It Must Have Been Love

LIVING THE LIFE OF INCOGNITA – Candice Van der Merwe What is it like being a teenager today in a modern society? For many past generations, living life as teen has been recognized as years of experimenting and getting up to mischief. With Facebook, Instagram as well as Snapchat dominating our current world. Many of us in no doubt can all come to an understanding that comparing the old times to today’s generations are completely different worlds. Being a teenager can be exceptionally strenuous. There’s

the ancient Greeks, Love and Sex were just as important as to any culture. While their concepts of what is love and sex and there purposes differed from our modern Western concepts of the same topics, they were also similar in many ways. One can study Greek literature and art and find plenty of evidence to support arguments about how the Greeks felt about love, sex, and homosexuality, it is often a one sided description provided to us from our ancient sources. Nearly all we have left to us is the reflections

Gabriel Marquez, there is a significant double standard regarding gender. They live in a world where women have to follow extreme societal and cultural expectations. Men are encouraged to be experienced in the bedroom for their wedding night but if a woman is not a virgin, she is deemed unfit to marry. Women are taught when they are brought up that “love can be learned” (page 35) and that they must marry whoever impresses their family while men can choose whoever they want. When she doesn’t obey to the

semester we have covered many different topics during our study of contemporary American culture. We studied topics relating to our everyday lives such as, relationships, life habits, work, and school. The various readings, films, and discussions during class have helped me reflect upon my life. I would like to elaborate and focus on the aspects of this class that directly influence the way I see the world today. Before I took this course my mental image of materialism, happiness, and love were entirely

unrequited love. The novel features two central characters that experience the harsh reality of loving someone who does not return their affection. These two characters are Pip and Miss Havisham, and their reactions to the rejection of their love differ immensely. However, it is in their opposing behaviors that Dickens illustrates the impact acceptance has on moral development. Through the character of Pip, Dickens presents the idea that it is better to accept the harsh reality of unrequited love, because

Individuals are often put into situations in which they must compromise their happiness to achieve what they desire. The loss of this happiness can be extremely detrimental to the individual's emotional state. In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare explores the idea of how happiness can be conceded in the pursuit of ones’ goals and how conceding this happiness has negative impacts. Hamlet, the main character of the play, is pushed into a situation where he must murder his uncle to avenge his father. In Hamlets’

and the authorship of this book has not been discover. It has some meaningful information for the people during that time and is even relevant to the believers and unbeliever of today. The Book of 1 John has many themes displayed throughout this book even though it only has five chapters in the entire book. One of the major themes displayed in this book is love. 1 John 2:7-17 scriptures let us know that God’s greatest command and greatest gift to people is Love. He lets the people of this time that

The True Nature of Parenthood Parenting has been described as the hardest job with the least amount of training. To know the true nature of parenthood you must explore what it means to be a parent. Being a parent consist of many functions and responsibilities. Becoming a parent will not be easy because there are many disadvantages to becoming a parent but the benefits are beyond worth it. Most importantly knowing the value of having a parent from the child’s point of view helps to understand what

Thousands of years ago Plato wrote of a love perpetuated by the idea that two people were made for each other. Although evolved, this is the root of the common western idea of love as shown through literature, various forms media and the expectations of society. Undoubtedly the most common form of love westerns encounter is the ‘happy ever after’ romance where two lovers ride off into the sunset and live out the rest of their days happily. This permeates into our lives in ways like the notion of

humor. More contrast is shown when Romeo is passionately in love with his new found soul mate, Juliet, and Mercutio mocks the concept of romantic love. When Romeo is low-spirited, Mercutio is happy, positive, and ready to enjoy life. In the beginning of “Romeo and Juliet,” Romeo is depressed. Romeo’s father, Lord Montague asks Benvolio to find out what is upsetting his son. At this time, the Capulets, the family that the Montagues have been feuding with for a very long time, is throwing a party. Mercutio