Tolstoy

A current and common reading of Virginia Woolf’s experimental novel The Waves places the character of Bernard against his friends as a dominating force. The novel is noted for its pluralism. The six speaking characters in The Waves express themselves through short monologues, sharing nearly equal space with one another until the concluding section. It is over the final forty-four pages of the novel that Bernard is fully emphasized, the voices of Louis, Rhoda, Jinny, Neville, and Susan giving way…

When learning something new, it is easier to understand a topic or a philosophy when the person learning can feel a connection to what they are learning about. For example, teachers, authors, and philosophers often use metaphors or similes to help their pupil connect with their views, ultimately furthering their understanding. A string of facts behind facts does not register as well as something that can be directly connected to someone. Although both Martin Luther King, author of “Letter From…

The subject of an experiment cries out, “I can’t stand it. I’m not going to kill that man in there” (Milgram 120), as the experimenter compels his subject to administer deadly electrical shocks to another man. The subject clearly expresses his moral objections to these instructions, yet to influence his subject, the insistent experimenter does not lock the door, nor does he hold the subject at knifepoint- he only requests that the subject “Continue, please” (121). And so the subject continues.…

These Christians would have raised the cross as a banner against Saddam, Hitler, or Mao. There are church members who wanted to use preventative war to stop communist china from making atomic weapons before they could use them to endanger the United States. They would also advocate landing marines in Iraq before the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) got a strong foothold. Such anticipatory actions are based on the notion that our cause is consistently good, while that of our enemies is…

In the beginning of his article, Cesar Chavez makes it clear that he is a strong supporter of using nonviolence to make a change. He alludes to well known civil rights movement figures as a way to show that the use of violence is not an effective nor a secure way of solving a problem. Chavez also evokes fear onto his audience to urge them to change their ways of thinking. These methods assist Chavez in getting his message through to his targeted audience and persuade them to avoid using violence…

The lady or the tiger is describing the unhealable wound archetype to illustrate what will happen if destined to be guilty, “if he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger… which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt”. In the lady or the tiger all being tried know the consequence of opening the wrong door, while some have to trust their instinct, the man trusts the Princess. Looking up at the Princess in such a harsh time exemplifies that he…

What is freedom? Is it being mistreated or doubted for your lack of an education? Is it being kicked to the back of the line because of your skin color or is it being beaten for standing up to what you believe is right. In “The Speech at the March on Washington” by Josephine Baker and “From Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin” by Mahatma Gandhi, each article passionately argues about the equality and power of an education along with the mistreatment of those who stand up for what they believe is right…

Virginia Woolf uses eloquent language to present the lasting memories from her childhood in this passage. Truly, she is a woman of great renown with a silver tongue as her work always has a sense of expressiveness. Very easily, she illustrates a scene for readers. Perhaps, due to her mental illness, her sense of vivid writing is heightened as most emotions are for people who struggle with bipolar disorder as she did. Woolf is absolutely descriptive of everything, nothing goes…

In Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”, Ivan Ilyich was a man who tried to be unique and apart from the rest of society. Whenever he tries to do something different he would always look at society and realize that he has not done anything to make him stand out from his peers. Ivan was constantly wanting more money to buy what he thought was necessary in life. Whenever Mr. Ilyich had a question of life he would constantly look to society for answers. In the end Ivan Ilyich realizes that he…

Tolstoy believed that the purpose of art is to bring society together, and to create a society based on the best possible aspects of art - the profound feelings and emotions shared among each other as people, one that creates a sense of belonging with one another. Tolstoy describes good art as one that brings together society, and bad art as one that alienates certain people from society…