Yin and yang

who’s afraid revealing her lesbian identity and, therefore, telling the world she’s different. These characters deliberately sound stereotypical, but I gave them all qualities and backstories to make them unique, showing the reader that we all have yin and yang, good and bad, inside of us. Although my goal for the story has changed with revision and time, by creating this story I hoped Allison would eventually find it and realize she couldn’t treat people unkindly and expect consequences to not…

The Tragedy of Macbeth “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is a play written by William Shakespeare. The play is believed to have been written in 1605-1606. The earliest account of performance was at Hampton Court on August 7th 1606 before King James I of England and his brother-in-law, King Christian of Denmark. There is evidence that Shakespeare wrote this play to please King James I of England who had previously been crowned James VI of Scotland before succeeding the English throne in 1603 after the…

What word comes to mind when you hear mother, father, brother, sister, aunt, and uncle? When most people hear these words they think of their family, but what really makes a family? The common image that comes to mind when thinking about family is a mom and dad and their children. Nowadays that is not always and families are coming in all shapes and sizes. There are, “... single-parent families, stepfamilies, cohabitating families- those with unmarried domestic partners-…,” (McCaffrey, 2013, p.…

Ms. M is a 27-year-old women who recently moved from her hometown Minneapolis, Minnesota to Salt Lake City, Utah for a job offer. She lives alone and works as an English teacher at the East High School in Salt Lake City since the beginning of the school year after her graduation last summer. Since it is the first time she has her own classes, it is sometimes quite stressful for her even if she likes her job. The past few years, she reported numerous neurological complaints which came and went…

Culture is defined as the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and habits a group of people share. Obesity has become a global epidemic. Obesity is an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure such that excess energy is stored in fat cells. Every culture has different eating habits, yet obesity can occur in all of them. Exercise and diet can help prevent obesity from occurring. Some cultures are more active than others and some cultures eat better than others. Obesity and diet/exercise go hand and…

Many people believe in “true love” and that once it is found, one will live “happily ever after.” This belief is the result of most fictional books and movies painting this idea of love always coming through and fate stepping in to give the parties involved a fairytale ending. The Last Noel by Michael Malone, however, tells a different story about not only love, but friendship as well. This book tells the story of the unlikely, but long lasting friendship between privileged Noni Tilden and the…

World. One of the final reasons why true happiness can’t be felt in the society of Brave New World is because in order to keep everyone “happy”, all sorrow is strictly prohibited. This concept is a complete oxymoron, because just as the yin exists to prove the yang, one…

I. Strinking feature of rhinos. The rhinoceros is probably best known for its striking resemblance to the dinosaurs of millennia back. - The rhinoceros is one of the largest animals roaming the plains of the planet today, second only to the elephant. A mature rhino typically stands about 1.3 m high at the shoulder, weighs around 700 kg, though the largest individuals have been known to weigh as much as 1,000 kilograms. - Rhinoceroses are universally recognized by their massive bodies, stumpy…

What makes the perfect parent? Countless magazines and websites strive to answer the question but often possess differing opinions on what techniques and parenting styles will foster the ideal child. In Chaim Potok’s novel, The Chosen, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders grow up in polar opposite households. While both practice Judaism, their separate sects often highlight differences in their respective upbringings. Literature mimics real life and while reading, I found myself comparing the boys’…

best of your ability. Lao Tzu doesn’t specifically speak about the topic of music, but – as a strong believe in Daoism – he says that being free of desire and self-interest will bring about harmony. He also mentions “Myriad things, backed by yin and embracing yang. Achieve harmony by integrating their energy” (Tao Te Ching, 42) and “Due to the optimum of harmony. Knowing harmony is said to be…