...Human beings are tied to the things that keep them in an endless Karmic circle, and trapped in the web of life. People’s lives are filled with things that are illusions; things that separate them from understanding the Truth. These things are emotional, physical, or monetary wants; fears; work or personal expectations; etcetera. From a spiritual perspective, all these expectations and hopes will bring them unhappiness. Suffering is inevitable because one’s expectations and desires are inevitably endless and unquenchable. Once people gain what they wanted or desired, their wants and desires change or increase, and then they experience a sense of disappointment. For example, the more money people make, the more they want nicer things like cars, houses, and other possessions. The more expensive things that are owned, the more it costs to keep these things in decent condition; therefore, more money is needed to just maintain one’s lifestyle. This causes one to cycle from disappointment to disappointment, for one’s motivation...
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...A thing in existent may be inexistent. A thing inexistent may be existent. This shows the beauty in postmodernism because it gives us an endless possibility of expressing ourselves. Indeed, a message may be communicated by the use of signifiers which is essentially the heart of postmodernism. A thing, which may be nothing, may be something when viewed differently. Hence, something that does not exist in a work of art may be seen through the connotation of the thing in some other aspects of our lives. For instance, a sun may signify hope, which may then signify attainment of dreams, which may signify success, and so on – the possibility is infinite. From this single thing in a work of art, we may infer different things in different perspectives. However, we may convey a specific meaning in our work when we present the sun with other different things connected to it, making the items interconnected and forming distinct, closely-related messages. Nevertheless, conveyance of ideas by applying postmodernism doesn’t end in what we see, because, in truth, there are many more ideas that are yet to be seen. What strikes me the most about postmodernism is the disorientation that it incites from people. The deconstruction of what is because it is not and what is not because it is. From this, we are obviously confused for how can a thing be something when it is nothing or be nothing when it is something. Here comes the quality of postmodernism that is usually paradoxical, full of irony...
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...The horizon is an endless stretch of nature, spanning as far as the eye can see, holding anything and everything. In “Their Eyes Were Watching God” the horizon symbolizes the hope that Janie has for her future every time that she moves on in her life and the dreams of equality and love she hopes to one day experience. Present throughout the entire book, the horizon manifests itself as Janie’s dreams for a better life. She travels along in the horizon in her marriages, always searching for her own ideal life. In her mind and adventures, the horizon gives her hope that a better life will be there for her allowing her to move on and grow as a person. The beginning of the book states that “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board… For others they sail forever on the horizon.” (Hurston 1)These first parts of the book foreshadow Janie’s own personality and what she is going to do in the near future. This quote is Janie stating that all men have dreams and intentions, just like Janie, but even though they have an advantage over women they do not pursue their own dreams and so their intentions slip away. Janie is different,...
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...beings. “’We’ve [the boys] got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re [the boys] not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything.’” (40). in this discussion, Jack Merridew, the choir boy implies their pride of being English and that they should not spoil themselves from nobility to savages. There is irony used because throughout the plot summary, Jack Merridew becomes the most cruel out of all the boys, and him saying of that they are ‘not savages’ gives an ironic effect. It wasn’t just the authorization and rules that are mentioned, but the emotions for caring for one another made another sense of feeling in the beginning for hope and survival for the kids. “Simon found for [the littluns] the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.” (56). Simon represents the primal of goodness that is deeply tied within us. Simon behaves very kind to...
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...‘Dawn at Puri’ is an imagist poem (a poem consisting of a number of vivid, sharply etched, but not necessarily interrelated images). The Panorama of Puri (in Orissa- a land of ‘forbidding myth), artistically portrayed with vivid images and symbols, becomes evocative. Puri is the name of a famous town in Orissa, which is considered sacred because of the temple dedicated to Lord Jagannath, the presiding deity of Orissa. This temple is said to date that to 318 A.D. It is particularly famous for the chariot festival of Jagannath; an annual ritual conducted for the glory of this deity and is attended by a large number of pilgrims. ‘Endless crow noises’; a reference to the endless cawing of the crows, a visual as well as an auditory image. ‘A skull on the holy sands’: This is a startling imagery created with the juxtaposition of the abstract with the concrete, where the abstract ‘holy’ and the concrete ‘skull’ are grouped together. It is believed that the deity of Puri was carved out of a tree trunk that was washed ashore and this fact is alluded to in his poem ‘Losses’. Hoping for some kind of redemption for this wayward world, the speaker in the poem muses: “Perhaps the piece of driftwood/ washed up on the beach/ heals the sand and the water”. Puri is regarded as a sacred site and it is the wish of every pious Hindu to be cremated there to enable them to attain salvation. ‘It’s empty country towards hunger’: a reference to the poverty to the people of Orissa including the sight of...
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...Child is a hope of mission Hope is itself a species of happiness and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excess of hope must be expiated by pain. Parents always have some hopes from their children. They always want to see their children best from others and also want them to do something exceptional. No doubt every child is bestowed with some unshakable competence and aptitude. The embodiments of these aptitudes always touch the horizon of the sky of the world. As a writer said “Child is a father of man.” Every child is a hope of mission. But one of the most significant thing is that how can we brighten the traits of the children. “Our children should not be resultant of our surrounding.A child is a precious assert of Nation. He is the epicenter of the hopes of nation. So training of the child becomes the cause of the hope of the nation. The man’s toils bring the sense of grandeur. So this grandeur prepares the way of his mission. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was also a child of his age. Thats why he brought the revolutionary change in the history of the world. Pakistan is the result of his endless struggle. He was the hope of his nation. Ah! What would the world be to us if the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us worse than the dark before”. A philosopher said that a good child makes a better nation. We are not here to play, to dreams to drift. We have worked to do and load...
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...saying applies directly to what it can be like finding one’s identity. When I started high school I thought I had myself all figured out, I could not have been more wrong. I’ve learned from experience that so many things shape who you are and how you’re going to turn out: specific situations, people, items, it’s honestly endless. With endless possibilities comes an endless exploration to find one’s self. I must say though, people have shaped me more than anything. As you begin to get close with people you really get to know them, when this happens you may find flaws. Above all the closer you get with someone the more their behavior can change. I feel that change in behavior is what made me think about people. Some good things and some bad. This exact behavioral change has made me feel different from many. I feel like sometimes people just don’t care enough, but being going to my high school in particular has made me see only a very small piece. I am looking to find more out of people, and by coming here to Utica I have met new people that have shown me there is more culture and kindness in the world. This will give me more hope for myself and more hope for the world, to find others that are more like me, things that have already begun to happen. Situations are almost equally as important, each and every day I face situations that change how I view others and myself. This could be as small as a problem with one of my friends to having a full on verbal argument with someone...
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...Throughout Cormac McCarthy’s harrowing novel, The Road, he depicts the precarious journey of an unnamed father alongside his innocent son as they endeavor the post-apocalyptic world in desperate hopes of survival. After an unnamed disaster sweeps the Earth, the diligent pair fights to navigate the “cold and dark and heavy” (19) terrain, as they travel South in hopes of reaching the coast where they will be “warm at last” (147). The dynamic pair faces challenges of nature and man alike as they traverse the lifeless landscape, encountering vicious packs of cannibals as they become meek prey to the blood-thirsty beasts. They depend on their vitalizing love to bear the constant, rigorous obstacles they face in the “stark, black, burn[t]” (8) world....
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...Jaspers writes that “no known being is being itself.” This tendency to understand objects of being as being in itself is most prevalent in scientific knowledge. Take biological explanations of the brain for instance. If we think of human consciousness as nothing more than the biological functioning of the brain, we condense being into that object of being. There becomes no other understanding of being outside this biological framework. Being becomes a biological object. Jaspers argues that we should not think of being as an object, but a “horizon of knowledge.” If we think of being as a vast and endless ocean, we are situated in the waters surrounded by endless horizons on all sides. We cannot grasp what lies beyond the horizon, nor can we acquire a viewpoint that will allow us to do so. We are engulfed on all sides and at all times by our being. All thought exists within this endless sea of being. Being “remains open” – an encompassing of all possible objects of being. “On all sides it draws us into the unlimited.” This ‘unlimited’ Jaspers writes, is what draws us continually to pursue some new “determinate being.” For Jaspers this explains the course of knowledge as it has progressed throughout our history. It is important...
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...We are all not so ready yet, but the indication is strong that we are attacking nonetheless. Hope this will bring the war to a quick end, and I may see you again. After the rebs opened fire on Fort Sumter to begin the war, the Union might be encouraged by early victories in western Virginia, and by the war fever spreading through the North, the superiors ordered to mount an offensive that would hit quickly and decisively at the enemy, hope to bring the war to a mercifully quick end. The defeat of Fort Sumter caused more states to join the Confederacy. Fort Sumter is an...
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...been a hard worker, and wanted to do the best job possible. I strive for this in my life. My father has been my source of inspiration. Numerous times we have had late nights together because he would be helping me with homework, watching late night movies, or talking about gospels of the Lord. In other ways, he also acts as a motivator in my life. He always has a positive attitude in everything he does and never complains. Everything my dad has done for me has made me the person I am today. I have learned a lot of lessons from him that I hope to apply to my life and what I aspire to become. He never ceases to impress me with his dedication, determination, patience, and other numerous qualities that I hope to someday gain. He has enriched my life with his passion for learning. With his endless love of everything and everyone being touched by it, I have seen a life that is truly exceptional. He has been there for me every step of the way, and I hope we can continue to have this close relationship now as well as in the...
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...Introduction Description of a prison The walls closed in. I could not escape the endless, darkened wait to freedom. Sat in the corner of the chilled room, I can see the sharp corners at each edge of the room. The walls, painted red many years ago, connecting each corner forming a perfectly shaped square room. The dull paint on each of the four walls carries a burden memories where psychotic men drawing closer and closer to their death had been scratching at the walls. Looking up from the corner of the cell, my light flickers as many moths flutter around it finding the only hope and light that is left in the prison. ...read more. Middle Each man would shiver in the darkness of their cell knowing that this evil man would lead them to their death when the time would come in the near future. Every hour of every day, on perfect timing, the shadows of the evil guard would seep the rusty bars of each cell in the zoo of madness. Every twelve hours of every day the bell of the old clock tower would ring twelve times driving average men closer to madness. Every twelve hours of every day the bell ringing would drive those men closer to wanting to add the speckles of blood on their cold stone floor. Looking around when darkness falls in the real world, a small crack in the wall shows life outside in freedom. ...read more. Conclusion All the prisoners know it is time for another to walk the mile. And soon after the unlucky prisoner leaving the smell of burning flesh fills the halls and...
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...Sentence Outline Narrowed Down Topic: Fanfiction: A Creative Platform for Writers I. Introduction A. Introductory Device B. Thesis Statement People should have the liberty to write fanfiction, because it is an opportunity for enthusiastic writers to develop their writing abilities, it is an outlet for writers to explore endless possibilities in creating derived compositions, and lastly it is an activity to simply enjoy oneself considering it is a non-profit activity that brings forth intercommunication within a certain fandom, though sometimes fanfiction may affect an author’s capability to produce their own stories. II. Background A. Morrison (2012) states in The Guardian that fanfiction officially started, in the modern times, during the mid 50’s and 60’s with the growth of television expanding, more people wanted to create what-if stories with their favourite characters through writing. B. According to Schaffner (2009), fanfiction are stories ripped off from other people's work, so fanfiction is a free form, innovatory or derivative textual work that fanfiction practitioners publish online. C. Alter (2012) writes in her article that fan fiction is still a sensitive subject for writers and publishers; while some see it as free marketing and others regard it as a derivative dreck at best and copyright infringement at worst. III. Body A. Writing fanfiction is an opportunity for enthusiastic writers to develop their writing abilities. 1.) Buroker (2013) an official...
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...Brightness & color temperature adjusting: To adjust the individual controller,first press the "Zone ON" of the selected zone,then set the adjustment for brightness or color temperature of this zone. To adjust all the controller in all zones at the same time ,first press the "Master ON",then set the adjustment for brightness or color temperature of zone. D: Night light mode For individual controllers,press and hold the "Zone OFF" from 1 of the 4 zones, For all controllers,press and hold "Master OFF" ,The lights now consume only night light mode. E: Resume function: The previous settings will be resumed while power on again! F: Grouping of several lights You can add and endless numbers of lights to one zone on the 4 channal remote by linking the lights to different zones. You can add and endless numbers of lights to one zone on the 4 channal remote by you are completely flexible in creating different group...
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...He was an astounding man living by the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Gatsby’s main goal in life was to better himself in as many ways as he could. He fulfilled a happy, working, busy lifestyle not many people might be able to handle. Gatsby also had a sense of hope and belief that if he would do things right the first time, it would accent his grand plan of life. Once he found Daisy and regained a connection with her, his vision of hope and work ethic grew because she was his new plan. Fitzgerald writes,“He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a handle.”(Fitzgerald 208). Gatsby was a restless fellow, and always had a very prestigious schedule, and plan to fill that set schedule. He was always on the move whether it was for work relations, or personal relations. According to Marilyn Roberts from The Great Gatsby and the American Dream, “Jay gatsby is driven by the American Dream to accumulate obvious signs of wealth”. Gatsby used Daisy as his motivation and drive to gain wealth to please her although she never came in contact...
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