Still life

noticed that through all seven signs, Jesus reveals a new saving Grace of God. I have a tendency (we as humans) to forget. I can remember all the negative events in my life, but the things of God, I sometimes forget and need to be reminded. I often take His love, grace and mercy for granted. These miracles remind me that He is still in control. If He’s done these miracles before, He will do them again. Many times, He has constantly proved His love for me, not because He needs to, but…

likely that I will ever accomplish this dream some day. For example, when I was in fifth grade, I wanted to be an actress. Much of my life when I was younger was spent singing and attending many performing arts camps. When I was in seventh grade, I got the lead in the winter musical and I still look back at that time as one of the best moments of my life. I was so comfortable on stage and got so many compliments that I felt quite complete. This dream of my acting career, though, was in…

Gatsby’s secrets. During Nick’s conversation with Jordan because Nick finds out that “‘...it wasn’t a coincidence at all… Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay”’(78). Even if Gatsby has all these extravagant parties, he is still in the past with his happy relationship with Daisy and before leaving for the war. Theme is also kind of tied with the green light that is being mentioned because “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year…

A Beautiful Mind successfully portrays John Nash’s story of living with schizophrenia while still being a brilliant mathematician, husband, and father. The effectiveness of the film comes from it’s ability to lead the audience into John’s mind without realizing he was experiencing delusions and hallucinations. Charles, Marcee, and Parcher and the events and conversations associated with these characters appear so real that it is a genuine shock to the audience to discover that they exist only in…

alcoholic during his life, he became very bloated and swelled up from water in his stomach that his liver couldn't process. It was hard seeing him like that. It was also a very hard time for my family, because two brothers that were close friends, almost family to us passed away not that long before my grandpa passed away. When we were putting pictures on posters, it was interesting hearing stories and seeing pictures of my grandpa when he was in the Air force and throughout his life. It…

Aurelius presents a guide on how to live life in order to acknowledge own faith and accept inevitable death. Aurelius writes that eventually we all dies. He answers his own question on whether it is worth chasing eternal life. He states that eternal life is not worth it since there is no way from stopping our mind from deteriorating. The quality of eternal life would not be worth the chase. Aurelius writes that need to try to do the things we want while we still can. Next, Aurelius writes that…

after Utanapishtim for the answer to eternal life, for Utanapishtim, himself, had earned immortality. Upon meeting Utanapishtim and stating the motives for his quest, Gilgamesh receives advice regarding mortality. He is advised by Utanapishtim to stop searching for his immortality, for it is inevitable within the natural cycle of life for all living creatures to die. Gods breathed life into living creatures as well as giving them an inevitable end to life. Death for humans is like a destiny that…

because the right people came into my life. Today, those people became the closest friends to me: my best friends. As a matter of fact, they became my second family. If it weren’t for them, I would still be the quiet, shy and self-hiding person I use to be. Luckily, the way life works with meeting new people, and new places gave me the opportunity to move on from who I once was to outshine myself into who I really am by accepting the right people into my life. It all started when we were once…

casket. The speaker plays an ironic part in this poem, seeing life ended early as a great and lucky thing. The speaker views an early death as an escape from seeing his accomplishments forgotten and faded. The line "And early though the laurel grows/ It whithers quicker than the rose."(11-12) is a clear description of the speakers view. A…

In Paul Kalanithi’s memoir When Breath Becomes Air, he teaches the reader that although time is limited and death is inevitable, life can still be meaningful and have a purpose, even if it is as simple as helping an individual find the strength to overcome whatever hardships they may be forced to face. The beginning of the book starts off with Paul reflecting on what death is and what it means. In one event at the beginning of his book, years before being diagnosed with lung cancer, he was…