Sanatorium

The hollow sensation of isolation and the sharp pang of self-doubt are feelings every human can identify with. This is especially true for Franz Kafka, whose life was perpetually haunted by loneliness and anxiety. In his book The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka uses Gregor Samsa as a vessel through which he portrays his insecurities about being an outcast from society and his family, which are a result of his perception of his own self worth. Gregor and Kafka both have strained relationships with…

The documentary ‘The Path to Nazi Genocide’ uses pictures and videos from the events of the Nazi rise to power and the post-war recovery, it showed the reality of the Holocaust to the viewers. It reviewed timeframes, Nazi objectives, and views that furthered my understanding of how the Holocaust wasn’t a spontaneous event, but was rather created over time. The film explained the event that stimulated Hitler’s first actions was the loss of Germany in World War 1. In order to prevent another war…

She set up a secret sanatorium in one of the factories with medical equipment purchased on the black market. Emilie looked after the sick. Those who did not survive were given a fitting Jewish burial in a hidden graveyard. The conditions were bad at the factory, it was always…

The New Sun conference was interesting to me for a variety of reason, the most important of which was that it humanised issues that in my personal experience I have only heard in passing. It gave these issues of cultural appropriation and identity struggle a human face. It is so easy in this world to ignore harsh truths that do not directly affect your own experience, but this conference shone a light on those truths. Alethea Arnquq-Baril’s presentation her passion for storytelling through film…

Rollo May’s theory, existentialism is a philosophical theory or an approach that stresses the existence of a single person as a “free and responsible agent” figuring out their own growth through acts of the will. May’s theory and thoughts are best understood by reading about existentialism overall. He is very knowledgeable in his field but, he is “more interested in reconciling existential psychology with other approaches, especially Freud’s” (Boeree). May wanted to confront real problems and…

Early Childhood & Early Life Kurt Friedrich Godel was born on April 28, 1906, in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic. At the time of his birth, it was a fabric-producing city in the Austro-Hungarian area of control/area of land of Moravia and was known as Brunn. His father, Rudolf Godel, was, at first, a fabric worker. Later, he became the manager and eventually the part owner of the Friedrich Redlich fabric factory. His mother, Marianne Godel (nee Handschuh) was educated at a…

Art Therapy as an Alternative for Prescription Drugs Imagine art being used for more than just a decoration in a home or store. In fact, art is used in a variety of ways in everyday life. Some pursue it as a hobby, others to express themselves, and a select few use it as a career. Interestingly, it can also be used as therapy to help people with mental health problems, reduce anxiety, and diminish the need for prescription drugs. Ultimately, creating art should be an enjoyable and relaxing…

uses it to portray their own emotions and perspective of the world through their art. However, the term Art Therapy can be attributed to Adrian Hill in 1942, an artist who used art with other patients when recovering from tuberculosis in a British sanatorium (Hogan, 2001, p. 29). He continued to practice Art Therapy after seeing successes with other patients and after being discharged from the hospital (Hogan, 2001, p. 29). Netherence, a psychiatric hospital in Britian, employed Adrian Hill as…

Through this American Literature course we have studied many authors over the entire length and breadth of American Literature. Yet only one author out of all of these may be chosen to be the subject of this paper. I tried to find the author who had been the most influential to American writing. This author 's influence could not be limited to the past, but had to be extended even to today. After some searching, I concluded that the most influential writer in American Literature whose influence…

depression today (Kerr 1). She divorced her husband, Charles Stetson, after an unhappy marriage in which she was depressed, and left her daughter in his care (“Gilman, Charlotte Perkins” 400). In 1887, Gilman’s depression was treated in a Philadelphia sanatorium using Silas Weir Mitchells rest cure, but it was very harmless and unsuccessful (Hudock 1). The cure she was treated with depressed her even more, stripped her of all her joy in life, and followed her for years to come. Calum A. Kerr…