Serenity

their own happiness” by acknowledging other people's happiness. Mill’s main point on how to be happy is to put others state of being before your own. Furthermore, caring for others happiness brings joy to your own happiness from feeling pleasure, serenity, and gratitude. Honestly, I agree with John Stuart Mill’s views on happiness because of personal experiences, articles that I have read in class, and videos that were shown by my teacher about happiness. First of all, Happiness isn’t a choice…

Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, is about the life of protagonist Billy Pilgrim, and his experiences in World War II and his adventures as a result of being “unstuck in time.” Billy being exposed to the idea of no free will through time travel and an alien species, discovers that “among the things [he] could not change were the past, the present, and the future” (Vonnegut, pg 60). In Slaughterhouse-Five, a lack of belief in free will causes Billy Pilgrim’s passive listlessness and the…

Penelope is also revealed by way of the blessing he gives to Nausikaa after she helps him. He says, “And may the gods accomplish your desire: a home, a husband, and harmonious converse with him- the best thing in the world being a strong house held in serenity where man and wife agree.…

house in Petaluma will always be my home. Somehow my family always gets more familiar with each other once we pass Novato. Our shoulders relax and we push the stress from the city off for a while. My dad talks quieter, careful not to disturb the serenity. Once we are off of the highway and pulling up a dirt road, there is laughter. The small, white house peeking out of the oak trees is a refuge for my family. In San Francisco, it is…

attention up towards the tree line on the right that again takes their view towards the back of the painting where the river snakes in from the right side in the far distance. The purpose in painting Firehole Falls is to bring a sense of peace and serenity to the audience when they look into this painting; for instance, the position of the artwork sets the viewer at the end of the river as if they are looking ahead to what comes next in their hike. Within Firehole Falls, Ken Davis does a…

If a man is capable of seeking only those natural and necessary desires, while completely avoiding the vain ones, then serenity can be attained. Fear and vain desires are the greatest and tremendous enemies of happiness. For example, a man who craves more than the natural and necessary desires of his body, is a man who will never be satisfied and truly happy. Epicurus invited…

I was awestruck when I first passed through the gates. It may have been a mix of the emotions and sadness from the reason I first visited, but I was genuinely amazed. Allegheny Cemetery had me gasping at the intricate, unique beauty of each stone and massive size of the land. I don’t mean to be morbid, but Allegheny Cemetery is my place of choice for this essay. The cemetery was incorporated in 1844 and is the sixth oldest rural cemetery in America. It encompasses 300 acres of luscious Allegheny…

However, as Montag’s dynamic character develops he experiences revelations leading to new perceptions of fire. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury encompasses the plot with symbolic implications of fires’ contribution to destruction, serenity, and resurrection. The destructive symbolism of fire is illustrated as Bradbury introduces the “new” duties of firemen to the audience. Montag explains, “It’s fine work, Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn ‘em to…

Vodcast Script Hello and welcome to another episode of 'Poetic Voices '. In this episode we will be analysing the song 'Moonstruck ' by Kev Carmody. Kev Carmody is the son of an Irish father and Murri mother, who both come from a powerful oral tradition. This means that he grew up with music around him, and he still talks of the songs he was first taught through his ancestors. Carmody career in music began while he was in university, however he did not, and still doesn 't see himself as the…

Faith is inevitable; it’s the spirit of wisdom and the acknowledgment of a Higher Power. I am most thankful for being raised as a Muslim. Through my years of growing from a child, to a teenager, to a young adult, and now to a mother –I have come to realize the obligation of duty, the necessity of belief, and the requirement of love for embracing religion. As a child, I felt most estranged from my fellow classmates because my religion was not the same as theirs. It was the year I was starting…