...food we eat nor the water we drink, it is love: which keeps us not only alive but also gives us a life of beauty, hope, faith, truth, sincerity and millions of other things having a value beyond any price that no money can buy. Khalil Gibran’s “On Love” is an eye-opener for us to take risks; that we must have an optimistic approach towards love and allow ourselves to go with the flow of love. That when it invites us, we should embrace it for it is an extreme of its kind that is rare and pure. We cannot wish for love to reach only a certain measure, or to presume that we can direct the way of its course, "for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course." As much as love allows for our growth, it also acts to prune us so that we grow straight and tall. “For even as love crowns you, so shall he crucify you”. These words imply that love is double-sided. The other side creates happiness while the other creates grief. If you read it for the first time, you will be amazed on how the author came...
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...works. Without imagination however, I don’t believe it would be possible to truly get what each writer has intended their work to mean. You have to look close and pay attention to be able to visualize the symbolism in each of these literary pieces. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”, and Jean Rhys’ short story “I Used to Live Here Once”, the consistent theme between the two would be; no matter who you are, you are the only one who chooses the road you take for your life’s journey. In other words, you choose your own destiny. And although they took different ways to say it, both Rhys and Frost use imagery, tone, and symbolism frequently to enhance the telling of their literary works. There are many people who travel a distance in life to find the path they should take or to remember the path they once took. In the poem “The Road Not Taken”, and the short story "I Used to Live Here Once", there are many similarities and differences. The authors’ use of describing a path helps them personify life’s journeys and self-reflection. Robert Frost uses imagery to describe two different journeys in life that could have been taken. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth.” (Clugston, 2010) As Frost writes in this first paragraph, he expresses the two journeys as a road diverged in a yellow...
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...the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes. An adjustment of the residual values on certain machinery and equipment was made. Harnischfeger also included the products purchased from Kobe Steel, LTD and sold by them in their net sales instead of stating only the gross margin per unit. They also included the financial statements of some foreign subsidiaries. 2. What is the effect of the depreciation accounting method change on the reported income in 1984? How will this change affect profits in future years? Harnischfeger is adjusting its depreciation policy to the straight-line method from accelerated method they were using previously, which let the company increase net income as the adjustments are being applied retroactively. This change increased the net income to 11 million for 1984. Furthermore, this change will decrease profit in future years, because with the accelerated method, in the future years the depreciation expense would have been lower, and with the straight line they will continue to depreciate in the same amount for the life of the asset. This change will decrease profit going forward, because with the accelerated method the depreciation expense would have been lower as opposed to the straight line method they will continue to depreciate in the same amount for the remaining life of the asset. 3. What is the effect of the depreciation lives change? How will this change affect future reported profits? Assuming that a straight-line...
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...The narrator says, “the balls roll round, wheel on his wheeling hands, learning the ways of lightness, alter to spheres” (Wilbur 8-9). These lines keep the upbeat mood intact, while adding in alliteration to focus the reader’s attention on the jugglers actions. The narrator personifies the balls by giving them the ability to learn, then gives them the ability to change form. The balls are able to change into “spheres”, both of which are similar, however the word “sphere” has a connotation of being something greater than a simple ball. The purpose of giving the balls these abilities is to manifest the idea of change. The balls are able to change from their monotonous pattern of straight up and straight down, to a new and fun circular pattern. Therefore, watching the juggler helps the narrator learn that there is no strict path that leads to a great life; sometimes people just have to innovate and improvise to find meaning in their lives once...
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...is about, how a kind-hearted action ends up giving a bad conscience. The setting is in a little somewhat peaceful town. There doesn’t happen much is this little town. In line 11 “…, back to all the turns you were born, your whole life spent along the same sad street”, we see how he feels a similarity between his childhood home and his current environment. The environment, that the short story takes place in is described as a typical neighborhood. It seems like everything has its place and always stays the same. There is on variety, just the same old routine, line 3-5 “-the like a clock ticking all these bored little pent-up streets and mills and tenements away… - this is your life Stolpestad” In the short story the main character is a police officer, who is working on a Saturday. We do not know what his name, or how old he is. We are actually not giving that many specific facts about him. So most of it, we have to read between the lines to get an insight into what kind of person he is. Line 89, we learn that he is married and have two boys waiting for him at home. In the passage (line 88-100) we can read about, what he does after work. How he have a hundred reasons to drive straight home, but some how always ends up at the local bar where he is a regular. We can conclude that he is a regular, in this line (8-9) – the next thing you know being eleven o’clock and the phone behind the bar for you – It’s Sheila-” the wife. His wife know his routine, therefore she know what bar...
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...A. Emotions experienced B. Unknown future IV. The title and its interpretation A. Simple or complex title B. Ulterior meanings of the title V. Making the choice A. Living with the choice you made B. Having the guts to choose The Road Not Taken is a simple, yet contrastingly complex, meaningful poem about a simple walk on an unsure road in the woods, which leads to places only the traveler will know as the choice unfolds. This is a poem told by the narrator, but based on the readers’ outlook on life. At first glance, Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, is about a walk on a leaf-littered road in the fall woods, but it has a more significant meaning of how it feels to live with life’s certainty, uncertainty. The poem is celebrated as one of Frost’s masterpieces, created with a unique style, ironically, forcing the reader to make a choice as well, on the opinions created from each readers unique perspective. In the end, a sigh by the lone traveler could mean regret or it could mean satisfaction, which is up to the reader to define. The Road Not Taken has memorized readers for almost a century forcing people to think about the choices in life, not unlike the protagonist facing his own simple choice and the consequences that follow him for the remainder of his life. Regret and hindsight are one possible theme to the poem”A Road Not Taken”. The uncertainty of life and what the future holds is yet another. This poem...
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...Past to Future 1 My Life’s Story: Past to Future PSY 202 Dr. Louise Framan Past to Future 2 My Life’s Story: Past to Future As you read this paper you will get a better understanding of the kind of women I am. You will read how my family and life experiences shaped me into the person I am today. I grew up in a small town called Louisburg. Louisburg’s population is about 5,000. Also the town is north of Raleigh, North Carolina. I have a lot of family in this town. My parents live here. I’ve lived in Louisburg almost my whole life. I’m now 34 and I got a birthday coming up on Sunday the 4th of September. I now stay in Raleigh, North Carolina. Growing up in Louisburg was a blessing for me because my parents always supported me in what ever I wanted to do in life. My mom was more strict than my dad. You would think that my dad would’ve been the strict one because he is a man, and plus I’m his little girl. Just the opposite, I could get away with things with dad more easily than with my mom. Especially growing up, mother always wanted to know who I would be talking to on the phone, who I was going to be hanging out with. My mom was an old fashioned woman. She had to meet all my friends including my boyfriends, she would call all my friends parents to see if the story I had told her was accurate or not, if the story didn’t sound right I didn’t go out anywhere I had to stay home. My dad on the other hand was a different story., I was daddy’s...
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...This poem by Robert Frost was first read to me in the last year of my high school experience. Back then, not only did I have absolutely no interest in any literary work, but moreover, had no intension to lye there and analyze a poem into its symbolic definitions. Only now have I been taught the proper way to read a literary work as a formalistic critic might read. With this new approach to literature I can understand the underlying meaning to Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken". In addition to merely grasping the author's intension, I was able to justly incur that this poem, without directly mentioning anything about life's decisions, is in its entirety about just that. Robert Frost interpreted most of the decisions we make in life into this twenty-line poem of a man choosing which path to take in a "yellow wood". Everyday I make a decision to do a certain task, take that certain walk, or to sit at home and do absolutely nothing. Being one person, I can never know for sure what the exact outcome might be if I were to choose the other decision. For instance, I take a leisurely walk every night and I sacrifice my time to do something else. Although this may not always account to me personally, I do sometimes think what the other choice may have brought me. And often times, I complete the task with a sense of relief, a "sigh" perhaps, that the choice I made turned to be a well-made decision. Though most people rarely look into the sacrifice of decision making...
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...As I ran up and down the tee line, I saw my uncle slamming the ground with a golf club. I could not understand why he was always so angry when practicing. I stopped running and watched him closely, studying his body as he elegantly whipped the club through the air. Sweat was dripping from his nose, his shirt soaked completely through. I was ten years old and in awe of this man. He was an athlete. I watched him for hours that day, and I would watch him for years to come as he practiced, trying to find the perfect swing. The perfect golf swing is thought to be unattainable to many in the golfing world. I spent my childhood playing on a driving range, watching my uncle hit ball after ball. He is a PGA-certified professional who has made it his life's work to find the perfect swing. I cannot inform you on the perfect golf swing because I have never witnessed it, although I can explain the fundamentals of golf. There are four components which make up the golf swing, stance and posture, the grip, the backswing, and the follow through. By breaking golf into these four components, I will be able to verbally illustrate the most fundamentally sound swing possible. When done correctly the golf swing has the fluidity of sand in an hourglass, combined with the power of a coiled spring. It is truly a beautiful thing to witness when refined to this level. The proper stance and posture enable a golfer to be perfectly balanced and poised throughout the swing. Only when this occurs will...
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...called as Reversi, this is a board game that requires strategy in order to win. Othello is played between two players on an 8x8 uncheckered board. Each player will have their own discs (one side is light and the other one is dark), and they will take turns in placing the discs on the board which corresponds to their color. The disc of an opponent’s color on a straight line bounded by the disc you just placed and another of your disc at the end will result for the entire line to be transferred to your color. The game’s objective is to have the most number of discs on the board until the last square is filled. 9. The Game of Life – created by Milton Bradley in 1860, this game is America’s first ever popular parlor game. The...
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...TRAFFIC SIGNS by Eric Tutor Cabalda on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 4:55pm It was so silent and dark. The silence is deafening and I have ghost bumps. The air was so cold as the breeze blow on me. Then a light shone so bright it almost blinded me. Then she came out of the light,her hands wide open, inviting me as it radiates with the light. I can hear her thoughts as she can hear mine. She was telling me to come back again and asked me to move closer to her. I ran hurriedly towards her. As I was near her, our hands almost touching together, something was pulling me back. I turned my head back, a white smoke pulled me, swallowing me. As I was engulfed by the white smoke, I was almost screaming when suddenly I was awakened by the ring of my alarm clock. It was already 7:30 in the morning. A little bit late than my usual waking time. It is yelling at me to get up and time to prepare for another days work. As I rose and sat at the edge of the bed, my dream flashed again. I felt thankful that it was just a dream. I was glad that I wake up and was safe. Yet, at the same time I felt I was at a loss. I could have been with her, feeling her embrace. I was too close already, she was just right infront of me. Our hands barely touching. She was there asking me to come to her. I can't shake it off my head as I went out of the bed and went to shower. As the water splashed on me, the cold water made me explode. It was so cold. Now I am back to my senses. As I took a glimpse at the clock...
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... regret and curiosity. The speaker begins with the vivid description in the first stanza of where he is and the significance of his dilemma. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (1), is where the poet drops us right in the thick of it. The two roads are a metaphor to the important and crucial choices we must decide in our lives. Frost vividly and simply painted a picture with only his first line. He gave us a time, place, color, and a dilemma. The yellow wood is a description of the season, giving a visual of a forest with yellow leaves which concludes that its autumn. That indication also serves as a time limit to the decision, implying that the speaker is running out of time. The speaker must make their decision before winter comes, which is a cold and dead season of progressiveness. The yellow also serves as a cautionary color, giving warning to the speaker that the decision must be made with careful and astute consideration. There is also a sense of guilt and regret that is pre-mediated before the speaker can make the decision. It is apparent in the second and third line where he states: “And sorry I could not travel both/And be one traveler, long I stood.” (2,3) The poet foreshadows the regret one feels for not exploring the option not chosen. He begins the speaker’s emotions with the curiosity that will never be...
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... In the beginning of his speech, he stated the vows he has agreed to make as a country together. He says, “Together, we discover that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play. Together, we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortunes.” As the speech goes on, he explains that when times change we, the people, must do the same. We must come together as one nation and one people. He talks about the middle class- how America’s “prosperity” must rest upon their broad shoulders. He believes that every citizen deserves the same amount of security and dignity; therefore, he decided to reduce the cost of health care. He will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure by not allowing other nations have the technology that will power new jobs and industries, but by claiming its promise. He wants to defend our people through strength of arms and rule of law; resolve issues with other nations peacefully. He ends his speech by saying that by being a citizen we, the people, have to set the course; by votes we cast and voices we lift. The last line of his speech is very powerful and states, “Thank you, God bless you, and may He forever bless these Unites States of America.” Obama wants the nation to come together and move past its political divisions dealing with issues, including economic inequality, gay rights, climate change, and immigration reform. He presented...
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...our children. Belonging, Being and Becoming. These are three of the most important words when dealing with the well-being and education of children today. As most of us are aware, the world can be a scary place and if it can be a scary place for adults, just imagine what it’s like for children where everything is big and new, and foreign places or new experiences can be confusing, lonely and terrifying. We are only very young when we have to first venture out on our own, whether that is childcare, preschool or school, and not having our parent’s with us, can be very daunting. That’s why I think ‘Belonging, being and becoming’ as a statement, is something that sums up what we need to look at when dealing with the development of life’s most precious little beings. Accommodating diversity and focusing on the child In order to learn in this big wide world we need to make children feel comfortable and secure in their surroundings. Years ago the teaching and caring methods involved with childcare and schooling seemed to be more of a ‘this is how we teach and this is how you will learn’ way of educating children. When we actually take a step back and look at the ‘real world’ it is then that we start to really acknowledge that all children are different and the backgrounds from which they come from are so varied. Then it makes sense that one format of teaching and caring for all children regardless of family, culture, background or learning capabilities isn’t really going...
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...medieval world view was beginning to collapse. Descartes was a mathematician and physicist, as well as a philosopher. He was the first to offer a system of mechanics that applied both to terrestrial and heavenly bodies. His system was based on a set of laws governing the motions of particles, including various types of collisions. These laws, though unsuccessful, were a precursor of Newton’s laws of motion, and Huygens’ solution to the collision problem. Descartes had the disturbing experience of finding out that everything he learned at school was wrong. From 1604-1612 he was educated at a Jesuit school, where he learned the standard medieval, scholastic, Aristotelian philosophy. In 1619 he had some disturbing dreams, and embarked on his life’s work of rebuilding the whole universe, since the Aristotelian universe was doomed. (Descartes didn’t suffer from lack of ambition!) The problem for Descartes was that he couldn’t merely tinker with the medieval picture, fixing it up here and there, because it was fundamentally wrong. It was rotten to its very foundations. The only way to proceed was to tear it down completely, and start building again from scratch. For an analogy, suppose your computer has been attacked by a virus, so that many important system files have been corrupted. You don’t know which files have been corrupted, so you can’t really trust any of them. The only thing to do is to erase the hard drive completely and re-install everything. How did Descartes “erase his hard...
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