Samuel Johnson Analysis Questions.

I was also taken aback to how she states; your sex (Males) is naturally tyrannical. This is a truth so established that no one can dispute it. As far as John Adam’s response, all I can do is laugh at how he valued his manly hood more than his family or the more equal authority of women. Nowadays, he would never have pulled this response. He would have to fight to keep the reputation of a man versus a masculine pig. One connection is that in other revolutions after this the war things going on disrupted and corrupted the rule or mastership people had over subjects or slaves.

Each “hearer” also interprets what he hears as a beholder.  Consequently, if an English speaker, or writer desires to convey a message, truth, fiction or nonfiction, entertainment, persuasion, evidence of fact, he must use correct language, perhaps colloquialisms, be aware of the listeners, their education, culture, motivation and attention. The written and spoken language can be used to deceive as well as to inform.  Advertisement, celebrities, leading preachers, politicians are used to provide a single perspective, not thorough information leading to a reasoned conclusion.

Right in the beginning of the excerpt he commands us to “trust [your]self.” He even goes as far to say that “Great men have always done so...predominating in all their being.” Then in the second paragraph, he then ridicules conformists of society, saying, “Nonconformity...whips you with its displeasure. And therefore, a man must know how to estimate a sour face.” He praises those who choose not to conform to society. For, “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,...with consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.” Then he goes back to commanding, telling us, “Speak what you think now in harsh words and tomorrow speak...in harsh words again though it contradict everything you said today.” And to finish this, coax us that his authority and ridiculing are in good faith, he tells us that although speaking in such a way may cause us to be misunderstood, he says, “To be great is to be misunderstood.” This last sentence completely shows us his command and ridicule, both in one well

His survival is heavily influenced by every choice he makes, from ignoring the exhortations to escape impending danger to choosing to stay with his father in spite of difficulties. His experience with the Holocaust directly shapes his role as a frontline fighter for recognition of Holocaust victims. In moving to Canada, I also shaped my role in society. My skills, such as playing sports; hobbies, such as reading; and characteristics, such as persistence and studious attitude have all developed due to my moving to Canada. My exposure to a life so plentiful in opportunities has also caused me to take many things for granted. Events in people’s lives shape who they become. Some of these circumstances are brought about by the decisions of others, while the majority of occurrences are caused by deliberate choices. These decisions can shape destiny in a life-or-death situation or a can be like a small, yet equally profound, choice to smile at a stranger. While some decisions are out of one’s hands, a conscious effort to have a positive outlook on life can still influence destiny. Like a rudder, daily decisions made with a positive mentality can steer people to a prosperous life. It does not do well to dwell on what may have happened, but rather on how the life one creates can be consequential in further extending the development of

	Living is about making choices. The choices people make shape their lives for better or worse. Even the decision not to choose has its effects, often not wanted. But the individual who chooses to make positive choices and to act accordingly is more likely to see his or her life reflect his or her beliefs and desires. Usually the individual who chooses to take action is also willing to face the risks and obstacles that such choices involve.

(C) This passage connects to the world to this day. You read online how hard and how long it takes to get the law changed, especially if it’s a big law.

in Samuel johnson's response to the woman's request he denied the request with a sympathetic tone. He does not take the child to be sent to the university. He sincerely turns the child down by not saying he's inadequate or not good in his studies, but by saying that he just doesn't meet the expectations to obtain patronage.

I always tell myself that in today 's world we are not living. We are just surviving to see the next day. Just like McCandless said: "But this is not important. It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found.”(37). He withstands many new experiences because he wants to live life at its fullest potential and does not want to conform to society 's standards. He wants to find truth and not lead the uniform life that has been mapped out for him since birth. ”We misread him”(20). Mccandless’ father observes rather dumbfounded. Mccandless’ family has high expectations of him, they want

     Indeed, we toil the best of our days, and “fritter away our lives by detail. ( )”, in order to earn the perishable items we acquire by destroying the ever resilient gift we have been given. We all live “meanly, likes ants… ( )”, and we forget to stop and look at our lives from a different perspective. In fact, our minds are constipated with thoughts we entertain to feel important, and do the job, to once again achieve greatness through our “things.” Our lives are so complex for such unjust reasons, and we all ponder the question that a wise man once asked, “why, should we live with such hurry and waste of life? ( )”

John Locke makes a convincing statement of how knowledge is not innate, but is progressively obtained through experiences. His argument is still reasonable till this day because of the trial-and-error method. Entrepreneurs for example are not born knowing what exactly they are going to build or invent. They usually go through a series of trial and error to make the best possible gadget. Thomas Edison states, ““I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.” (Furr, 2011) Thomas Edison admits that he had to try several times to be success, a process of trial and error.

Everyone has a life to live; however, there are quite different between the unexamined life and the examined life. In the word of Socrates,” The unexamined life, for a human, is not worth living”, “the unexamined life” means people have no question, they never question the life, and they don’t want to know about the truth, and they don’t know who they are. Those people just get up every day, go to work and go to sleep, keep repeating these and never wonder what is the meaning of their life. On the other hand, the examined life is that people always searching for reasons, they know who they are, and they know who they want to be and keep working hard, try to improve themselves. Therefore, the unexamined life is not worth living because they

He goes on to say, “I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean...publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion” (74). In this rather long passage, he outlines his true sentiment about life and living. He puts his feelings in very plain, broad terms, claiming that in order to know what life has to offer, one must do all that they can to “experience” it, and then judge for themselves. One cannot have lived if they have not confronted the true “essential facts of life,” whether they may be sweet or bitter.

What does this mean in terms of our personal lives or needs? What does this mean to me, the writer, personally? To be honest I am not sure. My upbringing and moral codes tells me

Clauses are groups of words which express an idea and contain a predicate (i.e., a conjugated verb) and a subject, although of course in Spanish the subject is often merely indicated by the verb ending. They can be divided into two categories: independent clauses (which make sense in and of themselves) and dependent clauses (which need to be used with an independent clause to form a complete sentece). In general, the the indicative, the conditional, and the imperative (command forms) are used in independent clauses; some exceptions will be given in section I below. The subjunctive mood is found primarily in dependent clauses, but of course the other moods can occur there as well,

Life is a complicated twist of suffering, laughing, and learning all merging to tell a great story - or great many stories. Based on this view, "it is not the end goal or outcome of life that gives life meaning but rather the quality of the story, the quality with which one lives out and develops his or her role."