World view

Anna and Raskolnikov are not the only ones who try to help out their siblings. Both Stiva and Dunya go out of their way multiple times to try to help their siblings through difficult situations. When Anna has an affair, just like her brother did, Stiva decides to come to her rescue and try to facilitate a reconciliation between her and her husband, just as Anna did for him. For example, one day, Stiva tries to invite Karenin to dinner, and Karenin tells him, “I cannot come to your house because…

English 103, journal # 5 This top poem means to me that due to the terrorism we have lost our privacy and trustworthiness. The writing in the bottom about the grandmother in a nursing home mean to me that the persons in the nursing homes are lonely because their family cannot visit them because they are very busy surviving. In the “What’s Up with the American Dream” article several writers conclude that the American dream has been undermined by a combination of global economic developments and…

Heroism is the act of bravery to accomplish the task at hand. Many stories are told of great heroic accomplishments or acts of heroism but we never take the time to see why these people make great acts of courage and bravery. Order and chaos are two important topics that are all over the news every single day. Unfortunately it is mailey chaos and not order. But through order and chaos comes heroism; heroism is the act of great bravery and taking great risks to help others. Both topics…

searched for the tallest mountains, the biggest desserts and imagined living there, much like in the Jungle Book. As I got older, my interest in maps and geography grew. Every year, when my grandmother presented me with a new Rand McNally Road Atlas, a world opened before me filled with roads, mountains, rivers, national parks, and forests. This fascination was one of my most defining interests, which began before kindergarten and has continued throughout my life. During my first year at school,…

It was like the weather. Some days were sunny, some cloudy, and every once in a while a great deal of rain. I could try and fathom what would happen next as if I actually were a weatherman. But what would be the point? I knew I had depression. I would just have to wake up each morning and see how it went. I thought maybe I’d outgrow it. Maybe I still can. My family is what drove me to the edge, but somehow they managed to slam their foot on the break before it was too late. I grew up a child…

Often times, maturity is known to be heavily dependent with that of one’s age. However, this common belief is not necessarily true. Maturity is often gained through experiences and understanding, rather than seniority. Although being older does offer more time for enlightening experiences, this does not fully cancel out possibilities of younger individuals being exposed to the same instances in a shorter time. Many adults who lack meaningful experiences grow into debatably pathetic human beings…

Do you ever think about the rapid growth of technology and how it changes our day to day lives? Does it make you a little anxious? Well, don’t freak out just yet, implies Clive Thompson, a Canadian freelance journalist, a blogger, science, and technology writer. He is the author of the book Smarter than you Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better: he explains that this anxious feeling is normal and has been evident whenever we discover new technology. Thompson says it’s okay…

A hero is a person who is idealized for courage and sacrificing themselves for the greater good of the people. In One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, new asylum admission, Randle McMurphy, is portrayed as the hero to the other patients. At the beginning, the patients of the ward are closed in with lack of self-confidence, but when McMurphy shows up he changes that and helps the patients become their own person. The patients believe that McMurphy is their savior because of how he stands…

Inspiring role models are hard to come by these days. The main, and only, reason for this shortage is that no one is perfect. An article written by Freddie Silver from Livestrong.com, describes a few of the characteristics of good role models, “A good role model has high moral values.” Silver insists, “Role models behave ethically and demonstrate honesty.” The values, expressed above, are tested by the persons in the story “Wheelbarrow Kings” by Jess Walter. The characters in “Wheelbarrow Kings”…

What makes people want to undertake a mission? Is it that people want to be brave? Or is it that they want to go explore? People feel an urge to go and explore, or to complete a problem and take risks. Some people would want to be brave, or they want to do it so they could see the outcome (good or bad) in the end. Bilbo Baggins went on an adventure, Farah Ahmedi snuck over the border, and Aengus looked his whole life for the girl. Bilbo, Aengus, and Farah were brave and had determination because…