Sarah Good

Sometimes we make good choices that lead to positive things and sometimes we make bad choices that lead to negative things or consequences.For example, if we choose to surround ourselves with bad people, or do drugs, then we may have to deal with serious consequences. However, we could also make good choices, surround ourselves with good people, and work hard. Then, we could find ourselves enjoying life and being prepared for the future. The questions is, what if there is no obvious good or bad…

This study investigates the evil side of human nature. William Golding’s world famous novel “Lord of the Flies”, discusses the loss of innocence of a group of young schoolboys, and the nature of evil that lies within all the humanity. Is evil a part of the human nature, or is it something developed within the human mentality, as a consequence of improper upbringing by individuals, or maybe the society’s boundaries for human expression and personal development. No human is supposedly born evil,…

Christianity is backed up with reason; if it were not, Christianity would be no more than superstition. Dr. Francis Schaeffer explains that Christianity is not like a leap into a dark room, but rather into a light. (Schaeffer) There are plenty of good and sufficient answers to the questions about why God allowed suffering into the world, what happens after death, and the meaning of history; they must simply be…

Men in Black "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself" was once said by Emerson, the father of transcendentalism. The movie, Men in Black, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, shows transcendentalism. It shows this through the ideas that nature is beautiful, nonconformity, and intuition over reason. A major concept of transcendentalism is connecting with nature. Throughout the movie, multiple people say that the stars are beautiful including an agent in the beginning. These people notice nature…

“The Walking Dead” Spoilers: Creator Robert Kirkman Explains the Cliffhanger Season 6 Finale Ever since season 6 of “The Walking Dead” wrapped up, fans and followers have been brainstorming about the unlucky victim who bit the dust at the hands of villain Negan. There seems to be no end to the speculations and guessing game. And it must be said that the audiences are enraged with the producers for resorting to the cliffhanger treatment. They feel it was more of an attempt at gimmickry rather…

whether the slaves were justified in their actions. Philosopher Thomas Hobbes was a firm believer in the theory of Positive Law and believed that it is a “body of rules formulated by the state, and that citizens are obligated to obey the law for the good of the state”. He believed that men were created equally and it is due to this equality that conflict occurs. In addition, Hobbes firmly believed that all individuals are inherently evil and this inherent evil also causes conflict. The theory…

In William Golding's allegorical novel The Lord of the Flies is about losing individuality in the midst of the mob and becoming accustomed to the mob mentality. young british school boys crash land onto a small island without any adults. Forcing them to create their own civilization to survive, but the civilization becomes corrupt when the boys began to lose themselves into savagery causing death and destruction. In The Lord of the Flies Jack leads the boys to the transformation of savagery…

Another big difference from the poem that can be seen in the movie is the portrayal of the main character, Beowulf. In the poem, Beowulf is shown to be a big hero to everyone around him. The movie shows Beowulf's heroism as an issue instead of being the solution. Although the movie follows the same storyline as the poem, they have different depictions of Beowulf's courage. To show the difference of Beowulf's courage in the poem and movie, Beowulf's enemy, Grendel must be described first. In the…

also be agonized and intentioned something of a political philosopher. In authoring one of his theories, he directly apparently and backtrack the ideas and abstraction of philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau who faith and belief that human nature was good and…

respect to morality, various topics, ideas, and themes are represented; and even though some of these ideas do contrast, Nietzsche’s level of cohesiveness in his evaluation of morality is overwhelming. The first of the three essays is titled ‘Good and Evil’, ‘Good and Bad’; this essays presents Nietzsche’s contrast of what he terms as slave morality and master morality. Master morality emerged as a creation of the healthy, strong, and the free. This category of people regarded their own…