The Power of the Mind and Spirit
Confucius compares education to the sculpting of marble. He said, "Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated men are free men." I see college as an irreplaceable time in my life when I can begin my journey to find the freedom that Confucius so eloquently describes. While in college, I want my education to bring me face to face with the awesome power of the human spirit and the human mind working together to achieve the beautiful and the revolutionary.
I believe that there is no nobler purpose than the endeavor to find freedom, and having said this, I want my college education to be more than an attempt to earn a degree. It is my hope that because of college I will realize...
Whedon's production of Much Ado About Nothing is a modern, black and white retelling of the famous Shakespeare play of the same name which tells the story of love and deceit between two couples: Hero and Claudio, and Beatrice and Benedick. While Hero and Claudio court and prepare to marry each other, Beatrice and Benedick steal the show away with their wit, humor, and constant bickering. Though they both insist that they hate each other, the flashback presented at the start of the film suggests that there is far more to the story than meets the eye. While the style of the film certainly enhances the story being told, making it a timeless classic entangled with modern society, it is the ensemble cast that work both individually and as a unit which make the film a true masterpiece, as well as the genius idea of a change in scenery that propels a sense of realism not often found in your average Shakespeare adaptation.
I want to go to college for the wholesome intellectual stimulation and to get more involved with my community. College will be my last opportunity to do so before I enter the work force. At college I can be intellectually and academically challenged; I will be able to learn with friends who are as dedicated to learning and the pursuit of knowledge as I am. My goals in college are to acquire the skills that I need to lead a successful and productive life, to expand my knowledge of the world, to step out of my comfort zone, and to become more proactive.
Sydney Carton picks up the pieces of his broken life and becomes a new man, which allows him to die with a clear conscience at La Guillotine. Carton is not the man he is first portrayed to be. His love for Lucie allowed him to change greatly. Carton’s final act of supreme courage for Darnay and Lucie in Paris was not an inspired emotional response, but a deliberate, carefully reasoned act. Sydney Carton managed to drastically change his life. His Love for Lucie let him experience feelings that he had long suppressed. He became a compassionate individual, and died with a clear conscience.
The first perception is Captain Ahab who madly struggles with the power of nature at war with him in the individual of Moby Dick. Through Ahab’s lenses, he is “by no means unobservant of the paramount forms and usages of the sea” (Melville 125). He is solely dedicated to nature, and is trying to alter it by capturing the whale. The whale “is a mammiferous animal,” not one that an individual can take revenge on as if it is a human being (Melville 8). Being overly obsessed with the whale, the audience is made aware of Ahab’s “monomaniac thought of his soul” (Melville 166). The thought of trying to have complete revenge on the whale was consuming his mind. He is struggling with nature day by day, and “almost every night some pencil marks
For years now many have asked “What was the true purpose of obtaining a college degree?” For some the purpose may strictly be money while others seek to gain more with their degree. Everyone has their own opinion for me the purpose of achieving a college degree is pursuing success through knowledge, opportunities and happiness.
The outcome of a higher education will bring the success you were seeking, find your interests, navigate you to diverse opportunities, and even improve your critical thinking on daily routines. College teaches you all the rudimentary skills such as problem solving, communication, critical thinking, or even self- motivation. Knowing these skills properly, you’ll have a quicker reaction on how to deal with unexpected situation. For me, college will guide me to a successful future, increase my opportunities in life, improve my daily skills, and teach me to become more aware on situations. Most of all, college will help me influence other family members to attend by showing them how successful one can become with a higher
Before exploring Ishmael, Ahab, and Moby Dick and their Biblical counterparts, it is important to understand Melville's background. He grew up as a baptized Calvinist in the Dutch Reformed Church. His parents trained him to obey God at all times, even if God’s commands seem unjust and cruel. However, he quickly turned against his faith after his father died. During his travels, he witnessed diseases, catastrophes, and hatred throughou...
The experience of the APEC Youth Science festival was incredible. It has had an enormous impact on me in many ways, changing the way I look at the world and connecting me with people and events far beyond my formerly limited experience. I am extremely glad to have had this opportunity. It was a wonderful experience on multiple levels. It challenged me and expanded me intellectually and socially. I feel that this experience has had an immense impact on me.
The entertainment center offers a wood bound big screen television. It has awesome surround sound and complete remote features. It is equipped with a digital videodisc player, that adds to the televisions' clarity for life like action movies. The center also houses a full collection of digital videodisc movies for the families' viewing pleasure. The stereo is located in the top of the wall unit. It consists of a high-end receiver, a digital optical compact disc player, and the traditional double cassette player. These items allow very high quality music to be played at high and low volumes. The speakers are carefully placed to allow my family and guest to hear real quality surround. On the sides of the center are CD racks that have a wide array of music. There are two types of games available, a Nintendo 64 and a pool table. The pool table is a Brunswick Bristol with a slate top and quiet rubber pockets. This table and Nintendo allows for the family to enjoy a friendly game during the day for stress relief and recreation. A refrigerator is available with soothing refreshments and hardy snacks for family and friends to enjoy.
Throught the epic novel, Moby Dick, Herman Melville attempts to bring forth the pain and madness that one person can have. All of the men aboard the Pequod have heard of the legend of Moby Dick and some are afraid of it, but not Ahab. Ahab is filled with so much hatred for the White Whale. Ahab blames all the pain in his life on the White Whale. He believes that if he can kill the whale, he will not suffer anymore. Melville describes the hatred as “all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from adam down” telling of the limitless bounds of Ahab's hate. He has made Moby Dick the object of all his hate. Ahab believes that higher beings are against him, from that falsehood an aura surrounds Ahab that none of the other crewmen have. The aura and the pure rage he has, makes the men aboard the Pequod initially fear then come to join Ahab. In the start of the Pequod's journey the crewmen are terrified of Ahab, but by the end they are 30 men working as one coherent unit.
Often the protagonist of a novel becomes the hero in which he or she must sacrifice something in which they hold value in order to put others in front of him/herself. This is especially true in A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens but in an ironic fashion, Sydney Carton’s life has no significance nor was his image describe as perfect heroic figure such as the life of his counterpart, Charles Darnay. Sydney was alcoholic with a seemingly worthless life, he has no inspiration and nothing to live for. Carton really wants his life to have served some purpose, for him to have made a difference in the world. But, Sydney Carton’s life is made meaningful by the love that he feels towards Lucie Manette which led him to sacrifice his life in order for her and the people she loves to be happy and in return having resurrected himself by doing something that serves a purpose.
The initial ship that the Pequod comes into contact with in Moby-Dick is with a whale ship named “The Goney” (Melville 194). Although the two whaling ships pass by each other in close proximity, the men aboard the Goney, a Nantucket ship named for the Albatross, remain silent until monomaniac Ahab presents the captain with the familiar question “Have ye seen the White Whale?” disregarding any Gam etiquette of a friendly introduction and invitation to board the Pequod. (195). In response to Ahab, on account of the wind, the captain of The Goney attempts to respond with his trumpet, though he drops it “into the sea” and therefore fails to respond to Ahab’s question (195). Thematically, the interaction between The Goney and The Pequod endorses
"Daniel Defoe achieved literary immortality when, in April 1719, he published Robinson Crusoe" (Stockton 2321). It dared to challenge the political, social, and economic status quo of his time. By depicting the utopian environment in which was created in the absence of society, Defoe criticizes the political and economic aspect of England's society, but is also able to show the narrator's relationship with nature in a vivid account of the personal growth and development that took place while stranded in solitude. Crusoe becomes "the universal representative, the person, for whom every reader could substitute himself" (Coleridge 2318). "Thus, Defoe persuades us to see remote islands and the solitude of the human soul. By believing fixedly in the solidity of the plot and its earthiness, he has subdued every other element to his design and has roped a whole universe into harmony" (Woolf 2303).
Most times when high school kids ponder on the thought of college they think about the sides that don’t involve education. However, that’s not the purpose of attending a college. College is there for you to get an education so you can broaden your knowledge, get a satisfying job, and so you can find success in life. Those are three key reasons why I want to get a college education.
Daniel Defoe has frequently been considered the father of realism in regards to his novel, Robinson Crusoe. In the preface of the novel, the events are described as being “just history of fact” (Defoe and Richetti ). This sets the tone for the story to be presented as factual, while it is in of itself truly fiction. This is the first time that a narrative fictional novel has been written in a way that the story is represented as the truth. Realistic elements and precise details are presented unprecedented; the events that unfold in the novel resonate with readers of the middle-class in such a way that it seems as if the stories could be written about themselves. Defoe did not write his novel for the learned, he wrote it for the large public of tradesmen, apprentices and shopkeepers (Häusermann 439-456).