are increased several manifolds and our cities and towns are no longer safe for our vulnerable children. It strange that‚ at the middest of material prosperity; terrorism‚ new diseases‚ and the rate of crimes on a globel level are florishing. Insatiable greed‚ hunger for power‚ broken familes and perverted value system are the underlaying factors of the surging crime rates. Moreover‚ people live in the constant fear of terrorist attacks‚ neuclear threat‚ biological warfare‚ natural and man made
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“The Painted Door” The natural landscape and the winter storm in “The Painted Door” serve as a metaphor for Ann’s sense of isolation. Sinclair Ross‚ the author of the short story‚ intelligently uses imagery to add atmosphere to the story and enhance the readers understanding of the emotions and mood of the protagonist‚ Ann. The isolation of the farmland is made abundantly clear as we learn the closest neighbouring farm is “five miles away‚” and even then it would seem longer as the roads are “impassable
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Buddha teaches the middle path‚ the Cessation of Suffering. The importance of absence from worldly attachments‚ from extremes‚ from tangibility is underlined by its reward: Nirvana‚ a sweet‚ peaceful emptiness. This text‚ over and over‚ associates the absence‚ the cessation‚ the lack‚ and the emptiness with desirability. Meanwhile‚ attachment‚ ordinariness‚ greed and hedonism are to be avoided. This is all to achieve‚ again‚ a lack of existence‚ to refrain from “re-becoming” in the cycle of
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Tim Boredom is a lack of inner interests. I believe that it’s true that boredom leads to trouble‚ truthfully I have experience with being very bored. When I was younger I tended to not have much to do after school I had just gotten out of the play stage and was getting older. Growing out of a lot of childish toys‚ I tended to look for new things to do. I started to skateboard‚ joining a special type of troublemaking group. We did a lot of vandalism‚ creating a lot of messes‚ and also making people
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the short story goes out of his way to depict his depressive character he possesses. Depression is a psychological disorder that interferes with a person’s daily life causing pain to the person. Symptoms of depression include persistent sadness‚ emptiness‚ loss of interest‚ irritability‚ headaches‚ fatigue‚ and anxiousness. The narrative structure of “Notes From the Underground” is written from the narrator’s point
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A lot of animals have been vanquished from the Mother Nature due to some natural reasons or human’s insatiable hunger for money‚ particularly the endangered species of animals that require more attention to prevent them from being extinct in the near future. One of the major factors that are leading to the extinction of animals is deforestation. Mass deforestation by human has cost a lot to the habitat of animals. The animals are being forced to move away from their natural habitat as it is being
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Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford is a timeless classic‚ which narrates the arduous and brave journey taken by three pet animals towards the family they love over harsh and dangerous terrain‚ and is an emotionally rich story‚ which will move the reader and will leave him with a glow of satisfaction. The feelings and emotions of these pet animals‚ their love towards each other and their loyalty and love for their owners are captured and expressed by the author with such a clarity that both young
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consequences of their choices. Fitzgerald’s purpose is to emphasize the true sufferings of women caused by their own lack of reason. He establishes a candid tone throughout the novel in order to demonstrate to readers that the true source of the emptiness and sorrow felt by women in the 1920’s does not come from the men in their lives‚ but from their own incoherence. Fitzgerald primarily uses paradox as a strategy that best exemplifies the irrational behavior and decisions women in the novel make
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others. No flora or fauna yet to celebrate the arrival. Perhaps some odd and unknown creature occasionally suspected success in the escaping steam and swooped down to inspect it; more likely though‚ this future island were born in agitated waves‚ emptiness and crude cold. Then‚ after an extent of time so great it becomes meaningless‚ only the ocean knew an island was progressing. As no land has yet peaked through the surface‚ it is now a long forgotten possibility. This is when the island dies‚ or
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character‚ it is clear that because of his unique qualities‚ his perceptions of time‚ life and humanity are different from the norm. Like Alec Leamus‚ from The Spy who came in From the Cold‚ Dr Manhattan shows little human emotions‚ reflecting the emptiness of the post-war era. His blunt and impersonal statement‚ “A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally‚ there’s no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?”
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