Secret Life

innocent summer romance. Makes me think that maturity is less of a progression in life, rather, it is the result of consequences…

When Does Life Begin Biology is the natural science that involves the study of life and living organisms (Wikipedia). We are presented the question to discuss this week, when does life begin? I believe that there are two main stances on this topic. One side chooses to believe that life beguins at conception. The other side believes that life begins at the birth. Those who believe that life begins at birth have often found peace in their desicion by refferencing Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God…

revelation that, if he fell, all he was ever going to have out of life he would then, abruptly, have had. Nothing, then, could ever be changed; and nothing more… could ever be added to his life.” As Tom is out on the ledge, regret engulfs him. Death brings out his realization. As he enters back in the building, he continues to the movies with his wife as the paper streams out the window again. This signifies Tom changing his life priorities for the better. The story, “The Sniper” does not have…

Victor who realizes that he regrets creating a forbidden monster. There is a significant connection between the characters and nature as multiple times throughout the book, the characters look into the wonders of nature in effort to escape their own life obstacles. In Frankenstein nature is a pacifier which sooths and calms the characters from the challenges they face. Victor until the creation of the monster rejects pleasure as he thinks that the only way to find happiness is for the completion…

Francesco Petrarch’s Sonnet 333 represents his feelings towards a woman and his life. Petrarch explains his feelings by conveying a dark, melancholy tone at the beginning of his sonnet and a more hopeful tone towards the end. He uses irony in the form of a paradox to convey that his love for a woman is alive, although she is dead. He also juxtaposes death and life, and hope and sadness throughout his sonnet. By using metaphors, paradoxes, and diction Petrarch shows his love, grief, and longing…

In the short story "The Secret to Not Getting Stuck" By jay Woodruff the function of the protagonists father's stories of Route 66 and other adventures is to show how they are like two cars traveling in the opposite direction on the highway. Every highway was once Freshly paved but quickly becomes filled with potholes you need to avoid. Del is constantly trying to avoid the potholes in his life and not get stuck which he is able to successfully able to do. However his father is constantly…

Death is a natural occurrence in life that arises in all living things. Natural death occurs during the later stages of life, but in tragic circumstances, children can also die. When children die, they leave behind heartbroken parents and siblings. The parents of the child can suffer from immense guilt after the death of a child. Parents ask themselves questions such as “What did I do wrong?” or “What could I have done better?”. Parents re-examine all of their decisions and second-guess…

bodies have meandered this world trying to find there way to the grave. However, age isn’t just composed of this simple meaningless definition that matches us right to the grave. It is under assumption that anyone who is older must naturally have more life experiences, hence the phrase “older and wiser”. This is why some teachers flinch at a child trying to read a more mature book, often times scolding “don’t read that, it is too mature”. The truth is the baby-faced child may hide deep…

In reality, everyone does something they wish they never did. There will always be a feeling of regret in those who made a mistake. Whether one accepts it or not, sinning is apart of human nature. It is something that one cannot control. An individual may seem like the most angelic person in the world, but deep down inside, everyone has a sin that is never exposed to society. This statement is clearly shown in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”. Parson Hooper, the minister of the…

world, “One wants to move through life with elegance and grace,” but instead, “One does not. One gets fucked. Over. One .. dies at thirty, robbed of … decades of majesty” (31). The first quote creates a flashbacks with Louis, Prior’s lover’s, dialogue of a one way progression towards life, expressing that Prior doesn’t see himself within this ideal world of progress…