Solitude

The House of Wisdom is located in Baghdad and it was a major intellectual center during the Islamic Golden Age. Additionally, it was a key institution in the Translation Movement. During the Translation Movement, Greek classics were translated into Arabic. The House of Wisdom was founded by Caliph Harun al-Rashid and culminated under his son, al-Ma’mun. Another name for the House of Wisdom is, Bayt al-Hikma. The House of Wisdom is a combination of a library, academy, and translation center.…

Transcendentalism In Today's Pop Culture “It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great transcendentalist who shared many of his beliefs in his writings. Transcendentalism is the philosophy that promotes the understanding that there is goodness in nature and in people, and it is supported in…

anyone. Throughout the story, Frankie has greatly matured as she develops an open mind and is exposed to different types of obstacles and experiences in society. In The M ember of the Wedding, Carson McCullers illustrates disconnection, maturity, and solitude with the…

The power of silence can cut through anything, but who says this? Our family members, friends, society? Is this what is best for us? To keep quiet and not speak our minds in fear of the consequences? Our reputation could be at stake if we say the wrong thing at the wrong moment. If our curiosity is not aloud to get the best of us how are we to learn? When society gets ahold of you it is difficult to escape its grasp. In “Alone on a Mountaintop,” by Jack Kerouac, it explains how he tries to…

Transcendentalism is a movement in literature, philosophy and religion among a specific kind of people in the 19 century, (1820’s-1830’s), that reflected a new way of thinking about the purity among people and nature. Among these thinkers, based mainly in Harvard University, were Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson saw transcendentalism as a way of connecting you with yourself, with your dreams, desires, who you really are, with peace, nature and it was…

Human connections allow people to share the burden of their emotions and feel less alone in the confusing journey of life. Companionship can be beneficial to an individual’s physical health and can improve a person’s thought process. Friends and family also greatly improve someone’s emotional state. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Shelley conveys the opinion that companionship plays a vital role in the lives of all creatures by creating characters that experience the crushing weight of…

in the two stories can be established by comparing two great characters, Miss Brill and Emily Grierson. The most significant difference was noted in the solitude life of the two characters. Emily Grierson’s father kept her confined in their house throughout her life. Even after her death, Emily Grierson still remained in the state of solitude. The author clearly presented this state by the atmosphere set at the funeral. “The men felt the need to attend as a sign of respect to a fallen…

conditioned model citizen of the State, describes the place as “very queer” (107) and “too awful” (Huxley 117). In her eyes it is seen as a place of disgust and chaos. The reservation is considered a primitive outside world, however, it is not the place of solitude that it might seem. Though the Indians are free to practice their own traditions they still have not escaped the authorities’ grasp. The reservation is isolated by the government where they do not receive outside food, medicine or aid…

In Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, a woman fakes her death in order to leave her husband. She does this because she blames him for making her play a part for him in their marriage, and she wants him to pay. She feels as though, ever since she 's known him, she has been pretending to be the woman he wants instead of the person she is. While no such drastic measures are taken in “Crossroads: A Sad Vaudeville”, the woman does something very similar- she puts out a picture of herself that she has…

consumes more than half the page in its depiction of Bechdel’s childhood gothic revival home. There are several images that are overlaid, which may be described as internal panels. They magnify the individual studies of the family inside, and their solitude is amplified by their silhouetted forms. Despite the fact that the entire family lives under one roof, Bechdel seems to imply that they are only able to do so thanks to their solitary pursuits of individual passions. The internal panels…