Essays on Regret

The poem “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen, written in third person, presents a young British soldier who lost his legs from the First World War. The soldier is left in solitude, as he no longer appears charming to the others and his sufferings from the war changed him into a completely different man. Therefore, Owen presents…

The ending of A Lesson Before Dying gives the reader a sense of despair and then portrays a sense of optimism. Gaines writing is unique because the reader feels this hope for the future and optimism without Gaines having to say it. Instead, he wrote about the execution and the hope was picked up from…

Belonging is dependent on the perspective of the individual Belonging is an inevitable human condition that empowers an individual for better or sometimes for worse. It is a concept that deals with the human need or desire to feel a connection with a person, place, community or thing. Perceptions and ideas of belonging, or of…

The Road Not TakenEveryone is a traveler, carefully choosing which roads to follow on the map of life.There is never a straight path that leaves one with but a single direction in which to head.Robert Frosts “The Road Not Taken” can be interpreted in many different ways.The shade of light in which the reader sees…

William James wrote, “Determinism leads us to call our judgments of regret wrong, because they are pessimistic in implying that what is impossible yet ought to be. ” (1) I intend to make an argument against James, on the basis that determinism does not consent human beings to completely neglect moral responsibility. I shall first…