When we are presented with a situations in which we are fearful of, our brain gives us two options, lets call it the low road and the high road. The low road is a more emotional response that immediately anticipates the worst situation based out of fear. ... The high road is the much more preferable choice, but so many of us, like Morgan with the ant, choose the low road in stressful situations. ... This is because Morgan chose the low road and let his emotions and fear get the best of him. ... Curious people tend to choose the high road more often which allows them to make better decisions. ...

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The metaphor of nature for the imagination is used in The Road Not Taken1, Journey to the Interior2, and Wherever I May Roam3, with the "cover" story of all three pieces being of a journey through natural, untamed scenery. ... In The Road Not Taken, Frost uses the images of an autumn wood and a place where the road he is travelling splits in two. ... The "vacant wilderness" suggests that in Journey to the Interior, as in The Road Not Taken this is a lonely and remote location, where one can only trust in themselves to make the right decisions... "...and the road becomes my bride". .....

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When they went on a family vacation to Florida, they had to take the road from Tampa to Miami. Dillard says "Anyone could drive over this road without a thought" (Dillard 242), but in her mother's case, the road was more than just pavement. ... The roads name was the "Tamiami Trail" or sometimes referred to as the "Alligator Alley". ... A road isn't just some pavement and a name. A road is something someone goes through a lot of pain and suffering to build and the name of it has to go through some sort of process before becoming official. ...

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The road to a healthy personality is like a road itself. ... Ones ability to adapt to this constantly changing road is one of the most important components of a healthy personality. ... You can add new shiny paint to show of its physical appearance and you can add snow tires to adapt to different road conditions in the future. ...

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Conflicting Nature Have you ever loaned money to someone only to never get it back? In the short story "The Rich Brother" by Tobias Wolff, the same situation arises when Pete loans Donald some money. Pete says, "You won't pay me back. You can't. You don't know how. All you've ever done is take. ...

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She uses phrases like "Chevrolets easing down the roads to one's bones" (Line 10-11) to give the poem a playful feel and to create humor in her poem, making it easier for the reader to understand some of the difficult concepts she wants to convey. ...

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Where we perceive a series of choices as having different outcomes on one hand, or we have the illusion of choice, but in actuality, all roads lead to the same end points no matter what conscious decision we try to make. ...

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John Keats "Ode to Psyche" is a lyrical poem that is revealed through a euphoric utopia where ideas and aspirations become the fundamental elements that maintain the human spirit. The persona's perpetual love for the goddess Psyche is clear by way of his proposal to create the perfect life for her....

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1 Everyone passes strangers throughout life. Each stranger has a life completely different than the people we pass each day. But every now and again we are similar in thought. Although we know not what each thinks, our thoughts converge in similar fashions. Whether it be something in the sky...

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When we enter our house after a long day at work or a summer's vacation, we never think twice about how our physical environment plays an extremely significant role in our lives. The size of the house, the colors of the walls, the arrangement of the furniture, and the surrounding neighborhood seem ...

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The Song of Despair, written by Pablo Neruda, tells a story of how the speaker in the poem describes someone that they loved. During the poem, the speaker, which is unknown if they are a male or female, uses many different examples that they have been abandoned. In this essay, I will discuss how the...

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Life expires; mortality is inevitable. This ominous thought lingers in the minds of humanity and is what drives a system of beliefs that coincide with ethical values to help make sense of life. This is known as religion. God, the Holy Spirit, the Divine Being, He controls fate before and after death...

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Kicking the Habit Everyone has some type of bad habit. Everyone. Now granted, some have less than others and some bad habits are more destructive than others. Always remember there are two types of bad habits; those that are known, and others that are unknown. Regardless of the type, bad habits...

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Success is a number of things resulting in the various levels of adventures on which we embark, but can be bring it to life. Sure, we can, we could turn a person, place, thing, or idea into something that is a living thing that is part of the success we achieved. One could pinpoint such a concept on...

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There's no greater teacher than experience. The story of this one experience taught me a valuable lesson that there are still some trustworthy people in this world. Trust has never been an easy thing for me. Throughout my younger years in school, often times, I was bullied. I remember one time, as I...

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"And it seemed as though in a little while the solution would be found, and then a new and splendid life would begin; and it was clear to both of them that they had still a long, long road before them, and that the most complicated and difficult part of it was only just beginning."" ...

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A Critical Review of Loren Eiseley: The Limitation of Mankind Through the passing of time Homo sapiens have been "in control" for a relatively minuscule era. Man has evolved throughout this era by creating new technologies and civilizations. Today many of our everyday dealings are riddled with ...

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A Room of Many Thoughts One of the first things to notice about A Room of One's Own is that it is not a typical lecture. It rambles and flows back and forth, in and out. It is more narrative than Logic. It breaks many of the conventions of a formal address. Why does Virginia Woolf choose to...

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Abstract Many people do not see baseball as a mental sport, but baseball is considered to be ninety percent mental and ten percent physical. In order to be successful, one must train his mental approach before, during and after the game. This much training of the mind is broken down into three main points of the research: the automatic brain, self-confidence and mental toughness. The sources of this research were extremely relevant to baseball psychology as I incorporated two baseball psychiatrists, and three different professional annalists of the game who share their opinions and personal ex...

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Either way it will be a long road to recovery for Holden although it will most likely be made much easier if his family especially his parents support him in his therapy and even join him in a few sessions. ...

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Dr. Heinrich lived an ordinary life. Every day he would go down to his lab and try to unlock the secrets of the human mind. His cognitive science position was a very complex job, of course. It often was frustrating work. His world was at a very competitive age and the government he worked for had wa...

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It can be said that we all seek light, because we all seek truth, so there can be roads to false fulfillment and false spiritual enlightenment by following a light that does not lead to the ultimate light, or the ultimate truth. ...

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