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    Through the Tunnel Essay “Archetypal stories occur in many cultures making the long journey home‚ contemplating the impossible” task or outwitting the formidable enemy are all archetypal plots (Willhelm R2). One of the most universal archetypal patterns in every human beings life experiences is the adolescent struggle for adulthood. In literature‚ this struggle for adulthood takes the form of a journey or quest. In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ one can see powerful recreation

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    In Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment‚ a realm of suffering and deep distress was illustrated through the characterization of Sonia Semyonovna Marmeladov. Within the novel‚ Dostoevsky paints an image of Sonia as a young lower-class woman who struggles with her physical reality of suffering as well as an emotional battle to redeem herself and others. In doing so‚ Dostoevsky forces the reader to examine the corruption that followed the religious systems within the Russian society. Throughout the

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    The pain brought about by your wisdom teeth may be a little bit overboard. Yes‚ you can experience pain in your jaw and your gums. but does it end there? Many people have asked if a pain brought about by wisdom teeth can affect other areas of your body too such as the ears? The question of whether can wisdom teeth cause ear pain or not is very common among all people who are concerned during the eruption of their wisdom teeth or third molars. While some people claim that they have not experienced

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    In the biblical book of Job‚ the main protagonist undergoes a huge deal of human suffering. While lamenting his woes‚ Job questions God and asks: “[w]hy let people go on living in misery?” He then proceeds to say that “God keeps their future hidden and hems them in on every side.” (Job 3:20) Here‚ Job challenges God and attributes him to his suffering and afflictions. In response to Job‚ God details his power through the various things he created. In the passage of Job 37-40‚ He asks a series of rhetorical

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    The Science of "Muddling Through" Charles E. Lindblom Public Administration Review‚ Vol. 19‚ No. 2. (Spring‚ 1959)‚ pp. 79-88. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0033-3352%28195921%2919%3A2%3C79%3ATSO%22T%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7 Public Administration Review is currently published by American Society for Public Administration. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR ’s Terms and

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    senseless suffering exists in this world? An excellent question‚ one to which we as human begins may unfortunately never know the proper answer to. Albert Camus’ book “The Plague” offers a valid response to the problem of evil and suffering because‚ it offers a more rational understanding of the puzzle that is the problem of evil and suffering while‚ it simultaneously encourages resistance to evil. The story accomplishes this by having the reader experience the reality of natural evil through the eyes

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    A view of wisdom or expertise that might be attributed to a relativist like Protagoras is that an individual possesses expertise if he or she has a better perception than others. Having better perception does not mean truer perception; rather‚ better perception can be understood as a perception that ‘brings about what is good for one’s health’ (171e). This means perception can be understood as practical knowledge. Moreover‚ perception can be understood as practical knowledge of certain causes and

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    Sonny’s blues--Suffering After analyzing the short story “Sonny’s Blues‚” suffering seems to be the major theme of the story. Suffering scan be transformed into a form of expression. Nothing exemplifies that more than the setting and mood of the story. The spectrum of the irony contributed more to the suffering than anything else. The structure of the story is particularly striking because of the way irony leads to liberation. Suffering was liberated by the passion and the relapse of dark environment

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    Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing The narrative constructs an eleven-year old English boy‚ Jerry‚ who is on holiday with his mother in the South of France. He encounters a group of older‚ native African-French boys swimming along the beach. When they disappeared by swimming through an underwater passageway to the other side of a large rock in the ocean‚ he feels left out and rejected. Jerry makes it his goal to swim through the passageway to prove to the older boys his manhood‚ even if it meant

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    SHAVING THROUGH TUNNEL ESSAY When I can look life in the eyes‚ grown calm and very coldly wise‚ life will have given me the truth‚ and in exchange-taken my youth. In this quote Sara Teas suggest that when child-like excitement goes away‚ your intellectual capacity has grown‚ and you see things more realistically‚ that’s when you have matured. In the stories Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing and Shaving by Leslie Norris the authors suggest that growing in age had=s nothing to do with maturing

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