"Where ignorance is bliss‚ ’tis folly to be wise”. Extracted from Thomas Gray’s poem‚ ‘Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College’‚ this adage is an existential conundrum ("the definition of ignorance is bliss"‚ 2016) . While some reflect in ‘hear no evil‚ speak no evil’‚ my outlook on this is that it is exceptionally vital to live in knowledge rather than in ignorance. I believe that ignorance isn’t bliss‚ its oblivion. Mankind has been in the pursuit of knowledge since its evolution. Human beings
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The book I am reading is Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts. I have read to the part that Novalee has been living at Walmart for the past month‚ because her boyfriend dumped her there and she had no where else to go. The last chapter that I read was Chapter six‚ this chapter is about a birthday dinner that Forney the library guy had for her. This book is very interesting‚ I am enjoying a lot. It is so be superticious about the number seven‚ but still be lucky enough to live at a Walmart for so long
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Where Am I Wearing a New World Kelsey Timmerman‚ from rural Ohio‚ is the author of the book Where Am I Wearing. The spark that influenced his interest in traveling to other countries was because of the pile of clothes on his floor. After Timmerman saw this‚ he looked at the tags on his clothes. He then wondered exactly where did his clothes come from. The group of people that this book surrounds are American Consumers. Timmerman wanted them to lose their consumer innocence. He wanted them to change
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Where I Come From – Elizabeth Brewster From the title of the poem‚ we can assume that Elizabeth Brewster’s “Where I Come From” is about the place or places where the writer was born in or where she spent her whole childhood. We also assume that she is going to describe‚ tell memories and her opinion about the completely different places. Although the opening line “People are made of places” can be loosely described as form of alliteration‚ the repetition of the “p” sound is particularly effective
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Where Will We Be In Twenty Years? When you only have a dollar to spend‚ and you have two kids to feed. Either you go to the market and find something that’s cheap‚ or you go through a drive thru and call it good purchasing whatever you can off the dollar menu because that’s you’re only option. Knowing that going to the market‚ trying to find something healthy‚ you’ll automatically turn your cart right back around because the price is too high. At the end of the day‚ you find yourself in a bind‚
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In A Place Where the Sea Remembers‚ Sandra Benitez invites us into a mesmerizing world filled with love‚ anger‚ tragedy and hope. This rich and bewitching story is a bittersweet portrait of the people in Santiago‚ a Mexican village by the sea. Each character faces a conflict that affects the course of his or her life. The characters in this conflict are Remedios‚ la curandera of the small town who listens to people’s stories and gives them advice‚ Marta‚ a 16 year old teenage girl‚ who was raped
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You are what you drive When you see different people driving different cars on the roads‚ will you give yourself a second to think whether there is something relationship between the certain cars and the drivers’ personality? There is a theory that people who drive certain cars share personality traits. Generally speaking‚ our choices may say something about our values and interests. To some extent‚ women tend to buy smaller cars and men are likely to buy larger cars. But there are many other
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Have you ever felt nice? In the story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes‚ Mrs.Jones is nice. One reason she is nice is Mrs.Jones is forgiving. Another reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is trusting and the last reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is caring. In particular Mrs. Jones is nice because she is forgiving. The reason she is forgiving is she brought Roger into her home and washed him up. She also fed him lima beans and ham after Roger took her pocketbook. I think that Mrs. Jones wants Roger
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Where the Mind is Without Fear Where the Mind is ... 10 WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR Notes This poem was written when the British ruled our country. We were slaves to a foreign power. Rabindranath Tagore‚ the great Indian nationalist and visionary wanted India to awaken to a bright dawn of freedom – freedom from slavery and our own mental chains. Read the poem aloud once. Then read it silently. It would be a good idea to memorize the poem. Where the mind is without fear and the head
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A life calling might be a little bit of a stretch for my age at the moment‚ but I think I have a good idea of mine. In my opinion‚ in life everyone has something that they are really good at‚ or are just meant to do. It only depends on if you find it or not. Apparently‚ when I was younger I was always banging on a drum or dancing around my kitchen with a fake guitar‚ and all I do‚ and all I think i’ll ever do‚ is anything that is involved with music. A life calling is something that is kind of controversial
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