The Defining Moment

of emotion within their writings over art and the subject of the pregnant moment. For each philosopher, emotion was more than an abstract experience that people go through, but rather a phenomenon to be understood. Freud writes on this in his collection Writings on Art and Literature, where he analyzes Michelangelo’s Moses. Lessing’s writes on emotion in his writing Laocoon focuses on the statue of Laocoon. When defining beauty, Freud brings up emotion in the way it relates to the appearance…

historic meeting between the eastern and western civilizations from across the Atlantic, but also an opportunity for the sharing of two vastly different cultures. The initial encounter between Columbus and the natives of the New World provided a defining moment for humanity as diseases, crops, and religions that had not previously been known to either side now became staples of life for both civilizations. When most people think of Columbus’s arrival to the New World they only wish to see the…

Criminalization of Political Differences Would it come as a surprise to know that our government is made up of mostly corrupt criminals? These criminals call themselves “politicians” so that they appear to be less corrupted by the public. It is considered to be an “undeniable fact that within the last two to three decades politicians have extended their patronage to criminals and now criminals are wealthy and influential enough to enter politics” (“Criminalization of Politics and Politicization…

Catching Fire: Defining the Real Enemy Katniss crouches ready in the foliage of the forest ready to fire an arrow through the chest of Finnick Odair, tribute from District Four. Upon seeing her, Finnick states six of the most prominent words in the film Catching Fire, “Remember who the real enemy is.” Within this context, we know exactly who Finnick is referring to, President Snow and the cruel system of the Capitol which he embodies. Is the Capitol the only enemy or antagonist that is…

such a big meaning and wanted by all in the world, is the word Happiness. The term happiness is classified as a noun, and is defined as the state of being content or joyous. However that definition is very vague and is open to many interpretations. Defining happiness can be as difficult as finding it. How does someone know when they have achieved true happiness? Do people recognize when they even have happiness in their life and how so? Happiness is the most important thing people strive to find…

In the passages from the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley she is writing about the tone, theme, and imagery. Shelley is defining Victor's feelings when he was at his family's tombstone and his reaction when he saw the monster watching him from afar. Shelley's tone to describe Frankenstein's feeling towards the monster he created as cruel, and disgusting. “ … It's gigantic stature, and the deformity if it's aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity instantly informed me that it was the…

popular this year they got banned from many schools. Teachers across the world are defining fidget spinners as toys and toys are often times not allowed at school. Many parents who have found fidget spinners useful for their anxious, fidgety children are frustrated that schools have banned these products. While parents may be frustrated, there are valid reasons why fidget spinners are being banned from schools. Take a moment to learn why these toys have been banned. While you read consider…

distinction: past, present, or future at different moment; for example, the idea that former President Obama became elected as president at one point was in the future, then it was a specific moment in the present, and now that event is in the past. These moments are relative, non-permanent, because they do not hold all three positions at the same time, it changes. The B series in the other hand is…

"Stereotypical thinking occurs during the social categorization of a group of people. This categorizing is a basic cognitive strategy that allows people to better cope with the vast quantity of information they are constantly being bombarded with at any given moment." (page 5) stereotypical thinking is a natural way of how people make judgments about others and how they label and identify otherness, or anyone that is different from themselves. Deskins elaborates more about the stereotypes in…

Many characteristics and qualities define a person and make them who they are, but race should not be one of those defining characteristics. In current and past society race has been an overlapping issue, and most colored people are looked down upon compared to white people. An author that puts a twist behind this idea is Zora Neale Hurston, and she shows this in the essay “How It Feels to be Colored Me.” The single characteristic of race should not define a person, but Hurston rather accepts it…