... these happen everyday to all sorts of people. Matthew was hated against just because he was open about his sexual preference. He was tied to a tree, beaten, and was left in the freezing weather, begging for his life. Knowing that this just happened four years ago is a frightening thought. After so many years of learning how to be equal with other races ... been a part a hate crime that was so extreme. I've seen people make fun of others for being gay. Talking behind their backs and sometimes even to their faces. People use the words "faggot" and "gay" to hurt others and make them feel l...

• Word Count: 296
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... answer human's awareness. How can one describe he can't see? Worse, how can one describe something he doesn't understand? Plato advocates reflective understanding in this essay. To do so, one must realize their errors by facing realism, as the prisoners do by turning their heads. Plato teaches how humans would likely to acquire knowledge and concepts by its physical properties and appearances ... ; we would be mistaken if we levied the concept, knowledge, and grasp of one object by the same level. Reading this essay by Plato teaches the philosophies and concepts of life. There could be m...

• Word Count: 251
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... would you be able to help them? If you didn't know the skills of your work, how would you be able to work? In my eyes it all comes down to one thing, and that is knowledge. The bible says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge", and ... if you think about it, it's true. When I talk to people my age we talk about cars, videos, clothes, sporting events, and things of that nature; they know everything. I can't remember having a conversation about the ... government with anyone my age, because it's something they don't know about. I feel that the government doesn't mind, because th...

• Word Count: 301
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... on the first person narrative style of his Meditations on First Philosophy. It is much more than a style; it is his main way of reasoning. It begins with finding an unshakeable point. To find this certainty one must throw out all that one knows and doubt everything, then build from there. He finds this certainty in ... his conscious awareness of his own thought. Only he can be certain of his own existence because only he can know of his conscious intelligence. It's feasible to question other's existence because certainty begins only with knowledge of oneself. As soon as Descartes creates...

• Word Count: 314
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... about being a nonconformist, which I think I am. In lines 18-20 "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Frost is trying to get the point across that it is ok not to do what everyone else does just the be yourself. The speaker of this poem is the author Robert Frost. The occasion of this poem is a choice ... it. Also, I think he is saying that just cause other people are doing it that you do not have to. Subject and the purpose is pretty much the same thing. The tone of this poem is happy and satisfied. In conclusion,...

• Word Count: 260
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... . This is since our minds and hearts are changing along with the times. Because people's concepts of what love is and ideas of what lovers do are greatly degrading over the years, the downfall of love is roughly at hand. Most people back then believe that love is the only thing that is significant in a boy-girl relationship. Now, people deem that love is not ... the only thing that matters. Several other things come into mind of most people when ... take place. It is only now that a person tries to manipulate someone he/she likes to make her/him fall in love with him/her. The individual...

• Word Count: 305
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... complexity, Dr. Benjamin Franklin was a paradox of values in the eighteenth century society. He introduced scores of new, innovative thoughts and devices to the grateful peoples of the world. As a scientist, an odd sort of Christian and a renown, but casually sexual man, Franklin possessed the ability to manipulate and exploit the people and objects that were in connection with the aforementioned positions. These actions didn't go without notice by ... perfect vision. With his lightening rod and knowledge of electricity, he earned worldwide notoriety and his articles helped advance the ...

• Word Count: 971
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Frailty Within From the very beginning of "Hamlet", the theme of frailty is prominent. In Hamlet's first soliloquy (1.2), he expresses his despair due to his mother's hasty remarriage after the death of his father. When he think of how his mother changed from a grieving widow to the bride of his hated uncle, Hamlet exclaims "Frailty thy name is woman!" He leaps from the single example of his ... mother's impulsive behaviour and condemns all women for all time. This is the first of many comments by Hamlet and others, about the sometimes mysterious ways in which people change. Every thought...

• Word Count: 307
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... being dealt a hand of cards, where everything is known. The choices that you make in life, no matter how insignificant they may seem, all serve a purpose and have consequences to them. In "The Necklace", Madame Loisel chooses to not tell her friend that she lost the necklace and spends 10 years of her life trying to pay for the new one. That is a consequence, or an effect ... . The choice that she made served as a blessing in disguise. You see, before, Mme. Loisel was a quite materialistic driven person ... , who longed for the riches that she thought made a woman. After undergoing those...

• Word Count: 255
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... , and that most can not even define because of the wide variety of cultures that live here. These differences in our mannerisms and culture could effect our society so much that we could go from ten provinces and three territories to four provinces and three territories in a time frame of a few years. One of the things that I feel separates a Canadian from any other nationality ... is the role of culture and heritage. When immigrants come to Canada from another country, they are encouraged to remember their other identity ... ones to brag. We are "peace-keepers", we do not try to tell o...

• Word Count: 364
• Approx Pages: 1

The world waited in awe as we waited for the clock to strike 12:00 on December 31st 1999. People feared that the world would end, some feared aliens would come, some feared that computers would malfunction and take over the world, and some feared that all of our food and water supplies would die out. No ... matter what you believed it was true that if you were living on this planet Y2K crossed your mind a few times before that night. ... people now think that Y2K was a big lie that the media formulated to use for advertising, but is that the truth. If there were another explanation it would ...

• Word Count: 335
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... never could forgive George, forgot him nor stop loving him. And that is her truth, the hurtful feeling that accompanied Ellen all her life and impeded her from being happy and from loving again. In a way, the day that Ellen was jilted was as if something died inside her because she kept that feeling ... never got over George, and when John died she felt abandoned and alone again, maybe not with the same intensity that she felt George's jilting but certainly it hurt her and she became a bitter woman. On Ellen's death bed, she is not longer able to repress her true emotions and, even thoug...

• Word Count: 529
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of Grendel and this character has a certain way about him a certain way that he tends to flow to and that way is something that I like to call existentialism. The definition in my words would have to be A man or woman that is not isolated by their experience of a universe that is indifferent and hostile. Emphasizing humans freedom of choice to make ... nihilistic this is when u think nothing is real no moral values . IN this story Grendel goes through some changes but the changes are from the outside beings in his world. Also through reading and learning of some of the ways of life I w...

• Word Count: 369
• Approx Pages: 1

... something much greater weight towards his survival. He did not think about Martha day in and day out because she was his only true love of the world; he merely needed something to occupy his mind with. He needed something to keep his thoughts away from the horrible tragedies going on around him. He was trying to maintain his hope. Martha gave him a goal ... , something to shoot for, a reason not to give up. "So easy, really. Go limp and tumble to the ground and let the muscles unwind and not speak and not budge until your buddies picked ... hesitate therefore putting all of your men's l...

• Word Count: 897
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... , arrogance and folly. All of these things come from inside and make a man "unclean"". (Mark 7:18-23 New International Version). Everyone puts too much of an emphasis on what we look like on the outside, we need to look our best so that we can get the account, we need to make sure our teeth are extra white so that we can have that winning ... how true leaders are expected to act with integrity in their companies while employees are expected to implement the same. "Keeping a close watch on him they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so t...

• Word Count: 1143
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... something much greater weights toward his survival. He did not think about Martha day in and day out because she was his only true love of the world; he merely needed something to occupy his mind with. He needed something to keep his thoughts away from the horrible tragedies going on around him. He was trying to maintain his hope. Martha gave him a goal ... , something to shoot for, a reason not to give up so easy. Go limp and tumble to the ground and let the muscles unwind and not speak and not budge until your buddies picked you ... hesitate therefore putting all of your men's lives a...

• Word Count: 841
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail Macbeth, hail that shalt be king hereafter!" When Macbeth and Banquo first met the witches after defeated the army of rebels in Act 1, Sc.3, the witches told the above. These three predictions were the starter of the evil Macbeth's rise and fall. Banquo has also heard these, but he had a different reaction. I am going to compare their reactions ... " prediction good or bad. However, according to his speech, we could discover that his mind has turned to the good side. In his mind, he rather he could be the king. That is just he could notice...

• Word Count: 579
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... develop her story. This goes along with the plot because of all of the characters that had problems they had to deal with and endure no matter how difficult they became. The best example of bravery in the book would be Atticus. Everyone in the town doubted him and hated him for defending a black man, but he stood up to the pressure and did what he knew was ... right. "The one thing that doesn't abide by the majority rule is a person's conscience." (P. 105, ch. 11) He didn't worry ... people treat other people. Boo Radley is another brave character; one of the main event in the book tha...

• Word Count: 317
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... so parents and teachers help us. But Holden and Paul do not have any of them. Holden has his parents, but they are helpless and never appeared in the story. Therefore Holden and Paul could not think their future. Holden and Paul are immature. They lie to others and they have no direction. However, ... the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."(188) Holden and Paul both have difficult problems and they are in trouble. Paul chooses to die and he kills himself, but Holden also thinks to die, but he chooses to live, even though it's very hard. He goes to mental hospital and sta...

• Word Count: 561
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... her a sign that Jesus would be there in this moment of death with her. Granny is symbolized as that light that is surrounded by the darkness. This is descriptive of the death scene within her mind. The darkness represents death and the sadness of being left at the altar, both of which just consume and swallow the light (Granny) up. Reading the story's conclusion, the reader can understand what ... no bridegroom and the priest in the house- (1300). In this situation, Christ is the bridegroom and He has not shown to be with her in death, this is the greatest jilting in Granny's mind. She i...

• Word Count: 1167
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... mind they are disagreeing. It's difficult for a person to become close to a liar of this magnitude, but the condition can be treated with medication if their loved ones care and try to fix the problem. Little white lies are untreatable. They"re untreatable in the sense of medicine, but psychologically they are treatable. People tell little white lies deliberately to try and get their ... will think twice before exaggerating so much. We all have lied. Probably 999 people out of 1000 will admit to lying at least a few times in their life, and the other one person is lying. Even the Presid...

• Word Count: 718
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... of lines and there is no hesitance of rhythm. It's all flowing together like a small stream during a warm spring day. I also like how during the story the author goes into detail on how he had come up with the lines. He describes how he and thought up the lines and why they are present. To me as a young writer things don't always flow together as ... the things that we read. I sit there wondering why I can't write something as fluent as others. I wonder what that they are thinking and why I am not. This piece gives a small insight on what your mindset should be while writing poetry. The...

• Word Count: 312
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... had to talk to it. Oh, the days when life was exciting. What had her life turned in to? A busy, overworked mess enveloped in her tall statue. Her life was no longer hers. There had to be a change, something new, an adventure that would release her from the mundane. She quietly shut the door behind her and crept out of the office hoping no one spotted her ... leaving. Julian took the fresh air in and began to walk to the park. The sun was high in the sky ... and warming her face. The wind blew just enough to make a nice breeze. If ... ...

• Word Count: 271
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... I've ever done. I started experience things that I never thought was even possible and a whole new world opened up for me. Because it is something special about losing yourself within yourself, having a clear mind and just being in the moment. I went into some very deep meditative states where I felt my whole body floating above my ... astral projection. I heard voices, was able to see with my eyes closed and saw energy floating in the air. I was able to control my dreams as my body was asleep but my mind still awake and the dreams was so vivid it felt like I was there. I began to unders...

• Word Count: 696
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... curiousity has given birth to many different ideas to why and how we are the way we are. Humanity has long found solace in arms of a higher power. The idea that there is some divine force driving our lives entertains the notion that we, too, are in some way divine. This, in turn, provides us with hope. This hope fosters a greater faith and eventually more hope ... quite what we think it should be. Humanity is flawed. We don't always know what is to come. Worry plagues the human mind with unanswerable questions and uncertainty. God, in a way, breaks the fever of existance. He sooths the ...

• Word Count: 448
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School