Reading a book is perhaps the greatest source of pleasure to a cultured person. Reading broadens his outlook‚ drives away his narrow prejudices and lightens up his mind with truth and knowledge. Books are our best friends. They never deceive or desert us in our hour of need like so many of our human friends‚ and the advantages once received from the reading of books remain with us throughout our lives. It is a great pleasure for us to read the books of the master minds of the past that have brightened
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Pleasures of Reading Some people get pleasure from picnics and tours. Others like to discuss various topics and find pleasure in it. But the reading of books provides us with such pleasure as we do not get from any other activity. Great is the blessing of books. Books are written by learned persons. They contain the best experiences and thoughts of their writers. Literature is said to mirror society. Writers put in their books not only their own ideas and feelings‚ but also what they observe and
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“A life without pleasure is about fulfilling as the sun without sunshine.” – Mama Gena. The sun would be considered useless if no sunlight was produced.. The same principle also applies to humanity. Life itself would be dull and pointless if no pleasures existed. A government can manipulate the population’s minds if they have no reason to live. Their minds and actions would be effortlessly controlled by propaganda and brute force. In the novel 1984‚ the Party has reduced the pleasure the population
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When you become a young adult‚ life is never as simple as it used to be. Back in your single-digit ages‚ you have feelings of elation and excitement when holding a crisp ten-dollar bill in your hand. Today‚ it is replaced by discomfort and uneasiness when you find out it’s the only bill you have in your empty wallet. The feeling of enlightenment when learning something new is replaced by irritation when you ask yourself why you didn’t learn it sooner. A mission most children wish to pursue is the
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The Pleasures of Solitude by John Cheever The text under analysis is “The Pleasures of Solitude” by John Cheever. Before getting down to a close reading‚ the reader should bear in mind the fact that the author is a keen observer and a good psychologist; thus‚ shaping their understanding of the short story one should take that fact into account so as not to miss the subtleties of the characters’ portrayals and the essence of the story itself. The very first thing that the reader comes across
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Sandra Martinez Martinez‚1 Professor‚ R. Gomez English 101 09 September 2011 Happiness and Pleasure “Happiness is not pleasure” (The pursuit of happiness) For Aristotle happiness is only achieved at the end of a person’s life. Happiness is achieved only when a man is done with all his goals. According to Aristotle we cannot lose or gained happiness in a couple
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Good evening‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ The title of my speech is the pleasures of learning. Do you feel delighted when bathing in the morning sunshine? Do you rejoice when walking through shelves of books in the library? Do you feel ecstatic when exploring a new subject unexpectedly? If the answer is yes‚ you tasted the pleasures of learning. Learning is not only from books‚ but also from nature. As what is said by Bloomfield “The fields his study‚ nature was his book.” Natural beauty is
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Attention Seeking All of this speech is based on my opinions. There is a popular term amongst younger people – ‘attention whore’. The Urban dictionary describes this term as an individual who will go to any lengths in order to receive attention; it does not matter whether the attention comes from positive or negative means. Now‚ the term attention whore is a negative term. People bandy the term around for anyone they deem to be engaging in [usually] negative attention seeking behaviour. THIS
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To Pleasure A Prince by Sabrina Jeffries is very close to being a wallbanger for me because the hero in this book is truly hard to tolerate and the heroine’s "growing affection" for him comes off like increasing desperation on her part to emulate her martyr-prone romance heroine sisters. On one hand‚ I try to be patient with this book. I’ve read bad boy heroes who push the limits of acceptable behavior‚ enjoy these books‚ and there’s that. But Marcus North isn’t a bad boy as much as he comes off
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August and discovers that her mom also once lived with August. Throughout Sue Monk Kidd’s novel many major topics are founded on the concept of Motherly Instincts in women and how this ability should be embraced not criticized. Reasons for this which can be found in the novel are: August‚ the Beehive‚ and Black Mary. An example of motherly instinct shown throughout the novel is the actions of August towards others. Firstly‚ August expertly cares for all bees that she gathers honey from. One situation
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