Essays on Expectations

Throughout literary history, the titling of a novel, play or poem can, has and will continue to define not just what a book will be filed under, but how it is received by the readership and critics alike. In the case of Dickens’ “Great Expectations”, the thematically driven ambiguity of the title allows readers and…

Compare and Contrast of Attitudes, Expectations, and Behavior between Men and Women In this existence of full of vagueness and the ever-fleeting prospect of change, there is only one constant which holds to be an unbending truth in all thinkable dimensions, feasible planes of realities, and possibly in every crack and crease across the universe….

In 586 B.C.E. the neo-Babylonian armies of Nebuchadnezzar raided and destroyed the city of Jerusalem, forcing its people to flee. The majority of the Judean leaders and aristocracy were relocated in Babylon, and lived in relative isolation from even their captors. The Exile robbed them of their wealth, their homes, their nation, and even their…

Expectations for boys and girls are extremely high in today’s society. A lot of people feel pressure in today’s society and so much so that some people feel the need to take their own lives. Some people are able to rise above societies expectations, but that is incredibly hard to do and not everybody is…

Failure in the beginning can often be a powerful incentive to reassess one’s position in wanting to achieve the particular aims; to analyses whether the purpose is worth the trouble the person has to undergo and the whether the obstacles are surmountable. Practical and pragmatic strategies must be put in place if one repeatedly fails…