The novel, Ordinary People, written by Judith Guest, is a story about a teenager named Conrad Jarret going from being a young boy to an adult within a year. ... People were, you know, turned on all the time. ... This quote is trying to say that at the hospital people were like machines. ... Berger even told con that, "People do not change on command for other people." ...
In the movie "Ordinary People", one of the main characters, Conrad, has many problems communicating with people and having relationships with them. ... I think this also caused him to have problems communicating with people effectively. ... So many people in his life expect him to remain unchanged despite the death of his brother, and as a result he has trouble communicating with people and expressing his feelings, because he IS changed. ... Berger's advice, and to forget about what other people expect from him. ... If they are unable to see their own good qualities, how can they exp...
In the novel Ordinary People, by Judith Guest, she uses the theme courage and lack of it continuously to show how the characters are unable to achieve greatness because of it. ... Most people who commit suicide try it again, and Conrad has to live everyday with the pressure of not attempting to kill himself again. ...
A psychiatric disorder is a mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that causes either suffering or an impaired ability to function in ordinary life, and which is not a developmental or social norm. ... These disorders are most commonly diagnosed amongst people today. ... People with schizophrenia attempt suicide more often than people in the general population, and estimates are that up to 10 percent of people with schizophrenia will complete a suicide in the first 10 years of the illness particularly young men with schizophrenia. ... People with schizophrenia attempt suicide more ...
Raskolnikov, downtrodden, and psychologically battered, believes himself to be exempt from the laws of ordinary men. ... Both philosophers believed that there were a certain, select, handful of extraordinary people in the world. Both believed that these extraordinary people were above the laws of ordinary men and did not have to submit to their moral code. ...
John Doe is sitting in his chair reading his newspaper with his hot cup of tea, nothing really out of the ordinary then he hears something. ... Other people just like this have had these weird experiences that just cannot be explained. People have actual haunted houses that have ghosts in them. People have related their personal experiences and their views on ghosts. ...
Holden Caufield in the dark novel "Catcher in the Rye" and Conrad Jarrett in "Ordinary People" prove this point to be true. ... Judith Guest, author of "Ordinary People", shows Conrad as a young man, confused and hurt by so many things such an adolescent shouldn't have to endure. ... Many people fall in and out of Holden's life throughout the novel. Holden seems to be asking for help from various people. ... He's blind to the fact that he uses other people's superficiality to hide and run from maturity. ...
Raskolnikov thought he was helping the society by his right to eliminate unneeded people. ... Raskolniklov's theory states there are tow types of people in the world, "ordinary" men and "extraordinary" men. "Ordinary" men have no right to reshape the laws because they are not superior, yet "extraordinary" men has the right because he is superior. ... Throughout the book many people suffer. ...
Raskolnikov thought he was helping the society by his right to eliminate unneeded people. ... Raskolniklov's theory states there are tow types of people in the world, "ordinary" men and "extraordinary" men. "Ordinary" men have no right to reshape the laws because they are not superior, yet "extraordinary" men has the right because he is superior. ... Throughout the book many people suffer. ...
Sometimes the victims are famous people like J.F.K, or President Lincoln. Often the victim is an ordinary citizen such as a relative or friend. ... Owning a gun may save lives during a burglary, but it will also put a lot of people at risk. ... Police officers also come in contact with danger more often than people. Some people may own a gun for self-defense, instead of protecting themselves; they are adding more danger around them. ...
Physicians as well as ordinary people struggle to find an answer to the question: "Is there such a thing as a life not worthy to be lived?" ... I do not think causing suffocation with a plastic bag, which is one of the methods the supporters of assisted suicide use, is the way in which people would like to die. In addition, euthanasia activists exploit the natural fear people have of suffering and dying, and often imply that when cure is no longer likely, there are only two alternatives left, assisted suicide or unbearable pain. ... It is during the time of a terminal illness that people hav...
There were a crowd of people watching the miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus. ... The warning in "Lady Lazarus" applies to one of Plath's posthumous reputation.(179) She writes of her life as being ordinary and wants it to be exciting. ... Plath struggled everyday just to do what comes natural for people. ...
In the second line, the speaker refers to himself as a member of the "people on the pavement " (2), which does not include Cory. This sets him apart as an outsider that is regarded in a higher status, since he does not walk on the pavement with the rest of the ordinary crowd. ... He most likely had the privilege of being wealthy his entire life, which would explain why he has no interactions with the people who live down town. ...
There are patients with terminal illnesses who are experiencing a low quality of life with no hope for a recovery. Why should they be forced to live out painful weeks, months or even years and not be allowed to die on their own terms? Terminal patients should have a moral and legal right to die ho...
Raskolnikov's theory upon the existence of two separate types of man - the ordinary and the "extraordinary" – is quite egotistical and arbitrary. He argues that the intellectually "superior" or "extraordinary," including himself, have the right to kill as long as the deed ultimately serves beneficial to the world and the people around the victim. ... Raskolnikov's theory fundamentally results in the significant events of the novel and their aftermaths; he becomes even more mentally unstable after killing the pawnbroker, he becomes physically ill, a...
In "Death of a Salesman," Biff attempts to make Willy realize that the ideals he set for himself are false and that he is ordinary like the rest of the world. ... Willy did not choose suicide as a way out, but instead as one last determine attempt to prove he was more than average, because he believed his death would cause the mourning and payment of respect from a great many people. ...
