The mistress could have easily told the new owner where Linda was, but she did not. ... I think that is the only part of the story that I found to be offensive. Other than that, I found it heartwarming to read a story about a slave that was not all about how bad they were treated. ... I guess that is because these friendships were rarely found between a slave-owner and a slave. ...
While Longinus' idea of the sublime had an asterisk, which stated that the truly great cannot be despised, Burke believed the sublime was founded in pain and obscurity. ... Burke's sublime has a noxious aura around it because the sublime finds its pleasure through pain because the sublime can arise in two ways the first being that it is pleasure can be found from escaping pain, which is delight, or it can found from thinking about pain by viewing others in pain, as in tragedy, or by thinking about how oneself is not in pain. ... Pain has the power to engulf one's being in an exp...
In Milgram's experiment, they found that "Many subjects will obey the experimenter no matter how vehement the pleading of the person being shocked, no matter how painful the shocks seem to be, and no matter how much the victim pleads to be let out."... Milgram's results indicate that human beings are easily conformed by power and authority. ... "(179) We need to recognize that, what happened in the past, in Germany, can just as easily happen today. ...
In Milgram's experiment, they found that "Many subjects will obey the experimenter no matter how vehement the pleading of the person being shocked, no matter how painful the shocks seem to be, and no matter how much the victim pleads to be let out."... Milgram's results indicate that human beings are easily conformed by power and authority. ... "(179) We need to recognize that, what happened in the past, in Germany, can just as easily happen today. ...
And the fact that you can easily lose to anyone makes it an outstandingly strategical game. ... I am reading a book on how the mind works and I have found that many people have a hard time redirecting their thought process. ... Psychologically talking your self down step by step is not easily achieved. ...
I used to believe that I operated very well in groups, but during this year, I found out that I have a few faults that need correcting, and am in the process of re-evaluating my values and myself. ... Perhaps they would have worked easily if they liked what they were working on and weren"t simply being forced to do dull and tedious tasks of no interest to them. ...
The emotion of guilt easily, if not eventually, crashes through the seemingly unbreakable walls of insanity. ... This is easily recognizable to the reader as an eye with a cataract. ... Only a madman would bother to look at an old man sleep when it is his eye that torments him: "And I did this for seven long nights-every night just at midnight-but found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye" (1472). ... Any sane person knows that a dead heart does not beat: "I found that the noise was not within my ears"(...
The thing that shows Winston's fatalistic flaw in this passage of the book was that him and Julia talked about the brotherhood, in times when they could have easily been seen or heard, and Winston didn't seem to care at all. ... The diary he kept, and more importantly, didn't hide or keep covered showed that deep down he thought it was going to found anyway, so why bother to hide it. ...
Recently, being in this course I found out I do have a thing for writing essays that I'm not horrible at writing papers and there are people who want me to succeed in life. Every paper I ever done while taking this course I have always got good feedback from the professor telling me how much work I put in to it and that the only thing is my grammar but can easily be fixed. ... I mean it was difficult to find over my issue but I made it through and found a way to finish my paper on time without an issue. ...
In short, I liked the story for I could easily picture the events and characters in my head and I was comfortable with reading the story for it was told without using too much flowery words and the narration of events were clear, solid, and simple. It was also easy to read and understand for I was "at home- with the story and I felt that I could easily relate to the characters and I felt as though I could understand them better than most of the characters in other stories. ... She then found out that it was from her past lover. ...
This theme can be found in such short stories as "Report on the Barnhouse Effect," "The Euphio Question," and "Harrison Bergeron." ... It is through a step-by-step examination of the short stories that one can easily see the theme of the unshackled mind. ... Another example of total disregard for life and property due to the mind shackling is found on (pg 182), "Susan and I arrived just in time to join the cheering as a big elm crashed down on our sedan. ... It is not necessarily clear, but that fact that he writes it and doesn't use a negative connotation shows that Vonnegut has an ...
I think that in order to meditate properly, seclusion is necessary because our minds are easily distracted and in order to focus ones thoughts and clear ones head, its necessary to be in a private place, but not for your entire life. 8) Enlightenment means detachment from the world, a feeling of peace and distance from all pain and suffering. ... I believe the only peace can be found in the Love of Christ, and that love and emotion is not a burden, but a gift, and that our lives are to be lived not trying to avoid suffering and rid ourselves of it, but to persevere through it and learn from i...
They would more easily be able to differentiate between the true meaning of life from the surface meaning of life. ... Mental pictures often form in one's head and do not as easily leave the mind as they entered. ... Man becomes consumed in the natural, rather than looking to the supernatural, which is found in everyday occurrences. ...
Her next piece I enjoyed was The Telescope 1963 oil on canvas.as I looked at it I was wondering if it represented the outside world is just an illusion, I really liked this piece and could easily see it in my collection because it makes you think about the world around us. ... The Rothko Chapel, however was where I found myself for at least 30 minutes studying hhis work. ... I found myself right in the middle of the chapel. ...
Hugh underrated Alf and believed he was just an impolite and selfish man but when he easily repairs their car, Hugh comes into realization of just how important people can be. ... Hugh had found out more about Poppy and the unforgivable mistakes he's made in the past. Hugh found out all the horrible truths about his grandfather but Hugh soon overcame his faults and loved him as a best friend. ...
I could also agree with that Dave Matthews Band's songs are highly poetic because I found those metaphors used in the lyrics were appreciable. However, I could not see the meaningful messages the song 'Don't drink the water' is intended to deliver without the intentional 'seeking' for the meaning found in the songs. ... Furthermore, I interpreted those Dave Matthews's songs were particularly valuable due to their 'multicultural features' found in their melodies, beats, and even the lyrics. ... In a nutshell, an aesthetic value is what makes you f...
They were easily deceived by theories they wanted to be true. ... The skull which was found was in fact a forgery. The interesting point here is that we still have not found our link with the past. ... Eiseley in the end suggest that this secret is found within the dead and not in the living. ...
What is stress? Stress is a part of day to day living. As a college student I experience stress meeting academic demands, adjusting to a different schedule every week, or developing relationships with others. The stress I or anyone else experience is not necessarily harmful; in fact, stress is a nor...
The assignments were normally just answering the questions at the end of each chapter, which we could easily find the answers, simply some dates, names and locations of each events, in the book because they were usually in bold. ... We then found out that the more we were challenged under the problem-posing education, the more they would want to respond to it because it helped us not only to be open with our opinions but also to be able to relate one question to another, and in the end to practice the creativity inside of us. ...
Way of the Peaceful Warrior This is the first book of its kind, Spiritual or New Age that I have ever read. I have to admit, I wasn't sure if I would really be able to get into this epic journey after reading the back of the book. It all sounded too strange. Like many who have chosen t...
Many themes and symbols related and leading to evil can be found in this story, such as: the black box, blindly following tradition and customs, stoning, hypocrisy..." ... In the story, family members turn against one another so easily and without any pangs of conscience. ...
When Jo found no happiness from theher dysfunctional reunion of her three daughters, she yet again turned to her past for ideas. ... The past can be easily glorified through the eyes of its beholder, and consequently tempts a person to try to relive it. ...
These authors also spoke out against ongoing trends in society that they found disagreeable much the way Orwell does. ... This is interesting because authors of fiction could fall victim to the habit of ready-made phrases as easily as those of the other institutes of language. ...
