... beautiful faces and complex natures of each other." 1 Yevgeni Velikou, a Physicist, thinks that the meaning of life and the values of life, is more important to living life itself. "Life’s meaning and life’s values are more precious than life itself." 2 Wilma Mankiller, chief of Cherokee Nation, thinks that the meaning of life is to live in peace with our surroundings, respect nature, and to learn to protect other life forms on earth. " The meaning of life is to live in balance and harmony with every other living thing in creation. We must all strive to understand the interconnectedness of all living things and accept our individual role in the protection and sup ...

... she wants to get the independence and be matured. In "Red convertible", the main character, Henry, his personality has changed by the things he has to go through and also the surrounding. The surrounding can change people and the things they have to go through can change people also. At the beginning of the story "Red Convertible", Henry is kind and very close to his broth, Lyman. One day, the army turns Henry into a Marine. Henry joins the Vietnam War and his enemies catch him. Later on, the war is solved by the government's mind. When he goes back his home, he is totally different from before. When he came home, though, Henry was very different, and I'll say this ...

... the injured sergeant and says "What bloody man is that?". This is symbolic of the brave fighter who been injured in a valiant battle for his country. In the next passage, in which the sergeant says "Which smok'd with bloody execution", he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy. After these few references to honour, the symbol of blood now changes to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". What she is saying by this, is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the deeds which she is about to commit. Lady ...

... play on words, opposite to what is expected or accepted (paradox), other epigrams and plain wit. Or: According to Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary wit is "the ability to relate seemingly unlike things so as to illuminate or amuse", it is more intellectual than straightforward humour which can include slapstick. An epigram is "a brief witty saying". ... Could also group by subject : wordplay, truth, love/marriage, diary, death, education, illness, Society, ... (Maybe too many groups this way, could perhaps cut them down). Examples: too many: to be winnowed: Play on words: Title: The Importance of Being Earnest I.5:5 Algernon: "As far as the pia ...

... point clear in Candide, Voltaire creates the character Dr. Pangloss, an unconditional follower of Leibniz’ philosophy. Voltaire shows this early in the novella by stating, "He proved admirably that there is no effect without a cause and hat, in this best of all possible worlds....(1)" Pangloss goes on to say that everything has its purpose and things are made for the best. For example, legs were created for the purpose of wearing stockings (2). Because of his "great knowledge," Candide at this point a very naive and impressionable youth, regards Pangloss as the greatest philosopher in the world, a reverence that will soon be challenged by the harshness of re ...

... chorus thinks that deed was horrible, but had to be done for the good of the country. The leader asks Clytemnestra if she's heard any news. He doesn't like being ruled by a woman and treats her somewhat rudely. He only listens to her because of his loyalty to his King. She tells the leader that the army has taken Troy. The leader is skeptical and asks her to repeat herself several times. The Queen gets angry and tells him she is not a "credulous girl." When the leader asks how Clytemnestra found out the city was taken so quickly, she tells him that one God delivered the message to another and so on. He yet again asks her, which makes it seem he thinks she ...

... brother, King Hamlet. He also says that desecration prohibit excessive grief. Next he speaks of Fortinbras who demands the surrender of the lands lost by his father to King Hamlet. Claudius has sent Cornelius and Voltimand with a letter to the bedridden king of Norway to restrain his nephew. The suit of Laertes asks if he should leave for France after attending Denmark for the coronation ceremonies. And his father and the king give him permission. The king and queens attention is now towards young hamlet. They are wondering why he is still grieving of his father's death. They then realize that it is sweet and commendable for hamlet to show love for is father by imm ...

... marriage is much harder on Juliet because she has to comfront and then disobey her parents. All Romeo has to do is to show up at the altar. Romeo's parents don't seem to particularly care whom he marries. Later, Benvolio gives Romeo some advice, "Romeo run away, be gone! The citizens are up .. stand not amazed." Romeo shows how he has the guts to kill Tybalt, but when the time comes for him to stand up for what it he has done he turns and flees. This is a very cowardly ill-advisable action. Romeo also presents to us the fact that he is a quitter. "Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say "death." This is just one example to prove that Romeo likes to find scapegoat ...

... of being charged with murder. The title of the book confused me at first after I had finished reading the book. I couldn't see why it was called The Stranger. After discussions in our class and pondering this question ,I came up with my answer. The reason the book is titled the way it is, is the way that everyone in the society and those who interacted with Meursault perceived him as a stranger because he hardly showed any emotion in his life. At least that is what I have perceived and it is my only logical answer that I could get to that question. Communication theorist define perception as the way we view "X". Meursault through out the book is concerned with ...

... tries to defend his theories by determining the positive from the negative situations and by showing that misfortunes bring some privileges. As grows up, whenever something unfortunate happens, Pangloss would turn the situation around, bringing out the good in it. learns that optimism is "The passion for maintaining that all is right when all goes wrong " (Voltaire, p.86). According to Rene Pomeau, "Voltaire-...have made him [] acquainted with the bad and the good side of human existence. The moral of is born out of its style; it is the art of extracting happiness from the desolate hopping-about of the human insect" (Adams; Pomeau p.137). Pomeau explain ...