Thomas Robert Malthus

pleasure). Another way to interpret this is by saying that a good life is having many pleasurable experiences and nothing else. A hedonist might say that if you enjoy doing something, then doing so is pleasurable, so your life is good. Well, according to Robert Nozick, a very famous philosopher, a good life is not just about having a good time, it’s about having a true time. There are other intrinsic goods we value such as truth, self-discovery, and autonomy, therefore hedonism is false. Nozick…

In “The Road Not Taken”, the author, Robert Frost, shows the idea that we are all defined by the choices we make in life, whether it’s good or bad. This poem demonstrates this idea well because the speaker was stuck between choosing two roads, and he did not know which one he should take. This relates to real life when making decisions, because you never know what is going to be at the other side when you get to the end. The concept of our decisions and how we choose to make them is illustrated…

Stranger in a Strange Land, written by Robert A. Heinlein, is set in a future United States where organized religions are politically powerful. The book opens up with a ship returning from a trip to Mars with an interesting passenger, Michael Valentine Smith, the son of crewmembers from a previous voyage to the planet. He was born on the ship twenty-five years ago and raised by Martians until he came to Earth. The story focuses on Michael’s adaptation to humans and their culture. In Stranger in…

the life of cherished American poet Robert Frost. During the course of his life, Frost endured the deaths of his children and wife, as well as his own individual melancholies; nevertheless, Frost’s lyrical mind succeeded in expressing his anguish through his works as he resolutely travelled the “miles to go before I sleep.” Indisputably, Robert Frost’s works were influenced by his turbulent upbringing, his family tragedies, and his life in New England. Robert Frost’s turbulent upbringing deeply…

Asimov’s Bicentennial Man, Andrew forms attachment and loves Little Miss and her family. Although Andrew does not completely understand empathy, he forms meaningful relationships and greatly cares for Little Miss family’s wellbeing. Additionally, Robert Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress illustrates Mike’s ability to express human affection. In the beginning of the novel, Mike appeared to only talk to Mannie to satiate his boredom; however, Mike builds strong relationships with Mannie, Wyoh…

The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about a man, who was ambulating through the woods, came across two roads and found it hard to optate a path. Many people seem to think that this poem is about being different and taking the road no one else has taken. Then again, I optically discern a man. Who is highly indecisive and discombobulated, and needs to make a decision in order to move forward. We descry his indecisiveness in each stanza. Each stanza has the same pattern. He tests out a…

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a remarkable piece of poetry that displays the thoughts of Frost about the world around us and the choices we have to make on our journey of life. To better understand "The Road Not Taken" lets take a closer look into the life of Robert Frost. Frost was born March 36, 1875 in San Francisco, California. His first poem was "My Butterfly" appeared in the New York newspaper The Independence on November 8, 1894. Frost married Elinor Miriam White in 1895, who…

the perception of materialistic and shallow love In Victorian society. Additionally the repetition of “love’s sake that evermore”, pushes the argument and links in with the symbolisation of eternal and timeless love. In Elizabeth’s personal context, Robert Browning doesn’t fall for her physical appearance, but her writings clearly symbolising the argument. Therefore the value of time in the Victorian Era in the perspective of Elizabeth Browning is juxtaposed against the Great Gatsby. Showcasing…

hot beach with your injured leg tied up with a rag. The warm salt water laps at your feet as you try to get out the last of the water from a coconut. This is how life was for the newcomer from Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” and Chuck Noland from Robert Zemeckis’s Cast Away. They are both in very different situations, and both of their survival skills are put to the test. The newcomer is an arrogant and overconfident traveler who is trying to go out into the wilderness even though the…

my head. Of course there are some exceptions, such as Walt Disney’s film Johnny Tremain, directed by Robert Stevenson. It is difficult for a director to meet an audience’s expectation when creating a book-based movie, while also inputting his own take on the story. Though it is important to add some originality to a storyline, it is equally as important to stay true to the story itself. Robert Stevenson made decisions that weekend the plot by removing important characters, changing key…