The World State

In the last seconds remaining, he swooped in and saved the pretty girl from falling off the edge of the tallest building in the world. The masked figure accomplished this goal before rushing towards the destroyed urban city; he continued forward, fully aware, relentless, and unaffected. Though it certainly sounds clichéd, this example is perceived as the generic example of a hero. Contrary to public perception, the definition of a hero is not explicitly described as some handsome or muscular…

The group of musicians and song I have chosen is Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake: Where is the Love (United States, c. 2003 ). The genre of this phenomenal song is in the hip-hop category. In existence, there are two versions of this song—the first one was release in 2003 and the second version which featured other musicians was released in 2016. I am focusing on the first version because I find the philosophical statements that truthfully depict the path human beings on the Earth is…

Heroes Are Needed The meaning of a hero to me is someone who can be looked up to and can do the right thing to lead others. I think heroes are very much needed by everyone. Scott T. Allison states “Heroes bring light into a dark world” (Scott Allison 10 Reasons Why We Need Heroes pp.2.2.6). Heroes are needed because we need people who can lead us in the right direction, give us a sense of safety, and give us hope. Primarily, heroes are examples of role models, they guide us into…

were still in the same state, just 352 miles away from everything I have ever known. The moved shifted my entire universe. My world was upside down. I had never seen such a variety of races, cultures, and history in one place. The move enabled me to grasp that Arizona was not the only place in the galaxy, but only a microscopic portion of it. Growing up on…

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 water, this is water.’” He reminds us that being aware…

The Book yesterdays kin, is an action filled book where the main character, Marianne a biologist professor at a small college in up state new york is forced into a high pressure research situation where she is lead to believe the fate of human life on earth at stake. She among other leading scientist are informed by the Aliens that a spore cloud is coming to earth with a virus that will kill the entire human race. The book starts with her indifference to the aliens who have landed in New York,…

When one thinks of censorship, they state it is where one takes away a point of view from being seen by an individual because it goes against their beliefs. Thus when one fights against censorship, many times it creates a new form of censorship due to the hegemony of the environment a person wants to create. A person might stop the censorship of the theory of evolution and cause a new censorship of intelligent design theory. Or one might bring in books to read that paint everyone in a group as…

on a lifelong journey without all the great things mothers teach and do for their children. For the lessons that this taught me were bountiful it was the negativity that ultimately brought out the positivity in me. Luckily, the greatest dad in the world and an extremely warmhearted grandmother were willing and able to raise a huge bundle of energy, me. In so they brought me up with a lot of love and care which leaves me eternally grateful to them. For the next fourteen years I would live with my…

some years away at college and when she returned home after being out in the world her style of clothing and her mindset had changed. The character flaws and other traits can be compared to these three women, as education, physical traits and differences in heritage. In lines 34- 36 in the pdf Mama’s…

childish state. In order for someone to learn how to fully take care of themselves, they must first learn to become adults, therefore losing all of the previous innocence they once held. However, it can sometimes be a bad thing. In the beginning of The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes is an innocent and naïve boy who eventually is escorted to prison for something that he did not do. Here, he learns from a man named Abbe Faria, who acts as a father figure toward Dantes. Dumas states that…