The play begins with Gillimard sitting in his prison cell. He then starts to tell the audience his unique stories of his life. The flashbacks start with Gillimard. He is a French diplomat. While he is in China, he goes and sees an opera named Madame Butterfly.…
The two stories “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez had undertones and themes which related to humanity and philosophical viewpoints on human nature. In the story Metamorphosis the theme of adaptation when a constant is changed are presented through a newly changed family. Compared to this the short story A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, expresses the themes of greed, and how when the opportunity arises people will turn to exploiting things and people despite how immoral it may seem. Although these two stories vary, the prominent theme of childhood ignorance and maturity is executed between these two literary pieces. The story Metamorphosis portrays a theme that parallels the…
Conner St. Laurent Advanced English 10 Journal Entries for The Secret Life of Bees Chapter 1-2 Quote “People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life.” (2) Lily said that in the beginning of the novel in the exposition. This very important quote explains how Lily’s life has been immensely affected from her mother passing away. The quote pretty much proposes that living with someone’s death can be more painful than dying yourself.…
It is only natural that we need law due to humans needing organization whether written or just oral…
Throughout history, time and time again, individual people have changed the course of humanity. It is vital that we recognize the enormous capabilities and power of one person, whether it be for good or bad. In the story “Nightjohn,” by Gary Paulsen, the characters, such as Clel Waller and Nightjohn himself, change the lives of each other in many positive and negative ways, thus proving that an individual’s power can change the lives of many. To establish, the Master of the plantation, Clel Waller, greatly influenced the lives of his slaves base upon the way in which he treated them.…
There are two types of people in the world at any given second: the powerful and the powerless. Everyone is capable of being both. Saying something such as this may not make sense right now, but it is a very important thing that everyone needs to know. This is what John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Robert Burns’s “To a Mouse” teach us about the way that the world operates. These pieces of writing also show us that there isn’t always a happy ending for everyone because of people who have power over other people.…
Ask yourself what has your mother done for you in your life. Lily's mother didn't teach her much while she was alive and causes her much anguish. But the life lessons Lily will learn as an effect of her mother's death will really shape her into who she is today. The abandonment that Lily felt causes her to look for a motherly figure in her life. The abandonment feeling in Lily causes her to feel a lot of anger towards her mother.…
The complexity of the human brain is something frequently taken advantage of by the majority of humanity. It is quite natural for man to not think of the mind’s fantastic powers; for as long as one remains in health there seems to be no meaning in contemplating what works so efficiently. However, poet T.S. Eliot argues in his poem “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” that these inner workings of the brain are in fact not so elusive, rather they are just so obvious it is easy for man to overlook them and thus lose perspective on what it is that keeps people regulated and sane. Yet, although one inevitably possesses these tools, humanity is still fundamentally part of nature; a force which is commonly perceived as uncontrollable. Therefore, remaining…
People are often left to wonder how much control they have over the events and circumstances in their own lives. The extent to which they can control their lives is massively varied from situation to situation. The short story, ”Two Kinds,” by Amy Tan, the book, The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, and the short story,”The Pedestrian,” by Ray Bradbury, all demonstrate different instances in which the lives of their characters have varying amounts of control over their lives. The sources, “Two Kinds” and “The Pedestrian” are antithesis from one another in that in “Two Kinds” the protagonist that has complete control over her life and in “The Pedestrian” the main character loses all control over his life. The Count of Monte Cristo presents both sides of the spectrum, because the protagonist loses their control but then takes it back.…
“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness” (Alejandro Jodorowsky). People who have always lacked freedom fail to understand the importance of being able to grow and find individuality. Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis explores the role of the individual, and what it takes as well as what must be sacrificed in order to find contentment in a capitalistic society. Individuals find that society constantly imposes limitations upon them, most since birth.…
If there was one article that really stuck out to me throughout the semester, it has to be Nagel’s “What Is It Like to Be a Bat”. It’s concept and philosophy fixed itself into me and I tried applying those ideas to other articles as we went on. This article addresses one of the big questions of consciousness that tends to float around when discussing philosophy, which is what is it like to be something other than yourself? It isn’t too often that you debate on whether or not something or someone is experiencing the same feelings obtained through the environment as you are.…
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Flannery O 'Connor Often people think that knowledge equals power. However, in the short story, "Everything That Rises Must Converge," by Flannery O 'Connor, the author shows that knowledge does not always equal power when that knowledge is used for the wrong reasons. The character Julian in "Everything That Rises Must Converge," serves as an example of how someone cannot become successful solely off of being educated but through the choices that are made with one 's education. Such choices are effected by one 's culture, upbringing, and willingness to move forward.…
Akeelah and The Bee is centered around the story of an 11-year-old African American girl, Akeelah. Despite being cunning, she attends a school that appears to be have a history of low academic achievement. She is encouraged by her principle to participate in a spelling bee, and later qualifies for the nationals. This movie is a portrayal of Akeelah’s voyage to a national title, with the help of her coach Dr. Larabee, and later on, the help of her family and community (Fishburne & Atchison, 2006). This paper will critically analyze this film using developmental psychology as a lens.…
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory of development centered around the theory that a person is affected by the distinct relationships they have during their life. These relationships can be put into five different levels and each level represents each of the major interactions. The levels are the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, microsystem, and the chronosystem. Each level is based on the theory that each change based on the environmental systems that the person is exposed to from childhood through adulthood. This paper will show how Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory shaped the author’s development through their life.…
As a consequence, we have a duty to obey the law but it can be overridden when we have a more pressing moral obligation . Furthermore, to reinforce my point of view I will rely on what Finnis advocated concerning that matter. He was also conscious that saying an unjust law is not a law is a contradiction, when he talked about the peripheral sense of law. Indeed, he explained that law has two senses. On the one hand, law has a focal meaning, “it describes rules which secure the common good by co-ordinating the different goods of individuals” .…