A response to Bertrand Russell’s Happy Life Happiness: What does that fully mean? To be truly happy‚ is that something that you can achieve in life? After reading “The Happy Life” by Bertrand Russell‚ my outlook on happiness hasn’t changed but has been enlightened. Bertrand depicts happiness as a ferocious cycle when it comes to caring for others and yourself. He states loving someone selflessly does not lead yourself to the ultimate happiness you are capable of. If you are constantly focusing
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To what extent is Lord of the flies a warning to its readers? William Golding fought in world war two as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy‚ when he returned from war he said that he was disgusted by “What one man can do to another”. Some people say that lord of the flies is a warning to its readers as shows them how the ‘innocent children’ changed into savage animals. It shows that even the most kind hearted of people have the ability to kill if they in a certain environment or put under certain
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What makes a someone a good reader? This might be something a teacher has asked their students before giving out a 5 page paper on it‚ but really think about the question. Being creative and understanding how the author of a story tries to convey their audience to feel a specific way after reading the piece of literature they worked so hard on can help make someone a good reader. It is important to understand what the author wants to convey in his story‚ and what an author is trying to get his audience
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Mao Zedong Readings Response Paper Being one of the most well-known characters of Chinese modern history‚ Mao Zedong has been constantly debated in both Western and Eastern worlds. Like all historic figures‚ Mao Zedong has been seen in different light: sometimes under glorification and reverence‚ and sometimes as a devil that dragged China into one of its darkest eras. These contradicting opinions can be easily seen in the assigned readings of this course. While Mao Zedong is generally praised
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Irene Zhou Ms. Ulrich 9HLA-3 23 March 2014 Faith and the Arts The arts are universal. Just as music is the worldwide language for all people with hearing‚ color is the collective language for all people with sight. In fact‚ color is so deeply ingrained in society and religion that it has become the most basic representation of any group. In Girl With a Pearl Earring‚ color and religion combine to explain Griet’s life and experiences. As I read‚ I noticed that religion‚ though infrequently mentioned
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Text Response Good Vs. Evil Good vs. evil is a widely explored theme in Isobelle Carmody’s novel ’The Gathering’. It is most evident in the battle between the Chain and the Kraken‚ however the more sinister‚ subtler acts of evil occur when he attempts to make each member vulnerable by breaching their weaknesses. While the physical examples such as the final battle‚ the murder of The Tod and the violent acts by Buddha and his gang could certainly be classified as evil‚ it is my belief that the
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A Small Plea to Delete a Ubiquitous Expletive Response In this essay‚ Elizabeth Austin describes her feelings about the “F” word. She gives a detailed explanation on why it should not be used in the colloquial language. Austin first gives background knowledge about the “F” word and how it came to be as the word it is used now. Austin’s thesis is that the “F” word should not be used in any certain way. Austin first states that the word should be deleted from our use‚ but before that we must remove
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Tierenee R. Roberson SOCI 4421.01 “Defining Racism” February 22‚ 2011 Professor Harris Response Paper: Defining Racism In this article by Beverly Daniel Tatum‚ she uses her various life experiences to show the issues that come along with attempting to define racism in America. There are several external issues that come not only from defining racism‚ but with separating racism from prejudice. In dispelling preconceived notions that these two words are interchangeable‚ Tatum makes
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Intelligent Responses Abstract Emotional situations result in emotional responses. Often these responses are instinctual‚ but they can be taught through the teaching of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is a measure of how well a person understands and manages emotions‚ and it can be increased through experiences and teaching. The teaching of emotional intelligence‚ known as social emotional learning or SEL‚ should be taught in school systems so children learn
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The Intuitionist Responses: 1. Whitehead definitely makes a relationship between knowledge and race throughout the novel. It seems that he makes the white people think they are smarter than the blacks‚ yet he gives the blacks more knowledge and instinct. One of the first examples I noticed was when Lila Mae inspects Walker 125 and the super (a white man) slips three twenty dollar bills in her pocket. She says to him “You placed sixty dollars in my pocket. I don’t think I implied by my behavior that
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