When reading the novel from a psychoanalytic perspective‚ the sea plays an important role in the ’awakening’ of Edna Pontellier. There is a strong relationship between Edna and the sea from the beginning of the novel to the end. The sea represents Edna’s desire to find her own freedom and identity. In the beginning of the novel‚ Edna’s expression of the sea reflects her awareness of her own identity. "Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf‚ whose sonorous murmur reached her like
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Existentialism is a chiefl y philosophical and literary movement that became popular after 1930 and that provides a distinctive interpretation of human existence. The question of the meaning of human existence is of supreme importance to existentialism‚ which advocates that people should create value for themselves through action and living each moment to its fullest. Existentialism serves as a protest against academic philosophy and possesses an antiestablishment sensibility. It contrasts both
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Drowning at Sea After two hours drifting at sea‚ clinging desperately to the cargo hatch‚ I felt the life ebbing from me. I cast my mind back‚ it had been such a nice and beautiful day that had turned out to be so dangerous and life threatening. I could not forget that how I had fought with my mother to allow me to go to the sea with my friends where we were going to have a picnic. I yearned to turn the clock back. If only I had listened to my mom I would not have been in a situation like this
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Sea Sponge Article The title of the article I was assigned to read in Marine Biology was called “This is your ancestor” by Jack McClintock and Richard Barnes‚ published in November 2004. This article is about tracing evolution in terms of seas sponges. A micro biologist named‚ Mitchell Sogen was tracing the DNA chain of animals to find the very first species that rooted off into all other animals including humans. “When micro biologist Mitchell Sogen decided to trace human evolution to its roots
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Existentialism and The Catcher in the Rye After World War II‚ the US became a new superpower. With this new kind of power‚ a new philosophy developed: Existentialism. It is a philosophy that is based on subjectivity and individualism. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was published in 1951 in New York‚ right after World War II. Throughout the novel‚ Holden is trying to discover his own meaning of life‚ which is an Existentialist idea appearing in the novel‚ as well as the criticism of rules
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The sea in The Awakening represents not only Edna’s self-awakening‚ evolution and growth‚ but also the combination of freedom and death. In her search for freedom‚ the sea plays a part in the realization that the only way to achieve freedom is through death: her true awakening. We go as far as to say that throughout the novel‚ Edna is aware of this dark truth‚ but only on a subconscious level‚ which is why she only sees the sea as place of self-expression and freedom‚ but nothing deeper until the
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The short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez is a very strange‚ weird and dream like due to the strange characters within the story. I did not like this story and do not know if this story was written as a result of hallucinations induced by drug‚ alcohol or mental illness. Only other thought I had is this story may have a meaning such as tolerance and acceptance for others‚ such as a being with wings that could be an angelic or demonic entity‚ or nothing more
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In the book Into the killing seas there were two boys that were on the USS Indianapolis as it was sinking was a very exciting book. The book made sense in the it was explained. All the info was true to a point. But over all it was a great book. The place that the book Into the killing seas took place was mostly in the ocean. They started out by being flown to Guam where they stayed for awhile. Then they were stowaways on the USS Indianapolis. Then that’s where the story mostly takes place
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Lost at Sea - Exercise You are a passenger on a cruise ship. While in the pacific‚ there is a violent storm and the ship starts to sink. All of the passengers are directed towards the lifeboats. Each lifeboat contains fifteen items (see the list below). Activity As a group of passengers in the lifeboat you have to come to an agreement over the ranking list of the 15 objects. Here are guidelines to use to reach a consensus Avoid arguing for you own individual judgements. Approach the activity
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Legal aspects of terrorism at sea Glen Plant* INTRODUCTION On 7 October 1985‚ four armed men claiming to represent the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the Italian-flag cruise liner Achille Lauro on the high seas about thirty miles off Port Said and held the crew and passengers hostage. They had boarded her in port in Genoa posing as legitimate passengers. They demanded the release of fifty Palestinian prisoners held in Israel and threatened to blow up the ship if intervention were
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