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    thereby. Even thus much of truth would save me! But now‚ it is all falsehood! —all emptiness! —all death!" (Hawthorne 188). He now has no one that will understand him‚ all he has is emptiness‚ falsehood‚ and death. He is all alone‚ suffering through the pain that his own sin have given him. No one judging and no one bother to care how he really is going on in the inner parts of him. This shows that loneliness‚ emptiness‚ and the guilt are really just corrupting the spirt in the deepest part of our hearts

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    happiness. He believes that the good life is a life following God. Augustine believes that the only way to find eternal happiness and live a fulfilled life is following God because human beings are born as natural sinners; only when we find God‚ the emptiness in our heart is filled with eternal love and happiness. His definition of the good life is not one free of suffering‚ troubles‚ or sorrow‚ but one with faith in God. He believes that the grace of God is what will make us happy

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    Charles Martins Taken Up is a poem that could illustrate two possible scenarios. This poem can be interpreted as viewing a group of people waiting on‚ meeting‚ and leaving with extraterrestrial beings. It could also be a personified colony of aspen trees that are awaiting the sun on a spring day. It is written in free verse that does not have a specific amount of syllables per line. The poem consists of seven terza rima rhyming verse stanzas‚ which displays the authors control over the free verse

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    Analysis of Mildred Montag

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    Mildred Montag is the prime example of a conformist in the dystopian society portrayed in Ray Bradbury ’s book‚ Fahrenheit 451. She thinks in the simplistic manner that people like her are conditioned to‚ and she ’s married to a fireman‚ who plays the largely important role of burning books in this society. She spends her days watching the television screens in the parlor and her nights with Seashell Radios buzzing in her ears. At first glance‚ her life of all play and no work might seem relaxing

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    I am proud of you

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    really honest I have not done anything yet to deserve what I desire but I still can feel that euphoric feeling of having another soul born into you. The feeling of touching and tasting your desires. I am not sure if it is my ego or superego or that insatiable need that is driving my mind into delirium. A state where nothing is enough and you do not know what is enough. This thing has brought me to a realization that what a frightening thing is the ‘human’‚ so accurate sometimes yet so blurred with

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    of delving into both idealogies I ’ve found that the self or the existance of some kind of "soul" can be uncovered through both buddhism and hinduism and I consider these religions expressing either halves of the self. Buddhism reflects on the emptiness and impermanent self‚ anatman‚ as a way to lead to our "true" way of being which is nonexistance‚ while hinduism focuses on the true self‚ atman (the soul). I question how and why buddhism believes in no self yet believes in reincarnation and

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    Bivouac night sky ensnares him under a bleached moon. The pitter patter of his steps quickens as he sprints down the street. Trepidation takes him by the throat‚ filling him with shame and regret and a stagnant knell. I thought I could hear the night making noise‚ the whispering and uttering of incessant static coming from nowhere and everywhere at once. The constant‚ inescapable enigma that drapes him and everything he’s ever lived through: it’s nimbostratus veiling his heart. He can’t see through

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    The Absence of a Father

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    a father‚ which in an effort to fill the emptiness‚ children often try to fill this void with drugs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services states‚ "Fatherless children are at a dramatically greater risk of drug and alcohol abuse." When a child uses drugs to fill the emptiness‚ it can be the start of a spiral to the tragedy of a horrible childhood. Although some children do not get involved with drugs‚ in order to fill the void of emptiness a child may do other harmful activities such

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    To go on a journey does not necessarily require one to physically move from one place to another. A journey can happen anywhere‚ and at any time‚ even if you are not moving. An inner journey is to transcend above the physical and temporal world into a spiritual realm. This enables one to look at life attentively and be alert to the lessons learnt from experience. ‘Of Eurydice’ by Ivan Lalic‚ ‘Fax X’ by Gwyneth Lewis‚ ‘Wind in the Willows’ by Kenneth Graham‚ ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost‚ ‘The

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    You Did not Hear I try to tell you how I feel What seems wrong and what seems real But I see it in your eyes so clear You listen‚ but you do not hear Emotion flows with every word And though its hard it must be heard But as I point out that I fear You listen‚ but you do not hear And yet I try to say again Though feel my efforts are in vain As concerns are growing ever near You listen‚ but you do not hear And when the end looms close to hand And dreams like sand slip through your hand When ask

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