... and through the use of emotion evoking pathos. Pack's use of a sonnet for reveals his feelings and emotions toward love, which sonnets are normally about. Readers can feel the raw emotion that Pack reveals in his discussion regarding the speakers possible death and loss of love, thereafter. In addition, the fact that he wrote an echo sonnet aids in the author’s purpose because it allows the reader to be aware of the words meant to be emphasized. Along with its emphasis, the echo, in some cases, seems to answer a rhetorical question made by the speaker. For example, “what’s the end of my life’s long disease? Ease,” (line 7). Within this quote, the speaker is relaying his belief that the only way to relieve himself of life’s burdens is through death. Pack exposes his true feelings of loneliness, which in sonnet form allows readers to sense his passion. The title, "To an Empty Page," Pack eludes that his poem is dark and filled with sadness. A breakdown of the title shows that Pack's diction with using, "To," was as if the speaker was sending his sonnet to somebody; as if he were talking to an imaginary listener. But contrast to that idea, he is sending his sonnet to, "an Empty Page," meaning nobody. These words have a negative connotation and sets the mood of the poem. This foreshadowing allows readers the knowledge that this is not a typical sappy-love sonnet as Shakespeare's wrote. The speaker displays the title as his own thoughts; he believes no one will hear his cry...
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...and through the use of emotion evoking pathos. Pack's use of a sonnet for reveals his feelings and emotions toward love, which sonnets are normally about. Readers can feel the raw emotion that Pack reveals in his discussion regarding the speakers possible death and loss of love, thereafter. In addition, the fact that he wrote an echo sonnet aids in the author’s purpose because it allows the reader to be aware of the words meant to be emphasized. Along with its emphasis, the echo, in some cases, seems to answer a rhetorical question made by the speaker. For example, “what’s the end of my life’s long disease? Ease,” (line 7). Within this quote, the speaker is relaying his belief that the only way to relieve himself of life’s burdens is through death. Pack exposes his true feelings of loneliness, which in sonnet form allows readers to sense his passion. The title, "To an Empty Page," Pack eludes that his poem is dark and filled with sadness. A breakdown of the title shows that Pack's diction with using, "To," was as if the speaker was sending his sonnet to somebody; as if he were talking to an imaginary listener. But contrast to that idea, he is sending his sonnet to, "an Empty Page," meaning nobody. These words have a negative connotation and sets the mood of the poem. This foreshadowing allows readers the knowledge that this is not a typical sappy-love sonnet as Shakespeare's wrote. The speaker displays the title as his own thoughts; he believes no one will hear his cry...
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...KNOWLEDGE VS BELIEF Abstract: How do we decide on what to believe when someone tells you one thing but the evidence shows differently? When someone tells us they love us how do we really know what to believe? Are our thoughts based on what we know or what we choose to believe? We are taught that one of life’s greatest treasures is a freedom of knowing. Introduction Human knowledge has attained great heights and established a body of knowing facts for beyond the capacity of any person to master. Plato philosophy, stated in order to have knowledge, one must also have justified true belief (anayambaker.hubpages.com). One person I know and believe that loves me is my parents. In this paper, I will argue the difference in knowledge and belief. I will submit evidence and logic reason to support my arguments. After going thru the evidence, the reader will understand why I maintain my original cauterization of knowledge and belief. The theory of knowledge can guide us in deciding what to believe what to ignore, what to question, and what we don’t know (emotionalcompetency.com). I know without a doubt that my mother loves me. do know and believe my parents love me, as people we learn about physical objects empirically, by means of the senses: we look at them, taste them, listen to them, and so on. Only thing we don’t have real knowledge of the visible world jut mere opinion. Good allows us to understand, and Plato thinks we can’t know the good without wanting to do...
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...differ in author’s purpose in that Jackson satirizes a society that blindly follows tradition, while Lawrence realistically portrays life’s problems; however, both share the theme of family. I. Jackson’s purpose for writing “The Lottery” is to satirize a society that blindly follows tradition. A. Jackson uses the graphic story to show the audience the brutality in society. B. Jackson’s short story also shows how society victimizes those randomly. II. Lawrence uses “The Rocking-Horse Winner” to highlight life’s problems. A. Paul’s mother, Hester, neglects to give her children the attention that they need and deserve to become healthy adults. B. Lawrence grew up in town where coal-mining was the livelihood. Lawrence’s father worked as a coal miner his whole life and expected his sons to do the same. Lawrence knew from an early age that he would not be a miner. C. Lawrence did not do well in school and was often alone and considered different. III. Both Jackson and Lawrence use their purpose for writing to portray theme. A. The lottery is based on family. Each member of every family are listed and must be present during the lottery. B. In “The Lottery” the unlucky person will experience their family turn against him or her. C. Lawrence uses Paul to portray the need for family, attention, and love. D. Paul’s mother, Hester, is more infatuated with materials rather than her family. E. Both stories show the importance...
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...Jennifer Nguyen Math 100W Professor Hilliard 24 April 2012 A Life Course A typical college class is to go to class and learn the standards of what the class is teaching. You learn the basic concepts and formulas and forget them in the next semester. But the Humanities Honors program is four consecutive classes that enhance your knowledge and brain. It is not a regular average class that the professor does not know your name and does not even care about your learning. This complex program contains three compassionate professors that are kindhearted with their work and students. The knowledgeable professors contribute their time and dedication to teach their students of to care what is most in human of us. It was the beginning of my first semester in the Humanities Honors Program when the lecture on Socrates inspired me. It caught my attention when I read Socrates’ quote when he indicated that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” I examine my life by thinking about where I’ve been, how I got here, and where I’m going. There are so many questions going through my mind, but I don’t have all the answers. I believe that I have some sense of where I belong to the universe and have the context for understanding how all the elements fit together in my life. There are people that avoid leading an examined life. These people are ignorant and cannot look into the issues around us. I believe that we need to open our eyes and take the time to examine the world and our lives. When...
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...A Life’s Worth by James Adrian S. Amparado Life is beautiful, when you have your loved ones and having an experience of wonderful. The love given, and in return much love received and woven. Living the life of love, that is the life that we should have. Knowing the value of the self, the love and to it, makes the life worth it. This is how I value life, it starts by knowing thy self. This short poem that I made is about a life’s worth of a person. Having knowledge of life running through a person, attaching love and experience to the way of life. One statement made me do it. A statement told by a philosopher named Socrates about life. The most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire initiative. He pursued genuine knowledge rather than mere victory over an opponent, Socrates employed the same logical tricks developed by the Sophists to a new purpose, the pursuit of truth. Thus, his willingness to call everything into question and his determination to accept nothing less than a suitable account of the nature of things make him the first clear promoter of critical philosophy. Although he was well known during his own time for his conversational skills and public teaching, Socrates wrote nothing. Nevertheless, it is usually assumed that at least the early dialogues of Plato provide an accurate representation of Socrates himself. "The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates...
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...KNOWLEDGE VS BELIEF Kimberly Johnson Introduction to Philosophy Dr. Nwonye AIU 02/24/2013 Abstract: How do we decide on what to believe when someone tells you one thing but the evidence shows differently? When someone tells us they love us how do we really know what to believe? Are our thoughts based on what we know or what we choose to believe? We are taught that one of life’s greatest treasures is a freedom of knowing. Introduction Human knowledge has attained great heights and established a body of knowing facts for beyond the capacity of any person to master. Plato philosophy, stated in order to have knowledge, one must also have justified true belief (anayambaker.hubpages.com). One person I know and believe that loves me is my parents. In this paper, I will argue the difference in knowledge and belief. I will submit evidence and logic reason to support my arguments. After going thru the evidence, the reader will understand why I maintain my original cauterization of knowledge and belief. The theory of knowledge can guide us in deciding what to believe what to ignore, what to question, and what we don’t know (emotionalcompetency.com). I know without a doubt that my mother loves me. do know and believe my parents love me, as people we learn about physical objects empirically, by means of the senses: we look at them, taste them, listen to them, and so on. Only thing we don’t have real knowledge of the visible world jut mere opinion. Good allows us...
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...Enhancing my Life My decision to return to college will allow me to fulfill my life’s goals, as well as challenging me by stimulating my mind. With my basic knowledge of technology I am able to understand computers. However, I am ready to acquire the knowledge required to educate myself in this field. This will bring me the sense of balance I need to become better, so that I am able to continue to peruse my career goals. This will prove to be one of my greatest, as well as most rewarding challenges. Several times I have thought about returning to college nonetheless, I have been too afraid to pursue my degree. My excuse was always that my life was too busy, or that I never did well in school due to a short attention span. Finally, I decided that if I don’t make the decision to move forward now, then I will keep procrastinating. Even though I am still nervous because it has been a while, I feel confident and excited with my decision. I know that I made the right choice in returning to college. I have always started projects that were never finished. My career goal in the IT field pushes me every day. This will push me mentally by challenging me not only to learn nonetheless, to follow through with something for once. I have gained confidence, as well as self esteem every day that I am able to complete a school assignment. It makes me proud, as well as it helps me feel better about myself. It is refreshing to be able to challenge my mind. When I first became...
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...Davao Vision Colleges Inc. Stone Rock Village, Catalunan Grande, Davao City EDUCATION DEPARTMENT _______________________________________________________ BOOK REPORT (HOW TO LIVE A LIFE OF MIRACLES) (By: Bo Sanchez) ________________________________________________________ Submitted by: WElla R. GuEvarra 1ST year, BEED Submitted to: Mrs. ivie lebria Instructor Just like Bo Sanchez I am just a normal person. And yet, like every human inhabitant of the modern world, I have experienced many of the miracles of life; I have received a great deal of hearsay of it; and I know that I am always under its influence and mercy. Though I am unable to comment on its methods or the truth of its discoveries, I am nonetheless appropriately interested in its motives in what it thinks it is doing and how it justifies itself. I agree with the proposition that science miracles has become a sort of religion. I want to know by what power it has crowned itself and mitered it. Miracles are a very mysterious thing. It has no future explanation like to know the parts of a thing and how they are joined together, to know what things do and do not have in common, and to know the laws or principles by which things cohere, live, and act. Such inquiries are native to human thought and work. It’s just a unexpected turn of events that favors us. We need to discover a new way of living. We need...
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...Is Love At First Sight Possible? By Cheri Rodriguez Love at first sight is very true and would explain the different feelings we encounter within, when we see our soul mates for the first time. True love is possibly the most fulfilling of life's secret treasures. but love by a lesser standard is still extremely important for the human experience, many say that the meth about finding your true love and its existence is overrated and unnecessary. But in truth the argument against true love is created to comfort those who lack it. Love, if not true love is an crucial emotion for the human race; it is important for psychological development, social development, and in the end happiness. True love is being in a relationship that is based on something more then outward appearance of material goods, and being in a relationship in which both lovers are prepared to be committed to the other despite any hardships or mistakes their partners might make. True love is understanding each others emotional connections and allows them to develop which results in blossoming romance. In contrary , some skeptics say love at first sight is impossible because you don’t know that person . All you see is exterior and although you can like the way someone looks , you can not love them when you first see them , that’s just being judgmental and basically judging a book by its cover. When you say you love someone your insinuating that you love what they look like and who they really are . Love...
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...you is so I may express my opinions and thoughts on your life’s servitude. I would foremost like to congratulate you for your contribution to the science of philosophy. Through the studies of your efforts I have acquired a great deal of knowledge. My understanding is that you hold a unyielding conviction in God. You have written that belief in God and putting Him before any other commitment in your life is of the absolute importance because this is the only way to escape dread and despair (Moore-Bruder, 2008). I disagree with this concept because I do not believe that not having faith in God will directly result in dread and despair. I believe it to be essential for us to love and have faith in God and that we believe that the love and faith will be returned by God. Yet, I believe that a person, who may be God-fearing, is still able to live with sadness, hopelessness, dread, and despair. My personal faith in God is important to me, especially during afflicting times in my life. I also believe that having God as my sole companion and comforter would create a world of isolation and ultimately lead toward sorrow and misery. You withdrew from your engagement to Ms. Regine Olsen because you proclaimed God as your first love (Moore-Bruder, 2008). Do you not believe that you deserve the companionship, love, happiness, and prosperity that God portrays for all who believe in Him? Rejecting the woman you truly love and isolating yourself accounts for the bitter despair you...
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...In this book Alice Walker, she takes us on a journey of her life experiences while using her profound love for animals as a lens of observation. The Georgia born Pulitzer Prize winner uses deep metaphors and symbolisms to deliver a unique yet playful approach to her understanding of some of life’s greatest mysteries. Her “Chicken Chronicles” are a remarkable way the author choses to relive and retell her life story. Walker’s love for chickens extends beyond mere husbandry and develops into a lifelong relationship in which she often refers to them as her children. “I called out to them, as I do: Hi Girls, it’s Mommy” (Walker, 2011) she freely writes without care of what anyone thinks of her somewhat strange infatuation with her chickens. Her memoirs are filled with subtle explanations of life’s most misunderstood concepts. She deconstructs, love, loss, family,...
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...Such relief is short lived. As “[t]he mother smiled to know her child / Was in the sacred place, … that smile was the last smile / To come upon her face. / For when she heard the explosion, / Her eyes grew wet and wild. / She raced through the streets of Birmingham / Calling for her child” (728). This mother’s knowledge of how the church and norm were safe are shattered with the bombing of the very church she sent her child off to. As soon as she heard the explosion, she realizes what happened, and races through the street with crazed and teary eyes. Yet, she is not fully cognizant of the result of her decision being the death of her child, but her choice ultimately ends up not having mattered. While her concerns of her daughter's safety were...
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...choices made by each composer to represent their ideas in different textual forms. Before Donne changed to his Protestant Christian faith in 1601 he believed that the meaning of life was through love. Donne ignores the reality of love and instead writes about what is outside reality, the metaphysical. In 1601 Donne secretly married a young seventeen-year-old girl by the name of Anne More. Donne wrote about how the love between him and his wife would go past this life and travel with them to the afterlife. After her death, Donne wrote “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” which describes his undying love for her. Donne made sure that his audience understood the significance of relationships, through the self-importance of "twin compasses"," thy soul, the fix'd foot", "making my circle perfect". The 17th century context is reflected in the representation of circular perfection which lifts the status of relationships. The purity of this love is also emphasised by the use of theological reference within “The Relique” with the mention of “the last busy day” and “Mary Magdelen”. As a result it is through Donne’s contextual connections within “The Relique” and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” that one’s understanding of his poems can be developed along with the recurring theme of love. Donne's...
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...the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) working with inner city school children. There are many students within the district that are burdened by life. I feel this burden prevents and sometimes precludes them from learning and enjoying life as a child. I have a compassion for people – particularly school age children. As an Officer in the United States Army I was required to perform periodic counseling for soldier assigned under my supervision. I received exceptional satisfaction when one of my soldiers received a promotion because they followed the advice I gave. Additionally, I got satisfaction for recommending soldiers for assistance with marital or financial problems encountered. This experience gave me a well rounded knowledge of support resources available and experience dealing with a variety of problems encountered by young people. I attributed my success in this position to three (3) traits: I was a good listener, I was determined, and I was patient. Listening allowed me to get to the gist of the problem – to see through all the talk and get to the heart of the matter. Being determined allowed me to stick with the issue until resolved and ensuring my subordinate understood the outcome – good or bad. Finally, being patient is always a good trait to have because it allows me to consider options mentally before taking action. On the opposite end of this spectrum my stubbornness is sometimes a fault, because I sometimes have tunnel-vision and see only...
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