The Opposite

"We don 't have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I 'd say that 's how I felt at Yale" (4). Marina Keegan experiences a feeling that most people have felt before, but never had a name for it. It is not just one feeling, but it is many feelings combined to become one. It is the feelings of being loved, safe, happy, scared, and so forth. Keegan wrote about her experience with the particular feeling in her essay, "The Opposite of Loneliness". Keegan felt that particular…

Reflections in Light The Coinherence of Opposites from the Tao Te Ching describes the balances between opposites in life through the Daoist (Taoist) religion. In the passage, Laozi begins on explaining that when something exists, it will always have an opposite (e.g. when people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly). In the text, Laozi informs the reader that these things are not just opposite, but they are connected and they work together in some manner, meaning without one,…

Cambridge Hinds Personal Response Paper The Opposite of Nostos Achilles is one of most known heroes of ancient Greek literature; he is one who chooses glory over coming home. By killing Hector, the prince of Troy and it’s greatest soldier, Achilles is the strength of the Greek army that won the war. “Kleos” over “nostos” is Achilles’ choice and his fate, even after Troy is defeated. The idea of leaving home and not coming back for some perceived greater cause can be applied to many literary…

the theme of how opposites do not attract. This is certainly the case in Steinbeck’s short novel, Of Mice and Men. In Of Mice and Men, the two main characters, George and Lennie, experience and see many opposites that do not attract, whether they are characters or the imagery of Salinas Valley in the Great Depression. Steinbeck uses those examples to reveal that opposites cannot make good and stable relationships. In the novella Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck conveys that opposites are not meant…

The book that I selected is called “The Opposite of Geek” by Ria Voros. This novel was originally published in 2013 and it is a fiction novel. The opposite of geek is about a girl going through the process of growing up as a young adult. This novel contains haiku, high school, and heartache. SETTING The story takes place in high school where a girl named Gretchen is narrating the novel. Not to mention that she has a passion for writing haiku…

Opposite One-Drop Rules Society is ever changing, but because of these changes, many have a binary focus on what they deem as important, forgetting that which may be a valuable part of history. Laura E. Gomez Author of Opposite One Drop Rules describes on how U.S history is not solely based on the black and white relationship but a diversity of races. Laura also goes on further in describing how the American society, assigned the race of an individual which was determined by others who were…

topics, including The Cycle of Opposites Argument, The Theory of Recollection, The Exclusion of Opposites, and the Affinity Argument. Through the use of the mentioned theories, Plato illustrates the supposed nature of the soul, and attempts to form an argument as to why it must persist perpetually. Two primary ideas Plato uses in the work to argue for the immortality of the soul are the Cycle of Opposites Argument, and The Exclusion of Opposites. The Cycle of Opposites…

saying that is opposites attract, it shows how differences between things will actually highlight other aspects. William Shakespeare, the author of the famous Romeo and Juliet, writes a story about two star crossed lovers who are not allowed to love each other. He writes this play putting deep meanings behind nearly every word. By doing this, he creates makes the scenes more meaningful as well. Shakespeare has ways of putting in these meanings and one way he does it is by using opposites. In…

“Argument from Opposites,” which I will prove does not fully succeed in establishing that the soul is immortal. The basis of the “Argument from Opposites” arises from the…

Fascination of Opposite Sex Platonic Relationships Article Analysis Paper Quincey Davison Introduction Having a girl as a best friend being a guy and vice versa has been understood by the millennial generation to be something we slightly take for granted, but about twenty years ago this was more of a rare occurrence rather than an everyday part of society. In her article “JUST FRIENDS” author Carlin Flora analyses the recent trend in raising numbers of opposite sex friendships…