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    Existentialism

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    Existentialism is defined as the idea that man creates his own experiences and responsibilities. You can either be a pessimistic existentialist or an optimistic existentialist. A pessimistic existentialist is a person that has a negative outlook on life. They are usually more realistic about the way that things can turn out. This prepares them for something bad to happen‚ so they won’t be surprised and will be able to deal with it. Being a pessimist can also have some negative effects though. If

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    Man and His Cosmic Existence

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    is also infused with the nature of the cosmos: that of sunshine - starshine. The impregnation of sunshine into the terrestrial realms has generated the myriad phenomena of life. Born‚ it is told‚ in the primeval oceans of a young half-billion year old planet and its tidal moon‚ the first stirrings of microbiological Gaian life appeared. The terrestrial atmosphere‚ it is said‚ was then (some 4 billion years ago) very much like both the Martian and Venusian atmospheres are now ... about

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    Paul Abante Mrs. Bugni English 12 honors 5 January 2015 Existentialism Life’s remorseless nature presents uncontrollable situations to everyone at the most unexpected times. Like any game of cards‚ life deals a set of cards that a player is forced to play. This is known as agency; the concept that each human individual within a culture has the ability to determine and choose by free will his or her actions. Some prime examples that shine this principle is Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning”

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    context should not be interpreted literally as it actually means to be defeated. Bearing this in mind would I agree with Santiago’s evaluation of the outcome of his adventure at sea? The answer to that question would most definitely be no. Santiago states this on (Page 103) when he says‚ "But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated." After reading this outstanding novel written by Ernest Hemingway‚ I am strongly of the view that even though Santiago suffered an immense

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    brought among them. Existentialism is the theory of being a living human individual and that ultimately life is meaningless because the world keeps moving on when death occurs. This theory is prevalent in the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus and the film Office Space by Mike Judge. In The Stranger a shipping clerk named Mersault lives his life without caring about societal standards and he believes that having faith in a higher god is a waste of his time. In Office Space a man named Peter Gibbons

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    Sharpening and Old Man

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    a bad person because he appeared as a good old man who just borrowed a knives to sharpening and said “Maybe you’ve heard from your neighbours. I come around every March. Do mowers as well” as he was offering to do he mower for her in the beginning. Janet is a mother of three children. She do all the work in the house since her kids are still young to do some of the house work. Erin is six years old eldest child of Janet. The Knife Sharpener is an old man who sharpen knives and do mowers. The story

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    Sartre's Existentialism

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    anything to have a function‚ its existence must come prior. For example‚ the function of a knife‚ which is to stab and cut‚ did not come before the existence of the knife. The saying “existence precedes essence” is Sartre’s answer for the objection saying that Existentialism is pessimism. Sartre says no‚ existence is not pessimistic but instead it is optimistic. An individual does have action and choice to how they want to live their life and that there can be meaning. Existence can be described as biological

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    No Country For An Old Man

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    The movie “No Country for an Old Man” is an adaptation of an original novel written by Cormac McCarthy. The directors of the movie Joel and Ethan Coen‚ manage to make the film bleak‚ scary‚ creepy and extremely violent. However‚ judging from the moral conflict‚ the movie creates morality is an individual’s mindset. Several scenes from the film suggest that one can against social obligations based on his/her moral code. The setting of the movie is in the wild and merciless borderlands of Texas. This

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    The Old Man at the Bridge

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    “The Old Man at the Bridge” by Ernest Hemingway An old man with steel rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts‚ trucks‚ and men‚ women and children were crossing it. The mule- drawn carts staggered up the steep bank from the bridge with soldiers helping push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks ground up and away heading out of it all and the peasants plodded along in the ankle deep dust. But the old man

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    Existentialism in Kafka

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    Existentialism is the thought that reality has no meaning or purpose‚ and that this is something man must come to terms with through his life until he faces death. The pursuit of meaning is a prevalent theme in the work of Franz Kafka‚ especially so in his parable “Before the Law‚” in which a man refuses to face‚ or perhaps simply does not or will never realize‚ the fact that reality is meaningless. The central claim of existentialism is Jean-Paul Sartre’s proposition that “existence precedes essence”-

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