Sadness

The Cry of A City of Sadness “I hope that a renewed understanding of ‘Two-two-eight’ will help everyone to finally cast away its dark shadow and to go on living with energy and vitality.” - Hou Hsiao-Hsien on his film A City of Sadness “In prison, I swore to live, for the sake of friends who had died.” - Wen-ching (played by Tony Leung, A City of Sadness) Taiwan was already undergoing significant societal and political changes in the 1980s, but perhaps the most notable was the lifting of…

The world defines sadness, anger, and fear as negative emotions, however the definition of “negative” is to have a wicked or evil character. The worldviews sadness, anger, and fear as negative emotions but do not have the evidence to support this statement. These emotions have collected this title because the world fears discomfort and “describing them as “negative” only perpetuates the myth that these useful feelings are, you know, negative” (David 124). The myth of the emotions is so beloved…

From the Seeds of Sadness is a story about the emotional roller coaster that consumed a family’s life when their son, Mike was born diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta. From the beginning there were feelings of confusion and hopelessness. With the doctor’s having only heard of a few rare cases of Mike’s condition, they had minimal information on OI and how to treat it. Mike’s mother, Gemma was informed his survival was unlikely. Mike gained progress while in the hospital’s care and eventually…

Mental illness is a problem that has plagued society for centuries. Sadness is an emotion that all people have experienced in their lives, particularly after the loss of a loved one. When sadness turns in to depression, and obsessive rumination defies reason, mental illness takes over and spirals out of control. In the Raven, Poe uses to uses diction, tone, imagery, symbolism, and rhythm show that depression and mental illness are relentless. The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe is a narrative poem…

Sadness is what I feel when I read this book. The book Of Mice and Men was published in 1937. Steinbeck made us think with the way he wrote that George had done the right thing when he talked about the setting, foreshadowing and symbolism. First of all, the way that Steinbeck used the setting of the river helped me understand why George did what he did. For example he describes the river as “the water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling the yellow sand in the sunlight before reaching…

In A City of Sadness, movie director Hou Hsiao-Hsien vividly captures the despair of the Taiwanese through the Lin family following the surrender of Japan in 1945 to when the Nationalist Party completely retreats to Taiwan after losing the Mainland to the Communist Party in 1949. Throughout the movie, despair is depicted through the collapse of the Lin family, where one after another, members (the sons) of the family are lost as they struggle against the power of new government implemented by…

The Nest of Insanity, Pain, and Sadness It’s only been two days in this hellhole. The agony, sadness, and anger, it hurts, please make it stop! As she lies in the cool tile floor crawling, groaning, and holding her head. She wanted the pain to go away it was not physical pain. But that it was mental pain, which continued to strike her in ways that she could never have imagined. Her name was Violet Reva, she was fourteen-years-old. She was sent to Hilltop Mental Hospital because of one stupid…

The sadness of the following sentence from the The Tale of Genji is something that struck me hard. From the past experience in my own life, I know what the little boy’s puzzled expression looks like and how that makes things harder when you lose someone. The idea of having a little child or Genji lose a parental figure is an event that is relatable to my own life. When I was in elementary school my step dad passed away and had two little children. The look of confusion of their face when they…

like anyone else. People usually see him for his hearing impairment and that is all they see. He hopes that people will see him for more. That they can look beyond his inability to hear and see the human he is inside. This poem also has tones of sadness and pain, which can be seen in the experiences he describes. In the end though, his poem finishes hopeful. Being deaf hasn’t crushed his spirits regarding the hearing culture completely. He still longs for the hearing to become a part of his…

Sadness Seizes Somalia The Holocaust is a genocide that many people learn about in depth. Many do not realize that genocide is occurring and has occurred many other times. Even those who do have knowledge about these horrible events do not always help. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize holder and Holocaust survivor, claims that indifference is the greatest injustice of all. Despite Elie Wiesel’s stance, indifference is not the greatest injustice. Disorganization is the greatest injustice because…