What is Love? A couple of days ago‚ I was watching a movie where an English teacher asks her students to discuss ‘what is love’. Majority of the class did not know how to respond. At first‚ I found this odd considering that love is a universally understood emotion that can be felt by most human beings. We express the emotion on a daily basis‚ whether it be towards our family‚ friends‚ or significant others. However‚ upon some introspection‚ I realized that it is difficult to come up with a solid
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Kala Vinson 655486 English Essay 3 1 Love‚ What is it? What is Love? Everyone has felt it at one time maybe for a person or something they truly cherish. Love is felt in different ways. “Some people look for what seem their whole lifetimes for love‚ where others may seem to fall in and out of love on a regular basis”. Here we are talking about people. We can love many things‚ but the love between two people is unique and remarkable. Love is a unique feeling of respect‚ and devotion
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Mr. Todd 12 September 2011 “A Word Is Only a Word” The word friend means exactly what it is‚ just a word. The pure substance behind the word no longer bares any true meaning and feeling behind it. I have learned to limit the use of the word and can only call a select few a true friend. Growing up I thought I was popular because I had so many friends. However little did I know that instead of calling these people friends‚ I should have substituted the word for acquaintances‚ or in the future
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Love: Such an Easy Game to Play Jim Morrison‚ lead singer of The Doors‚ explains his idea of love by claiming‚ “Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself—and especially to feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to—letting a person be what he really is.” Love has many definitions‚ as it means something different to each person and in each circumstance in which it applies. Aside
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Love by definition is an emotion explored in philosophy‚ religion‚ and literature‚ often as either romantic love‚ the fraternal love of others‚ or the love of God based on the definition found in The Encarta Encyclopedia. As I explored the definition by means of the Internet‚ books‚ and articles I noticed the definitions changed quite a bit‚ but yet had the same basic understanding. The definition I found in The Encarta Encyclopedia was probably the most simple and most basic. It refers to love
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MOVIE REVIEW CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY BY MICHAEL MOORE Date: December 7‚ 2012 The film Capitalism: A Love Story is a documentary by Michael Moore which outlines the negative effects capitalism has on modern society. Moore points out that capitalism gives people the opportunity to make a lot of money and to have a high standard of living. However‚ for many workers‚ making an income to support a family can be quite impossible. At one time‚ you could find a secure job and live a
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The Odyssey Translations Essay The Odyssey is an epic poem‚ written in classical Greek‚ describing Odysseus’s adventures in his ten year attempt to return to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Since this 2‚500 year old book was written‚ there have been several English translations that are believed to be the closest interpretations to the original version of The Odyssey. Alexander Pope‚ Emile V. Rieu‚ Robert Fitzgerald‚ and Robert Fagles each wrote a translation of his own. These translations are read
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Love is a beautiful thing. It makes people happy. It can change a person‚ and show someone things that they never knew about themselves. It lifts one up‚ knowing there is always someone who will stand by their side through anything. It brings people together‚ and makes the world a better place. Some people may disagree; they might think love is just a fantasy. Either way‚ it is a fantasy that everyone deserves to dream of and experience in all its glory‚ whether straight‚ lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚
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first day. I saw him almost everyday after we met and we started to spend a lot of time with each other. 16th of July‚ he asked me out. As each day went by our love grew for each other more and more. Everything seemed so perfect‚ and although we had ours ups and downs we never let it get to us and we always managed to get through it. Our love was the strongest element of our lives. We spent a lot of time with each other‚ did many things together and experienced many things. He always stood by my side
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Love Essay What is that one emotion that everyone mystified? What is that one emotion that everybody seems to feel? What is that emotion that has started to make you feel jealous and envy? What is that emotion that makes enemies to friends and friends to enemies? Is that what they called LOVE. I am always questioning myself before‚ what does it feels like to be in love? They say that if you were in love you’ll always feels great and wonderful‚ you’ll always feel the sky’s limit and every good
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