This American Life

fibrosis “Someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dyin'” Tim McGraw a famed country music artist, sang this song with great pleasure after song writers Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman wrote it due to health scares in their families. It’s a common misconception that individuals may never be faced with near life death situations. However, at any given moment one’s life can be taken short, sometimes knowing death will come, or never expecting death will affect one. Cystic fibrosis is…

After World War I, America seemed to promise unlimited financial and social opportunities for anyone willing to work hard, an American Dream. For some, however, striving for and realizing that dream corrupted them, as they acquired wealth only to pursue pleasure. Even though the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald face through a lot of hard ship, they realize that the American Dream does not exist in the novel. Specifically, the lives of George Wilson, Jay Gatsby,…

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” (J.R.R Tolkien). Like Tolkien states, even the wisest and allegedly enlightened cannot see all possibilities and reliably truth say every judgement. Each year, hundreds of people are sent to death row, judging them to be worse than animals, and therefore to be treated as such. The basis of the court system…

by the promise that this is a “gripping and potent tale” and accolades such as “an engaging and smooth read, beautifully written, thoroughly enjoyed, terrific book”, one could be forgiven for feeling cheated. This story, created from the 1945 diary of a young Japanese soldier stationed in the Philippines, chronicles his experience of day-to-day life in camp as a mechanic in a non-combat unit juxtaposed with an imagined version of his supposedly ideal upbringing and pre-war life at home, in the…

Ever since I could remember the "American Dream" was and has been the biggest accomplishment we should all be aiming for. Creating a family, spending time with kids, pets, and simply living in utter happiness. It wasn't until college where I realized that this specific ideal does not fit everybody or define success. I now stand by my perspective that nobody should be living their life trying to fit in into society's standards.  In the short story, "Looking for Work" by Gary Soto he…

“It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying”. I believe that to prolong one's life is to live life as vast as one can, to be as healthy as one should be and to be as happy as one can be. To “prolong life” in the medical field; it is a word often thrown around as to how how to keep a human’s heart beating as long as possible regardless if it is done artificially. The “prolonged of life” becomes known as “Life Sustaining Treatment” (LST).…

permanent collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum, which is located at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This artwork was created after Ruby Bridges attended William J. Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. This image captures the menacing act that white people did to African Americans during desegregation and their attempted to be equal. Ruby Bridges is a small, African American girl, probably no older than 7 or 8. She has her dark, short hair pulled back in pigtails and…

present. Our human capacity for learning, using, and recognizing symbols allows for these cultures to develop and to change. Often times cultures’ beliefs and symbols don’t align with any person not born into that culture. However if that person observes this other culture through open and objective eyes, they can understand the reasons behind other cultural beliefs. Horace Miner’s observations of the Nacirema people in Body Ritual of the Nacirema reveal just how important perspective can be…

The Two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain (American Writer) • The quotes said that there are two important days in our life. First, the day when we born and we need to thank God for giving us a chance to live to live and see his amazing creation. In this life, we tackle a lot of challenges and hindrances in life that can make us stronger by the help of Faith on Him. Because He has a plan for us, and that’s the second important…

New World was an adventure for most, while others couldn’t handle the unknown, so they didn’t survive. Being immersed in to a new way of life and having to interact with total strangers can be frightening for anyone, but I believe that is why people hold on to their beliefs and morals to keep them sane and able to cope with whatever comes their way in their new life. The natives weren’t eager to give up their traditions, land, and pride to the English settlers which made it hard for them to…