Specious present Essays

At the beginning, I was a little kid, and my parents got divorced. when I was a baby, I had to go to live in Ukraine with my grandpa and grandma. I just wanted to get that out of the way.I don't know much about that, but I know enough. This event has changed my life forever because I was growing up without a father and I feel like if my parents didn't get divorced than my life would be at a different point. I feel like that If my father was with me and my mom than we would be doing better than before

Shakespeare’s 73rd Sonnet, “That time of year thou mayst in me behold,” deals with nature and the natural decline of the human body. Despite the subject matter, the sonnet is optimistic; addressed to the sweet youth, the poem argues that the boy’s affection must be strong since he knows about his lover’s impending death yet continues to love him. The author compares himself to the seasons, a sunset, and the last embers of a fire in the first, second, and third quatrains, respectively. Common threads

In the first poem in the unit, The Passionate Shepherd to his Love composed by Christopher Marlowe explains how nature can bring love to unity and can essentially make love blossom into something beautiful to his love, the Nymph. Marlowe states in Stanza one “Come love with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills and fields, Woods or steepy mountains yields.” In stanza one Marlowe is essentially explaining how the valleys, groves, hills and fields will

In 1599, Christopher Marlowe wrote a poem called “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” This poem was a love poem and it was to create an idealized vision of rural life within the context of personal emotion. Marlowe uses diction and imagery to portray a simple but beautiful and fulfilling life for his love, if only she chooses to come live with him. In response to Marlowe’s poem, in 1600, Sir Walter Ralegh wrote “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd.” In contrast to Marlowe’s poem, Ralegh’s poem has

Mentoring is basically a relationship which gives individuals the chance to share their personal and professional skills and other experiences, and to develop and create all the while. Ordinarily, it is a coordinated relationship between a more experienced and a less experienced representative. It is based upon support, productive remarks, openness, common trust, appreciation and a readiness to learn and share. The mentoring program allows employees to have a mentor or a counsellor, which taking

Throughout Edward Said's essay, he conveys a greater reality to his condition of living in exile where he navigates his lack identity and how it reflects his conception of “home”. Said effectively uses a rhetorical appeal of pathos and uses methods of syntax, tone, and diction to further illuminate his point to his audience. Through this Said clearly conveys how his experience in exile has lead to his philosophical journey through understanding what his identity is. Edward Said was a professor

Antigone through an Anarchist and a Feminist lens by Mansour AlSubaie Antigone the Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles can be interpreted through several types of critical lenses. It can be best analyzed by an Anarchist and a Feminist lens for the following reason; the act of Antigone’s standing against Creon. In addition, to the act of Polynices going against Eteocles. These parts of the story are inspired by several cultural background tradition. Including the treatment of women which was a great

Everyone has a favorite shirt, they adore the way the color complements their skin tone or 1their hair or eyes. Maybe the shirt is even their favorite color, or a mix of colors. Since people have been wearing clothes, painting pictures, or decorating their homes and objects; colors have been involved. The blending of dyes and the mixing of pigments creates beautiful patterns and expresses people’s personalities and emotions. The use of color plays a big part in the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott

Throughout the book 1984 the government which is also known as the party has very meticulous standards on what it means to be a human in their society. The party limits what it means to be free in this government. Compared to how society is today there are very similar necessities that are needed to remain human in both the society of 1984 and the real world. In the novel 1984 the author George Orwell is foreshading to a deeper meaning of the saying “ Democracy means government by discussion, but

twisted, and augmented? This is conceivable and would give the forested areas a dim, enormous feeling to them that would make the experience considerably viler. The Jabberwock additionally burbles as it approaches. We comprehend “burble”, in the present vernacular, to mean the sort of clamor that an infant would make like a delicate, drivel sounds. This is clearly not the situation

Adultery: The Ultimate Form of Betrayal “The Forsaken Wife” by Elizabeth Thomas and “Verses Written on her Death-bed at Bath to her Husband in London” by Mary Monck both portray wives dealing with their husbands’ suspected, or known, adultery. Elizabeth Thomas’s utterly painful poem details a wife attempting to reconcile with the fact her husband has been unfaithful, the message of the poem being that although the husband doesn’t deserve the wife; she is going to “remain true”. The first stanza

reacts to to their experiences determines their outcome in life. History, memories, and the past encounters are never entirely separated from current events. In order for things to be set in motion in the present, past transgressions precede to teach valuable lessons that connects to the present. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and Let the Dead Bury the Dead by Randall Kenan are novels written that showcase how black people in America were treated during a time of civil unrest in the black community

Having goals can become a barrier that can prevent people from living in the present. In the movie, Ferris Buller’s Day off, Buller depicts that “life moves pretty fast. If you do not stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” The quote is significant as it pertains to life, and Siddhartha. Throughout the novel, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, the protagonist finds that life is short, so enjoy it and relax. Occasionally, we should stop and look around at our surroundings or else we may

Today, people do not think too much about forgiveness, that is why many people carry emotional marks from the past that do not let them move forward. In the novel Tuesdays with Morrie written by Mitch Albom, he tells us how professor Morrie teaches him the importance of forgiving others and himself. Also, professor Morrie tells him how important is to leave the past behind, to be able to have peace. Professor Morrie was a senior man who was 78 years old and was diagnosed with a terminal disease called

Kindred In the novel Kindred, the author uses the source of time travel to travel back to the nineteenth century in the United States, to experience the lifestyle of enslaved African Americans by the Whites. Traveling back in time, the author uses Dana to revert to slavery, experiencing abuse and having to adapt quickly to the environment. Readers can experience both mental and psychical experiences the antebellum slaves experienced during this time, though treatment varied from master to master

Since Tom’s social and political involvement increased, there was a shift in character. Before, Tom was only concerned on the present day, but he now begun to his character changed. Instead of being concerned about the present day, Tom decided to look forward to possibilities that the future will create. His developed maturity, changed in ideology, and his will to live his life for something greater is what earned him the

Paul D’s Tobacco Tin Can in Beloved One’s emotional openness can differ when they have been through traumatic events. Like the main character’s in Beloved written by Toni Morrison, most of the characters all have had to go through traumatic experiences and experience emotional distress. These traumatic situations and the emotional distress cause them to bury everything deep inside and never speak of their experiences again. Throughout this novel Morrison shows the societal views and opinions about

is getting onler. Also he believes that if he does not get older, Allie, his dead younger brother, will seem more alive. Holden is the type of person that mourns continuously no matter the time that has passed between this person’s death and the present time. However one must draw a line between mourning and stubbornly denying the fact that this person is gone. Holden does not know how to let go of his past and Allie as we see when is at the Museum and he says ”The best thing, though, in that museum

Coming Back is a novel by David Hill. In the book, the main character, Ryan, hits a girl, Tara, in a car crash and she is faced with the possibility of debilitating injuries. Throughout Tara's recovery process Ryan tries to fix his mistake and on the way finds out who he really is. Ryan is frequently described as a "nice kid". This is obvious throughout the novel as he never fails to be honest, own up to his mistakes and be loyal to the girl he hit and her recovery process. An example of him being

“The Sound of Thunder” takes place in modern america. The protagonist, Eckels goes to a safari tour to take him to a safari in the past, to kill a tyrannosaurus rex. The safari company is very cautious about not changing the past. Eckels accidentally walks off the path made by the safari; his tour guide is furious with him.They later figure out that Eckels accidentally stepped on, and killed a butterfly; this changed the future for the worse. Eckel’s tour guide is so furious with him at the end of