Analysis: Go Where You Want To End Up

“Night exposes much that is wrong with human nature and reveals little that is right.” Discuss.

“Everything will seem better in the light of day”, a phrase commonly told to those suffering from the crippling anxiety and over thinking that often accompanies the fall of night. Night by Elie Wiesel gives numerous examples of the complexities and range of emotions that can occur simply by the setting of the sun. The night is a heavily used theme in the book, inasmuch as it was even deemed important enough to be set as the title of the work. The reader is given such a detailed account of the many long and difficult nights that Elie endured, that it is as though one can feel the passage of years in only 115 pages. Throughout the novel, there are many instances where the length, amount of sleep, and feelings associated with night are inconsistent due to the psychological distress these men and women were under. Perhaps the only consistent thing about the night in Elie’s life is how inconsistent it is.

Our identity is inimitable, yet ironically it is affected by society and enigmatic forces that define our external relationships. This inextricable link between identity and social environment not only shape our identity, but gives us a sense of purpose, however when we fail to establish our sense of congruity with society through metaphysical acceptance, as a result of social isolation we can feel an abyss within our lives often forcing us to look into our inner self, as exemplified in Gwen Harwood’s poetry, especially her poems “At Mornington” and “Mother Who Gave Me Life”. These also reflect and force us to explore the impact time has on people and how this can inevitably lead to a reassessment of one’s life.

The more of the world a person sees, the more he/she realizes that it is not as perfect as he/she thinks it is. When one matures, he/she gains knowledge and experiences that affect how he/she act and think. Their perspective of the world changes either positively or negatively. Night, an autobiographical memoir written by Elie Wiesel, tells of the horrors he faced as a child during the Holocaust. The more the readers read about his experiences, the more they see how his perspectives change throughout the novel. Emily Dickinson's poem “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” explains how one must conquer his/her fear in order to see more of the world. The way we perceive things change as we gain more knowledge and experience of the world we live in.

The experience of darkness is both individual and universal. Within Emily Dickinson’s “We grow accustomed to the Dark” and Robert Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night,” the speakers engage in an understanding of darkness and night as much greater than themselves. Every individual has an experience of the isolation of the night, as chronicled in Frost’s poem, yet it is a global experience that everyone must face, on which Dickinson’s poem elaborates. Through the use of rhythm, point of view, imagery, and mood, each poet makes clear the fact that there is no single darkness that is too difficult to overcome.

“Night exposes much that is wrong with human nature and reveals little that is right”. Discuss.

is a story of courage about how one child was forced to transform into an adult

This trait of a submissive female is reversed within Rrap’s exhibition; Persona and Shadow: Puberty 1984. This piece is an appropriation and deconstruction of Edvard Munch’s work; Puberty 1894 which

From this moment on, every acceptable quality she has will mean absolutely nothing to her. As long as she has her big nose and her two thick legs, that is all she will see herself as wholly. This leads her to thinking about permanently removing her unwanted flaws. She believes that if she removes her flaws, she will finally be accepted by society. In both stories, the reader interprets that both the woman and the young girl have specific qualities that someone in their lives has pointed out as flaws. The opinions of these certain people obviously matter to both of them, so they eventually decide that they want their flaws removed for good.

The purpose of this critique is to analyze the various aspects of a modern family through the film, “This is Where I Leave You”. Different components of marriage, families, and relationships will be explored to better understand the central theme of the movie.

Throughout the Uglies series, author Scott Westerfeld reflects on the faults of our current society. (Tab here) Scott Westerfeld demonstrates society's faults by using a Barbie doll world to exaggerate them. In Uglies, Scott Westerfeld writes, “Even when she and Peris used to spy on them from the shadows, giggling at all the stupid things the pretties said and did, they couldn't resist staring. There was something magic in the their large and perfect eyes, something that made you want to pay attention to whatever they said, to protect them from any danger, to make them happy.

The narrator almost comes off as sarcastic when describing puberty as this. A pubescent child will literally wake up one morning and begin to realize that he or she has hair growth in new places, body odor, and if it is a girl, menstruation and breast growth will follow along (KidsHealth). This is the time a child crosses a threshold into the beginning of sexual maturity. Through the process of puberty, there will be many sudden physical changes that can easily make a person feel insecure as their body transforms. The girl in this poem seems to not have an easy time with this process as she gets teased by a classmate about her “big nose and fat legs” in line six (Piercy 624). This suggestion makes the reader question how children could be so cruel. In psychology, kids are observable learners and they tend to imitate what they hear and see (Cherry). The criticism that the girlchild receives reflects common "imperfections" adults often complain about their own bodies because they tend to compare themselves to others. In the norms of society, we often see acts of women nitpicking at their body parts in so many forms that it comes off as a normal thing for women to do. It belittles women in a way, to show that they are always unsatisfied and do not have anything better to do than to focus on their physical appearance. Men, on the other hand, are not apparently known to do this because it is not socially

The concept of isolation is different in this poem compared to the definition that means when one is physically alone with no one around. The mishap here is that in fact, he is surrounded by

This makes me think of this quote “To Know Where You Are Going, You Must Know Where You Came from”. I believe that is important to know your facts in order to be able to realize what must be done in order to solve the issue. Prediction that there will be 9 billion people by 2050 is a scary thought. It is time to think now how to prevent it from happening and what to do if that does happen. The more people we have the more issues there will be on this planet, is it already congested with pollution as is. I do believe that if we all work together in making this planet a clean environment we can make it better by 2050. I don’t agree that not having children is a solution, they are not the

William Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is set in a secluded natural valley that is both blissful and full of contentment. Though Wordsworth describes wandering alone like a single cloud over hills and valleys, he conveys the message that he is not truly lonely through the