The Untouchable

cry was not his loved one talking t hi, or passing on last words “to call me back” or “say good bye”. The persona then, out of desperation to forget his sorrow, diverted his gaze to the moon, “one luminary clock against the sky”, an unbiased and untouchable observer who has perhapes witnessed thousand of heartbreaks or celebrations, but merely ILLEGIBLE to quietly remind people of the past time, and the long journey of fate in the time to come. As this unbiased and calm observer has helped the…

As a child Saru was eager to grab her father’s attention towards her, she remembers: It had been Dhruva sitting on Baba’s lap and talking to him. And I had thought…I must show Baba something, anything, to take his attention away from Dhruva sitting on his lap. I must make him listen to me, not to Dhruva. I must make him ignore Dhruva. But she had not succeeded.(p.32) And when he is drowned, Saru is held responsible and her mother accuses for her no fault or rather her gender sets as her fault.…

When The Hunger Game: Mockingjay Part Two opens November 20, 2015, I, like many of my peers, hope to witness Katniss Everdeen’s final defiance against the Capitol. Her passion is infectious, partially because her desire to cure the injustice in a dysfunctional world intrigues me. Similarly, social change has been evoked by using dystopian societies to present an overly negative view of the world; Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “ˆHarrison Bergeron” is no exception. In both the short story and the…

William Cronon’s essay entitled “The Trouble with Wilderness” is an intelligent and thoughtful work of environmental philosophy that addresses the relationship between nature and man while defining and contextualizing the idea of wilderness. Cronon argues that we must change the way that we think about wilderness. With this idea of man’s perspective of wilderness, Cronon goes on to describe the ways in which man has looked at wilderness throughout history. From a state of fear and intimidation,…

The age of adolescence is a time of growth and development; emotionally and mentally. When being a teenager, a lot of the actions created can be a blurred line of confusion. Throughout To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, the main character, Lara Jean, is thrown into an unexpected situation that had been built up by her previous actions in the past. Being only sixteen, she is passed on the responsibility of taking care of her younger sister and widowed father; after her older sister, Margot,…

The final unfolding is in front of the walls of Troy. All the Trojans are inside the walls of Troy besides Hector, who is waiting outside for Achilles. Originally, he stands firm against the urgent begging from within the gates, however, as the untouchable Achilles comes closer, he runs horrified. Zeus considers helping Hector, but he is persuaded not to by Athena, when she stresses to him that fate has declared that Hector will die and to go against fate would only earn him the disrespect from…

Good Always Overpowers Evil “Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good” (Brainy Quotes). In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman who is accused of committing adultery, and to eternally remind her of her sin she has to wear a scarlet letter on her bosom and gives birth to her daughter Pearl, who was the product of her affair. Arthur Dimmesdale, the minister of the town, and Roger Chillingworth, Hester’s secret husband, are…

fascinated with America, namely our freedom-bearing constitution, however following World War II and amidst our involvement in Vietnam, he revoked his endorsement. Specifically, Sartre said “in the land of equality and liberty live thirteen million untouchables” (Cohen). His stringent take on freedom intrinsically deems him “a defender of freedom” and an advocate for the oppressed. Sartre identified with the term existentialism, but also toyed with Marxism. The influence on his political…

Faction before blood: a sociologial approach to Divergent by Veronica Roth A society in the near future have citizens divide themselves into five "factions." Each faction upholds a particular value: selflessness, honesty, peace, courage and intelligence. From these five factions, a sixteen-year-old must choose, and choose she must do wisely, for there is no turning back. After choosing a faction, she has to face tests and challenges to become a full-fledged member of society. Divergent (2011),…

relatively unchanging process of legal education. Depicted in countless films and novels, Harvard Law School has always appeared to me like a grandmother’s antique—beautiful, intriguing with its wealth of historical significance, yet completely untouchable. Turrow’s style of writing and point of view opens the floodgates to seemingly mystical Harvard Law School. Turrow…