Response To Divorce's Circe

The divorce rate in the United States is higher than fifty percent today. The divorce rate continues to increase in America due to many reasons, one of them being that society today is a disposable society. Back in the day, when someone had a broken shoe he or she would fix it, and if there was a problem with a couple’s marriage, the two would work through it. But today, it is easier to ignore the problem, throw away what we do not like anymore and move on to the next, which is not the right way to live. In Lorrie Moore’s “A Kid’s Guide to Divorce”, Moore writes about a child and his or her mother. The two are sitting in their living room watching TV as they

Emotions and feelings are very tempting to give into. The Sirens are beautiful women who lure sailing men in by tempting them with this voice. They

In The Great Divorce, the narrator suddenly, and inexplicably, finds himself in a grim and joyless city (the "grey town", representative of hell). He eventually finds a bus for those who desire an excursion to some other place (and which eventually turns out to be the foothills of heaven). He enters the bus and converses with his fellow passengers as they travel. When the bus reaches its destination, the "people" on the bus — including the narrator — gradually realize that they are ghosts. Although the country is the most beautiful they have ever seen, every feature of the landscape (including streams of water and blades of grass) is unbearably solid compared to themselves: it causes them immense pain to walk on the grass, and even a

"Dad wants me to stay here and live with him. Is that okay?" my son asked. "He's promised me all kinds of "neat stuff" and I can get to know my step family better.

First, Odysseus and his men must sail past the Sirens, however, hearing their song leads any sailor to his doom. Circe herself tells Odysseus that “the Sirens will sing his mind away on that sweet meadow lolling.” (678 ll. 666-667) How does Odysseus overcome this adversary? He simply follows Circe’s orders to “plug your oars men's ears with beeswax….” (678 ll. 670-671) Although, she urges Odysseus to listen to the song of the Sirens alone. So, to prevent himself from becoming an issue, he orders his men to tie him up “plumb, amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast….” (681 ll. 746-747) This solution was also given to Odysseus via word of Circe. Thus, if Odysseus had not clearly followed Circe’s instructions, from plugging his men’s ears with beeswax to ordering his men to tie him to the mast, he and his crew would have met a fatal end. Much like soldiers in real life, Odysseus and his crew had to comply and obey orders in order to guarantee success on a mission. Circe’s advice allowed Odysseus to overcome the deadly Sirens without any loss, however, his whole journey did not go as smoothly.

In the book The Odyssey By Homer, he writes about how Circe (The goddess of Magic in ancient greek) explains that Odysseus will encounter Sirens and warns them about the dangerous journey they will continue to take. Circe warns him that "If any one unwarily draws in too close and hears the singing of the Sirens, his wife and children will never welcome him home again, for they sit in a green field and warble him to death with the sweetness of their song.' Embarking on the distress of their journey Circe begins to explain they will be experiencing the truth behind the Sirens and what they do to their victims. These Sirens just don't kill them and they are gone " There is a great heap of dead men's bones lying all around, with the flesh still rotting off them" ( Homer, Book 12). Seems to me Sirens had no shame in their game they wanted to display and show off what will soon be passing sailors future. Once the sirens see the passing victims they don't hesitate to intervene and do their job by singing, playing various instruments they will stop at nothing in order to accomplish what they were made to do. Odysseus was curious to see what these sirens sounded like so Circe suggested "stop your men's ears with wax that none of them may hear; but if you like you can listen yourself, for you may get the men to bind you as you stand upright on a cross-piece halfway up the mast, and they must lash the rope's

Upon nearing the Sirens, Odysseus has his crew’s ears plugged with beeswax, and instructs his crew to tie him up (The Odyssey 12:32-62). Odysseus endures the song of the Siren’s. He is launched into manic state, but his crew keeps him tied down. He is tempted by the most tempting song known to man, but he survives. This newfound patience allowed him and Athena to plan his return home.

Odysseus was tied to the boat so he would not be attracted to the sirens and his men put wax in their ears so they wouldn’t be attracted and killed. Both groups of men were tempted heavily and one group gave in but both groups overcame it and got back to what they were doing so they could get back to their families. Our heroes have proven that they can get off the treadmill and achieve their goals by

The Sirens are crying beauty to bewitch men coasting by. “ They will sing your mind away on their sweet meadow lolling” (678 ll.666-667) . the fact that  they keep bones and skins shriveled around them  this shows that the Sirens weren’t very kind. “ the Sirens were noting odysseus’ s fast ship off their point made ready and they sanged until the Sirens  dropped under the sea rim and the singing dwindled away”(681 ll.750 -751). The only reason they survived was because they decided to put a thick coat of beeswax on all the oarsman's ears to block out the singing from the Sirens . When the singing from the Sirens was don they pulled all the beeswax from their ears. Then the crew kept on sailing to the next island.

Odysseus is warned by Circe that the sweet voices of the Sirens’ bewitch anybody who comes near to them and that “there is no homecoming for the man who draws near them unawares and hears the Sirens’ voices” (Pauline Nugent). As curious as Odysseus is she knows he can’t pass up the opportunity of getting to hear the sweet seductive voices of the Sirens’. Circe knowing very much how Odysseus so helps him devise a plan so that he can hear the Sirens, and his fellow shipmen cannot. She tells Odysseus to have his men melt beeswax and plug there ear and if he wants to listen “...make them bind you hand and foot on board and place you upright by the housing of the mast, with the ropes ends lashed to the mast its self”(12;48-51). Odysseus

Divorce is becoming all too popular in our society today. When a couple experience tough times or have one too many arguments, they automatically think divorce. Despite its prevalence couples are not prepared for it’s long, drawn out, hurtful process. Divorce does not only hurt the individuals involved, it also affects the children tremendously. While many people don’t think divorce is a bad thing. Hollywood makes divorce look cool and uneventful. When in all reality, it is disruptive. Some people would say that divorce is a lazy way out of a marriage; the cowardly thing to do when a situation presents itself. Divorce is not the only answer to marital problems, in most cases.

Amato, Paul R. "The Consequences of Divorce for Adults and Children." Journal of Marriage and the Family 62.4 (2000): 1269-87.

Divorce is an unfortunate event for any family, especially those which have children. ”Currently, about 46 percent of all marriages are projected to end in divorce” (953). It is slowly becoming considered more, and more normal everyday. In the article “Strengthening marriage is an appropriate social policy goal”, Paul R. Amato discusses how government funded programs are crucial to the stability of a healthy marriage, and how this further contributes to the upbringing of a healthy, functioning child. Frank F. Furstenberg then presents a counter-argument in response to Amato’s article. While both Amato’s and Furstenberg’s articles use logos as their main rhetorical appeal, Amato also uses pathos to strengthen his argument and persuade his

Thesis statement- There are a variety of factors that prompt the separation of a couple as a consequence carrying a baggage of effects with them.

Broken families are on since the beginning of humanity. In fact, divorce, which has been very common in today’s societies, is the major cause that leads to family devastation. However, although, in some cases, divorce is the only solution for a family to live in peace, one must think many times before taking such decision, and that is because of many .