Essays on Feeling

Contradiction in the mind, we struggle between decisions. Whether it is correct or not, it leaves an indelible memory. In Tim O’Brien’s confessional writing, Ambush, he creates a flashback and recalls his memory in Vietnam. With detail descriptions, Tim O’Brien expresses his guilt towards killing an innocent young man. Furthermore, reinforcing his opposition against war…

Honey wake up, its time Sara stood there in shock. She had never seen her mom that way. Her mom had said in her warm, soothing voice, Honey its going to be fine, we are moving to a better place. From then on Saras life became a quick flash of an endless nightmare. Being peer-pressured…

The short story “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather introduces us to a young man who fears becoming ordinary and unremarkable like the people and things around him. Paul is driven to escape his dull life due to how others perceive him. He feels stifled by his mundane surroundings and finds comfort in the theater, which…

During the time of World War II, people considered inferior to the Nazis were sent off to concentration camps. Determining who lives and who dies was done mainly by separating those who are healthy and able to work from those who are not. So in order for these inmates to survive, they had to make…

Your intuition ascends from a feeling within yourself that only you can experience. Since this feeling is so personal, nobody besides you can weigh in on it; this is only your instinct and not someone else’s. You alone have to make the determination. Because of this, trusting your intuition is the ultimate act of trusting…

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is a test designed to accurately identify a person’s personality. It consists of seventy questions aimed at determining a person’s focus of attention, preferred method of taking in information, decision-making style, and preferred lifestyle. I eagerly awaited this test and put in a concentrated effort to give the most precise answers….

“Nothing Special” is a wonderful short story that details the happy and not so special moments of two characters and their close friends and family. Written by Viktoria Tokareva, it is realistically optimistic yet at the same time incredibly depressing story about two people who fall in love but cannot be together due to their…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short narrative written by F. Scott Fitzgeraldon May 1922. It was subsequently adapted into a film in 2008. The narrative is one of its sorts as it is about a individual named Benjamin Button who is born with a organic structure of a deceasing adult male in…

”Reunion” is a short story, written by John Cheever. John William Cheever was an American short story writer and novelist, who lived 70 years from May 27, 1912 to June 18, 1982. He is known worldwide as “the Chekhov of the suburbs” and for his many short stories and novels.1 The short story “Reunion”, which…

“What is Stony Brook University?” I said, as I read through my emails after a college showcase. As I was about to delete the email from the school I‘d never heard of, my mother stopped me. Her and my father both told me that I should never write off a school that showed any interest…