In life people learn from their mistakes and sometimes‚ like Frank McCourt‚ from hard times that‚ while painful‚ can be of the greatest benefit from among their experiences. It shapes them into the people they are and brands them‚ leading them to be high achievers in life. Moreover‚ their achievements are more remarkable than those whose childhood were happy; they were marked by adversity and their drive to overcome and exceed expectations. A good life was not handed to them‚ but rather earned.
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After experiencing immense suffering‚ a human is put in the state of mind in a state of no external desires‚ leading to contentment with just the basic necessities in life. Happiness in one’s life is vital to living a meaningful life. Without contentment inwith one’s life‚ there will always be something unsatisfied in their conscience. Frankl suffered gravely while in the concentration camps‚ and he finds an analogy to suffering‚ “If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber‚ it will
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This quote reveals itself true in Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. Raskolnikov’s journey through suffering seems hopeless as he faces either a life in prison or a life of insanity. With both options seemingly devoid of any lasting relief or happiness‚ the protagonist learns that he still has an opportunity to live a satisfactory life‚ even after all of the wrong he has done and suffering he has went through. In the beginning of the novel‚ Dostoevsky introduces a very distressed and paranoid
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Suffering Andrew Simedru Period 5 Throughout all of history‚ suffering has been the stumbling block of humanity. Different peoples and cultures have tried to define the act of suffering but it remains a problem for philosophers and a harsh test of faith. It is not natural to see any profit in suffering. Mankind staggers over it‚ considering it a tragedy‚ an interruption to progress‚ and ultimately fate to be avoided. According to the Bible‚ it is the will of God that believers should suffer
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Oedipus: An Exceptional Man In all the passages that have been written through history on how an excellent man should behave‚ one writing stands out from all of them. Aristotle’s‚ The High-Minded Man. This manuscript explains that for any play to be truly considered a tragedy‚ its hero must meet Aristotle’s standards for a high-minded man. In the tragedy of Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophacles‚ Oedipus clearly meets the requirements to be called a high-minded man. Oedipus is expressive about his thoughts
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Suffering is the key to growth. Authors often utilize suffering or crisis to logically explain the main character’s growth to a significant figure or a hero; the sufferings can be divided into two‚ physical suffering and psychological suffering. The main characters of the Odyssey by Gareth Hinds‚ Speak by Laury Halse Anderson and Born a Crime by Trevor Noah all commonly overcome each of their suffering and grow up. In the Odyssey‚ the main character Odysseus experiences physical and psychological
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The Suffering of Frankenstein Frankenstein makes clear of Frankenstein’s innocence before everything becomes tragic. The reader is shown his largely happy and privileged childhood‚ his blameless obsession with knowledge‚ and how he arrived at studying what would soon become his downfall. When Frankenstein creates the monster the immediate effect is his disappointment and exhaustion. He is sickened by his own work and regrets the creation from the moment he saw it in the way everyone else will see
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December 2012 Selfishness = Suffering In our world today there are many reasons for one to become self-centered. Money‚ a job position‚ and material wants are just a few of those reasons. These things might bring joy and happiness in the beginning‚ but they can often lead to suffering of all kinds‚ from mental to physical. The four major figures of religion‚ Confucius‚ Buddha‚ Jesus‚ and Muhammad would all agree that self centeredness equals the cause of human suffering. The great philosopher and
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Licia Canole May 9‚ 2013 Period: 8 Suffering Reflection Throughout our lives we all experience suffering. It is one of the many things that make us human. If we never experience suffering‚ we would never be able to relate to others or learn to be compassionate. No one wants to be with someone that they cannot relate to on some level. For some people‚ a time of suffering makes you closer to your faith‚ but for many others it causes a strain and makes us want to pull away from God. This brings
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using‚ what I like to call‚ the happy methods. One teaches how to stop‚ look‚ and go to become more appreciative of all the small things we have‚ while the other teaches how to overcome suffering. In David Steindl-Rast’s Ted Talk Want to be Happy? Be Grateful and Matthieu Ricard’s writing The Alchemy of Suffering both look at ways to be happy in different ways. Steindl-Rast has the idea that we gain happiness from being grateful. On top of where we
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