, school, and family life. An average day consist of 24 hours and to many teenagers this doesn’t feel like enough. They do not know how they can work for ten hours, complete five hours of homework, spend time with their family and still get the recommended eight to twelve hours of sleep at night. Teenagers are asked to make a tough decision of what is the least important thing on their list, what they feel can wait till…

Personal Essay Being homeschooled, Timmy was a large part of my life. We were together almost every day for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t just him and I though, two days before my 6th birthday, on September 30th, 2004, our family welcomed Sebastian to the world. On that day our family got bigger; one person doesn’t seem like much at first thought, but one person can change a lot. As a baby, Sebastian wasn’t the easiest to care for, he taught me patience. Timmy taught me love, his love…

a duke can be identified when examining the period of rule after he had taken over Romagna. Machiavelli is especially enthralled by Borgia’s cunning and effective use of cruelty. He even encourages the actions of Borgia to be “imitated” by future princes (29). This example of “cruelty-well-used”, as Machiavelli calls it, is recognized after Borgia notices the civil disunity within his kingdom. The subjects were so used to having their possessions taken from them under the rule of the old…

This term has been quite interesting, I got to come into a new classroom, with new kids, all younger than me. I was an intern in Mrs. Holzbauerś 8th grade class at Nature Hill Intermediate. As an 8th grader myself, I enjoyed having Mrs. Holzbauer as my teacher. I always aimed to be like Mrs. Holzbauer, in the sense that she is very positive and always so encouraging, without being strict or boring. I entered this classroom without many of the qualities I possess now. A lot of these qualities are…

Ashgrove Avenue seemed longer with each forced step. Billie’s feet dragged across the roughly paved road. Every step drained her of motivation. The bruises reminded her why she was in so much pain; not because her arms, legs or head was throbbing but because no love was given. Her father was always too ‘busy’. Every time it would be something different; one day it would be work and the next would be another girl. She put the devil’s stick between her lips, inhaled his ghastly breath and exhaled…

practical writing in The Prince. Therefore, the two inherently diverge on their political perspectives and thus, would differ in what they would deem an ‘ideal’ prince, and consequently the political system that would form as a result. In both The Apology and Crito, it is rather ambiguous as to what Socrates believes makes up the ideal prince, as he never clearly outlines it in these texts as Machiavelli does in The Prince. Socrates is not exact in what his idea of an ideal prince is, as he…

should conduct itself are in direct contrast with one another. Machiavelli’s the Prince is founded on the principal that if a ruler wishes to maintain power, he should embody the ideology of pragmatism, while Socrates believes the state should follow him in his commitment to moral purity and justice. The inherent dissonance between these philosophies would lead Socrates to be unsupportive of Machiavelli’s concept of a prince, and consequently the political system Machiavelli would recommend he…

Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who lived from 1889 to 1951. Although he did not intend for his book Philosophical Investigations to be published, it provided some new revelations for the modern philosophical debate. In these writings, he is famous for arguing against private language which he describes as “immediate private sensations” that are known only to a particular man himself (Solomon 613). Not only did he provide a huge breakthrough for the field of philosophy,…

than Plato does because he believe that a ruler should be feared in order to maintain power and control over a society. It is in our nature to do what someone is telling you if you are afraid of what they’ll do if you don’t. Machiavelli believes a prince should have some of these qualities but not all because they can be harmful to yourself. Although he says one should not have all…