Constructing A Life Philosophy Chapter 1 Summaries

I, Jaylen Ferrell believe my art of life is really special because help someone get back on track motivates you to do the same thing and you will be confident in your ability’s to help yourself and others. Being able to help people is a good thing because the more you succeed the more will not question your ability to do so. For example a teacher seeing his or her student pulling them self together from something that happens to them some time ago. The teacher might look at it like if he can do it I can do it.

What is the meaning of life? According to Chris McCandless living free and not conforming to the natural way of life is the meaning to life, as shown in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Similar to Chris McCandless, Ralph Emerson believes that following your dreams and making your own trail is the meaning of life according to his short story “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Emerson. The purpose of man's existence is to avoid conformity and following one's own instincts and ideas.

Mood, whether it be kind and optimistic or cold and unhappy, it is what readers feel while reading a story. In Narcisco Rodriguez's memoir, "The Blueprints of Our Lives," several moods are portrayed, making the reader feel many different things about the memory of his childhood. In this story, the author is looking back at his childhood where he lived in a small, three-room apartment with his Cuban immigrant parents. He remembers how his neighborhood was a community full of hardworking immigrants that would help each other no matter what. Narcisco Rodriguez reflects on his early life with pride for his parents and the industrious people that surrounded him. The way the author talks about his early life gives the reader a feeling and mood of

A long time ago the difference between perception and reality was defined as the act of understanding in contrast to the act of being real. Reality could be tricky; most of us including myself depending on scenarios of our lives tend to give in to ideas which are not applicable to reality as a whole. The best example of this is written in the short story “All Over” by Guy de Maupassant. In which his main character Lormerin is very self conscious and narcissistic also Lise de Vance, a former old love plays a big role in hurting Lormerin ego and opening his eyes by showing him, his real self. Many would say that when reality knocks it could be harsh and confusing. In the next couple of

What we think is reality will ultimately become our reality if we believe certain things about an individual; he/she begins acting in exactly that way.

Jalapeno bagels is about a boy named Pablo whom cannot decide what to take to school for International Day. He wants to bring something from his parents’ baker. He wants something that represent his heritage but he cannot decide what to bring. His mother who is Mexican baked pan dulce and change bars. His father who is Jewish baked bagels and challah. Both of the bake good were good but while helping his parents with the bakery on Sunday morning, Pablo made a decision on what to bring. He decided to bring jalapeno bagels because they are a mixture both of his parents and just like him too. The multicultural representations in the story line is Mexican and Jewish. The pictures that were drawn in the book, the family has the same color of skin even though the parents are different cultures and the main character is mixed. There were no different skin colors.

David Brooks, a political and cultural writer for New York Times, in his article “When Life Asks for Everything” (2017), Brooks states that there are two types of human development and described the differences between both schemes, while hinting at individualism and transcendentalism. Brooks supports his article with spiritual and emotive writing and/or topics, which includes happiness, marriage, and satisfactory. For example, in paragraph 1, Brooks speaks about the “The Four Kinds of Happiness” and then again in paragraph 2, he talks about satisfaction and self-actualization. He also provides quotes and lines from other transcendental people, such as Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Eli J. Finkel, etc. For example, in paragraph 6, Brooks quotes

In terms of this essay “Myths are the instruments by which we continually struggle to make our experience intelligible to ourselves. A myth is a large, controlling image that gives philosophical

Everyone has a different perspectives of how they see or understand the world, it is imperative that people have knowledge concerning of the world, such as the past, the present

The narrative of Adam and Eve has demonstrated itself deserving of being analyzed and destroyed into its center topics of Eros and Thanatos inside of the Oedipal conflict. The topics in the story are difficult to identify with as I nearly see two individuals that share the same wishes to challenge and be free. This record of the first father gives an incredible measure of understanding where people’s inclinations of disobedience started. Adam whom was the first man was produced using the dust making him a Thanatos animal. In this case of him being made from dust would make a line characterizing us as Thanatos and God, the law supplier, as Eros. As the story advances there are occasions that remain as an affirmation of the battle within God and the characteristic man, father and child, or Thanatos and Eros. The battles between these two have a large significance within the Oedipal conflict. Just by knowing this it makes the narrative of Adam and Eve have a touch of a psychoanalytic gleam.

The vivid projection of emotional plight as a metaphorical means to convey the lonely odyssey of life is reflected in Frank O’Hara’s “How to Get There” and Sylvia Plath’s “Elm” as both poets weave personal experiences into provocative language. O’Hara’s immediate experience in “How to Get There” revolves around that familiar moment of acknowledgement of loneliness as a precursor to independence. Through O’Hara’s use of enjambment, one can extrapolate the speaker’s uncertainty of living in a world where struggling and agonizing individually initiates the feelings of fear. This innate feeling of fear enshrouds the speaker in unfamiliarity, yet this exposure to reality contributes to independence and experience. For example, mutualism found within relationships can deter individuals from seeking experience beyond their comfort level (this can affect how they manage struggles stemming from unfamiliarity). Once exposed to unfamiliarity, the understanding of what is known or what should be known becomes a struggle in itself. For Sylvia Plath in “Elm”, the fear of delving into the unknown and being exposed to fierce pain, is palpably frightening yet essential to the human condition. Plath’s use of natural imagery illustrating the inevitable pain experienced in love strikes a chord in the audience, giving us a nostalgic feeling of loneliness and betrayal. The projection of emotional turbulence deeply resonates within those who have felt love and lost it. In essence, O’Hara and Plath

Callum shouldered his sack, eyes focused on the back of the man before him, trying not to think about the ache in his feet, the soreness of his back, the grime that layered his body. “Just keep marching, keep moving” Callum repeated in his head like a mantra.

reality. When someone is brought to look at a perspective that is outside of their box they may

through our senses is actually an accurate interpretation of reality. After we’ve established that our senses aren’t

Bernard Roth, a Professor at the d. school in California, has an impressively valid outlook as to why all reasons given are bullshit. Roth provides numerous examples of people who use regularly use excuses to manage everyday life; however, he also plays the devil’s advocate when stating that excuses may help you in the current situation but will it assist you at all in the long run? In the second chapter of his book, Roth classifies the use of excuses into several categories; ethically, logically, and emotionally. Although I understand Roth’s beliefs, there are multiple areas I fundamentally disagree with. Such as, some excuses must be explained no matter what the circumstances were since the reasoning is important.