Koi Fish‚ Meditation‚ and Ghosts Koi fish has always fascinated me – there is something calming about their simple existence. I am reminded of the meditative state of mind aimed for in Zen‚ where thoughts‚ feelings‚ and sensations are allowed to come and go as they please while the source of our attention is firmly anchored within itself – in the breath‚ in the moment – immersed in the physiological sensory experience yet removed from it. Somehow the elegantly lazy movements of the koi fish bring
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The Ghost of Christmas Past reached for Carteno’s wrist‚ quickly grasping it as she tried to pull away. It was of no use‚ for the Ghost was far stronger than her and began to display a scene long forgotten. Carteno‚ rendered speechless‚ stood next to her wooden-framed bed. The meak light from the overcast sky was all that lit the dark room. Stained beige carpet coated the area of younger Carteno’s bedroom‚ surrounded by a white strip that connected the ground and wooden walls. A large thick television
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Ghosts of war is a novel by Ryan Smithson. I chose to read it because I am interested in knowing the facts about the wars‚ and this is nonfiction novel and is based upon a marine. Most of the novel takes place in the training center for newly recruit marines. Ryan Smithson decides to be a part of the U.S marine when he was in the high school; after 9/11. He feels for his people‚ his nation and the whole universe. His goal is to serve the U.S marine as a reserve‚ a military personal who takes place
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Luke Pelagio Due 5/27/2011 Period 4 Machiavelli: Realism Over Idealism Nicolo Machiavelli is known as being an archetypical realist; in other words‚ he was someone who originated the idea that we should not try to figure out how people should be‚ but rather accept and deal with the world as it literally is. Unlike Machiavelli‚ Plato posited an idealist view of a philosopher king reigning through virtue. To Machiavelli‚ this is an extremely dangerous delusion for it ignores what he considers
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I chose the Haitian tale called (Ghosts) because I don’t know much about the country and I was curious to learn something of their culture. Ghosts The text tells about a person called Pascal Dorien that lives in Bel Air‚ a city compared to Bagdad – Iraq. It describes the violence the people are exposed to‚ and mainly the children. Pascal Dorien’ s parents own a restaurant where fried pigeon is the specialty‚ but‚ against their wish‚ they had to supply pigeons to a Haitian ritual where boys had
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House" by Ibsen "Death of a Salesman" and "A Doll’s House" are two plays that were written in different centuries. In these plays‚ among other things‚ is presented the place that women hold in the family‚ as well as in the society. Although in many aspects‚ the two protagonists of the plays‚ Linda and Nora respectively‚ appear to have things in common‚ at the same time they are very different‚ since Nora seems to be more modern and liberal than Linda‚ which is ironic given the fact that Ibsen wrote
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Throughout our youth we are haunted by many evils‚ some real and some imagined. I‚ just as many others told ghost stories and gave myself nightmares by not covering my eyes while watching scary movies‚ but some ghosts are more real than others. Middle school students may be one of the scariest of all evils. They have little concern for those around them and try to bury their own fear behind a wall of anger. My personal evil had a name‚ or at least a nickname‚ everyone called him‚ Scooter. I’m
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Film Analysis of the Movie “Ghost” (1990) The fictional film “Ghost” directed by Jerry Zucker is an unusual kind of love story and is very unique. It is about two people‚ Sam Wheat and Molly Jensen‚ who are deeply in love with each other but later parted by an accident. Sam was shot by a hired killer and his ghost is seeking justice for his death. He never left Molly’s side‚ he guides and protects her in every way he can. That’s when he came to know the truth about his best friend‚ Carl Bruner
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Conflict in A Raisin in the Sun In the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ the playwright Lorraine Hansberry depicts the life of an impoverished African American family living on the south side of Chicago. The Youngers‚ living in a small apartment and having dreams larger than the world in which the live‚ often use verbal abuse as a way to vent their problems. Many times‚ this verbal abuse leads to unnecessary conflict within the family. The most frequently depicted conflict is that between Walter and
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The first scene exchange between Wendla and Mrs. Bergmann establishes realism by showing a conversation between a mother and daughter about growing up. The scene is set in a living room which is a public space within a private home. There is a sense of frustration in Wendla’s voice when saying‚ “Why did you make me such a long dress?” (Franzen can be irritatng and frustrating because we‚ as growing girls‚ feel as though long dresses are for kids and since there is teen attached to fourteen‚ we should
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