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People of this world confuse themselves. We believe in one thing but don’t truly know what it means. Some practice religion; some don’t. We try to pretend that we know our purpose but do we really know? In Grendel by John Gardner, it talks about this creature/monster that is in conflict with what his purpose…

“The Birth of Venus” was painted in 1863 and is currently on display in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, France (Rosenbloom, 1989). Nude paintings and similar erotic subjects were popular during this time and as a result, Napoleon III immediately purchased this painting for his own private collection (Rosenbloom, 1989). This painting can be considered…

The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea traces the journeys of twenty-six men traveling across the border through one of the most treacherous deserts known to man “The Devil’s Highway. ” The author’s purpose was to let the world be aware of the events going on all around, with the simple modes of persuasion (pathos,…

Dualism of Descartes against Plato’s dualism in `Republic` Introduction Initially, the Greek philosopher Plato is considered to be the main supporter of dualism. Dualism is related to his theory of the eternity of the soul, as conveyed in Republic. Plato put forward not only the idea of a life after death however an existence of…

The impact of a social group on an individual, specifically young children and teenagers, is referred to as Peer Pressure. These individuals often feel compelled to conform to their peer group, which are typically cliques made up of friends around the same age. It is important to note that Peer Pressure can have both negative…

The New Right ideology that arose after Margaret Thatcher blends elements from both neo-Liberal and neo-Conservative ideologies, despite occasional conflicts. These distinctions set the New Right apart from traditional Conservatism. The New Right encompasses principles of neo-liberalism such as a non-interventionist stance towards welfare, strong backing for individualism and the expanding middle class, and limited…

Question 1: Thomas Hobbes proposed a radical and contradictory explanation about the origin and purpose of the state in his book Leviathan. According to Hobbes, the State is formed through a social contract between the government and its people. Hobbes argues that without a central authority to instill fear, individuals live in a state of…

            The Austrian Psychoanalyst Alfred Adler who developed the theory and founded the school Individual Psychology that focuses on each person’s uniqueness pointed out that a person’s action may be mainly motivated by the forces of his social interactions. This makes Adler’s theory become widely used and adapted in counseling. This kind of therapy can…

Today is a day of great sadness in the world of literature. Although I did not have the opportunity to personally know Amy Bender, her writing deeply affected my emotions. The news of her sudden death was incredibly shocking and left me feeling overwhelmed with sorrow. In her novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake,…

Must the author be dead to make way for the birth of the reader? In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes asserts that the author is dead because he/she is no longer a part of the deep structure in a particular text. To him, the author does not create meaning in the…