DOUBLE ME vs. MY SON THE FANATIC I have chosen this painting - Double Me - to put the short story - My Son the Fanatic - into perspective Double Me was painted in 1993 by the Danish artist Michael Kvium and is one of a series of four paintings. In the painting there are two men. They’re both dressed in black. Their positions towards each other looks strained‚ as they are holding hands while pushing their weights forward‚ as if they are fighting. Also their faces are only a few centimeters from
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Lament for a son Lament for a son is book written by Nicholas Wolterstorff‚ who is mourning the premature death of his son Eric who passed away in a mountain climbing accident in Austria. Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher and currently the Noah Porter Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University. He is a writer with philosophical and theological interests. He has written books on aesthetics‚ epistemology‚ political philosophy‚ philosophy of religion‚ metaphysics
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I remember my first week at AU. I felt excited and at the same time I was very nervous because it was my first day in the university‚ I didn’t know any person and I didn’t know how to arrive to my classroom. I was lost and I had to ask someone about the building where. This person was very nice and told me the right direction. I walked to the building‚ and when I arrived I saw some people and I felt strange. I approached to one girl and I asked for the classroom. We discovered that we were in the
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It was my first study week in Nilai International University College. I am in this college since the end of March 2008. That is the turning point in my life. Last time I was just a simply high school student who was busy in my previous school compound‚ SMJK Yu Hua Kajang. After the SPM examination‚ I worked part time until I get my result lately on 12th of March. No longer after that‚ I turned into this college. I found that it is difficult for me to follow those subjects especially ENG112 after
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nightmare. He was my source of strength back then‚ unfortunately he was my weakness now. I gave him my love but he broke my heart too many times its felt like I’ve been acting like an idiot for so long and surprisingly everything seemed to be beautiful‚ see how bird-brain I am when it comes to that jerk. When I was in high school my life is almost perfect I’ve got my parents trust‚ great true friends‚ I’m one of the top in school and by that time my first priority was my boyfriend who was
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My first day at University is an important event of my life. To me it is an unforgettable day. During my school or college days. I had a glimpse of university life from my elder brothers and sisters. I was most curiously awaiting the day when I would start my college life. I thought that the university life would offer me a free life; here restrictions would be few and threat of teachers would be little. At last the longed for day came in. I was admitted to North South University
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Fourteen meant everything because at fourteen a fellow can hunt the most exciting animal that ever lived in Michigan‚ the deer. Yes‚ the year of the deer I shall never forget. When my dad poked his head into my bedroom at 5:30 A. M. in the morning on November 15‚ 1973‚ I knew the day had finally arrived for my first deer hunt. Even though I had barely slept at all the night before‚ I was wide wake‚ eager to get into the woods. The bacon was frying filling the house with a terrific odor that made
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one of my most dreadful nightmares. The eagerness of wheeling my suitcase down the jet bridge made butterflies move throughout my stomach. My dream of flying was about to come true. The pilots and flight attendants greeted me with smiles as I walked through the doors as if they knew this was my first time. The musty‚ sweaty smell of the aircraft consumed me. I showed one of the flight attendants my crumpled ticket and he kindly led me to my seat. I took a deep breath‚ like it was my last‚ and
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Black History speech: I ’m Black and I ’m Proud As we come to the close of another black History Month‚ we have been reflecting upon our heritage. Upon such people as Chrispus Atticks‚ Harriet Tubman‚ Fredrick Douglas‚ George Washington Culver‚ Dr. Charles Drew‚ Thurgood Marshal‚ Malcolm X‚ and of course Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and many‚ many more. And as we remember and review these names we realize that in any other society this would be a great list of historical figures. But being in
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My son Alexander Terminiello is starting his 10th month of living home with me and only me 24/7 without his self-hire services that we have been trying unsuccessfully to obtain. Alex is nonverbal. He has autism‚ epilepsy‚ OCD‚ ADD and Tourette’s Syndrome is almost making it impossible to leave the house with him‚ but I can’t leave him alone either. We now have him on a regimen of Seroquel and Zoloft that will keep him calm and make him sleepy for 4 to 6 hours per day because I simply cannot cope
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