Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of their continuous journey, life. There is never a straight path that leaves one with but a sole direction in which to head. Some decisions to these choices are clear while others are sometimes more difficult to make. The poem "The Roa...

When questioning the issue of our existence one must go to the basic question of \"If we exist, then who created us?\" Many religious and spiritual people would have a very simple answer: God. So this leads the questioning philosopher to ask how do we know that God exists? This is a question that ...

Part 1. Introduction The reason why I have chosen this topic ¡°initiation¡± to discuss is that the issue of looking at life and picking up a new experience which might change the current viewpoint is a topic that is not only interesting in a thesis paper, but also a theme of life. Every...

The Soul of the New Machine Over the last two decades, a technological revolution has occurred as computers have become essential to our society. The rapid development of computer technologies has brought people infinite convenience and a higher standard of living. However, increasing numbers of ...

Only a Girl Alice Munro's short story, "Boys and Girls," explores the different roles of men and women in society through a young girl's discovery of what it means to be a girl. A close examination of the elements of a short story as they are used in "Boys and Girls" helps us to underst...

The themes and ideas in Auden's _The Age of Anxiety_ reflect his belief that man's quest for self actualization is in vain. I. Auden's background A. As a 1930's poet 1. Views of Society 2. Diagnosis of the industrial society B. Major conflicts of his works II. _The Age of Anxiety_ over...

Final Out of Class PaperI choose topic one for the final paper. I picked 15 poems from McClure's Magazine from the years of 1918 and 1920. Some quick generalizations about the published poems are that they are rather short compared to the literary work in the Norton Anthology. Another generalizat...

The imagery of red color in Toni Morrison's haunting slave tale, Beloved, is what sets the reader's imagination going. Morrison uses vague pictures and lack of detail in certain aspects of the novel in order to let the audience develop the story in their own minds. Morrison leaves drops ...

Othello is a play written by William Shakespeare about the tragedy of a black army general who is fatally flawed by jealousy. This jealousy is expressed through Othello; his character clearly highlights how someone morally good can also experience dark emotions. He felt guilty about resorting to ugl...

A Book Review on The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Novel Milan Kundera Plot This International Bestseller is about a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humble faithful lover – these are the tw...

There is a broad based ethical debate taking place within today's medical and scientific fields. This debate primarily centers around the use of science and technology in dealing with human life. In his article "Sporting With Life" Dr. Lester D. Freidman cites the ethical problem in this way. The po...

In Auden's lengthy poem, The Age of Anxiety_, he follows the actions and thoughts of four characters who happen to meet in a bar during a war. Their interactions with one another lead them on an imaginary quest in their minds in which they attempt, without success, to discover themselves. T...

The Paradoxical Nature of Love and Higher BeingOver many centuries, the concepts of love and the discovery of "a higher being" have been mysteries to man. Both ideas have been discussed, analyzed, and disputed by various authors and philosophers. In the ancient past, love and discovery of a highe...

A BookReviewon TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeingA NovelMilan KunderaPlotThis International Bestseller is about a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humble faithful lover - these are the two couples whose story is to...

The Analysis and comparison of Hamlet and "Let me Die in my Footsteps"In Shakespeare's Hamlet, at one point in the play Hamlet contemplates suicide. This is because he has talked to a ghost that was supposedly his father and he told him that Claudius, now King, had murdered him and that he wants Ham...

The films Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live) and Emporte-Moi (Set Me Free), are very similar when looking at the two main characters of the films, Nana and Hanna. However, the events and people surrounding the characters are different, to catch these similarities and differences throughout the second f...

Steinbeck' s The Pearl was based on a story he had heard during his expedition with a friend to the Gulf of California about a poor Mexican fisherman who found a pearl which he though would guarantee his future happiness, but however it almost destroyed him before he threw it back into the ocean (A...