Essays on Feeling Page 18

All of these scenes show that an individual’s inability to control their selfish desires leads o conflict. Conflict whilst selfish desire is in play, tends to get more aggravated as it is what a certain person wants. Juliet in her case has no care or intention whatsoever to follow her generations hatred. At the end…

The poem “Bored” by Margaret Atwood, is a poem that tells many different things in each line. It is a poem that evokes many different feelings in me such as feelings of boredom, happiness, and sadness. This poem has some ambiguous meanings to me and maybe to the writer as well. “Bored” is a poem…

Shame is the result of feeling guilty, inadequate, improper, dishonored, or disgraced. This distressing emotion can stem from external sources like those around us or internal sources like our conscience. In the story “Shame,” Dick Gregory recounts his encounters with shame, both externally and internally motivated. The shame he faced as a young child stemmed…

My alma mater called and requested that I give an inspirational speech during the graduation rites of its Grade School Department. Odd. A week before, I made a self-assessment and determined I wanted more training / experience in public speaking. Hmmm… What can I say? The universe will conspire to get you what you want,…

In the contemporary world founded on a broad scope of social structures, different people and groups of persons interact cohesively with one another at a varied length. In the process of this interaction, appreciation comes as a fundamental precept that defines the state of cohesion, interaction and response between one another. In the generalized scope…

Ethics play an integral and necessary part in our lives. An individual’s course of action is dictated by which ethical model they adhere to. Ethics answers the question, “What do I do? ” It is the study of right and wrong. “At a more fundamental level, it is the method by which we categorize our…

Ignorance, pride, hatred and a neglect for the well-being of others in society. These are the seeds leting the roots of activities advancing racial favoritism to shoot. Out of that, comes the growing of a fearful societal epidemic, in which uneducated individuals put their destructive ideas and point of views into action. These condemnable activities…

Mothers play a crucial role in shaping the identity of children, as acknowledged by many kids. Good mothers have a strong desire to provide their children with the best and are willing to go to great lengths to achieve this goal. In “Two Kinds,” a story by Amy Tan, there is a conflict of intentions…

“Death by Scrabble,” a short story by Charlie Fish, displays a particularly intricate design of irony in a variety of ways. Beginning with the bold statement “It’s a hot day and I hate my wife.” The irony extends from the opening sentence into the subsequent three pages of enclosed cynicism. The enunciation from the opening…

The True Purpose of Compulsory Education in American Schools Connie Nollner University of Alaska Anchorage Presented to Victoria Sansome In partial fulfillment of the requirements For ENGL A111 Abstract John Gatto, a school teacher in the Manhattan area, taught for thirty years at various schools. Throughout his teaching career, Gatto observed that students often found…