In “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”, Alice Walker writes about her Stevie Wonder, and how she felt when she saw him for the first time. Stevie Wonder is a famous musician who has been blind since birth. Walker describes him as “the most beautiful thing” she had ever seen. She goes on … Read more
In the second chapter of Seeing, Annie Dillard begins to explore the idea of how we see the world. She starts by talking about how our eyesight is limited and how we can only see a small fraction of what is actually out there. She then goes on to talk about how we interpret what … Read more
In the world, and specifically the United States, many adolescents and adults are struggling to communicate efficiently with the world through social media, and many more are feeling anxious because of what is seen on social media. These problems are affecting each individual whether they are choosing to be involved in social media or not … Read more
A Room with a View written by E. M. Forster is a story about love, conflict, and finding your way. The story is set in both Florence Italy and England during the Edwardian era where societal standards were different and the upper class were unforgiving on lower class peasantry. Lucy Honeychurch is an exception, as … Read more
Forty minutes had passed since Chief Parker dragged me into the police station though to the rest of the officers, it looked like I was there of my own free will. He grabbed my phone from my jacket pocket before leaving me alone in the small interrogation room: four blank concrete walls with a metal … Read more
Perfectly Ripped Apart Our world is far from perfect and because our world is far from perfect, We have seen what perfection could actually be. In these examples, it’s clear that living in a perfect society does not lead to happiness. The Giver, a book by Lois Lowry is about a young boy’s travels through … Read more
p. 59, #3 “What draws me to practicing NVC? ” What is it that I deeply wish for in my life and in this world? I want to have better relationship with my family and friends by practicing NVC. Also, I realized that practicing NVC will not only change my life, but also change families, … Read more
Looking in through a window at someone else living their life. That is what it feels like to be an outsider in society. People are excluded and forced to observe others while they watch, like a benched player on the sidelines of a game. The experience of being an outsider is universal but not permanent, … Read more
A chair is just a chair. A person is just a person. A saying is just a saying. But is it really? Or can they be symbols of something? Can they mean something else? In the novel Siddhartha, Hesse uses different symbols in the book to explain things. For example, he uses the smile as … Read more
In a world consumed with desire, Carl Richards tries to offer a solution to an individual’s need to be better than the person standing beside him or her with his article, “Learning to Shun the Instagram Life. ” Richards discusses how he sees others living their life, which he refers to as the “Instagram life”. … Read more
John Updike’s Rabbit, Run details the account of a struggling young adult who tries to straighten out his life. Unfortunately, Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom’s involvement with alcohol, adultery, and accidental murder within a short time period do not help his situation. In a negative feedback loop, Rabbit runs back and forth in and out of different … Read more
The idea of a perfect society might sound appealing, but would a perfect society include Sameness? In the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowery, Jonas, the main character, lives in a society where everyone portrays Sameness. Sameness is where everything is equal. For example, every family has four people: a mother and a father, one … Read more
Teen Angst and the Essence of Adolescence The Highest Tide has two prominent themes, exploration of marine life and teen angst. The main character, Miles along with his other adolescent friends and foes (A. K. A. , Frankie Marx) perfectly exhibit the symptoms of the phenomena that is teen angst. Symptoms such as defiance of … Read more