Honoré de Balzac

I was blessed and curst to have a chance to live and experience the best and worst of our world social systems – Communism and Democracy. Born in August 21st, 1968 in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, behind the “Iron curtain” as known in the West, the most volatile periods of the world history, when a day earlier the “evil empire” Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia and smashed with iron fist in the form of 5,000 tanks rolling down the streets of Prague, the rising voice of the people for democracy and

A Man of Action versus A Man of a Thought Honore de Balzac once said “Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.” Men of fatalism believe they are powerless to do anything other than what they believe they are destined to do. These men are more likely to make rash decisions and leave the rest to fate. On the other hand, men of Providence believe in the guidance of God or nature when making important decisions rather than the guidance of man. In William

Without it, religion, history, romance, and art would be useless.” Honoré de Balzac. Imagine a world without a uniqueness and or originality. A world that does not have this drive and ambition and or motivation to do particular things? These ‘things’ that make up the beauty of diversity worldwide? Come to think of it, passion

“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” - Honoré de Balzac The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is about a thirteen year old boy who never had an easy life. After being kidnapped by his alcoholic and abusive father, he realizes that he does not want to go back to Miss Watson’s, his caretakers, house. After being with his father in the woods for a while he decides to fake his own death in order to escape; little does he know the huge adventure he will

Criminal Law and The War on Drugs      "These records of wars, intrigues, factions, and revolutions, are so many collections of experiments, by which the politician or moral philosopher fixes the principles of his science, in the same manner as the physician or natural philosopher becomes acquainted with the nature of plants, minerals, and other external objects, by the experiments which he forms concerning them." (David Hume.)2   "Our long armed and hairy ancestors had no idea of

Although each classical civilization developed its own unique style of politics, culture and economies, the economic and social patterns in Latin America distinctly detached this civilization from any Western society, which accounted for obvious distinctions in both culture and politics. In politics, the most apparent feature of the Western Society was the creation of new political ideologies, resulting in neither an absolute or dictatorial structure. The instability of Latin American politics

Teja Chilukuri English 3IB, Period 1 10-16-14 IB English 3 Individual Oral Presentation The Great Gatsby: Inverted Archetypes Statement of Intent: In this presentation, I intend to explain the use of inverted archetypes in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What is the author trying to establish by using recurring symbols or motif? How does the use of inverted archetypes throughout the novel help advance the plot, and gain a deeper meaning to what is happening in Gatsby’s life? I. Intro

overcome by fits of morality, betrays himself to the police. Exiled to Siberia, suffering redeems the unfortunate young dreamer. Crime and Punishment is similar in many ways to Balzac's Pere Goriot, especially in respect to questions of morality. In Balzac, the master-criminal Vautrin lives by an amoral code similar to Raskolnikov's theory of Great Men--unrestrained by conscience, Vautrin holds that laws are for the weak, and those clever enough to realize this may

position to carry out his own will despite resistance.” “Power refers to a capacity that one has to influence the behavior of other so that other does something he or she would not otherwise do.” According to Bass and Stogdill: In the words of Honore de Balzac: “Power is not revealed by

portion of it? Money is important only when feeling has ceased. Isn't one bound for life? How can you foresee separation when you think someone loves you? When a man swears eternal love--how can there be any separate concerns in that case?” Honore De Balzac In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby says, “Can't repeat the past?…Why of course