Spirited Away

the tripartite soul argument and the nature of justice. The tripartite soul argument states that a human soul is divided into three distinct parts that all want to achieve different goals. The soul, according to Plato, is composed of a rational, a spirited, and an appetitive factor. Each covets for wisdom, courage, and physical desires respectively. The nature of justice is when the three parts of the soul perform their functions creating a harmony. Once the soul achieves harmony it is…

Nate Gershon Intro to Philosophy Professor Skedzielewski Take a Stand Essay Plato and Nietzsche both are tremendous philosophers and writers in their own right, they both present claims and arguments on topics that some may disagree with. Their premises and conclusions on any topic can end up being viewed subjectively as understandable, probable, or debatable. After concluding each of their books, Plato’s Republic and Genealogy of Morals, claims on topics like the soul, justice,…

that is bad and influences the rational part of his soul while the others influence the spirited and appetitive parts, and the child becomes a proud and honor-loving man, ruled by spirit. After the next generations intermix, the timocratic man creates the oligarchic child. Following his father’s footsteps, the son watches how his father is ruled by honor and shame; he turns away from the honor-loving and spirited part because he sees how his father lost everything they had to the city. Instead,…

Everyone knows about the American movie business. Millions of dollars go into financing big movie projects just to entertain ourselves away from the real world, and millions of dollars are sent back in tickets to go see these films. Certainly, this business has been booming for the past one-hundred years, and we keep on fueling the fire. Movies aren’t just about entertainment only. Many films have become part of the American culture, and many films from the US show how Americans think and…

about Bollywood films and TV shows being shown and appreciated around the world. Bollywood productions started in India and spread everywhere. This again shows that the world is very similar. Finally Doc 10 shows a picture of the man who wrote ¨Spirited Away¨ a lyrical film series. They may root from Japanese culture but are loved internationally by all different people. All three documents show that the world…

When The Scarlet Letter was written in 1850 , society progressed away from the harsh theocracy of the Puritans and towards laissez-faire laws that allowed for greater religious freedom in the Boston area. Of course, Boston remains heavily Christian to-day. Through religion comes morality, and its influence is apparent in The Scarlet Letter: heaven or hell, sin and atonement, limited rights of women, and the feckless Puritan theocracy. Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth all…

scene in the boardroom as Jiro listens to the demands of the military. Though played for laughs, the military is shown as completely bestial, all shouting at once with eyes that bug out in the same manner as the greedy bathhouse attendants from Spirited Away)…

don’t go well as planned. He might be the most abrasive emotion toward Sadness after Joy. Anger suggests a self-proclaimed brilliant idea that Riley should run away from her new home to make Riley happy when Joy and Sadness is not at headquarters. Anger also makes Riley steal her mother's credit card when they grasp Riley cannot afford to run away. His idea caused the islands which represent Riley’s personality to destruct. Anger learns to accept Sadness as an important emotion at the end of the…

it creates an empathetic and frightening sentiment to the occurrence. Her Sunday ritual requires “cleansing” so she is taking a bath and washing her hair, she is the vision of a pure and religious individual who will unknowingly have her life taken away that very night making her seem even more innocent. This makes me think deeper as to why the killer chose her and her family when they were all guiltless and had good morals. This event occurred so unknowingly…

In 2002, a novel thought to be the first written by an African-American woman became a best seller, praised for its dramatic depiction of Southern life in the mid-1850s through the observant eyes of a refined and literate house servant. But one part of the story remained a tantalizing secret: the author’s identity. That literary mystery may have been solved by a professor of English in South Carolina, who said this week that after years of research, he has discovered the novelist’s name: Hannah…