...Wenjie Hu, TJ Puckett, English 102, 09/19/2013 A Pilgrims of Ultimate Freedom Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer is the true story of Chris Johnson McCandless, a young man who is found dead in the Alaska wilderness, McCandless raised in a wealthy family from Virginia, and he is born talented and smart, who from an early age shows deep intensity, passion, and a strict moral behavior. After graduating from high school, McCandless spent the summer alone on a road trip, during which he discovered his father secretly had a second family. McCandless returns home and starts as a freshman in college, but his anger over this betrayal and his parents’ keeping this secret away from him grows worse and worse over time. By the time that McCandless graduated from college, he drives away without telling anyone where he is going, abandoning the use of his real name along the way. He never contacts his family. Not too long after McCandless abandoned his car in the desert and he begins to hitch hikes around the Northwest, getting jobs everywhere but not staying at a location for long, During this time, he gets to know a few people. In 1992, McCandless hiked into the wilderness, he spent the next sixteen weeks in the magic bus, not seeing a single human being the entire time. He has success for the most parts. However, McCandless probably have eaten some moldy seeds, and the mold contains a poison that caused him to starve to death. He realized that he is going to die, he...
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...life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for everyone according to ability or achievement.Just one word ,in my opinion ,this term can be induced by those words:assiduous ,equality and independence which is also the basic elements of American culture.As such spirit came into being, American’s early immigration have an signifiant influence on American Dream.I think that when the Puritan landed on the American contient ,the first thing they must face thai is fight with terrific nature.Because they arrived on American in winter,there are just no sufficient food to them. At thus condition ,they had no choose that is do anything by themself which is the origin way of American Dream. Key words American Dream freedom culture opportunity individualism 摘要 这篇论文主要讨论的是美国梦，而且会给读者一个新的视角了解美国梦。许多人都是这样理解美国梦的，只要你努力工作就能成功。每个人都有可能获得美好的生活，只要你努力。美国梦这个词是由亚当斯在其1931年的著作“美国史诗”中提出的。 他说在这个梦想之地，每个人都有机会变得生活富足，只要人们努力。依我看，美国梦能总结为以下几点：勤奋，平等，独立。这也是美国文化的基本要素。同时，美国的早期移民对这一精神的产生有很大的影响。我认为当清教徒踏上美洲大陆的时候，他们面对的是恶劣的自然环境。所以，这应该是美国梦的雏形。 1. Introduce From the dictionary,we can look at the meaing of this term＂ the notion that the American social, economic, and political system makes success possible for every individual.” Since its coinage in 1931, the concept of “the American Dream” has lured tens of millions of immigrants from all over the world to the United States with promises of prosperity and happiness far beyond...
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...people who administer banishment in Shakespeare’s plays, in Pericles we witness a self-induced banishment, followed by a banishment caused by nature. Pericles's exile functions as an extension of his moral character. He is aware of his virtue and unyielding in his pursuit of freedom. However, according to Stephen Orgel, these qualities "lead only to isolation and destruction" (xxxix). Pericles sets forth to save his life, to escape punishment, and to live freely by his own desires and principles; yet nature is still powerful enough to stifle his ambitions. Pericles recognizes the grandness of nature and succumbs to its power after he is washed up on the shores of Pentapolis: Yet cease your ire, you angry stars of heaven! Wind, rain, and thunder, remember earthly man Is but a substance that must yield to you; And I, as fits my nature, do obey you. (II.i.1-4) With subtlety, Shakespeare juxtaposes the fleeting power of humanity with the ostensible omnipotence of nature. Pericles easily avoids Antiochus's plan to have him killed, but can do nothing nor foresee what he considers to be nature's plan to drive him off course, or just on a different course. Pericles therefore uses banishment to show what or whom has true dominion over humanity, just as the wise Pericles recognizes. The story of Guiderius and Arvirargus exhibits a new cause of exile, with a more significant and unique function. Theirs is an exile caused by kidnapping. They were taken from King Cymbeline as infants by...
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...piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it to be God. Sidney Sheldon | “Life’s too short to waste time on pretense. Laugh, be merry, and enjoy life the way you want to.”“Following someone you look up to is a good practice. Following your heart and having others follow in your footsteps is even better.”“Speak with your body, think with your heart and love with your soul.”“Don’t be insecure with others. Imperfection is beauty. Always have the courage within yourself”“We may not know it, but most of us live to be remembered as someone else and not as who we truly are.”“If you are always true, you do not need to remember anything you said or did in the past.” “Be the real you and don’t worry about those who judge you because most of the time they don’t really matter.”“If you won’t love yourself, who else will?”“Every person is unique. the most important thing is always be true to yourself”“Just be yourself and do what you want. Believe in the power of your imagination”“Always be the first person to rate yourself, instead of rating somebody else.”“God has given us one face, being yourself is another.” “Learn to love yourself above anything else because in the end, you got no one to turn to but only yourself.”“Stand on what you believe is right, be strong and firm with your decision even others are against it.”“Being yourself is like showing your soul to the world, being somebody else is like showing your shadow in the dark.”“Believe in yourself and be proud of who you...
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...“My Mother and her Sister” is a short story written by Jane Rogers in 1996. The short story takes place at the narrator’s house which is where the reader is introduced to Lucy. She has been staying with narrator since her mother died. In the short story we meet a first person narrator and as the reader follows the main character, her thoughts, memories and knowledge: “I haven’t cried at all, I don’t know why“ (p. 2, l. 24). The setting is gloomy: “It’s rained since Lucy came. My house is terribly quiet” (p. 2, l. 27). The weather could be a symbol of their relationship and the silence a symbol of their personalities when they are in each others' presence. Their relationship is very tense, strange and it is very difficult for them to talk in the beginning. Something changes throughout the short story. It is as if the atmosphere lightens up as soon as the rain stops. This is when the narrator finally lets her guard down and tries to interact with Lucy - she tries to impress her. While cooking her not so homemade food the start talking and they both open up and finally feel like the understand each other. The first section of the short story is a description of the narrator’s past. It’s here where the narrator introduces us to her childhood and relationship to her unconventional and free-spirited mother. She tells us about her mother’s sister Lucy, who is a traditional mother and the narrator’s rock. Lucy has always represented the security and motherhood. You get the sense that...
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...of Foreign languages, Beijing Technology and Business University, China * Corresponding author. Email: zhaoj@th.btbu.edu.cn Received 16 May 2011; accepted 18 August 2011 Wuthering heights , a representative work in Victorian Era by Emily Bronte, a famous female writer of the 19th century in Britain, has greatly influenced readers for generations. This article investigates the female consciousness in Withering Heights and analyses how Catherine rebels against the male-dominated society and pursues her love. The female consciousness includes the sense of independence and the pursuit of her true self. The spiritual equality is the foundation of happiness between lovers, and although women dace lots of obstacles in their struggle and fight against the society, a wonderful future to women is to be ushered in if they keep fighting. Key words: Feminism; Female consciousness; Rebellion; Spiritual pursuit Z H A O J u a n ( 2 0 11 ) . F e m a l e C o n s c i o u s n e s s i n Wu t h e r i n g Heights . Studies in Literature and Language, 3 (2), 252 7 . Av a i l a b l e f r o m : U R L : h t t p : / / w w w . c s c a n a d a . n e t / i n d e x . p h p / s l l / a r t i c l e / v i e w / j . s l l . 1 9 2 3 1 5 6 3 2 0 11 0 3 0 2 . 2 1 5 DOI: 10.3968/j.sll.1923156320110302.215 Abstract INTRODUCTION When mentioning the literature in 19th century, nobody can avoid Wuthering Heights , which laid the foundation of Emily Bronte’s significant role in literature in the world. Wuthering...
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...families. Or The habit or principle of being independent & self reliant . “A culture that celebrates individualism & Wealth” Or A Social theory favoring freedom of Action for Individual over collective or state control. :Encouragement has been given to individualism, Free Enterprise, an the pursuit of Profit. Or Synonyms of Individuals are Independence, Self Direction, Self Reliance, free thinking, Free though, Orginallity. Individualism Individual is the moral stance, Political Philosophy, Ideaology, or Social outlook that enfaces the moral worth of the individual. Individualist promote the exercises of one’s m goal’s & desire and so value Independence & Self reliance & evocate that interest of the individual should achieve precedence over the state or a social group, while opposing external interference upon once on interest by society or institutions such as the government. Individualism makes the Individual its focus and so starts “with the fundamental premise that the human individual is of primary importance in the struggle for liberation” Liberalism extentionalism and anarchism are examples of movements that take the human individual as a central unit of analysis. Individualism thus involves “the right of the individual to freedom & self realization”. It has also been used as a term to denoting “The quality of being an individual; individualility “related to processing “an Individuals characterstics; aquirik...
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...conditions cruel but when times were hard he thought of Ona. “…He would go to America and marry…be a rich man in the bargain…America was a place of which lovers and young people dreamed” (Sinclair 31). He had no clue as to the realities of what their lives would be like or how cruel work life in the stockyards would be for him and his new family. He was young, strong, in love and they were on their way to the land of opportunity. The streets of Chicago were not paved with gold, but instead with sewage, filth and the smell of dead carcasses. But on that first day Jurgis and Ona holding hands would see “…in the twilight it was a vision of power…it seemed a dream of wonder…employment for thousands upon thousands of men, of opportunity and freedom, of life and love and joy” (Sinclair 36). They would remain optimistic as Jurgis and other family members focused on getting jobs. They strive for happiness, but in the words of Freud, “…all the regulations of the universe run counter to it. One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be ‘happy’ is not included in the plan of ‘Creation’ (Freud 25). Jurgis beliefs: ambition, honesty, hard work and virtue are tested and tried on a daily basis. Instead of being the land of opportunity, it proved to be a land of opportunists who preyed on Jurgis, his immigrant family and the thousands like them who sought security in Packingtown. To achieve material success in even small ways, like getting a job, meant giving in to the “graft”...
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...Unit Nine: Final Project Introduction The final project for this course calls for us to consider and share how one event from the 1960s has influenced our personal life, our career choice, and the global community. It also asks us to discuss how our own life would be different if one specific event of the 1960s had never occurred and how different the world would be if that same event had never occurred. As the mother of bi-racial twin girls and as relates to the Civil Rights Movement, I thought this a very easy assignment, I was wrong. After writing several pages of text – the brutal honesty of my life - it occurred to me that I need to separate the project due to my own personal biases. Please let it be known that I am grateful for the Civil Rights movement and equal opportunity for all – race, creed, color and sex. I have a very good understanding of the Civil Rights Movement and will attempt to depict that in part two of my paper, however I have my own story as well and is that that I am going to include in part 1. Understand this is not a story I frequently share and it is a part of my life that I try to forget. It is a long story and I will attempt to give a very simple version, though I will also admit my first thoughts were to alter it – to make this project easier. My thoughts are that perhaps some of you can learn something from tale, perhaps I will make a change in the need to continue with our drastic need to forget and forgive...
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...The History of Happiness and Contemporary Happiness Studies Darrin M. McMahon New Directions in the Study of Happiness Notre Dame University, Oct. 22-24, 2006 Well, first of all let me say what an honor it is to be here, speaking to such an illustrious gathering of scholars, and to thank the organizers at Notre Dame for having invited me and indeed for having invited all of us. It occurs to me that we in the academic world like to talk about the importance of interdisciplinary discussions, about the need for cross-fertilization, and the like, but in my experience that is too often, regrettably, more talk than reality. So chapeau, as the French say, to Notre Dame for hosting this event around a subject that so clearly demands multiple perspectives. I’ve noted that this first panel modestly poses the question “What is happiness?,” and modestly let me say that I am singularly unfit to answer it, in large part because of my training as a historian, which makes me, I fear, unduly attentive to the way in which words and concepts change their meanings over time. To be perfectly frank, I’m partial to Immanuel Kant’s observation that “the concept of happiness is such an indeterminate one that even though everyone wishes to attain happiness, yet he can never say definitely and consistently what it is what he really wishes and wills.” But clearly that is not really going to be good enough here tonight. So how to answer the question “what is happiness.” I might point...
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...ammunitions magazines to a low-round capacity, and offering more comprehensive insurance coverage for mental and health. In America the political system, gun control has been a debate for many years. However recent shootings have forced into a large spotlight. The problem that exposes gun control proponents from their opposition is the un-argued from their opposition is the language of the second amendment of the constitution. Personal Safety Top Reason Americans Own Guns Today A Review of the Literature Americans and firearms have grown simultaneously from the beginning of times in the United States and the biggest reason for that is personal safety. Personal protection is the top reason “Americans own a gun, as was true in 2000 and 2005. This, rather than views on the Second Amendment, may explain why moving toward...
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...Thought and Structure of Comedy — The Tragic and the Comic fade into each other by almost insensible gradations, and the greatest beauty of a poetical work often consists in the harmonious blending of these two elements. Not only in the same drama may both exist in perfect unison, but even in the same character. Great actors generally have a similar quality, and frequently it is hard to tell whether their impersonations be more humorous or more pathetic. This happy transfusion and interchange of tragic and comic coloring is one of the characteristics of supreme art; it brings the relief along with the pain; it furnishes the reconciliation along with the conflict. Shakespeare seems to have taken a special delight in its employment. No principle of his procedure is better known or more fully appreciated. His tragedies never fail of having their comic interludes; his comedies have, in nearly every case, a serious thread, and sometimes a background with a tragic outlook. Life is not all gloom or all delight; the cloud will obscure the sun, but the sun will illumine the cloud — at least around the edges. Still, the Comic is not the Tragic, however subtle may be their intertwining, and however rapid their interaction. They rest upon diverse, and in some respects opposite, principles. Criticism must seek to explain the difference between them for the understanding, and must not rest content with a vague appeal to the feeling of beauty. Tragic earnestness springs from the deep ethical...
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...Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism Jean-Paul Sartre . . . the name is one of the most popular in modern philosophy. But who was he? What did he write and what were his works about? What was his role with regard to Existentialism? What is Existentialism, really? What life influences affected the person as whom he became famous? How would Sartre assess various social topics that we face today? What are the problems with Sartre's view of Existentialism and existence in general? These are the questions addressed in the following pages of this brief dissertation.His life Upon reviewing several sources, it is apparent that Sartre was a very disorganized and inconsistent individual. Sartre was obsessed with his intellect to the point of abandon of all else in his life - personal hygiene, honesty, organization, thoroughness, and more. It seems that he felt he was of superior intelligence in comparison to all others who surrounded him. He was not necessarily a great and original thinker, but rather a superb media sensation of sorts. Rather than developing Existentialist thought, he merely promoted it to amazing popularity through his eccentric lifestyle. Although he is best known for his association with Existentialism, it is interesting to note that he denounced its principles later in life and adopted Marxism, which he also later denounced. Jean-Paul-Charles-Aymard Sartre was born in Paris on June 21, 1905, the only child of Anne-Marie Schweitzer Sartre and Jean-Baptiste Sartre. Anne-Marie...
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...Gun Control GM 520 – Legal, Political and Ethical Dimensions Prof. David S. Carter By: Mustufa Husain Table of Contents Introduction 3 Gun Laws Internationally 4 Gun Control and the Second Amendment 7 Conclusion 12 Introduction I often wonder, should any citizen around the world be able to carry firearms? Can a person really feel safe from crime no matter where they may go? According to the bill of rights, the second amendment to the constitution of the United States reads “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed”. So how do I go about interpreting this? Some believe that it only means that the people of the military should be allowed to carry firearms, where some believe it means every citizen has the right to bear arms. Right at this moment someone around the world is being part of a violent crime whether it is the aggressor or the victim. How do we as citizens protect ourselves? Should we all be allowed to carry guns for self-defense or have guns around in our household? Even though many countries have implemented strict gun control laws, none have proven to be as effective as law makers thought they would be in reducing the number of crimes happening around. I shall present an argumentive paper on why I do not feel there should be stronger gun control laws. Guns do not kill…people kill. How many people do you know who have been...
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...Jane to love after being so hurt. Helen understands that a clear conscience is most important. After Helen is so graceful in her time of death, Jane knows it is important to pursue any type of freedom she can acquire and leaves Lowood. After Helen dies, Brontë writes, “her grave is in Brocklebridge churchyard: for fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy mound; but now a grey marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed with her name, and the word “Resurgam” (82). Helen and Jane spent some of their time talking about life after death. Helen reassured Jane with kind words that heaven was real, and told Jane that they would indeed see each other again upon their deaths. Resurgam was appropriately written on Helen’s headstone, which contains the meaning: I shall rise again. Helen was such an influential character to Jane because she taught Jane that despite all despair, love prevails. Bertha Mason is the character who mirrors what Jane is afraid to become, and serves a very important purpose in Jane Eyre. Bertha Mason acts as the symbol of abused women in Jane Eyre. Berta Mason is a very important character in the book because Bertha is exactly what Jane never wants to become. Author Sarah Posman writes, “Jane’s passionate desire for friends, intellectual pursuit, freedom, and a marriage of equals, are larger than her Victorian world” (314). Contrary to what Jane wants for herself is Bertha, who is erratic, enslaved, mental, and forced to be in an unequal marriage...
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