When Prophecy Fails

see anybody's physical appearance, no skin, bone or organ. What would we see internally beneath the barriers of flesh and cell? Would we see an ego different from ourselves or a substance exactly the same? How can we know the answer to this question when we can’t even assess the differences because we are so attached to our own egos. In Homer’s, The Odyssey, Odysseus embarks on a journey from the city of Troy, back to his home in Ithaca. Odysseus consistently yearns to be reunited with his…

Tragedy is as prominent today as it was during its origins in ancient Greece. It is a dramatic and literary archetype that instills a dreary ambience within various works of literature. Through the characterization, it “treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual” (Britannica). Although, tragedy was originally intended for the stage, it has been utilized by numerous literary works. The origins of the term, Tragedy are…

Givers focus on achieving the goals of the group and see teamwork as connecting the best of multiple people. They understand that the best thing for themselves is for their group to perform as well as possible. When givers show they care more about the group, they signal that they care less about themselves that is why they earn their collaborators’ respect and trust. The "givers," the leaders, who balance their own interests while also considering the interests of others, are the most…

Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling. I enjoy reading because; "When you sell a book, you don't just sell ink and paper, you sell a whole new life." This quote is true for me because books a a very large part of my life. I started reading for pleasure at a very young age. People complain when they don't get to join a character in their journey, but we did, and the journey will start again when you reread. When Harry reaches 17, the hunt begins for Voldemort's Horcruxes. Harry, Ron…

Macbeth receives the titles of Thane of Cawdor and future king by the three witches. An odd way to be given such news, Macbeth is in disbelief. When the title of Thane of Cawdor upon Macbeth is confirmed by Ross and Angus, Macbeth 's conscious is filled with thoughts of his potential. Noble titles signify Macbeth 's worth, and thus fuels his confidence when presented with the titles of future king and Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth longs for superior titles to the extent that he will commit any crime…

Chapter one Anita Desai as a novelist Anita Desai is one of the most powerful and distinguished Indian English novelists. She has an extraordinary sharpness and penetration of vision. Her writings have drawn world-wide critical attention. Anita Desai has added a new dimension to the Indian English fiction: the exploration of human psyche. She is endowed with searching psychological insight and often peeps into the inner recesses of the psyche, rather than merely presenting the outer spectacle…

this comes with two suggestions that suggest a caution and concern. The caution is that the prophet is a foreteller and the concern is that the prophecy in the new testament differ from the ones in the old testament. Chapter eleven is about the Psalms, which is the prayers spoken about the lord, which are full of human emotion. Fee and Stuart identify features that come up in psalms. “Hebrew poetry…

a young programmer named Caleb is brought in to test if the newly made A.I Ava would work in human society by using the turing test . Before everything there is the main conflict which should be man versus machine but that is not always the case ,when Caleb meets Nathan for the first time there conversation acts more like a psycho-analysis test then a normal conversation . It establish’s the main conflict quite quickly as a battle of manly wits . The experiment is there to test if an A.I like…

couch was my soothsayer and the cushions my suffocating prophecy. But one doesn’t need a material barrier to make them feel claustrophobic whatsoever. After all, the mental anxiety is the real driving force behind claustrophobia’s destructive properties, and not the physical space. A person can feel claustrophobic in a stressful situation, where they sense that they can’t make any decisions of their own and have no escape. It’s no wonder that when people are confined to a tight schedule or…

sense, eventually bring balance to the force when he destroys his Sith master and turns back to the Jedi side. At…