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- 1131: Suicide In The Awakening
- ... Suicide is written about in a variety of novels, short stories, and movies. Suicide moves like an undercurrent in the sea of themes of The Awakening. The possibility of suicide and even the idea of death darkens the story, making Edna's emotional ups and downs dangerous - her occasional misery leads her to subconsciously think of suicide. She holds the hopelessness at bay by moving out and getting her own apartment, while trying to find a man who will accept her, but in the end she succumbs. Edna's closest physical brush with death occurs one night at the beach, when the summer residents decide to take a midnight swim. Despite having had a hard time learning to swim, she realizes her ability and swims farther out than she ever had before. She overestimates her power and almost doesn't make it back. She has a "quick vision of death". The experience scares her, but she has tested her limits and survived the sea for a while. Metaphorically, she has come close to death but resisted it. Falling asleep can be associated with the ...
- 1132: The Man Who Made Ireland
- ... a delightfully entertaining and creative biography. For example, the prologue is a quick glimpse of soldiers from the Easter rising being separated with some being led off to jail, while others were led to their death. After the amazing account of the Easter rising, Collins clad in his military uniform, as the shelling blasted around the city. The prisoners ultimately knew that those responsible for the Rebellion would be executed and ... unarmed British officers in Dublin on suspicion of their being intelligence operatives. A day later, two angry Black-and-Tans fired into the crowd at a Gaelic League football match, their actions resulted in the death of 12 seemingly innocent individuals and the injuring of hundreds more. This incident is historically referred to as "Bloody Sunday." (In Irish history there are two dates typically referred to as Bloody Sunday , this is ... brothers to the North resulting in a spilt among the Irish, or walk away and resume fighting against the Brits. At 2.10am Collins signed and turning to Lord Birkenhead, said, "I have signed my death warrant." It was to prove a prophetic statement, one which Coogan refers to several times in the book. It is apparent that Coogan fully believes that Collins knew what would be happening to him ...
- 1133: Short Stories by Hemingway: Nick Adams
- ... and still has many things to learn before he is considered a true man. Contained in these stories are the experiences that Nick goes through, helping him understand many topics and ideas such as: life, death, and relationships. In the story of the Indian Camp Nick has his first experience. In this story Nick learns about life and death. In the Indian camp a young Indian woman is giving birth to a child and Nick's dad is dedicated to performing as a doctor by helping the woman with her birth. Nick decides to ... be. In the process of the woman giving birth, the husband of the woman could not bear the pain he was feeling for his wife and decided to cut his throat. Nick witnessed life and death first hand in this story. Nick who has observed the proceedings asks, "Is dying hard, Daddy? Nick learns that giving birth to a child is a very grueling task and that death can come ...
- 1134: Taoism 2
- ... achieve a state of Tao, to have reached a deeper life. This is the heaven for a Taoist to be in harmony with the universe. To understand the relationship between Taoism concept of life and death and the origin of the word Tao must be understood. The Chinese letter for Tao is a combination of two letters that represent the words head and foot. The letter for foot represents a person ... means the beginning, the source of all things, or Tao itself, which never moves or changes; the foot is the movement on the path. Taoism holds the belief in the life of the spirit after death. To have attained the human form must be always a source of joy for the Taoist. It is truly a reason to rejoice because despite whatever is lost, life always endures. Taoists believe birth is not a beginning and death is not an end. There is an existence without limit. There is continuity without a starting point. Applying reincarnation theory to Taoism is the belief that the soul never dies, a person s soul ...
- 1135: Enstragement In Hamlet
- ... basic religious principles of living. This is shown by Hamlet’s refusal to commit murder thus preventing Hamlet from committing suicide at a time when he felt like doing so to avenge his father’s death because both murder and suicide are considered sins (Cahn 97). “ To be, or not to be, that is the question:/ Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune ... to take arms a sea of troubles…”, (Act III, I.) Hamlet is questioning if it is worth living in such misery or not as everyday he is burdened with trying to avenge his father’s death. At this stage Hamlet is suicidal and risks himself being estranged from his religious principals as he begins to think of suicide. If Hamlet were to kill Claudius, he would be violating a central religious ... murdering King Claudius would make him feel guilt at having violated religious coda, thus representing estrangement at the level of his religious consciousness (Knight 14). As Hamlet has the duty to avenge his father’s death by killing his father’s murderer, the King, Hamlet risks estrangement at the religious level. Hamlet is also principled in a moral sense. To kill a king would mean violating his internal conviction against ...
- 1136: Concentration Camps
- ... opposition soon included all Jews, Gypsies, and certain other groups. By 1939 there were six camps: Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Flossenburg, and Ravensbruck. Auschwitz Auschwitz, or Auschwitz-Birkenau, is the best-known of all Nazi death camps, though Auschwitz was just one of six extermination camps. It was also a labor concentration camp, extracting prisoners' value from them, in the form of hard labor, for weeks or months. Auschwitz was the ... Jews who had just been gassed. All prisoners who were selected for forced labor were tattooed with numbers on their left arms. Any slip, outburst, or failure to comply with the guards resulted in immediate death. Because executions by gunfire were inefficient, expensive, and potentially identifiable, intoxication by poison gas--a method used by the Germans to kill over 50,000 mental patients since 1939--was agreed on as the method ... he is trying to force her to undress in the gas chamber, disguised as a shower. She kills Schillinger with his own gun and wounds another guard before she is machine-gunned to her own death. Roza Robota, who is hanged with three other women for her role in the Birkenau Sonderkommando Uprising, just weeks before all three Auschwitz camps are evacuated. A list of some of the first camps ...
- 1137: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
- ... of Granny Weatherall The life of a simple, hardworking woman who earned her success through her own wisdom and ingenuity is recalled as Granny Weatherall and author Katherine Porter set off on her journey into death. Granny Weatherall’s attitude toward life and the challenges in it reflect a strong positive woman. Although Granny is on her deathbed, she still imputes her teachings to her children. Despite being “jilted” when she is young, Granny Weatherall manages to thrive in a flourishing environment created by her own two hands, although a nagging disillusionment about her misfortune continues to linger until her death. When Granny loses her innocence through being jilted, she uses her negative experience to strengthen her character instead of giving up. The jilting of Granny is a terrible and unforgettable experience for her. Despite the ... Working hard to maintain the household further strengthens Granny’s character. Her ability to fence in a hundred acres, dig post holes and care for sick children and horses reflects her strengthened character. On her death bed Granny wishes things to be orderly the way she handled them in the house. Many of the positive characteristics and work ethic of Granny reflect on to her children. Some of Granny’s ...
- 1138: Utopia 2
- ... as what a human being is. But, to assume this is to assume that giving up our civilization would cause us to adapt to another, uncivilized lifestyle. This new lifestyle could eventually lead us to death then since we would be something different than what we now are. When we think of a society, we must think of those things that come with that society. These such things are poverty, disease ... and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we not the penalty of Adam, The seasons' difference, as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and ... people busy during waking hours to minimalize their thinking as much as possible. This brave new world as Huxley portrays turns out to be a horror because, even though the people seem happy, it means death to individuality, liberty, art and literature, and mostly to the spirit of man. As literature about utopias grew, so did the dreams of those who wanted to establish a real utopian community. As we ...
- 1139: Infant Immortality
- ... infant mortality” brings to mind the deprivation and poverty found in third world countries. Yet in the United States, nearly 40,000 children die every year for some of the same reasons that cause infant death in underdeveloped parts of the world (Anderson, 1987). Infant mortality is prevalent in this country despite a richly developed and technologically advanced society. According to the Census Bureau, the IMR in the United States has ... al., 1987). Through mediums such as this hearing and other forums, the federal government addresses this concern and establishes programs that may aid the fight against infant mortality. The decrease in the occurrence of infant death is, if considered on statistical merit, a valid picture of a society that is implementing advances in technology against killers of our babies. The gap between infant mortality rates in the United States and other ... of infant mortality in the United States. This social problem will not be eliminated by addressing it when a doctor is standing in a delivery room with a newborn baby who may already have a death sentence cradled in his arms. Instead, infant mortality must be addressed by educating and providing social programs that benefit the expectant mother. In 1960, the ten leading causes of infant mortality in the United ...
- 1140: Frankenstein 6
- ... his wedding night; to be cautious, he sends Elizabeth away to wait for him. While he awaits the monster, he hears Elizabeth scream and realizes that the monster's threat targeted his wife. After her death, Victor returns home to his father, who dies of grief a short time later. Victor vows to devote the rest of his life to finding the monster and exacting his revenge; he departs soon to ... to write to them as soon as he can. She also tells him that Justine Moritz, a girl who used to live at their house, has returned to live with them following her mother's death. After Victor has recovered completely, he introduces Henry to the professors at the university. He finds, however, that the sight of any chemical instrument worsens his symptoms, and merely speaking to his professors torments him ... that it is the murderer. However, when he returns home, he is dismayed to hear that Justine has been accused of the murder because of her possession of a trinket that William wore before his death. Victor declares Justine's innocence, but the evidence against her seems irrevocable and she is convicted. She confesses to the crime, believing that it will give her salvation, but tells Elizabeth and Victor that ...
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