Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach, an insightful poem, warns its readers about the dangers of the world in an attempt to make them feel better. The poem compares the harsh reality of its readers’ isolation in the world to various images of oceanic scenes. In his first stanza, Arnold emphasizes the importance of distinguishing the difference between illusion and reality through his constant change from a beautiful to disheartening tone. Arnold’s “Sea of Faith” metaphorically attributes the decline of…
even if we’ve never experienced anything like it, to look through each other’s eyes and understand. Problems are inevitable and some are worse than others. The lives of us Americans is like sleeping on Cloud-9 compared to those living in third world countries. Although we are not starving on such a scale as Africa, there are still those who live on the streets, wondering where their next meal will come from. I’m typing this on my luxurious laptop, while others beg for a nickle.…
With brilliance and experience on his side, Greg Mortenson decided to take an adventure of a lifetime for his late sister, Christa Mortenson. After failing to climb K2, one of the world’s tallest mountains, he figured out what he was meant to do with his life and that was to construct and organize schools for children, but especially girls. Written in his book, but then proven false, he landed in a small Pakistani village, Korphe, and found children who wanted to learn and trying to learn…
The world is full of diverse cultures. They used to be separated in a world without the ability to quickly travel vast distances. With the creation of more and more advanced technologies, the airplane opened the doors for fairly convenient world exploration. Now cultures weave in and out of each other, delicately or violently mixing. Bruce Knauft shares his discoveries and challenges with the Gebusi culture in his book, The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World. One intriguing…
Sports have become one of the worlds most interesting and talked about past times. Three of the most exciting and most widely watched sports all over the world are American Football, Soccer, and Rugby. Because of all of the pressure and stress that comes with playing the sport all of the athletes in those sports put all they have into training and making themselves better in the offseason. The offseason in sports are almost completely different. Some sports work more on speed while others…
Imagine a world without role models. A world thrown into chaos. A world full of the wrong morales. Everyone cheats and lies to get a head. No one can be trusted not even family. However this won't happen because there are many good role models. One of the best way to find a good role model is to read a book. Books are full of great role models not just for kids but adults too. Three characters from books that teach life lessons are Cassie who teaches to stay positive, Four who teaches to hold on…
is to suggest major ideas about life and the world, through the conversation of a parent trying to teach their child basic ideas and eventually more advanced concepts of the world. The poem suggests to its responders that although there are people in the world who are teaching us, even they can never know everything. The main theme or message of the poem is to encourage future children to be able to make their own choices and opinions about the world and be free from influence of the other…
Elon Musk is one of the most intelligent people alive as well as one of the richest, with a net worth of around 20 billion dollars. He is a part of many large companies such as Neuralink, The Boring Company, Tesla Motors, PayPal, Space Explorations (SpaceX), and more. Although Musk appears to have a wonderful life, he faced many struggles on his way to becoming a popular and wealthy entrepreneur. When he was young, he was once thrown down the stairs and beaten up until he blacked out by…
sport in the world got its start hundreds of years ago. Since then, it has become a part of human history throughout the years. European football is the most popular sport in the world currently. It is referred to as soccer in a few countries. It is amongst the simplest of games to play being that the items required are minimal. Soccer has become a favorite past time for people through history. Although it is just a sport, it is far from it. Soccer has become a part of politics and many world…
point in keeping friends when I knew I would have to move the next school year or half way through the year; however, that all changed in the middle of my third grade year. IT happened. The BIG move. Well, not really. We 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…