Sophie's Choice

Choices are like investments, they can be short term or long term, expensive or cheap. However, the consequences are beyond one’s control. In America, we have something many countries don’t have that is a greater freedom to make choices. This freedom is what enables people to reach great heights in success, but that same freedom can also lead people to despair. So while this freedom to make a choice is done ultimately by you, the consequences—whether positive or negative—are something that one must

The Catcher in the Rye: Holden’s Negative Trait and Hardship Being a teenager is hard. There are even many struggles that a person has to face throughout their adolescent years such as dating, getting good grades, and keeping a good relationship with friends and family. For Holden, the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, going through the traditional high school’s struggles wasn’t easy. In addition to all the ‘normal’ challenges that every teenager has, Holden also had depression. Depression

different purpose in life compared to during the 1900's, they are able to work and do tasks other than being a homemaker. Women have more choices now than they did in the 1900's. The women in My Ántonia and the women in The Great Gatsby have minimal choices about what they do in life. In The Great Gatsby, one of the main characters, Daisy, is presented with very little choice with what she can do with her life. Very early in the book, it is revealed that Tom, Daisy's husband is cheating on her with another

Oct. 9, 2017 Hunter Buerger Ap English Lang & Comp In the book, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written by Dai Sijie. The setting of this book takes place in Communist China, during the re-education period. The Story is based around two young men, the Narrator and his best friend Luo, who find themselves tossed into the middle of this re-education program. From pgs. 166-168, we witness an interesting conflict between the Narrator and his relation to the little Seamstress. In this

store he was working in, and his manager told them that they were not allowed to wear swimsuits in the store. Then Sammy stands up for the girls and quits his job in hopes of impressing them. When examining Sammy motivation, actions, and the other choices he could have made it is obvious that what he did was not heroic. He decided that trying to impress a girl that is a stranger is more important than doing what is right. Considering the other course of action Sammy could have taken, it would have

Sophocles’ tragedy Oepdius Tyrannus details the downfall of a man fighting with all his might against destiny. Oedipus goes so far as to portray the relationship between predetermined fate and free choice is portrayed as being antagonistic in nature. Ultimately, the play concludes that free will, though it does exist, acts secondarily to fate. The submissive nature of free will is not clear to the Greeks of Sophocles’ tragedy, and so Oedipus and the other characters in the play constantly attempt

is predetermined (destiny)? Do you make your own choices or do you let life happen as it is? You always hear people talk about them being “destined to be with this person” or they “are destined to do this or be this or even do this career”. If we do not make certain choices we will never become anything so how is that destiny? Even if there is a such thing as destiny, we have the free will to change it. Body Paragraph 1: Everyone has a choice to do what they think is right or what gives them

to erase the threat of anyone who could potentially harm or threat the population. This novel also has a romantic touch, between Tris and her dauntless faction instructor, Four. This text illustrates the dangers of societies division, and how your choices define your identity. From reading this novel ’Divergent’, an idea I found particularly interesting was the factions. The societal structure is split into five different factions, which included Dauntless, Abnegation, Amity, Candor and Erudite. The

The text being analyzed is “Informal vs. Formal learning: What’s the Difference.” Firstly, this text was chosen because it contains a meaning of informal and formal learning, which is interesting because it seems like there are only two ways of learning in life. Firstly, this text was chosen because it contains a simplistic meaning of what informal and formal learning is. Furthermore, the text states that formal learning is like a bus, the driver decides where the bus is going, and the passengers

In the film Cider House Rules, the doctor offers two taboo services, one that is legal and the other that is not. The movie takes place around the early 1940’s when abortion was still illegal. Dr. Larch is a physician that offers women the choice of adoption or abortion for babies they have decided they are unable to keep. In many ways, adoption and abortion might seem like complete counterparts, however, they do have a few similarities that allow them to coexist. They are each an alternative to