In most stories one reads there is going to be a protagonist and an antagonist. The protagonist is the character in the story that is usually considered the good guy. The antagonist is usually considered the bad guy and clashes with the protagonist. In the story “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner he has a clear protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist of the story is Sarti. The antagonist of the story is Sarti’s father Abner. Faulkner makes this a very interesting story to read because of the relationship between Sarti and his father. Sarti shows us in the story how scared he is of his father through what he says and his actions. The idea of Sarti ever standing up to him just doesn’t seem possible until Sarti goes through a dramatic life change and decides he is going to stand up to him.…
Spirituality is meant to take us beyond out tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is universal given by a co-worker Brittany Evans. A person’s identity is formed and influenced by man factors in life. Obstacles are everywhere with in families and one self that determined their outcome. Racial diversity; abuses; lack of achievements; and poverty affects how someone identities themselves. These functions are just a few types that can affect ones identity. The role of identity is played by each individual’s lifestyles based on self-decisions.…
Love is the one medicine that can help anybody through a difficult situation he or she is in. Ultimately, somebody is gonna need someone to be there for them along with to comfort them when they are down. “One day spent with someone you love can change everything” stated Albom. Without love a person will not feel complete because there is no one…
When I think of the term spirituality, a sense of a personalized, intimate and an innermost interconnection within me and with a higher power comes into mind. Spirituality, in my view, encompasses a connection, intertwined with hope, faith and love, that enables me to express my feelings and thoughts of my day to day experiences to God, whom I believe is my higher power. This personal channel allows me to communicate and look for God’s intended and planned purpose for me, and reflect on why certain things happen, its purpose and what the possible meaning behind that event might be. From my perspective, culture, is an adopted phenomenon in which an individual, since early childhood, has learned and acquired from parents, family, and friends.…
The importance of religion and spirituality is typically a strength in the lives of African Americans. Spirituality may be an important part of their survival system and a coping mechanism for the stresses of life. Spirituality and religion can also be a source of comfort and support in times of emotional distress in their lives and the lives of their family members. Boyd-Franklin suggest that spirituality…
Love is an everchanging concept. Throughout the years, the classification of it constantly goes through various changes, and the exact meaning of it is never truly defined as one definite definition. The most accurate method of describing love is examining the countless ways it can be represented. For each person, a new meaning takes hold of the very sought-after emotion. It is through the use of literary works that the concept of love has been able to somewhat receive a label.…
There are many emotions that are not easy to understand, one of the most complicate feeling that have somehow affect people life is love. It is the feeling that almost everyone have experienced. The meaning of love is not only varies between different cultures, which western people tend to focus more on passion than eastern people, but also between different people. Each person may have their own definition of love according to their experience or their own believe. However, according to the Cambridge dictionary, the meaning of love is to have a strong affection for someone, which can be combined with a strong romantic attraction. As seen in the definition, the word love can be use to describe other emotion rather than romantic feeling between…
By definition; love is a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Love can be interrupted in many ways. Were we ever taught love or is it just a natural feeling towards a person? Some say you'll know the meaning of love when you fall in love, yet some don't believe in love at all.…
“Love” as a word can have many meanings depending on the person or situation it is applied to.…
Love is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection. In Raymond Carver’s, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” the idea of love is discussed from multiple points of view. When you think about love, your definition of love is vastly different from mine or anybody else's. Love is the most powerful emotion you can feel, thus your individual perception as to what love entails is personally fitted to you and nobody can tell you different.…
Being in love is one of those life experiences that many people desire. Since ancient times, love has been the force that has motivated writers, such William Shakespeare who wrote o his famous play “Romeo and Juliet”, and painters such Vincent Van Gogh that incited by the love for Margot Begemann, one of his muses, to paint momentous paintings. Paris and Helen of Troy’s love lead to one of the most famous wars, The Trojan War. Because of love, Emperor Shah Jahan to built The Taj Mahal to perpetuate through the centuries his love for Mumtaz Mahal his favorite wife. Love does not recognize gender, color or race. Love can start a revolution in a person’s life. The main effects of falling in love can triggers remarkable physical and psychological responses in the human body.…
⅕ Americans suffer persistent loneliness, loneliness is something thats hard to get rid of.It will leave a person hollow from the inside out.Loneliness is less like being isolated in a single room but rather feeling isolated in a crowd.The impact loneliness has on a individual throughout their lifetime until they, in some cases, develop anxiety or depression. Candy, Crooks as well as, Curley’s wife all symbolize loneliness, they radiant the idealization of friendship.As these characters being John Steinbeck’s, shower in loneliness, so can loneliness be dangerous?Loneliness is an inevitable fact of life.Loneliness can make you angry,and not to mention make you sick.Loneliness impacts a person because,Loneliness can make you lose your grip on reality. “Suddenly Lennie’s eyes centered and grew quiet, and mad.He stood up, and walked dangerously toward Crooks,Who hurt George?Ain’t nobody goin’ to talk no hurt…
The author, Sol Gordon, Ph. D. received his B.A. and M.S. from the University of Illinois in 1947. He then went on to get a Ph. D. in psychology from the University of London in 1953. Since graduation, he has served as Chief Psychologist at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic and the Middlesex County Mental Health Clinic. He also was a professor of Child and Family Studies and Yeshiva University, and later was the Director of the Institute for Family Research and Education at Syracuse University. After his “retirement”, he began giving lectures on sexuality, promotion of self-esteem, and suicide prevention. In his lifetime, he has written 15 books, and over one hundred articles.…
Love is something that we ourselves can not fully understand and draw to each other. It is something that we feel within our souls and thorught human life has been present. It is like our soul unexplainable, and cannot be examined because it is not like any other science that can be measured. Love is the only thing that humans need to feel complete. We all need love from our parents, our friends, and mostly our significant others.…
Love is like a rumor; everyone talks about it yet few truly know the truth. If there is an emotional state that we as humans idealize it is love. However, we want nothing of its dark side and demand that it always hides its flaws. Nonetheless many of us are unprepared for the battles that the heart must be willing to endure in order to take on the emotion of love. Many people fantasize about what it will be like to fall in love and dream about their perfect match. Individuals spend their whole lives so fixated on the love that they might one-day experience that they often forget about the love they are surrounded by every day. The significance level placed on love is extremely high and many people believe that they could not live without it, yet it is also one of the most difficult and complex emotions to sustain.…