Still life

This movie is about the main character, Lars, and how he goes about his life while seeming to have a disorder. The main conflict occurs when he brings a love doll to life in his mind, but in reality it is just a plastic doll. As the movie plays on the causes behind this are revealed, we get a feel on how the people around him see the situation, and learn how he gets over his “ disorder”. There are many factors that play into why Lars is the way he is, but the main reason in my opinion would be…

stage of life. In “The Masque of the Red Death” Poe uses as symbols seven rooms and a clock to represent death. Poe demonstrate his readers Prince Prospero running through all the rooms and the clock ticks slower every time he gets closer to the seventh room. The prince arrives to the seventh room his guests and him die and the clock stops ticking. Poes shows that no matter if you are the richest person or the poorest person everybody will die. Prince Prospero was a prince and he still died.…

Death is depressingly an inevitable consequence of life on all living things. Although life on Earth maybe very similar for all human beings, their belief in what happens after one passes away are very different. Some argue that there is no life after death at all, and life on earth is everything. While, on the other hand, others argue that there is life after death but even so, their interpretation of what life after death will exactly be like, also differs a lot from one another. This further…

Life is filled with ups and downs and sometimes we get caught up in this roller coaster. For some reason, especially with unfortunate events in life, we tend to react negatively towards the problem. I’m pretty sure most of us have our share of unfair consequences For example, getting rear ended in your new car, or getting a C on a test test you studied really hard the night before. These hapless events seem unfair and creates reactions towards life, making us wonder, what did we do to deserve…

Family life in my community. Introduction Families are like branches on a tree, family members all grow in different directions yet the roots remain as one. As one of my favorite quotes by Scoot King states, that ‘The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members and families”. Family is a complex word to define, because it differs from culture to culture and society to society within one country. One definition provided by White paper on…

talking about death. An unfortunate side effect of life, illness and death are topics people tend to avoid contact with. What most people don't realize, or don't want to realize, is that avoidance of a problem is not the best solution - gaining knowledge of a problem and finding ways to prevent it tends to be a more beneficial alternative. Sometimes it takes others to provide that alternative for them. In her educational info-graphic "A Woman's Life Cycle", Megan Jaegerman successfully uses…

Jumping when you do not see the bottom, may be even more difficult. Because I never knew what I wanted to do as a career, I did not know which direction to jump. This left me feeling uneasy leaving high school- I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and lacked the confidence and direction I needed to succeed in college. Throughout my undergraduate career I have worked a myriad of jobs including customer service, sales, maintenance, driving, and cleaning deep fryers. I was working hard…

the parents were not pleased. When a child is learning something different from what his or her family believes in they are subject to criticism, even when they have done nothing wrong. The student can become scared to tell parents about their school life, creating mistrust within the family. In the same way, if a student has religious values, their relationship with God, or other religious figure, could be weakened. While teachers are instructing about the theory of evolution, children are…

Death; Death is a short simple word that holds an abundance of meaning. Everyone has felt deaths powerful, heart-wrenching grip and some have a difference of opinion on death. Many believe death is the beginning of a new life and others believe it is the end of a life. William Cullen Bryant, and Dylan Thomas have rather contrasting views on death, and this is primarily due to differences in their lives as well as their religion. These are both important aspects pertaining to death and can be…

In Hamlet’s most recognizable soliloquy, he muses about death, wondering if it is harder to live with a life full of pain and difficulty or to confront the unknown: HAMLET To be, or not to be—that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them (3.1.56-60). Why does the text use Hamlet’s contemplation of suicide as a platform for displaying a philosophy of death? The…