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Heart of Darkness is in its entireness non an fable. Its surface is excessively profound and meaningful to let itself to be interpreted in more than two ways. There are nevertheless several parts in the novel that intimation at the antonym and that prove that the context of the novel can be seen from more…

An often-overlooked fact of life’s complexities is how fragile existence and the things that make it up are by their very nature. The notion that “everything’s made to be broken” is a deep theory that challenges our perceptions on permanence and the essence of worth, from the delicate petals of a flower to the transitory…

As an individual it is important to analyze and prioritize personal values, however, it becomes more crucial when that individual is a teacher affecting the lives of the future generations to come. Having the opportunity to shape young minds every day is one of my favorite aspects of being a teacher. It is important for…

Karen is the Human Resources Director at the clinic where you work.  A new position has opened for a CNA in the OB department where you work as a volunteer.  You are aware that Karen’s daughter has applied for the position and that Karen has already stated that she knows that her daughter would be…

Self-Identity, Freedom, and Death in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” The story of an hour by Kate Chopin introduces us to Mrs. Mallard as she reacts to her husband’s death. In this short story, Chopin portrays the complexity of Mrs. Mallard’s emotions as she is saddened yet joyful of her loss. Kate Chopin’s…

What do we want? How do we get what we want? The question we really should be asking is how can we be happy. All of our lives we strive for happiness. We grasp at things that never really fill our emptiness, our longing for happiness. In John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, almost…

The significance of life. defined by Victor E. Frankl. is the will to happen your significance in life. It is non the significance of life in general. but instead the specific significance of a person’s life at a given minute. He believes that if you are approached with the inquiry of “what is the significance…

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher with a very intellectual brain and set many ideas in different arts and sciences. He founded formal logic and embedded framework for Western thinking for hundreds of years (Kenny, Amaido). Aristotle had a view that was very unique on friendship, and he believed that there were the different kinds…

It is well known that life eventually comes to an end, but does it work the same way for love? Shakespeare challenges the idea of infinite love in his widely famous love Sonnet, Sonnet 18. William Shakespeare is a famous poet of the 16th century. He was born in 1564 in Stratford and became famous…

The three philosophers discussed in this paper are Paulo Freire, John Dewey, and bell hooks. Those philosophers’ philosophies are connected to each other. John Dewey said that education should be progressive education, meaning that the teacher should be able to teach students by having them doing hands-on activities based on individual needs. John Dewey believed…