...In “The Scarlet Ibis”, written by James Hurst, and “The Cask of Amontillado”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, the characters in both works are the theme of Appearance versus Reality. The authors use Appearance versus Reality by revealing the cruel intentions of Montresor and the reality of how Doodle learned to walk. Both “The Scarlet Ibis” and “The Cask of Amontillado” are influenced by Appearance versus Reality as the plot progresses in both of these stories. The process of maturation in Doodle and Brother demonstrate the theme of Appearance versus Reality in “The Scarlet Ibis”. When Doodle was born, his family and the doctor presumed that he would not live to experience a full life. Even his own mother did not think that he would remain...
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...Explain Plato’s analogy of the cave. Plato, a famous Greek philosopher who wrote the ‘Allegory of the cave’ attempted to answer some philosophical questions (Why are we here? What is reality?). Plato tells the ‘Allegory of the Cave’ as a conversation between him and his teacher, Socrates, who inspired may of Plato’s philosophical theories. The Analogy of the cave is one of the most famous passages in Plato’s republic. Imagine prisoners being chained up in a cave, since their childhood. Theses prisoners are chained up and forced to look at the wall in the cave. The only source of light in the cave comes from a fire. Behind these prisoners is the fire and between them is a raised walkway, which allows people to walk through the cave. As the people walk through the cave their shadows are reflected onto the wall and their voices are cast as echoes. The prisoners assume that the echoes come from the shadows cast on the wall. This makes that prisoners believe that the shadows on the wall are real, because they are unable to see what is really happening. This means that the prisoners are unable to see the true causes of the shadows, as they are unable to see behind them. Suppose one of the prisoners is finally freed. This prisoner is forced into the real world; he feels confused and doesn’t understand what is going on. He naturally wants to go back to his familiar surroundings of the cave, if the prisoner is prevented from going back to the cave. Gradually his eyes become accustomed...
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...Can you learn life through a poem? In “Where the sidewalk ends” by Shel Silverstein he expresses laughter and living. Shel Silverstein always wants his readers to laugh, learn and have fun reading his poems. You will always be able to take something good from his poems and share to others. Shel Silverstein is one of the best Writers who’s poems will always be remembered. The poem “Where the Sidewalk ends” is teaching readers about youth, exploring, and versions of reality. In “Where the sidewalk ends” youth is a main part, because it is one of the targeted audiences who reads this poem. Also he teaches youth about growing up and being smart. As in this line “ for the children, they mark, and the children, they know the place where...
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...People who experience destructive environments introvert and escape the reality of their condition, and only the strong reemerge. Human nature is defensive and lashes out, only to conceal themselves again. Some deal with their irrational emotions by getting agitated, some freeze and numb, and some reject the outside. Those who are faithful walk strong in the day, and those who are hurting sulk in the night, and only those who find a medium between these extremes can find peace between total trust and total terror. Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor, and he has experienced this phenomenon. He followed his faith prudently, and believed that his god had cast to these people punishments to atone for their sins. He believed that he deserved...
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...The Bleeding Tree of Despair The short story “The Scarlet Ibis”, written by James Hurst, is about the narrator and his brother Doodle, having a so called “good relationship” as Brother teaches Doodle how to be “normal” before he starts school. Brother is embarrassed to have Doodle as a brother because of his physical disability. Brother teases, torments, and somewhat abuses Doodle because of it. Doodles body is very weak and because of Brothers forceful acts, Doodle died. Many may say Brother is caring because of his eagerness to help, but in reality Brother is selfish and impatient. Brother can be very kind to Doodle even when he doesn't realize it. Although, Brother is very cruel to Doodle, there are some moment when he realizes that...
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...Who made these actions? Brother decided to take actions due to his excessive pride. Brother was the one who decided to tell Doodle how to walk. On page 2, Brother says, “When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him.” Brother also had set himself other goals for him to teach Doodle like swimming, running, and hiking. On page 7, Brother says, “ I ran as fast as I could leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us.” Brother decided to teach Doodle how to walk, but he also decided decided to leave Doodle in the rain. Brother thought that if left Doodle in the rain he might start running because of being alone in the rain. The death of Doodle’s was a devastating death caused by bad pride. The author believes that pride can make people have fake realities of life or situations when pride comes in a negative way, causing pain, and cruelty. Referring to the quote by James C. Maxwell, Brother had more of the bad pride in him than good. Pride was an important role in Brother’s words, thoughts, and actions. An example of good pride from Brother can be found on page 3. Brother says, “But all of us must have something or someone to be proud of, and...
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...It was a normal middle school day for me and Jake. The bell rang and we all packed up to go to lunch. As everyone walks into the cafeteria me and Jake walk to the soccer field. Our lunches are made ourselves so we just go to the soccer field where no one will bother us. Whenever we play our games in the lunchroom people walk by calling us nerds. I slipped on something in the grass, it turned out to be a phone that was glowing. On the screen it read “Enter Command” so I entered “Give me a pizza.” Out of nowhere a pizza box appeared. “Do you understand what this mean Cloud?” Jake asked with excitement in his voice “We can make dogs talk?” “No we can solve so many problems and do stuff for the world.” “Or we can make dogs talk.” We then...
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...In "Miss Brill," Katherine Mansfield portrays a lonely and sensitive woman who finds Sundays very enjoyable and comforting. She tends to go out to the park on those particular days and observe all of the people out there. She’s very interested in the lives of others and enjoys being part of their lives for only moments long just by eavesdropping on their conversations or arguments. This could be due to the possibility of her life being dull and lacking excitement. She tends to temporarily escape her realities by drifting off and joining the realities of other individuals. In order for us to really understand Miss Brill we need to look her closely as a character. Miss Brill is portrayed as an elderly woman whom is happy and satisfied with her life. On Sundays she enjoys taking walks in the park where she watches and observes other people and momentarily takes a step and participates in their lives. Of the title the character, Miss Brill, Mansfield tell us, “Only two people shared her “special” seat a fine old man in a velvet coat, his hands clasped over a huge carved walking- stick, and a big old woman, sitting upright, with a roll of knitting on her embroidered apron.” (72). She refers to a special seat in the park where she always sits to observe every detail, every move that people does, pretending that is part of the play. When Miss Brill was in the park she said she felt as if she and everyone else were all part of a “play”. She also likes to listen in on the conversations...
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...closer. The mother now walks inside a room and calls out for her daughter. A few scenes before, we have seen one of the daughters knocking her head on the wardrobe that stands in this room in her sleep. Mother walks around with her hands stretched out. The doors of the wardrobe then open while making a screeching sound, the mother obviously thinks this means her daughter is inside the closet but there is no one to be seen inside. Mother turns around and asks for the third clap, now two arms emerge from between the clothes and clap. She walks towards the closet saying she can hear her daughter breathing and feels for her, as she feels nothing she shocks and takes off her blindfold. Her daughter then walks into the room saying she lost and she was not even close to finding her. Many people would agree if I state that a man’s greatest fear is fear of the unknown. This scene is particularly strong in supporting that because the mother is blindfolded. As the audience, we know what kind of movie we are watching and we have seen some suggestions of demonic behavior which they have not (knowingly). Therefore, seeing someone blindfolded walking through a haunted house causes a troubling mood, the lack of sound supports this because it indicates the reality of it. This is also strengthened by the constant smile the mother has on her face, we as the audience know better, and seeing her smile creates a troubling feeling for the smile lines up with the unknown reality that is covered by the...
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...Illusion of Reality: A Comparison of The Matrix and Plato’s Cave The poet Thomas Gray coined the phrase “Ignorance is bliss.” The phrase states that a lack of knowledge results in happiness and that people are more comfortable if they don’t know something. We can apply this phrase to utopias and dystopias and get this scenario: imagine living in a utopic society isolated from the true dystopic world. Would you want to know that you are living a false life and that the true world around you has been hidden? If you had this information, how would you react? This scenario is the basic premise for the Wachowski brother’s The Matrix Trilogy and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Both stories show humans perceiving a false utopic society that is being used to blind them from the true dystopic world. Over the course of this paper I will describe the similarities between The Matrix and the Allegory of the Cave and analyze how the Wachowskis and Plato used the ideas of utopias and dystopias as a backdrop for showing human nature. In The Matrix, humans have been enslaved by sentient machines, or sentinels, to be used as energy sources. In order to subdue the human population, the sentinels built a virtual world known as the Matrix. What each person thinks is reality, is actually a complex computer simulation. The Matrix simulates a “utopic” world where humans believe that they have freedom and choice and that their actions have a consequence on this “real” world. In reality, the real world...
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...Glaucon. In the dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon, Socrates asks Glaucon to imagine a cave, in which prisoners have been kept since their childhood, and each of them is held where they are all chained so that their legs and necks are unable to turn or allow them to move. This leaves them in a predicament where they’re forced to look at a wall in front of them. Behind the prisoners is a fire and between the fire and the prisoners is a raised walkway (bridge), on which people can walk. These people are shadow play, and they are carrying objects, in the shape of human and animal figures, as well as everyday items. The prisoners could only see these flickering images on the wall, since they could not move their heads; and so, naturally enough, they assumed the images to be real, rather than just shadowy representations of what is actually real. They believe the shadows are true, as well as the echoed voices they hear; they also believe to be true. Then one day one prisoner is released. This prisoner walks up into the sunlight, which...
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...Testing a theory. Why do humans seek an alternate reality? An alternate reality being a place or frame of mind that is somehow separated from actual reality. Actual reality contains all the true elements of life. These elements include work, school, having children, and paying bills. Life is full of adversities that humans must learn to cope with. Coping comes in many forms. It can be a walk in the park, some quiet time with a loved one, or even reading a good book. Conversely, coping can come in the form of substance abuse. Substance abuse can take humans to that alternate reality they seek. Different drugs have different effects on the mind and body. The reason for the effect is the same no matter what drug is used. This reason is to escape reality. Addiction follows this escape from reality. Once addiction comes into play, it is no longer a matter of escaping. People addicted to drugs, such as cocaine, need the drug in order to function. Without the drug they fiend for, basic human functions cannot even be performed. Imagine not even being able to get out of bed and use the restroom without injecting heroin. Monetary costs to a drug abusers can be tremendous. Those addicted to cocaine can have habits costing more than $3000 a week. There are many other drugs out there and some of them cost more or some cost less it all depends on what you want to use. The research I used was from the internet on drug use in our school,...
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...Reality Gets Better Unit 4 IP Christina Connell MGMT305-1104-01 AIU Online Reality Gets Better What is the difference between virtual reality and augmented reality? Virtual reality computer programs are designed to simulate real life. The user wears special clothing and head gear that allows them to be completely immersed in the program. The clothing helps them to navigate through the system because it takes the body movements of the user and communicated that to the computer. For example, if you are taking a virtual tour of a house and you want to walk to the next room your feet moving communicate to the computer the direction to take you. Augmented reality is technology that allows the user to enhance visualization of reality. It takes real life images and enhances them with graphics to give the user a different perspective of reality. A great example of this is used in the medical field. During surgery they can use augmented reality software to superimpose ultrasound images on the patient to help the surgeon know where the problem is. Of course it is used in our everyday or at least every weekend life when we watch sports and they show those lines on the field showing where the first down goal is (Laudon, 2010). Why is augmented reality so appealing to marketers? Marketing is a business that is all about appealing to the customer. How do you get the attention of the consumer? You have the flashier ads and the attention getting signs. How about...
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...has led to economic crisis such as job losses, bank bailouts, and corporate greed. Cassidy attempts to convince that utopian economics does not capture the true behaviors of humanity collectively leading to unanticipated and adverse economic outcomes. He presents the history of economics and contrasts the idea of utopian economics with reality based economics. Reality based economics encompass people’s behaviors and thinking identifying irrational self-interests (Cassidy, 9). Cassidy then explains in detail how economic theory and practice influenced the “Great Crunch” (i.e. collapse in sub-prime mortgage lending during last decade). The timeliness of Cassidy’s publication of a book to address how markets fail is certainly ideal in light of the recent crash in sub-prime mortgages. The financial impact of this economic crisis continues to dictate the pace of the current economy. Not only is the topic stimulating to a graduate MBA student, but has value to inform and enlighten individuals in all disciplines. Cassidy uses the history of economics over the last few decades to demonstrate that his idea of utopian economics versus reality based economics is not new, but has been forgotten and/or consciously overlooked in the interest of other gains causing historical cycles of economic crisis. Cassidy’s political views are evident and he does not...
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...“...there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun” ( p. 79). “You think that I am stubborn, but you are even more stubborn than me. You had a wonderful chance on your drive back to see one of the greatest sights on earth, the Grand Canyon, something every American should see at least once in his life” ( Chapter 6, p. 57). “But in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure” (Chapter 6, p. 57). “...they present to Alex a route which apparently will take him to the ocean. He is overjoyed and hope bursts back into his heart” (Chapter 4, p. 34). “Flying would be cheating . It would wreck the whole trip”( Chapter 7, p. 67). “Hey Guys! This is the last communication you shall receive from me. I now walk out to live amongst the wild. Take care, it was great knowing you” (Chapter , p. 69). ‘This is the last time you shall hear from me Wayne….I want you to know that you’re a great man. I now walk into the wild” (p. 69). Analysis Paragraph In the book “ Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, Nature plays a significant role in the life of Chris McCandless before he leaves this earth. Chris McCandless and William Wordsworth shared similar views. William believed that the natural world was emblem of God or divine, and his poetry mainly celebrates the beauty and the spiritual values of the...
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