time we spend most of our lives questioning and wondering what exactly a meaningful life is. "What is it that makes some lives meaningful‚ others less so?" (pg.1) is also one of the first questions asked in "Meaning in Life and Why it Matters". In Susan Wolf’s excerpt‚ "The Meanings of Lives"‚ the author attempts to define what a “meaningful life” is. The reason I specifically chose to use the word attempt is because I
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Susan Comforting the Baby‚" by Mary Cassatt‚ and Young lady Powdering Herself‚ by Georges Seurat‚ is strikingly similar in topic and how it is done. Funny thing to consider is that "Susan Comforting the Baby" was painted in 1881 and "Young lady Powdering Herself" was painted eight years later in 1889‚ we can even say that Cassatt and Seurat were peers who delivered the same work in the Impressionism period. For the greater part of the likenesses that Cassatt’s " and Seurat’s paintings‚ there are
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By moral saint Wolf described a person whose every action is as morally good as possible‚ a person‚ that is‚ who is as morally worthy as can be and whose life is dominated by commitment to improving welfare of others and society (Wolf‚ 419-420). Susan Wolf argues that being a moral saint is neither desirable nor reasonable. Wolf claims‚ that not because becoming one is out of reach for many of us but because of what would be involved in being a moral saint. In the end‚
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“Lust” is a short story is which Susan Minot‚ the author‚ presents the view of sexual desire from a promiscuous teenage girl away at boarding school. The young girl in the story conveys her first time that she has sex with a boy and then continues to retell the sequential events of many other encounters as the story unfolds. The unnamed protagonist in the story clearly has lost self-respect for herself and has no clue how to reclaim it. This story written in the mid nineteen-fifties‚ shows the
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Although so many people can take pictures and call themselves photographers‚ not everyone is skilled in this manner and‚ therefore‚ Susan Sontag’s argument in her book‚ On Photography‚ that we can never truly realize the full meaning behind pictures without actually being in the moments first-hand is
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Modernism‚ Modernisation and Modernity in Australia‚ 1919 –1939 Lighting the Way: New technologies‚ new materials‚ new cities. Modernism transformed life in Australia across five tumultuous decades from 1917 to 1967 ‚ it spans all aspect of Australian culture including art‚ design‚ architecture‚ advertising‚ film‚ photography and fashion. The process of modernisation has had a profound affect‚ changing our perspectives and the course of our everyday living. Change is inevitable‚ man-made
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An Essay on Modernism vs. Traditionalism in The Mayor of Casterbridge During the first half of the 19th century English society was making the difficult transition from a pre-industrial Britain to modern’ Victorian times. In agriculture‚ most of the transition took place around 1846 with the repeal of the corn laws. This allowed foreign grain to be imported into England for the first time. Consequently‚ the entire structure and methods of agriculture in Britain were greatly altered. Much of the
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Response for Chapter 1 After read the book of Susan Sontag’s On Photography‚ the idea of essential of photography comes into my mind. Photography is really important in our daily life. It can capture the moments of the life‚ whatever it is happy or upset. In this book‚ the writer discusses how perspective changing through by photography. In chapter one‚ Sontage gives readers a idea which “the most grandiose result of the photographic enterprise is to give us the sense that we can hold the whole
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The Life Of Susan Yen Liang I was born on November 25th‚ 1941 in Tian Jin‚ China. I was the last child to be born to the Yen family and the second to be born to Jeanne Prosperi and Joseph Yen. I had one brother‚ Franklin‚ three half-brothers‚ Gregory‚ James‚ and Edgar‚ and two half-sisters‚ Adeline and Lydia. I loved being the youngest in the family‚ adored by everyone. When I was about three months old‚ Father and Mother‚ along with my other siblings‚ moved to Shanghai. Aunt Baba and I stayed
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Cherishing someone does not always involve traditional ways of affection. “Wordsmith” a free verse poem by Susan Young‚ scrutinizes the relationship between a quiet‚ caring father and his daughter. The maintenance of the house metaphorically describes the developing kinship between the two that has eroded over time and the attempt to reconstruct this compelling bond. The daughter addresses her father as the “Pollyfilla King” establishing that he is trying to rectify his relationship with his daughter
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