The Simple Life

Both the Earth and O-lan are plain and need very little to survive. The Earth and O-lan are simple; they appear plain and undesirable to most men. The Earth symbolizes the back breaking labor in the smoldering heat to the rich, lustful men. Likewise, O-lan is a large, dull woman with unbound feet, the least attractive to men at this particular time. However, beauty does not mean anything. All the Earth needs is a little bit of rain, and it will produce great crops that could make a man wealthy.…

Mariano Rivera are about as likely as getting struck by lightning. While this is a bit of an exaggeration, there is little debate over the fact that Rivera is the greatest closer of all time. In his autobiography, The Closer, you are taken into the life and upbringing of the dominant, humble man himself. This was a great read, because of the personal account, simplicity, and perseverance in the story. I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in sports or an interest in a hard-working,…

In “Everything Stuck to Him” by Raymond Carver, Carver discusses the a young couple’s life as parents. Carver utilizes a frame story- a story within a story- to describe the young man’s life the choices he has made. In the short story, Carver uses diction, a minimalistic style, a frame story, and symbolism to emotionally impact the reader and develop the piece. Foremost, Carver utilizes a casual and simplistic diction to garner a feeling of innocence within the story. This innocent and…

beings who feel,touch,see, and sense. Animals just like humans, too have feelings and emotions. It can be so evident that animals also have feelings because it is exhibited by simple observation of their external organism. Observing an animal’s body,eyes and even listening to them can display and reveal their emotions. As simple as…

Being alone in nature is the best thing to help a person be happy and find him or herself. That is the message both Henry David Thoreau’s Walden and Emily Dickinson's How Happy is the Little Stone. In the How Happy is the Little Stone, the poem starts out with “How Happy is the little Stone That rambles on the Road alone,” this shows that the rock is happy because he is all alone. We know he is all alone because the poem states that “And independent as the Sun” the speaker is trying to show…

To properly discern the influence of literature, critique of the author’s writing style is entirely crucial. While content and plot are too influential, it is truly the way the author chooses to incorporate character, feeling, and symbolism that make a piece of literature worthwhile. Steven Galloway’s novel The Cellist of Sarajevo is focused on three main characters: Dragan, Arrow, and Kenan. Each is struggling to maintain hold of the hope of the Sarajevo they knew and loved one day returning.…

reveals the essence of life as “thought is life” and the lack of it, death. As the stanzas proceed from observation，contemplation, and conclusion to revelation and liberation, I get an understanding of Blake’s philosophical system. In my essay, I will argue that Blake uses a simile between the fate of a fly and the fate of a human to show that humans and animals are fundamentally akin to each other. Although thoughts, or consciousness, has distinguished the human from other life forms. That does…

With everything happening in life, it is easy to focus on just ourselves and our own lives sometimes. However, it is important to not get caught up in the trivial aspects of life and lose sight of the bigger picture, or forget that “this is water.” In David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” speech, he states that “[Life] is about simple awareness - awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, that we have to keep reminding ourselves, over and over. “This is…

A healthy lifestyle is a way of living that incorporates eight aspects of well-being into a person’s life mainly emotional, financial, occupational, physical, social, spiritual, intellectual and environmental. Sedentary lifestyle is a silent killer. There are studies that show that sitting or lying down for a long period of time is bad for health. Common…

human beings, have a responsibility to do everything and anything we can to end someone’s pain. Many advocates of euthanasia rely on two simple but choice-pleasing arguments. That a person’s autonomy, along with compassion for the suffering, take precedence. The opposition claims that it is not that simple, they claim that euthanasia defies the sanctity of life and the physician’s role, and that there is a large…