From the quote, "Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth", it can be interpreted that life for us all had started from birth and from this, our destiny began. ... You have done what you had to do to get you where you are, and you have all the power within your hands to make something of it. ...
A quote from the book says "Why am I to die, you to wander on alone? ... This quote shows the original impact of the death on Gilgamesh & how he could do nothing but sit there and watch his friend die. Another quote is "Gilgamesh wept bitterly for his friend. ... I picked this quote because I thought it truly should the impact of the friendship. ... The power of a friend can change decisions you make, affect you as a person, and save you life in some cases. ...
He introduces this theme at the beginning of the novel by quoting Darwin. ... Many of these scenes show characters struggling to gain control over death and to elude the grasp of its agents, such as the Home Guard, who have the power to decide who lives and who dies. ...
This quote is relevant as death associates moments with color, and in this instance death uses colour to portray an entire race of people which is relevant to modern racism in todays society, and how colour is relative to life and death in historical periods like Nazi Germany. ... This quote is also ironic, as in one half it explains how summer was going nicely for Liesel the German child with her childhood progressing colourfully, when in contrast the colors are symbolic of all the deaths occurring and loss Germany is encountering. ... Zusak used written texts to symbolise the power of words....
When I read this poem I was amazed at what a poet Judith Write was to use so much power and expression in the poetry that she writes she used a lot of metaphors repetition and rhetorical techniques. ... I will state again that she used power and expression in this poem to express her feelings about pregnancy and love. ... Some of the quotes and techniques are antithesis, emotive language, metaphors. ...
In Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen, Harrison describes Aldiss's social commentary by quoting Aldiss saying that in his work, " the use of the future is a metaphor for today," (Harrison 100). Unlike popular theories, Aldiss isn't afraid of the power of artificially intelligent systems. Instead, Aldiss is afraid of Man's power and Man's potential to do wrong. Creating intelligence is a power and a responsibility that Aldiss believes Man is not ready for. As Beusmans and Wieckert argue, "The lack of attention to issues of responsibility in computer s...
He recalls the many ways in which circles influence the Power of the World, and now the Wasichus (the term for the White man) have put them in the square houses thus taking their power away. ... It is a bad way to live, for there can be no power in a square." ... In truth, Black Elk says, "Our power is gone and we are dying, for the power is not in us anymore. ... Now that the Wasichus have broken the essential loop, according to Black Elk, "Our [their] power is gone and we [they] are dying, for the power is not in us [them] any more". ... A quote on the back cover states plainly that this ...
Joseph Campbell states "Now the snake in most cultures is given a positive interpretation The serpent represents the power of life engaged in the field of time, and of death, yet eternally alive- (Power of Myth, page 47). ... (Power of Myth, Page 81). ... There's no chance of relapsing back to boyhood after a show like that- (Power of Myth, page 82). ... "The power of life causes the snake to shed its skin, just as the moon sheds its shadow. ... That's an image of life- (Power of Myth, page 45). ...
"The Child's Sight" by Hy Sobiloff, demonstrates the power a child has to give adults another chance or reminder of childhood. ... "They have given me back the bliss of my senses" These two lines capture the power that children have which was mentioned earlier. ... With this childish wisdom they have the power to remind adults about the simplicities in life which at one time were so appealing. ... The lines that make up this quote capture the imagination of a young child: "Wherever we went there was a world beyond belief." ... When one loses this key (one's youth), one also l...
His arrogant departing smile and rhetorical quote but for the grace of god' signifies his keenness to leave. ... In the beginning quotes such as master of life and death and my new prize' indicate the Childs immortal persona once the child kills the owl quotes such as I watched afraid' and I saw those eyes mirror my cruelty' mirrors the sorrow and regret the child begins to endure imagery has also been implement for example owl hops' and hobbled in blood' reflect the cruel act that transforms the child. ... The use of the oxymoron ancient innocence&#x...
The following quote explains the flower's diminutive relationship with God: "These are thy wonders, Lord of power, Killing and quickning, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an houre; Making a chiming of a passing-bell, We say amisse, This or that is: Thy word is all, if we could spell"(Flower 15-21). The flower submits to God's absolute power. ... According to Herbert, we have as much power to resist God as the flower does, which is none. ... It knows who holds the power and it also knows that it possesses no ability to resist it; this is the message Herbert is attempting to ...
The Samsa family has control over Gregor in his bug form, so they have power over what food Gregor consumes. ... Gregor receives the scraps, he never has any power over what he is given to eat. ... The notion of control The Metamorphosis and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is clearly shown from the ideas and quotes from each of the novels. Starting at the living areas, to daily routines of both characters power is exerted over everyday life. ...
As I Lay Dying "I would look forward to the times when they faltered, so I could whip them-, quoted Addie. ... This idea was that after death there's no paradise, angels, or an almighty power. ... Perhaps this woman wants power. Throw away morality and you can create your own power. ...
Knight, Mark Scott, and Victor Cahn all mention in support of the widely held view that, in Hamlet, Shakespeare is attempting to make a comment about the complexity of the human mind, and the power that a person's ment! ... This last quote explains quite accurately how Hamlet lived his life, or better yet, started to live his life. "Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long... ...
In the way that society has become more dependent of technology, with it now being at home, work, restaurants and at the tip of our fingertips shows the power it holds over the lives of those who use it. Nicholas Carr and Sherry Turkle help this perspective of technology and the power it has. ... A few Google searches, some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I've got the telltale fact or pitchy quote I was after....
Although symbols are simple manifestations of the human mind each have many layers of meaning, and are frequently overlooked in terms of their power to provide us with intuition, healing, substance and significance on a daily basis. ... The power given to these elements where essential to their lives. ... Aside from the importance of consciousness, Moore also suggests the importance of the unconscious that takes place in dreams, and gives acknowledgement to Freud's famous quote dreams are, "the royal road to the soul." ... The sacred arts of life provides us with insights into the bloom o...
The gift, symbolizes life and that someone in supreme power, like a God or Goddess is releasing this power to the world. ... Or it could be that the gift of life is what is placed in your hands, and you and only you have the power to live it. ... Here the author symbolizes and quotes "the impossible tower of dishes" to symbolize the fact that no matter how magnificent life can be, it can all change at any given moment. ...
All Keating has done, is said through a quote in the film "The Matrix" I can show you the door, but you are the one who must walk through it. ... Overall Keating's inspiring and fascinating teaching methods gave Neil the opportunity and self-esteem that he needed to succeed in life, but Mr Perry's over powering and overwhelming manner drove Neil to end his life in a manner, that if he was alive today, he might regret. ...
Victor does not feel that he has enough power to help those around him; he would rather keep the evil secret about the monster to himself than to ever tell anyone that he has ever loved. ... This quote specifically says "first," as if to apply that there will be many more to come. ...
Line 48 of the poem is a quote from The Tempest by Shakespeare, when Ferdinand, after a shipwreck has dashed all his hopes, becomes enchanted by a spirit. ... The Fisher King is a mythic figure whose loss of power or fertility produces a corresponding drought in his kingdom. ...
Harmony (Kindle Location 1665) The above quote is expressed by the Austrian philosopher, Viktor Schauberger, in Prince Charles's book, Harmony. ... There is one substance, one law and one reason common to all intelligent beings and one truth, as there must be one sort of perfection of all beings who are of the same nature and partake of the same rational power.' ...
Pg 121 This quote stresses the idea of human injustice towards outsiders. ... In Shelley's time, the power of human reason, through science and technology, challenged many traditional precepts about the world and man's relationship with his creator. ...
Another instance of this fallacy can be found on page 125 when they quote the United States Declaration of Independence; "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights that among these rights are life....that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men." ... They offer the following two premises to justify that claim, that being "the system of legal and political rights guards the individual "from the abuses of arbitrary power, by both the state and other individuals" ...
Introduction Over the years, there have been countless philosophers and scientists - as well as billions of everyday people - believing in a higher power and questioning how the world came to be. ... For example, Francis Galton states, "I do not see why any insolence of caste should prevent the gifted class, when they had the power, from treating their compatriots with all kindness, so long as they maintained celibacy. ... Not all hold this view, but those who are considered to be evolutionists with no belief in a higher power often do. ...
