literature is "written books that have value and are timeless". The thing about good literature is that it does not have to be recent. Many works of literature from hundreds of years ago are still interesting and valueable to the modern day reader. Although times have changed, human nature really has not. People still can relate and have the same feelings as the characters in a book from centurys ago. Humans still have man vs self conflict, experience madness, jealousy, joy and sadness and can really
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Compassion No one anticipates whether something good or something bad will happen to them. People hope to find the answers to these questions and to relinquish their heart ache that has been given to them, so people look for answers where they cannot be found. Some believe that it is a simple act of nature, luck, and even the power of God that causes pain even though the reason of these occurrences that happen to us cannot be known. When Bad Things Happen to Good People is a book in which the author Harold
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portrays this idea well. That character is Matsu. A man who has lived a life of general solitude, except for his secret interactions with a woman named Sachi, taking care of a business man’s vacation home. However, his quiet way of living is disturbed when a young man named Stephan, who is the business man’s son, battling tuberculosis is sent away from the busy streets of Hong Kong to stay at the little town of Tarumi to heal. Matsu finds it hard adjusting to Stephan’s presence at first, but gradually
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not hurt a fly.’’ He said crying and begging. The hooded man pulled out a sword from his hilt and turned it to Garland. In a swift move, the hooded man ripped through Garland’s chest and slashed it upwards to make an opening from chest to shoulder. Garland’s mouth filled up with blood and the blood from the wound landed on the stranger’s cheeks. Garland’s body fell down and the hooded man turned to the stranger. ‘’You, you are not my hooded friend, are you?’’ the stranger asked while walking backwards
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simply hide behind the idea of maturity which can quickly disintegrate when scared. This of course happened in Lord of The Flies the maturity disintegrated and they descended into savagery. It is simply human nature “I believed that the condition of man was to be morally diseased creation…trace the connection between his diseased nature and the international messes he gets himself into”. (Pg. 253) The symbolism in Lord of The Flies represents so many different aspects of society. The conch represents
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regret to a road of redemption that lead to forgiveness and moving forward into a future together not as enemies or acquaintances, but as friends who end up viewing one another as family. Three of the characters that made a drastic change and found a hard time arriving to their
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and Daoism, and their role in addressing the chaotic late Zhou period. Confucius, also known as Master Kong, was a justice minister and the founder of Confucianism. His school of thought primarily focused on ambiguous rituals which allowed man to find their inner “goodness.” Despite his focus on ceremony, Confucius’ teachers were to be thought of as an ethical system rather than a religion. Thus, he taught his followers to be respectful to their family members, ancestors, and elders:
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Composition II October 2, 2014 The Misunderstanding of the Misfit In the short story, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” the misfit tries to fill his life with meaning by being a serial killer. The misfit feels as if he murders people or commits any other crimes, it will give his life meaning and purpose. The misfit may not be morally sane but he sticks to what he believes is right and is consistent. He may not be a great man but he realizes that there are worse mean out there. The misfit had been put in
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always uneasy even though they have achieved much. “The rich man is anxious with fears, pining with discontent, burning with covetousness, never secure, always, panting from the perpetual strife of his enemies, adding to his patrimony indeed by these miseries to an immense degree, and by these additions also heaping up most bitter cares.”(362) In the heavenly city though the people have little, they have peace and family. “That other man of moderate wealth is contented with a small and compact estate
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