Essays on Oblivion

Three poems, which have been chosen for this paper: “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson, “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg, and “Sailing to Byzantium” by W. B. Yeats, are all very different and belong to different literary trends. However, they all are focused on the subject of death, which they depict from different standpoints, systems of beliefs, and values. In the first poem, “Because I could not stop for Death”, Emily Dickinson describes death using the image of a gentleman, who takes her into his carriage: “He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage” ( ...

Life is a journey that meanders as one grows old with all the experiences. With time and understanding, people come to ascertain their respective goals in life that work as a guiding force for them. Every person should know where to reach by the end of the journey as a journey without any knowledge of the destination would be nothing but meaningless. The vision of life works as the driving force as it guides the individual to go ahead braving all the odds that come in his or her way. In my own case, I gave it quite a ...

The two articles in context, one penned by Donna Laframboise, titled “Roll Back the Red Carpet for Boys” and the other written by Stevie Cameron, titled “Our Daughter, Ourselves”, have two very different perspectives to the issue of gender equality and feminism. In my view, a close scrutiny of the respective writings would enable one to understand how the articles explore two very different avenues of gender discrimination citing proper examples and subjective arguments. According to my analysis, while Donna Laframboise focuses on the fact that the boys find themselves in oblivion of the society while there is outcry ...

Abstract

The writing goes on to discuss about the book Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food that has been written by Jan Chozen Bays. After providing a brief abstract of the content of the book, the paper explores the specific elements of the book by Bays. The authenticity of the data provided in the book is critically analyzed in the course of the writing. Moreover, the usefulness of the book in context of the clients is also discussed in detail in the course of the paper. The writing explicates how the book can be beneficial ...

As a big fan of Science Fiction Horror movies, I like the types of aliens that are strong looking, love to exterminate anything, and take over the land to spread out their horrendous empire. To me aliens are pretty cool creatures to explore and learn about. Aliens have been known as strangers or outsiders who are not in the same category as human. Therefore, we believe if they really exist and the way they came on earth is because they want to suck the potential source that we have and start their invasion. When I was in Vietnam, television became a ...

Films play a big role in the representation of society, in the cultural, political, and social scenes in society. Various genres of the film act to different effect in the society, with some providing educative insights, political activism in film, entertainment, all depending on the nature of the film. Film has found use previously as a tool through which directors and activists have utilized in the portrayal of historical events; the intention being to present the occurrences in as much a real way as to have an impact on their targeted audience. Historical events are often mucked by unpleasant occurrences, which the ...

Introduction

The Hunger games, which is an introductory novel written by an author Suzanne Collins whose description of the girl Katniss Everdeen is of futuristic tale illustration and overcomes the odds that occurs to her. The comparison of the movie and the book of the Hunger games are portrayed in light of a totalitarian nation of Panem which is divided into twelve districts and the Capitol and in a descriptive future that is clearly dystopian.

Perspective

The Arena is sown to be controlled by Seneca Crane and it is portrayed through the highlighting displays of the day`s kills, releasing mutations, and trying ...

The popular group "The Eagles" in their hit song "Hotel California" has a line” . . . some dance to remember, some dance to forget." This to a given extent helps define Matthew Dickman's "Slow Dance" which seeks out an active oblivion of forgetting within a moment of transcendence that is graced with novelty and rareness. The tonality of the poem hints that ghosts past, relationships past, mistakes, repetitions, mundane trivialities need to be forgotten within this "opportunity to dance with really exquisite strangers. (3-4)” Indeed this need is more important than scientific progress, personal resolutions, or empty actions like "to bring the car around ...

Literary works are the most intriguing sources which portray the history of a land and its culture with relation to the chronology of time. These works are the immortalized documents of the creativity of the author, besides being the mirror the society of the time of writing. As such, a close study into the works of certain authors will make it extremely clear to the avid reader that American history and gradual transformation can be traced in the works of certain stalwarts who have aptly documented the society and life of their respective times. John Smith’s (1580-1631) literary works ...

Introduction/ brief company background information

Apple and Microsoft have been two rival companies that have thrived based on differing approaches in their functionality, leadership profiles, product specification and target market. However, thriving in such a market, there are fundamental decisions that have to be made; some that lead to failure while others lead to success stories. Therefore, to many managers, the best they can hope for is to remain a success story, an icon in the marketplace, and competitive market. This might sound to be a far-fetched theme, but in a business empire, the ultimate goal is to make a profit and remain marketable and supreme over one’s ...

Alfred Edward Houseman’s elegy resembling poem “To An Athlete Dying Young” possesses an almost cynical perspective of disenchantment with life, where the only true way of capturing glory is to die immediately after one achieves his highest accomplishment and reaches greatness. This way, he will forever remain in the minds of those who will carry them to eternity “shoulder-high” (Houseman 278). This is a highly thought provoking poem, forcing its readers to rethink and reevaluate life and its true meaning, its inner essence. It is a view of death not as a melancholy and cumbersome occasion, but one of happiness and ...

The concept of the Victorian seaside resort which took off in popularity in the latter half of the 19th century reached the United States at the turn of the last century. When one mentiones Coney Island, ideas immediately spring to mind with packed beaches, carousels, fun parks and vast hotels which are now quite a thing of the past. However in its heyday, Coney Island was definitely the place to be for a holiday and the vast millions who flocked their certainly partook of the excitement of a holiday which was perhaps something totally new to them.

Coney Island and its development

One can say that the ...