Half-Life

“You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!” Jack Nicholson made these words famous over a hundred years after Emily Dickinson explored the very same idea in her poem, Tell All the Truth, But Tell It Slant. The truth—for better or worse—is a powerful thing. Telling the truth is the right thing to do, morally, but considering how to deliver that truth is just as important as the truth itself. In this poem, Dickinson’s message to her readers is clear - to tell all the truth, but tell it slant

Emily Dickinson's My Life Had Stood:A Loaded Gun Emily Dickinson is a poet known for her cryptic, confusing language. Words are often put together in an unusual way and create deciphering difficulties for the reader. But behind all the confusion is a hidden meaning that becomes clear, and one realizes that all the odd word choices were chosen for a specific reason. The poem I will try to analyze is My Life Had Stood—A Loaded Gun, or number 754. I find this to be one of her most difficult poems

was Doradall Astorath, A half orc. My mother, I'm unsure. Never met her, never will. My father was an adventurer, a giant half-orc, nearly 7 feet tall and maybe 300 pounds. I'm 23 now I'm around 6'4 220 pounds. He was taught in the ways of a monk. He was completely serene in the face of danger and knew what kind of horrors lurked in the world. I'm not sure what made him become an adventurer but I do know before I was born he was a hermit, I'm assuming to find himself. Half-orcs have a tendency to

Talking about pessimism, it is one aspect that may be found in some literary work, such as poem. Pessimism is a state of mind in which one anticipates undesirable outcomes or believes that the evil or hardships in life outweigh the good or luxuries . The term “pessimism” is often related to philosophical pessimism. The philosophical pessimistic view of the effect of historical progress tends to be more negative than positive. The philosophical pessimist does not deny that certain areas like science

Most of us have heard the saying: The optimist sees the glass half full, while the pessimist sees it half-empty. In its simplest terms, positive thinking is optimism and negative thinking is pessimism. It is an attitude towards life, yourself and particular predicaments and events in life. Negative thinkers, tend to see the negative in everything, even in the most positive situations, and they dwell in that negativity, so they are much less equipped to deal with stress that then has more of an

Prompt: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY “Describe a circumstance, obstacle or conflict in your life, and the skills and resources you used to resolve it. Did it change you? If so, how?” His Name was Rob Though I have faced many obstacles, or at least what I consider to be obstacles, there is one specific instance that comes to mind when I reflect upon this prompt. It was not so much an obstacle as a guy, and his name was Rob. I know what you are thinking. Here is another teenage girl about to blather on about

caught in slow moving traffic during rush hour you may not like it but it won't surprise you or necessarily upset you. However if it occurs on a Sunday afternoon it is more than likely to stress you out considerably. When expectations are realistic life seems more predictable and therefore more manageable because you can plan ahead and prepare yourself. As for

unusual way and create deciphering difficulties for the reader. But behind all the confusion is a hidden meaning that becomes clear, and one realizes that all the odd word choices were chosen for a specific reason. The poem I will try to analyze is My Life Had Stood—A Loaded Gun, or number 754. I find this to be one of her most difficult poems to decode. However, I find the images fascinating and the last stanza very confusing but intriguing. What I first thought the poem was about and what I finally

“Halt! Elfling, where's your owner!” a man at his side shouted.. Sitting in the grass was a naked elfling, his hair unmistakably blonde. “Damn, my head is exploding! Does anyone have an aspirin?” the elven man whined. “Half-elf, your papers, now!” For a half breed elf, half spawn of the enemy, walking without master nor chain was a capital offense. In most cases punishable by hanging. “Perfect, just what we need. Another thing slowing us down, ” one of the riders complained. Bersko, is there

article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Josee Smith Most of us have heard the saying: The optimist sees the glass half full, while the pessimist sees it half-empty. In its simplest terms, positive thinking is optimism and negative thinking is pessimism. It is an attitude towards life, yourself and particular predicaments and events in life. Positive thinkers quickly zone in on the positive side of even the darkest moments in their lives, and often see those predicaments as