Soren Kierkegaard, in his struggle to understand human existence, believed that time is a major factor for this understanding. As humans, we exist in time, and therefore it is an aspect of human nature, given that anything human entails human nature. ... In order to do this we will need to develop Kierkegaard's conception of the self, and the difference between spatialized time and life time. ... Let us say that it is now six fifty nine in the morning and this person starts work at eight o"clock and in order to get to work on time they have to be up by seven o"clock at the latest, I s...

• Word Count: 3547
• Approx Pages: 14

A Last Wish On a warm spring day on Sept. 23 1978 in the little town of Beaufort, Carolina, when the wind smells of pine and the flowers bloom, Matthew remembers his senior year at Regan High and Jennifer, the girl who changed his life. ... As Jennifer walked toward the back of the room with a big smile on her face, a girl tripped her and all her books drop to the floor, everyone started to laugh. ... Your changing " and I told him " I don"t care what you think life's to short to care what others think of you" and from that moment I knew Jennifer changed my ways of life , at l...

• Word Count: 2839
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This novel is set in present time, outback Australia. ... It was getting hard to remember that this fast thinking guy, who"d just spent 15 minutes getting us laughing and talking and feeling good again, wasn't even trusted to hand the books out at school." ... Homer has an older brother and has always been stubborn and strong minded, he grew up with Ellie, and in the war seemed to know the right thing to say at the right time. ... Said Fi, "I"m with Corrie, scared out of my skin, but I can't imagine the rest of my life if I don't." ...

• Word Count: 2918
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School