The Philosophy of a Helper Bee In a world where every individual desires to acquire money, prosper, and make a life for themselves nevertheless no part of my being aspires any of it. My life's work wants nothing more than to help other people because at the end of the day, my long list of people I have helped will be worth more than your money. The way I grew up, I would have been the same way as everyone else, but it was with the experiences I have gone through along with my favorite movie, book, quote, historical figure, and my very own personal hero which all single handedly helped mold me to the person I am glad to be today. In the movie, Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, we follow a group of men during the D-Day invasion. After their dreadful expedition up Omaha Beach they are glad to even be alive, then they get a mission straight from the top of the Army military chain to risk all of their lives to save one random guy name James Francis Ryan (who's three other brothers have been killed during the D-Day invasion). Even though they think the mission is foobar, their captain tells them, “maybe saving Private Ryan is the one decent thing we'd pull of this whole god-awful mess.” Which in turn helps change their mind set on their journey to save Private Ryan although a couple of their men die in the process. Saving Private Ryan, has lots of meaningful morals such as the important bond between you and your war brothers, standing up as one to fight an evil force, but the most valuable, which stood out the most is no matter what horrible situation you are in, if you could do one action which could change another's whole life for the better, then do it no matter what even if it seems hopeless. The message of helpi... ... middle of paper ... ...e they were hers and deep down inside I was glad, but apart of myself questioned it because of what I had gone through my entire life. Magera to me is a saint disguised as a human to assist me how to be even more helpful beyond my set limits. To open up my house to foster kids, choose a profession where I am needed and in a position to be as accommodating as possible. My only life time ambition I have for myself is to be able to help each and every individual who comes my way needing help, becoming a social worker, a foster mom, and to adopt a child with Down Sydrome. I know and understand that my dreams might be a bit over my head for the average person, but I will accomplish them. At the end of my life when I am old, have gray hair, and my eye sight is even worse that it is now, I want to look back at my life knowing I was able to help everyone I possibly could.
Home in The Secret Life of Bees Sonsyrea Tate’s statement about “home” aligns with Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Secret Life of Bees. In this novel, the main character, Lily Owens, embarks on a Bildungsroman journey after leaving her birth home to find her true identity and “home.” The idea of “home” guides Lily on a path of self-discovery and leads her to the pink house and the feminine society that lies within, in which she finds true empowerment and womanhood in her life. “Home” plays an important role in Lily’s journey throughout the novel. Lily feels lost and alone at the Peach House with T. Ray because of his continuous physical and mental abuse.
Intro: Working around the hives; dedicated and faster with each movement. Honey drizzling in golden crevices; a family unit working together, buzzing in harmony. Bees and beehives is a significant motif in the novel Secret Life of Bees: By Sue Monk Kidd because it represents the community of women in the novel. It also represents Lily Owen’s longing and need for a mother figure in her life. And finally, it was significant because the bees lived a secret life, just as Lily and Rosaleen did in the novel.
James Francis Ryan is a World War II veteran and everyday he thinks about what happened during the war. The biggest problem he faces is stress from World War II. World War II was a very tragic event at that time and many veterans developed various mental illness. From the movie, it shows that James Francis Ryan was no exception in facing problems because of the war. He wants to make sure that he lived a good life and was a good person because of the words from his comrade, Captain John H. Miller. James Ryan wants to live up John Miller’s expectation because he went through so many battles and losses in order to ensure that James Ryan returns back home to his mother. This issue that been inside of him for many years and even though he’s now a grandfather he still recollects the events that has happened. Constantly living up to an expectation can be hard, but he has a very supportive family to back him up, especially his wife. At the end of Saving Private Ryan he told his wife, “Tell me I lived a good life, and tell me I am a good person.” He told his wife this in front of John H. Miller’s grave to confirm to himself and John H. Miller that he tried his best to live up to his words. Judging based on how supportive the family seems it is pretty clear ...
...rian thought, although if it was looked upon as Sgt. Miller did it the movie, the thought could also defend it. It could be argued that the number of men lost during battle was to save 10 or 20 times as many. In war, our armed forces also defend Deontology because it is a foundational duty and character is displayed through actions. The morality of our actions is based upon whether that action itself is right or wrong, rather than centered on the consequences of the actions. The movie carries the thought that American should lead morally standing, socially respectable lives to earn the freedom that our soldiers in battle have paid for with their lives. Hence the veteran at the gravesite in the beginning of the movie is Private James Ryan. He speaks to the grave of Captain John Miller saying he has fervently tried to “earn” his rescue by the captain and his men.
Where I thought Money, fame, glory and power where my goals. I dreamed of becoming the CEO of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Moreover, the reason was that currently their CEO makes 14.5 million a year. Growing up I always assumed making more money would make me happy. As I grew up and started, working the goal was always to make more money. For instance, my first job I made $15 a day. I would tell myself if I only made $30 a day, I would be able to do this or that. As the years progress I went on to tell myself if I only made XX amount of dollars my life would get better. Now that I am making a decent amount of money now I can say okay life is better but it is not the money it is my lifestyle and my son that has enhance my
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is the story of a fourteen-year-old girl named Lily, who runs away from her abusive father with her housekeeper to the town that her late mother had once been to. There, she meets August and the Boatwright sisters, who live in a bright pink house and own a bee farm. These women teach her all about life through bees and the black Mary statue that is kept in their house. Lily comes from a rough situation, surrounded by negativity, but the sisters take her in and teach her what family and love is. Although living in a world where, for her, love is scarce, Lily is able to learn from the all negatives in her life, which then turn into positives, and Lily is a better person because of what she learned.
The musings of Keats and Charlotte Smith identify with the British Romantic movement. This movement emerged as the political and social movements of that time were shifting into a new phase. With revolutions occurring, Britain ushered in the Romantic era during the late seventeen hundreds, gaining momentum until the start of the twentieth century. Romanticism reevaluated traditional Medieval characteristics of chivalry, love, and adventure, while the poets of the time idealized visionary imagination. They believed these characteristics should be present in politics and literature alike. What is now proved was once only imagined. The Romanticists meant to guide the people into an age of philosophical change; for the better. Their idealized
Later in life when I have a job of my own I hope to become like my grandfather and get a job and make it my life. Also I hope that once I find my goal that nothing will stop like the miners in Crown of Dust.
In Myla Goldberg’s fiction novel, The Bee Season, young Eliza Naumann is a fifth-grader at McKinley Elementary School. In the novel, Goldberg incorporates several key concepts Martin Buber presents in his text, I and Thou. The story is set around Eliza as she competes in the school, district, and national spelling bees. Throughout the story, struggles as her family begins to separate and deteriorate. Buber in his text argues that there are two separate realms of I-You and I-It (Buber 82, 83). The I-It world is where Eliza experiences reality of the circumstances her family is experiencing. On the other hand, in the I-You world Eliza becomes in total commune and relation with God, or shefa as Eliza describes (Goldberg 190). Buber suggests every human has desire to be in I-You realm (Buber 79). However, this realm can become an I-It by individuals seeking the I-You— making it objectified and using it for a specific purpose (68). In Goldberg’s novel, Eliza begins seeking I-You, shefa, to remove herself from chaos and to help solve her problems of her broken family (Goldberg 172). Once she has obtained shefa, Eliza wants to be removed from the I-It world and “desires to have God continually in space and time” (Buber 161). Buber would suggest Eliza’s I-You relationship is lacking depth and that she is actually going further away from the I-You realm and into the I-It realm, as she objectifies her I-You. Goldberg helps the reader to have a better understanding of Buber’s key concepts, by allowing the reader to experience alongside Eliza as she encounters the I-You and I-It realms.
Lily has a lot of mother figures in her life. In ?The Secret Life of Bees? two mother figures that she has are Rosaleen and August. A mother cares for her young and guides them trough life. She comforts and soothes them when they need it. Lily?s Mothers are Rosaleen and August. Both act as mothers for Lily in different ways.
Hollywood war movies are commonly based around heroic and courageous actions. These are major characteristics in the movies Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. Although the film Black Hawk Down is based on an actual event, it is all about common soldiers conquering fear and hardship to save wounded allies, despite seeing the deaths of friends along the way. The story becomes personalized and revolves around a few individual soldiers who give examples of heroism. In the movie, one soldier returns to base injured and later chooses to return to the front line to help rescue his allies that are more gravely wounded than him. There are also multiple instan...
My Future Aspirations: To first begin with myself from the inside pertaining to the strength of my mentality, the persistence of my education, and focus on my career path. I wish to develop into being as preeminent and humble as possible along the way. Further speaking, with all of my experience and knowledge I have gathered along the years of my life, I wish to begin a legacy where I go to college enrolling into ROTC and working my way to getting a doctorate degree in Nursing. Once I have accomplished that milestone I shall prosper in the military as a health practitioner ranking as an officer. Finishing up in the military I would love to open a pediatric office and continue my life from there.
Most people find it hard to believe that honeybees and bumblebees are two different insects. These two insects are very different, but they bees both have one simple thing in common; they both produce honey. They usually have the same jobs, and rules. Although honeybees and bumblebees have similarities in their jobs and their ways, there are many things that make these insects different.
There are many things that I hope to accomplish and do when I get older. I want to improve and accomplish different things for myself in my career that I choose, in my material goals, and spiritually. I'm looking at the year of 2009, I will be out of college and be on my feet, hopefully. I have high expectations for myself and hope to accomplish as many of my dreams and goals as I can throughout my life.
My biggest dream of all is to be remembered. I want to touch people in such a way that they will never forget who I am. I want them to tell their grandchildren stories about me and for them to tell their grandchildren and so on. That way, I’ll still be alive years after I actually die. However, this will be very difficult.