In life, everyone has struggled, had setbacks, and have been through situations so rough that they have been knocked down. But somehow, through all of that, they gained an immense amount of strength that allowed them to get back up and just keep on going. In the short amount of time that I have been alive, I have had my fair share of struggles and setbacks, most of them relating to my ethnic background. At the age of seven, I would encounter my first major setback that would be a moment left…
good amount of time away from the stresses of daily life can give us the break we need so that we can return to our lives refreshed and better equipped to handle…
image from physical. That separation will prepare you for the last day of your life. While Socrates taught many philosophical theories, he saved the lesion of separation for last. He announced that one may separate their mind from body with philosophy, similar to the separation between the two after death. Socrates was one of the best philosophers we have even to this day, students and thinkers are learning about his life lesions which are taught almost twenty-five hundred years after his death.…
mixed feelings. Our soldiers have done a great deal for us, such as their sacrifices and their jobs, and what a lasting impact they can have on their families. Soldiers have sacrificed many components of themselves, such as their lives, time, and life experiences. First of all, they sacrifice their lives. According to Inquirer.net, it states, “Every war has an objective, achieving it would entail sacrifices; it could be a most difficult and painful actionable.” Although this statement is…
doesn’t matter to him anymore so, it should not matter to us to. Nolan has decided to end the movie in this matter to represent a dream of how we end see the ending of a dream. We walk up before it ends therefore, that is what Nolan is doing, his waking has up from a dream. Word Count:…
Six Pillar Essay My goal in life is to create a healthy and fundamental support beam that helps people who are in dire need of assistance. Caring is letting things matter to us, including other individuals. It means acting with attention and valuing their well-being. I feel like I have paraded this quality well during my high school experience, and my real world experiences. As teenagers we have many nights where we spend our time on our computers on our social media pages. It is easy to say…
The fact that the text title is “A Temporary Matter’’ is curious at some levels. First of all, in spite of the fact that the main action of the story goes around some life-changing and shocking events such as the death of a child or the slow end of a once happy marriage, the narrative is mostly centered on the little things in life. Dinner plans, work, and a dissertation are elements that are used to reveal the pain of a monotonous relationship that is fading away. It can be seen through the…
John Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud” and Anne Finch’s “To Death” personify the abstraction of death through their manipulation of apostrophe and figurative language. Their vivid descriptions extend beyond a mere conversation with death, revealing their inner thoughts toward the inevitable demise of every human. Though examining the same theme, Donne and Finch develop vastly different tones. Donne’s tone of defiance juxtaposes Finch’s tone of resignation, cultivating these through the use of…
metaphor for his mistress’ final resting place, her cemetery. He then proceeds to compare their bodies of making love to each other as “roll our strength into one ball” (42, 43) as well as the finite time of our days on earth as the “iron gates of life” (44). Unlike Shakespeare, the effect created by these various metaphors neither sets up the comparisons nor creates space for readers to imagine. Instead, it simply paints a livelier picture of the scenes portrayed in the poem. Marvell uses…
even like poems by Edgar Allen Poe. However, my all time favorite writer is Maya Angelou. Out of all her poems I would have to say that I love “Phenomenal Woman” more. “Phenomenal Woman” is a poem that expresses and honors the achievement of women in life. It also tells women no matter what your size may be you are beautiful inside and out. Many times it states that women need to have confidence in themselves and be who they truly are. In “Phenomenal Woman”, there is a great deal of different…