Cutaneous conditions

What makes us who we are? Well, this is a broad question, but a lot of different factors impact us on a way we might not understand until the time is right. The motivation and goals we set for ourselves, who we surround ourselves with whether we have a choice or not, learning from mistakes and making our own and how regrets and guilt play a role, and difficult situations that we are born into or get ourselves into and how our race and gender has an effect on our lives. All of these components are

The Writings of Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud remains a figure whose influence it is hard to over-state. While many of his ideas in the field of depth psychology, a field he largely created, have been compromised and challenged over the course of the 20th century his influence remains palpable. We continue to use terms that Freud originated almost unthinkingly - concepts of frustration, aggression, guilt, anxiety, projection, defence mechanisms and the unconscious

Transculturation in Our Sister Killyjoy and Nervous Conditions Postcolonial insights include theories of Diaspora, cultural hybridity and transculturation. The latter, ‘transculturation’ is the term used to define ‘cultural change induced by introduction of elements of a foreign culture.’[1] The term ‘transculturation’ was first coined by Cuban anthropologist and sociologist Fernando Ortiz in 1947 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures. Transculturation covers war

Hamlet as a Living Death in the Midst of Life in Hamlet by Wlliam Shakespeare In claiming that Hamlet is 'a living death in the midst of life', Knight depicts Hamlet as a character who is entirely a corrupting force in the lives of others, rather than a morally superior character attempting to orchestrate justice. In that Hamlet is secluded and absolutely isolated from those who experience 'life', Knight condemns Hamlet to the title of being an emotionless element of malevolence

individual’s experience may be dissimilar, the concepts that are pertinent to the human condition are often the same. In fact, examples of some of these concepts are shown in both stories The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Adichie and The Third and Final Continent by Jhumpa Lahiri. In these stories, it is shown that some experiences are less about the immigrant experience and more about the human condition. They provide evidence to demonstrate how regardless of whether a person is an immigrant

Black Mirror is a British TV show on Netflix created by Charlie Brooker which represent the modern society with technologies and the side effects in positive and negative ways. Since memory is malleable and it interprets our memories based on our feeling in the present, technology in Black Mirror helps to navigate the imperfection of communication, relationship and our memory in the society. The technology such as “the Grain” in “The Entire History of You” episode and the “Z-eye” in “White Christmas”

Wendy Swartz The Nature of Evil Hsun Tzu's philosophy is built from the idea that human beings are by nature inherently evil, and the good they produce will only come through their conscious activity. Hsun Tzu believes that if man follows his nature and indulges in his natural desires, without transforming himself by conscious activity he is doomed to fall victim to his evil nature. "Any man who follows his nature will inevitably become involved in wrangling and strife, will violate the

Book Summary ‘The Four Agreements’ “Do not be concerned about the future; keep your attention on today, and stay in the present moment. Just live one day at a time. Always do your best to keep these agreements, and soon it will be easy for you. Today is the beginning of a new dream.” -Don Miguel Ruiz The Four Agreements is a guide for those whom seek improvement in their personal life. The book was written by Don Miguel Ruiz whose ideas come from the ancient Toltec wisdom of the Native people

The human condition is as far from reason and judgement as anything can be, it is what we have tried to explain for centuries and it is still a confusing maze we attempt and pretend to understand. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye and Paul from Six degrees of Separations help to explore the workings of the human condition, both boys are conflicted with their lives and have difficulty fitting into their society. However these two texts do put the boys in different positions in life, Holden has

humans, unlike all other creatures, are called upon to develop, to become better than they are. 2. That to be most fully "human" requires individual choice and development by cooperative action with identifiable but demanding conditions. 3. That these conditions are truly universal, applicable and available to all people -- and in that sense absolute both in practice and in idea. In The Bhagavad Gita, for example, the poet says that whenever he reads the words of Krishna to Arjuna he enters