Trapped in the Darkness Essay

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‘The Darkness Out There’ and ‘The Withered Arm’ are both short stories. The characterization techniques they use are contrasting and similar. Each story is from a different time; ‘The Withered Arm’ being 19th century and ‘The Darkness Out There’ being 20th century. Thomas Hardy writes ‘The Withered Arm’ as a 3rd person narrative whereas Penelope Lively uses a mixture between 3rd and 1st person.

7,000 years before the Battle of Yavin, the Jedi Order was split between darkness and light. A group of Jedi decided to turn their backs on the teachings of the Light Side of the Force in exchange for the power to bend life itself to their will with the power of the Dark Side. Using their newfound power to turn living beings into monstrous, mindless slaves that would obey their every command, this group of rogue Jedi waged war on their old order in a battle lasting 100 years. With the combined might of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, the Dark Jedi were driven out into the uncharted regions of the galaxy. While many believed the battle was over, the Dark Jedi would continue to grow in power in order to exact vengeance upon the Jedi

In both books, Tuesdays with Morrie and Night, humanity and inhumanity is commonly heard about. In Tuesday’s with Morrie I think that one form of inhumanity is Mitch being selfish and not wanting to make decisions and do things that he needs to do. Mitch is all about what it is going to take to get him where he wants to be. “ … and I hope that he hadn't noticed my arrival so that I could drive around the block a few more times, finish my business, get mentally ready.” (Albom 27). Another example of inhumanity is the disease to Morrie. Morrie, even though he knows he is dying, puts in the effort to show Mitch humanity. Morrie does the humane thing and tells Mitch that he needs to do the things that are most important. Morrie is the person that tries to get everybody on the same page and to understand that there are more important things in life. Morrie knows that love is the only rational act and he also knows

The most common conception surrounding the motif of light and dark is that light is commonly associated with hope and goodness while darkness is aligned with themes of evil and fear. 1984 challenges these associations by altering the way that representations of light and dark are seen. The book illustrates a totalitarian government in which propaganda is used to control the minds of the public. A symbol of light in the book, for example, is the Ministry of Truth. While the building is described as “vast and white”, imagery that would typically relate to light, the Ministry of Truth is another manifestation of Big Brother’s harmful dictatorial regime.

Richard E. Miller essay “The Dark Night of the Soul” to be an interesting way to think about reading and writing in today’s world. Richard uses the violence in the world to question if our educational system is relevant to keeping us safe and whether the power literature can be used to change the tragic event that happen around us every day.

“Altruism: Concern for the welfare of others, as opposed to egoism; selflessness” (American 99). In her book entitled When Light Pierced the Darkness, Nechama Tec asserts that people who aided Jews during the Nazi Holocaust may have acted altruistically; however, they did so under a modified definition of altruism. Furthermore, she offers her own definition of altruism within the context of the Holocaust and designates six traits, which she found rescuers of Jews to exhibit. While many of these traits are apparent in the personalities of characters in the films: Shop on Main Street, Cold Days, Divided We Fall, and Europa Europa, some of them are glaringly absent.

The novel “Dark Inside” written by Jeyn Roberts is a very interesting novel that attracts a sci-fi and action loving reader. The beautiful Earth has turned into an apocalyptic death planet. Monstrous creatures out in the evil airs have triggered an earthquake and are running after people, making them insane. Every moment is to be terrified of. The literary concepts to be discussed in this journal are Inciting Incident, Point of View and Conflict.

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The clichéd elements of darkness and light are a critical part of any writer’s toolbox. Besides being able to alter the atmosphere of any given piece, darkness can also be used symbolically to achieve a specific purpose in writing. Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are known for their use of the cliché element of darkness, particularly in Dickinson’s “We grow accustomed to the Dark” and Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night”; these pieces use darkness to signify isolation and depression. Both authors differ in how the darkness is isolating and depressing; specifically, how the author feels the darkness separates him or her from the rest of society. Even though Dickinson and Frost use darkness to show the uncertainty and isolation they do differ using imagery, point of view and structure

“Human Darkness” is an article in the New York times about the legacies of war and human suffering. The article, talks about the violence of the past and how we can use the past experiences to better understand the future. Violence has a way of destroying a person’s life. Violence can effect a person memory by causing suppression of the mind and destroy many custom and beliefs of a person. Violent is the plight of many refugees. However, education is the most effective counterterrorist strategies the is violence. Violators are encouraged to speak up against their oppressors and in spite of human nature we are capable to resist violence

Morality has been interpreted in different ways throughout life, but there is only one true definition, which leads to the reality of what society truly is. Joseph Conrad uses narration in Heart of Darkness to explain and analyze human’s moral values. It is true that all humans are savages, but this savage nature does not make someone a bad person. If a person uses one’s savage features for evil and do not restrain from doing so, then it is the lack of restraint that brings upon the evil in humans. Restraint is necessary for the sake of mankind because it helps a person to ease into understanding the harsh reality of life. Morality is the ability to restrain from using one’s savage nature for the demise of

Enter The Void (2010) is a film about a young man, Oscar who lives with his sister in Tokyo, Japan. He is shot dead by police whilst taking hallucinogenic drugs and becomes trapped in an intermediate state of existence; his soul drifting high above the streets of the red-light district of Tokyo watching over his now completely alone sister on a hallucinatory journey, intoxicated, neon-lit with daring aesthetics that have to be seen to be believed. Gasper Noé is a director who is never afraid of unnerving or even scaring his audience, love him or hate him he is relentlessly battling to push the boundaries of the medium.

Heart of Darkness is a novella written in 1899 by Joseph Conrad. The novella is based on the author’s voyage up on the Congo River into The Congo where he experienced the naked truth about European imperialism in the late 19th century. The reader of Heart of Darkness gets exposed to the horrific and inhumane side of imperialistic ideology carried out by the Europeans in Africa. This is the main theme of the novella and it was the author’s purpose to create awareness on this issue. But, by reading this book in the 21th century another disturbing social implication comes forward: the marginalization of women. The appearance of women in the novella is very limited and the few women

—The place is dark; I cannot help but feel that it has been too long since they use me. For years, they treated me as a tool that they could use mainly because I cannot die.