(Hughes, Gerald J. 2001). According to Aristotle, happiness is; • Happiness is the ultimate end and purpose of human existence • Happiness is not pleasure, nor is it virtue. It is the exercise of virtue. • Happiness cannot be achieved until the end of one’s life. Hence it is a goal and not a temporary state. • Happiness is the perfection of human nature. Since man is a rational animal, human happiness depends on the exercise of his reason. • Happiness depends on acquiring a moral character, where one
The Book Thief Literary Analysis A poet named Rumi once said that “Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom”(Rumi). In Markus Zusak The Book Thief, the theme that even though people are surrounded by hatred, compassion from others can transform the hatred into love is shown when Hans protects Max and hides in the basement, and Ilsa Hermann’s sharing of the books in the library
A 1949 Review of Orwell's 1984 Behold a world of horror. You are walking down a bleak London street, surrounded by huge, hostile buildings. The street is dirty and the buildings are falling apart. Missiles are incoming alongside you, people are screaming, children are crying. From every corner, every wall, two eyes are staring at you; dark eyes, with no expression; the mustached face of a man. That man is Big Brother. He is always watching you. In this world,
The book I chose for my 4th quarter book report is The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. This book contained 352 pages of breathtaking and descriptive writing. The book is classified as a fiction but as a subcategory would fall under modern criminal. The books protagonist is Suzie Salmon, age 14, who is brutally raped and killed. She is struggling with the acceptance of her death and the pain that follows her emotionally to the afterlife. She learns saying goodbye to her love ones is the hardest part
HL - Get lost to find yourself! Picture this. You are standing alone at the foot of a lake, surrounded by snow-capped mountains on all sides. Cool breeze brisks your face and all you can hear is a soft whistle of a bluebird. You stare at the nothingness around you and yet feel the overwhelming joy of being in that moment. It is an experience beyond words, one that you cannot feel amidst the crowd in your mundane life. Nor can you experience this while sipping on a Mai Tai and sunbathing on the finest
status or upload a photo. For me this would be roughly five hours a day which means that I unconsciously dedicate five hours of my present life to a screen when really those hours could be dedicated to spending time with family and friends or reading a book. Many people tend to claim that technology has benefitted our lives for the better however, what they don’t see is the fact that it has taken away the most valuable part of our lives which is human interaction. It seems as if we as millennials, are
international authority on the neuroscience of emotion, manic-depressive disease, and the effects of thyroid hormone on brain and human behavior” ("Experts Biography; Peter Whybrow, M.D."). He states that “We’ve been taught, especially in America, that happiness will be at the end of some sort of material road, where we have lots and lots of things that we want, … [and] we’ve set up all sorts of tricks to delude ourselves into thinking that it’s fine
me throughout my life. At the age of twenty he decided to come to the US. The United States instantaneously intimidated my grandfather. He was one of the youngest in his family to come to Louisiana. Therefore, he immediately went to UNO, he was surrounded by people who spoke no Spanish. My grandfather was forced to teach himself English and do well in school
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States declared all state-level bans against same-sex marriage unconstitutional, legalizing same-sex marriage all over the nation. While this ruling was a huge victory for the gay rights movement, it was not the end of the fight for equal gay rights. In fact, many gay people are still fighting for adoption rights, job safety, and government protections from abuse and segregation. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find solutions for a significant
The Pact Assignment I found it difficult to relate with the book, The Pact, for near the first half of the story. The three boys, Rameck, Sam, and George all grew up in impoverished neighborhoods in New Jersey. They were surrounded by drugs, violence, theft, prejudice, and death. None of the 3 had a father figure within their home while growing up and discovered that it was extremely difficult to find any positive role models within their area. As kids, Sam and Rameck both caved under the peer