The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life By Affifi Hakimi bin Hussen One of solitude paradoxes –that challenges the mind of every man-is how a loner’s perspective remains persistent over time. While May Sarton’s “The Reward of Living a Solitary Life” discusses the virtues of being in the state of solitude‚ it also provides an in-depth view of what and how the person thinks while being alone. Consider the following : how does one experiences the vicissitude of loneliness? Does not one afflicted from
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Dr Wayne W. Dyer one day said: “The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.” It was certainly in that direction that May Sarton wanted to corroborate in her essay The Rewards of living a solitary life. In that essay‚ she emphasizes the benefits she get everyday by being lonely or by living a solitary life like being flooded with happiness just by watching the sun rise over the ocean‚ having a long think‚ or walking her dog for example. Sarton simply did feel comfortable
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Essay 3‚ Draft 1 Each of us sometimes ever questions why we give so much time‚ skill and energy to our current job. Job satisfaction is rarely measured by the size of the paycheck. Highway construction site flag men and workers on garbage trucks perform important duties that some of us would not want to do for more than a summer job. They find their jobs rewarding and fulfilling because they recognize that they play important roles in society. In an office environment‚ opportunities for advancement
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Beauty‚ Beauty‚ Beauty Shall I compare the poem to a painting? The poem is more beautiful and more temperate. The square paper does inhibit the roam of imaging. And a picture’s life is too short to a date. “The solitary reaper” is the poem. When you taste it‚ you can feel the beauty of picture; when you swallow it‚ you can touch the beauty of rhetoric; when you chew and digest it‚ you can embrace the beauty of solitariness. In the first stanza‚ William Wordsworth depicts a lonely girl reaping and
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The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth Behold her‚ single in the field， Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself； Stop here or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain， And sings a melancholy strain； O Listen! for the Vale profound ls overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands; A voice so thrilling ne’er was heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird，
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According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ solitary confinement is defined as “the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as punishment‚” Not only does the United States imprison more citizens than any other country in the world‚ but the US correctional system places the largest amount of prisoners in solitary confinement (Cloud‚ Browne‚ Drucker‚ & Parsons‚ 2015‚ p. 18). According to the definition of solitary confinement‚ it is used as a punishment‚ but what other reasons does our criminal justice
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Birth and Upbringing Prophet Muhammad was born in Arabia. In those days‚ there was a custom among the Arabs to give their suckling infants in charge of Bedouin women‚ who would take them into the desert‚ and return them to the parents after a few years. The Holy Prophet (pbuh) was given in charge of Halima Saadia. She loved Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) very much and the Prophet (pbuh) always had the highest regard for her. He used to call her ‘my mother’. At the age of six‚ Halima Saadia brought him
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INTRODUCTION The library is seen as the nerve centre of all educational institutions and a crucial factor in the educational development of men at all levels. It is associated with all forms of education‚ formal‚ informal and non-formal. The library is an institution responsible for the collection‚ processing and storage of recorded knowledge for the purpose of reading study and consultation. It is a social institution established to provide for information‚ education‚ recreation and historical
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spending time in solitary confinement‚ based off things such as education‚ age‚ and sexual orientation. Allen also looks at the percentage of inmates who have been in solitary confinement in the past twelve months with mental issues‚ to the percentage of prisoners who are under standard imprisonment with mental issues. Breslow‚ Jason. “What Does Solitary Confinement Do To Your Mind?” PBS‚ Public Broadcasting Service‚ 22 Apr. 2014‚ www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/what-does-solitary-confinement-do-to-your-mind/
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Stylistic Analysis on the Solitary Reaper ’The Solitary Reaper" is one of William Wordsworth’s most famous post-Lyrical Ballads lyrics. It describes the poet’s delight in a young woman’s melancholy song in an unknown language. A highland girl is singing a ’melancholy song’ as she wings a sickle and reaps grain. The song is carried through the hills and valleys and seems to echo all around. To the poet the song seems sweeter even than the song of Nightingale. He does not want anyone to disturb
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