Letting Go of Home

“The westerners’ view is analytical and objective in contrast to the oriental view which is subjective and integrative. While the western world considers past and present as preparation for a ‘point’ in the future which is always goal-oriented, the eastern world never assumes that there is a problem in life that needs to be solved: ‘instead, life is a mystery to be lived’ (Yalom, 1980).”

When analyzing the current relationship between eastern and western cultures, it seems as if tensions and conflict arise from a complex and layered set of problems. These issues range from political, economic and military stances to opposing cultural beliefs. The genesis of these

I guess one might call it naivete, but at first, I simply associated home with the single definition of where an individual lived or as something synonymous to an address. As I progressed into high school, and moved yet once again, I realized that was not the case. Now I believe home is an atmosphere created by the people that are surrounding me. I can be anywhere and feel at home as long as I’m with those people. My home is ever changing and developing as new people come in and out of my life. The unforgettable memories and feelings of comfort and love created by the people surrounding me are the cornerstone of my idea of home.

Jessica just moved out of her hometown to move to Florida. Her mother enrolled her to a local High School from where she lives. She was very excited to go because she wanted to make new friends and have a fresh start. She is very pretty and outgoing so she instantly made friends and had got the attention of almost all the football team. Katie the caption of the cheerleader did not like her because she thought Jessica was going to take her boyfriend. She told her friends to tweet about Jessica and say mean stuff about her so Jessica can move back. Her friends listen and told other people to say bad things about Jessica. People soon stopped hanging out with her and she was devastated. Everyday their will be people commenting and saying hurtful

The geostrategic importance of Middle East is also derived from its psychological and political significance, Pollack (2011). It is a symbolic area serving as the center of the shrines of the three world’s greatest religions, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. The influence of Islam extends from this region to Morocco and profound inside Africa. Therefore, Middle East has changed foreign policies of many world states.

We live in a world where different does scare us, which is why we come up with all these labels of “gay”, “straight”, “black”, “white”, etc… we feel like we have to have a way to identify each other. Why can’t we all just be? We’re all people, that much we all have in common, so why can’t we just accept that, that we are all “human”? Why do we have to come up with all these labels? Let me tell you my story, a story of many places, races, and countless labels where nobody seems to fit in, and for that exact same reason everybody like me fits in.

It sucks to leave your family/ friends and going to someplace else where you don’t know much about. When I had to move to US from my home country. I thought it wouldn’t be this hard to adjust, but little did I know it was tough to make friends and get used american lifestyle and life in general. I didn't know how to act certain people at certain time and greetings. Having my cousin helped me a bit in school work, but most of the times I had no one who I could go to and speak my mind and get a help. Somedays I would just get mad at my parents and take my frustration out on them, since they were the ones who decided to move here.

Huntington states that “Islam has bloody borders,” hence he describes the appearance of a prominent Islam threat for the western countries, in addition to the already present threats. His observation of the borders of his Islam civilizations clearly mirror the practical sources of conflicts on the ground. Moreover, Huntington argues that the Islamic civilization could use the help of the military, especially with China and their anti-western reaction, therefore creating a “Confucian-Islamic connection.” Western

Letting go. It is difficult for us in so many ways and on so many levels. Yet life calls upon us to do it, over and over again. Letting go is part of our growth process. We cannot move on to the new while continuing to cling to the old.

While looking through the car window, regretting her procrastination during Columbus Day weekend, Abby counts the endless pages of Un Secret, her French book to read until tomorrow, and remembers to text her roommate. It was just two days trip back to her home in Albany, and she is happy that she feels refreshed after seeing her family and friends, but she feels like she hasn’t seen her roommate for a long time. Eventually, now is time to go back to school again. She carelessly, yet happily, types to her roommate. About a few minutes later, her roommate’s reply notices her trivial mistake.

the reader or a narratee like Sir or Madam, and the resulting consequences for the respective addressee in terms of how they are dealt with. In order to achieve this, the analysis will be confined to only three visual elements, namely asterisks, dashes, and gaps because they are the most common ones. Although literary researchers have already examined these particular visual elements, they have not done so in terms of their recipients. For my analysis, it is important to distinguish between the narratee, the implied reader, and the actual reader: According to Jahn, the narratee is the narrator’s fictional addressee (cf. N1.5.); the implied reader, as already mentioned above, is “a text's overall projection of a reader role, superordinate to any narratee“ (N2.3.2.), which means that he is e.g. able to understand the function of all visual elements in the novel and handles them perfectly; Which is, according to Iser, influenced by his former experience (cf. Der Akt des Lesens 66). The actual reader, consequently, does not necessarily have this experience and might struggle during the reading

Home is a place that one has an emotional tie to, whether positive, negative, or a mixture of both. In many cases, home is remembered in a certain time setting, hence nostalgia and remembering the past are common reflections for numerous people. That is why people mention or reference the “good old days.” In a modern age where people travel and there is constant progress in culture and society, people can easily lose something significant. The only way to possibly re-live it is by embracing the memories. The result is a hiraeth, a Welsh word for an intense longing for home. Ron Rash’s “Myopia” and “Milking Traces” and Robert Morgan’s “Heaven” reflect on the emotions that are associated with remembering the past and clinging to home settings. In their poems, Rash and Morgan illustrate the idea of hiareth through imagery, metaphors and symbolisms.

I remember interrupting a man who, after a lecture I had given at a West Bank university in 1994, rose from the audience and started to attack my ideas as "Western," as opposed to the strict Islamic ones he espoused. "Why are you wearing a suit and tie?" was the first retort that came to mind. "They’re Western too." He sat down with an embarrassed smile on his face…” He also goes on to say that the Clash of Civilization that the comparison of the West and Islam needs to stop and we must find more parallels between the two groups to resolve some issues.

Home is where your heart is. It can be a one-room shack, apartment, house, or even a camp trailer. At one point everyone in their life have dreamed of having a place they can call home. Home sweet home. Being raised in a military home from 1961 to 1970 we lived in at least 10 different houses that we called at home, because we lived there as a family, when my dad died in 1975 our home was no longer a home but a house that we just cohabitated in. With the absence of our father the majority of the children became juvenile delinquents.

The very purpose of the book thus inevitably leads him to make a detailed study of the West, its values, its successes and failures, its chosen directions, its ruling passions and self-destructive interests and impulses. His thorough study of the West, which involves understanding, mastering and value-judging with high and rigorous standards, makes him question its very foundations – science and reason, the so-called solid foundations.