country and trying to get a better life.There are three themes in the novel that one must follow in order to understand and earn a meaningful life: family‚ work‚ and education. First of all‚ family is the first school in which a child receives the basic values of life. When Francisco was young‚ his family moved to America‚ hoping to get a better life. He grew up in a poor family. The six members in his family are his parents‚ (how many? 3?) brothers‚ and sister. His family suffers and struggles
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The view of reality from Buddhadasa’s vision In order to understand the view of life from Buddhadasa Bikkhu vision‚ first we need to know the origin of him. Where he came from‚ how his life transformed and what inspired him‚ these are some of the facts we will look into before proceeding into the depth of the actual topic of how he perceives the truth of life and aspects pertaining to it. Buddhadasa Bikkhu‚ from Thailand was an ardent student of the teachings of the Buddha. He gave up his worldly
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THE LIFE‚ CHAPTER I. The author’s account of his country‚ and their manners and customs--Administration of justice--Embrenche--Marriage ceremony‚ and public entertainments--Mode of living--Dress--Manufactures Buildings--Commerce--Agriculture--War and religion--Superstition of the natives--Funeral ceremonies of the priests or magicians--Curious mode of discovering poison--Some hints concerning the origin of the author’s countrymen‚ with the opinions of different writers on that subject.
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To live a meaningful life is to fulfill every dream one person can desire. But to live a meaningful life one must go through trials and tribulations in order to achieve such a high and meaningful goal. One can reveal these trials and tribulations just by living an everyday life wither it be encountering the same moment over again in your mind until one got it right‚ or if someone took a leap of faith to save another persons life‚ or if the ultimate trial was presented and a person had to stare death
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What is the value of Life? Is it measured by Money? Is it measured by your Career? I once met a friend‚ whose life began out pretty bad. His parents divorced two brothers in jail and a school for future gang bangers. One day‚ his step father discovers that his mom was having an affair and he instantly blew up and shot his moms lover several times along with his 2 older brothers in Jail. His father also threatened to shoot my friend next till the police arrive and ended the tragedy that was brought
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LIFE Life is beautiful but not always easy‚ it has problems‚ too‚ and the challenge lies in facing them with courage‚ letting the beauty of life act like a balm‚ which makes the pain bearable‚ during trying times‚ by providing hope. Happiness and sorrow are the two sides of the coin. Similarly life is full success‚ joys and failures and problems. There is no human being on Earth‚ strong‚ powerful‚ wise or rich‚ who has not experienced‚ struggle‚ suffering or failure. In life one should
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world for everyone? That’s why I tried to bring the apple home for Tita. When we brought her into this world. We sort of promised her everything she had a right to have in life." Basically‚ it’s a story of a person trying to do good but then he slips up. And then comes a friend who says he can help Mario. That’s Pablo. His life is better than Mario. Mario is his partner in crime. He spews a lot about earning next to nothing on a decent job when Mario can go back to their old shady ways and can earn
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The power of determination True story about athlete Glenn Cunningham who was horribly burned in a schoolhouse fire at the age of 8. Doctors predicted he would never walk again. Determined to walk‚ Glenn would throw himself off his wheelchair and pull his body across the yard and along a fence. Twenty-two months later‚ he took his first steps and through sheer determination‚ learned to run despite the pain… The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned‚ pot-bellied coal stove. A
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What is life you may ask. To me‚ life is the most vulnerable thing on earth for you may lose it anytime. Life is fragile and thus precious. Today you might be happily enjoying it and then for all you know‚ tomorrow‚ you may not live up to it. Life‚ is given to us so we will learn to cherish it be it the good times or bad times. Its funny how some people in some parts of the world choose to give up their life so easily‚ like example suicide but then on the other hand‚ there are people who wants to
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