Reflection: “I-Ching” and “Soap” by Lu Xun (1)After our class I had ample time to reflect on my meager attempt at a first response and have identified my two largest misinterpretations of the assigned reading; namely‚ the sexual symbolism of the soap in “Soap” and the hypocrisy of Kung I-Ching in “I-Ching.” (2) In my original response‚ I speculated that the sexual nature of the soap referred to the young boys berating the young beggar girl’s statement that she would be more sexually appealing after
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Turn of the Screw: Psychoanalytic Analysis Since first being published in 1898‚ Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw has been widely known and analyzed due to it’s ambiguous content. One way of interpreting the novel is reading it as a literal ghost story‚ but another more common reading is through Freud’s psychoanalysis. The family relationship of Freud’s psychoanalysis includes three parts: the superego‚ the ego‚ and the id. The superego consists of morals that are taught by authority or society
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Sigmund Freud believes that every person experiences guilt in their life. He also says that people have an Id‚ Ego and Super Ego. A person could say that the hooligans which Bill Buford observes were governed by their Id when participating in the violent acts. The Id is the part of the mind which goes on instincts and is governed by the “pleasure principle”. Bill Buford experiences the influence of the Super Ego towards the end of his football reporting. Although the hooligans don’t feel guilt‚ Bill
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When I was a young teenager‚ my mom‚ my brother and I would go to the mall every Wednesday. I will always remember the first time I saw someone get arrested. I was walking in the middle of the Montgomery Mall when we passed a group of police officers that were in progress of arresting someone. My mom asked one officer what had happened. He said that it was just some kid that was shoplifting a video game. I looked at the offender‚ he was my age. So much had gone through my mind when I saw he was just
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Case Study #2 Application Questions 1. What is Mark’s attitude‚ according to Jungian theory? Provide evidence for your answer. Mark is “outgoing and happy. He loves life and lives it to its fullest. He isn’t an introspective person.” According to the Jungian theory‚ Mark is an extrovert. He is defined as such by his excited behavior while being active‚ socializing‚ and the center of attention. In addition‚ Mark’s job is consumed by constant activity and danger. 2. What is Mark’s superior function
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Human desire Human desires are defined as the sexual appetite or a sexual urges of human beings. Since excessive desire always makes people lose themselves‚ it is considered as one of the root of all evils; with that comes a question: can we human beings control our excessive desires? I find my answer in J.M.Coetzee’s novel “Disgrace”-- human beings can never check their excessive desires. Because instincts and human natures are always used as excuses for wrongful sexual desires. Also‚ our willpowers
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In the short stories “Lust” by Susan Minot‚ “How to Date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl or Halfie” by Junot Diaz‚ and “IND AFF or Out of Love in Sarajevo” by Fay Weldon‚ there is a common theme of manipulation‚ promiscuity and detachment as the main characters try to attain acceptance. All three of the protagonists in the stories‚ the unnamed young woman in “Lust”‚ Yunior in “How to Date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl or Halfie”‚ and the graduate student in “IND AFF or Out of Love in Sarajevo”
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If a survey was conducted to find out what most persons considered cheating in a relationship the majority of people would say‚ any sexual involvement with another person that is not your spouse or partner. The WordNet defines cheating as the act of being unfaithful to a spouse or lover. Adulterer‚ cheater‚ two-timer or “player” are all words that describe someone that cheats. These are all words to describe someone that is unfaithful‚ disloyal‚ dishonest and untrustworthy in a relationship. What
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Spring Awakening Psychoanalysis Discovering Oneself As children go through the adolescence stage of life they tend to go through different difficulties and hardships‚ and respond by using natural defense mechanisms to cope. Upon psychoanalyzing Spring Awakening‚ a children’s tragedy by Frank Wedekind‚ and the characters within you can get a better understanding of the adolescent stages of life. In Spring Awakening‚ the characters are going through there adolescent stage of life and their parents
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The Storm: Hope Alcee Wore a Raincoat In the late 1800’s women were completely controlled by men. A woman’s purpose in life was to marry‚ reproduce and serve their husband and the cost of their own needs and desires. When Kate Chopin wrote “the Storm‚” in 1898‚ she wanted to express how women were sexually repressed and that women were in fact complex sexual beings that had sexual needs. It was long believed in Chopin’s era‚ that woman where not sexual by nature and incapable of having a sexual
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