Stoicism

an unusual view on these topics because she views them not as purely negative, but rather as honest and having the ability to edify those have borne them. In some ways, Dickinson seems to portray them as natural reactions and alternatives to the stoicism and artificiality of society. It is interesting to consider how these topics affected Emily Dickinson specifically as a woman poet. How is suffering connected to women and the roles they expected to perform? One value of suffering that is…

In the short story “Guy” by Maya Angelo; narration, illustration, description, cause and effect, classification, process, and comparison and contrast were the writing patterns used that to convey the purpose. Angelo’s overall thesis was to “See my old mother in glory” and as well to “Meet with my dear children in heaven”. Angelo described the night as with “breeze”, the breeze as “intimate and shy”, “licking”, “sweeping”, “with unseemly intimacy”, and “disappearing”. In the short story “Guy”,…

After a loved one dies, which of the emotional repercussions is the most difficult to overcome? Is it the constant, pressing thought of how loving they were? Is it the daunting task of having to move on? In Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones, the Salmon family faces the anguish of mourning after their daughter and sister, Susie Salmon, is raped and murdered by the neighborhood hermit. Prior to her death, Susie had been a precocious, brilliant, yellow-bell-bottom-wearing 14-year-old girl with a…

Does This Mean Anything To You?" I think what made her write the essay was the fact that she saw a teenage girl going through the same thing she went through when she was her age. Yes, it was very moving for me. I have seen something like what she went through and it is very tough to do what she did alone, with no support. I did not expect a more argumentative tone because she was at peace with the decision she had to make, to better her child. It shows that in that day in time unwed mothers…

Rotundo’s “Boy Culture” which presents boy friendship in the 19th century as superficial and casual, reflecting not only the overly-simplistic 19th century concept of boys, but also the importance placed on emotional independence and stoicism as “natural” male traits. On the other end of the spectrum Stranger Things romanticizes and glorifies boy friendship while also acknowledging it as temporary. While this concept of boy friendship as fleeting is representative of the real experiences…

earth just has to deal with whatever the powerful throw at them. Colin Wilson seems to possess the latter view, but with a rather Machiavellian tint to his view when he says, "The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain." This quote is very telling in a few ways.…

religions that have been discussed thus far, have had an impact on several cultures within this era. Over time, each religion has been modified to fit that time period or culture with different theories and philosophies. Of these, philosophies such as Stoicism, Sophism, Idealism and Other Hellenistic philosophies. While other religions were abolished by rulers or by the very people whom adopted another religion. Christianity does not differ from this from of being “modified.” At this point,…

armed forces. The philosophy of Bushido is derived from the combination of four religions: Buddhism, Chu-Tzu, Confucianism, and Shinto, emphasizing the loyalty to one’s superior, courage, obedience, responsibility, stoicism, honor, self-discipline,…

The selected readings cover the topics of self-awareness and the power of choice, the importance of developing self-awareness, ancient wisdom regarding personal mindfulness, Stoicism, the ideology and model of Epictetus and the thought provoking bumper sticker, “No Excuses Just Choices.” The designated material emphasizes the significance of looking deeply at the way you think, behave, respond, and feel. As individuals become more aware of how they contemplate and operate on a cognitive level…

Everyday atrocities occur, and everyday people apathetically watch them happen possessing nothing but blank, empty stares. People are murdered, wars are fought, countries are stricken with poverty, diseases run rampant ending countless lives, and the list goes on and on and, as a people, we are too numb for the magnitude of these misfortunes to even register in our minds. When the average man is sitting on his couch and accidentally flips the channel to the news and sees that thousands died in a…