Andrew Solomon: Forge Meaning And Build Identity

Suffering is an obstacle that everyone has to confront at all times in their life. Most of time, suffering is painful. However, if people consider it as a chance for learning, they can gain a broader appreciation of life and success. They will grow one step further in the process of overcoming and stepping out from the disincentive. However, confronting suffering is not necessarily drawing the beneficial consequences: sometimes, suffering seems ultimately pointless. It may ruin people devastatingly and even lead them to the dehumanization by drawing out their negative hidden traits. A Long Way Gone--a book of Ishmael’s dreadful memories of being a boy soldier and the atrocious truth of the war--and Othello--a tragedy of jealousy, vengeance, and love--indicate those two

As George R.R. Martin once stated, “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you” (CITATION). In the short stories, David Goes to the Reserve, and Compatriots, characters struggle with their sense of identity. Some know who they are, but lack the knowledge of who they want to be; while others do not perceive any identity, but know they can be so much more. To find their true selves, the characters have to confront and overcome the obstacles that hindered them in the past.

Edwards and Henry, have different topics, purposes and points that they are trying t o get through towards their audience but they have the same techniques that is being used is emotional directory and parallel structure . Edwards, is putting fear in the congregation by telling how God will act towards the sins that they’ve committed Paragraph two; “the bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready

can get the people listening to feel what he is feeling. By doing this the audience would adapt to

The primary theme throughout the essay is the cycle of suffering, its mystery and universality in

David Brooks argues, in his essay “What Suffering Does”, that pain often gives people a new outlook and possibly even a new path in life. He explains that suffering can help people see their lives from an outsider’s perspective, discover new depths of their character, and often find new paths: “The grief of having lost a loved one smashes through what they thought was the bottom floor of their personality, revealing an area below,” (Brooks 286). Brooks in this passage describes how suffering can enhance a person’s character. As cliché as it sounds, hardships can, in fact,

He uses the previous examples of individual's grief in his speech to make way to how this horrible situation could create a new, better beginning by using a single, simple rhetorical question: “why?”. After this, he states that “It is that out of the shadow of this evil, should emerge lasting good...“ and that out of this tragedy people should fight to make it to “people everywhere can see the chance of a better future through the hard work and creative power of the free citizen, not the violence and savagery of the fanatic.”, which ends the speech on a inspirational and humble

In chapter nine we learn about suffering which comes in inescapable different ways to everyone because it the law to humanity (Hiles & Smith, 2014). Everyone that will experience suffering in will change their perspectives on how

And this speech was a clear example of that. He offers a story about a young man who set off around the world attempting to find the meaning of life when one faithful day he stumbled upon a mansion where he was created and offered dinner by butlers and maids. The owner appeared to be a king who was gravely ill, shortly after a man wielding a weapon in one hand entered the room, the young man left the mansion and it disappeared, the young man could not understand, yet after continuing his travels he happened to find the mansion once again only this time he asked the ill owner of the mansion “tell me your story, what is the source of your pain” and in that very moment he had discovered the true meaning of life. To give yourself to others. His final words in this speech were something I am not ashamed to say almost brought me to tears. The passion and the way in which I was able to relate were astonishing. Michael Himes said and I quote “The thing that I wish for you is that sometime in your life you get a chance to say to people who mean an enormous amount to you what it is that has been truest in your own life because in a moment like that that you know that everything you gave away has been given back in

Adversities are hard to avoid in one’s life; everyone has to face them at one point in their life. The effect it has on a person’s life can change their perspective towards the world. When problems arise individuals traditionally become stunned to such difficult situations that they face. The adversity becomes a brick wall that is challenging to break down. An individual's true character in addition to their nature is revealed when they face a conflict in their life or a challenge. The people who conquer the challenges that life throws at them, they are the only one’s worthy enough of being called a warrior. In the novel, The Chrysalids by John Wyndham has his protagonist David go through some conflicts which he overcomes throughout the story.

An appeal to emotion assists Henry in convincing his listeners that his purpose is important. For instance, anger and oppression creates inspiration to listen and take action towards the issue. Although pathos significantly helps persuade, the blend of rhetorical devices ultimately allows Henry to successfully achieve his

You can see is threw many symbols the author chosses to include. A symbol could be school. To many students school is dredded adn usually something they do not spacificlly look forward too. But for David un the early days of his abuse, school is a sanctuary for him. He kind of relys on it for safty because it is not safe at home , as well as food when he is beign starved. Yet after a while it starts resembaling his home life after his fellow classments beat him up as well and his teachers neglect to do anything after noticeing the abuse. Another symblol that may have shwoed how cirten situations acn effect a changeracter is the drift wood. In the memoir's epilogue, David watches a piece of driftwood being pulled in and out by the ocean waves. Like the drift wood it shows how his childhood was mainly spent figting agenst forces that kept pulling and holding him back, yet it fought or pushed through till it finally got to the

He cannot even bear to look back upon it; “I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on't again I dare not.” This gives us an understanding of how he is only human and interestingly gives the audience a sense of sympathy.

As human beings everyone suffers but we all suffer differently. Some suffer emotionally, some suffer physically, some suffer mentally. And through suffering and pain we gain different experiences, we either overcome pain and sorrows or we break down waste our lives. Edwidge Danticat present the theme of suffering in each of her stories. In all the stories the characters have to go through pain, but they all over come it in different ways. This is true in real life too. in the children of the sea that characters suffer but the outcome is that, in 1937 the outcome is inner peace, and My outcome is discovering myself.

This portion of the story is about endurance. When one choses to better himself and go against the normal flow, he doesn’t go about it without reaching a low point. During this low point an individual might be convinced that what he or she is doing is a waste of time, and that bettering ones self is not worth the pain and exclusion. But like Jonathan, a person must shake off those thoughts and remember the true reason for bettering themselves. Only once someone has achieved victory over an aspect of their life will they experience the freedom that Jonathan did.