Philosophy 103 November 19‚ 2012 Paper No. 2 In the book “Experiments in Ethics” by Kwame Anthony Appiah he states that “Individual moments of compassion and honesty makes our lives better‚ even if we are not compassionate through and through”. (Appiah 70) He also continues on to say that “[w]e can’t be content with knowing what kind of people we are; it matters‚ too‚ what kind of people we hope to be” (Appiah 72). He discusses the relationship between moral philosophy and scientific research. He used
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005) Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer‚ born in Washington DC in 1977‚ faced a challenge when writing ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’; he had to equal his acclaimed debut ‘Everything Is Illuminated’ (2002). He definitely succeeded; his second novel does not just live up to‚ but exceeds expectations. For the second time Foer has managed to create a work of genius. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close tells the story of Oskar Schell‚ a highly intelligent
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In the essay From How Soccer Explains the World: An unlikely Theory of Gobalization by Franklin Foer‚ uses his own experience to develop his argument. With personal experience which is witnessing his own description of his soccer career he builds up evidence to support his claims. For example‚ from his personal experience he uses the soccer movement where it creates a set of rules and regulations that protects a kids from getting hurt and stops brain damage. Soccer is improving there rules
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impossible world. Jonathan Safran Foer explores different ways people cope or do not cope with disturbing sadness and the emotions that erupt because of that. He achieves this through two of the prominent characters; nine year old Oskar Schell and his mysterious Grandfather‚ Thomas Schell who have both been deprived of their loved ones and suffered tremendous grief which they both struggle to express. The novel is set during the 9/11 terrorist attacks‚ however Safran-Foer does not focus on this but rather
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The exploration of what it means to be human is heavily focused on in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. The story follows a nine-year-old boy whose father died in the 9/11 attacks as he struggles to find some reason behind it‚ wondering along the way about existence and‚ more importantly‚ human emotion. All humans experience a range of emotions‚ from happiness to anger and everything in between. One of the most prominent human experiences is loss and the grief that follows
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While race normally divides people‚ Chicana writer‚ Gloria Anzaldua proposes people of different races to confront their fears in order to move forward into a world that is a less hateful and more useful. Similarly‚ philosopher and writer‚ Kwame Appiah approaches this matter with cosmopolitanism. The meaning of cosmopolitanism is the focus of the world as being a whole rather than just a specific group. It is the belief that all humans belong to a single community based on a shared understanding
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Jonathan Saffran Foer in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ and Mark Haddon in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time explore the varying ways in which individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder may perceive the world. Although Safran Foer focuses on themes of national tragedy and grief from the September 11 terrorist attacks and Mark Haddon focuses on becoming independent‚ the protagonists face similar struggles‚ which arise from their different view of the world. The protagonists experience
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felt that night‚ on that stage‚ under that skull‚ incredibly close to everything in the universe‚ but also extremely alone. I wondered‚ for the first time in my life‚ if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it?” (145 Foer) After his
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identity as she conforms by speaking a certain language in different situations to fit in but later in her life she takes pride in her culture as she discovers that that is the only way to take pride in herself. On the other hand the essay by Franklin Foer “How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization” he uses soccer as a metaphor about globalization and uses it to show the clash of cultures in America. Soccer was seen as a threat to the American society because it didn’t originate
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Commentary on introduction Ana Sofia Flores The opening extract of Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer introduces us to our narrator Alexander Perchov. It is written from a very amusing first person perspective as the Ukrainian character does not speak English well and makes many mistakes with idioms and is not politically correct. Alex comes off as obnoxious‚ materialistic in how he constantly mentions money and sex obsessed but the reader rather enjoys this
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