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I chose Hope as my "core" belief topic because I'm going through a really hard season right now. Unfortunately, my vapor of hope is the only thing I have left to cling to. I heard it come in handy in times of struggles. As a result, I'm hoping that by spewing kindness and geniualy care for someone else that possibly I would reap what I so.
"A Reverence For All Life" is an essay written by Michelle Gardner-Quinn about how she wants to evoke society to want to learn and understand our place in our regional ecosystem and communities, as well as pledge an allegiance with the world as a whole. While the article "A Life in Poverty" written by an unknown author, who wants people to become aware that by "purposely ignoring the poor, we are making their lives harder because they will never be able to get themselves out of that hole." Even though these two writers are speaking on slightly two different topics, they both want society to become aware of their selfishness on how they treat the world's inhabitants of all life forms. Furthermore, if seeing the errors on how they themselves have treated the world's living, then there is hope in others to see and change as well.
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I believe by "pledging an allegiance with the world as a whole", by first showing compassion to one another that, that compassion could possibly evolve our sight to view other life forms as our fellow neighbors on this planet. It would then be a never ending, circulation of cascading positivity, seeping into our being and other life
After a first reading of Marie Howe’s What the Living Do, many complicated feelings come out of my mind. In her poem, Marie Howe captures the human behavior that makes people obsessed with trivial issues until they overlook the important things that they could do to make their lives more enjoyable. Those situations actually have happened on most of us today. In most cases, people will procrastinate over simple chores and tasks instead of taking action and accomplishing these tasks. While many people will sulk over how unfortunate they are, they don't realize that they are in a better off than many other people. As technology affects every aspect of our lives in the modern world, it becomes extremely difficult to get off from the technological
Most people live in capitalist societies where money matters a lot. Essentially, ownership is also of significance since it decides to whom the money goes. In present days, human tissues matter in the scientific field. Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, shows how Henrietta Lacks’s cells have been used well, and at the same time, how they have been a hot potato in science because of the problem of the ownership. This engages readers to try to answer the question, “Should legal ownership have to be given to people?” For that answer, yes. People should be given the rights to ownership over their tissues for patients to decide if they are willing to donate their tissues or not. Reasons will be explained as follows.
From birth, Dionysus showed his mysterious and dual personality. Zeus was attracted to his mother, Semele, a princess of Thebes, and visited her in human guise and she became pregnant. She was tricked by Hera into asking him to reveal himself in his divine glory, whereupon she was instantly burned in the thundering fires. From her smoldering body a vine grew to shield the fetus, a bull-horned child crowned with serpents. Zeus removed him and placed him into his own thigh, from where Dionysus was later born; hence he is called twice-born. To protect the new infant from Hera's jealousy, Hermes carried him to Ino, Semele's sister, as a foster mother, and she started to raise him as a girl. Ino and her husband were driven mad and killed their own children. Then the divine child was changed into a young goat, and taken by Hermes to be raised by the nymphs of Mount Nysa. He was tutored by Silenus, often shown as a drunken satyr (Powell, 243). From these beginnings we can begin to detect some of the recurring images in the Dionysian religion: the vine, whether grape or ivy; the polymorphic, shape-shifting nature of the god; the madness and violence he brings with him; the wildness of nature, and the mountain nymphs and satyrs.
Jo Goodwin Parker’s essay “What is Poverty” is real definition of living in poverty. There is a meaning that she wasn’t us to listen to what it feels like living in poverty. Parker talks about how her children had to face the lack of health conditions. They lived with very minimum money which came from her working to help stable her family. I wouldn’t even use the word stable because there were so many difficulties she had to go through. Telling everyone about her condition to get a job is not easy especially if you have to repeat your situation every time. This essay made me feel like we should be grateful for all the amenities we have in life. I don’t feel sympathy for Parker but I have respect for this woman
My life is governed by the beliefs of the Christian faith. The teaching of Christianity is the driving force that gives me confidence, hope and self-acceptance through God’s unconditional love. God’s love enables me in faith
...r these are “a cause to validate everyone’s life” (Assignment). Both suggest that humans must enjoy an original relation to nature and oppose the pre-established lives that come with increasing rationalization and urbanization.
In the featured article, “Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy,” the author, Judith Butler, writes about her views on what it means to be considered human in society. Butler describes to us the importance of connecting with others helps us obtain the faculties to feel, and become intimate through our will to become vulnerable. Butler contends that with the power of vulnerability, the rolls pertaining to humanity, grief, and violence, are what allows us to be acknowledged as worthy.
Author Christine Mitchell’s “When Living is a Fate Worse Than Death” told the story of a girl Haitian named Charlotte. Charlotte was born with her brain partially positioned outside of her cranium which had to be removed or she would have not survived. Her skull had to be concealed by a wrap in order not to cause further damage. Charlotte was born with less brain cells which allowed her only to breath and not feel much of the pain. Charlotte’s parents thought that the doctor’s in Haiti did not know what was best for their daughter. The doctors in Haiti thought Charlotte should not be resuscitated, undergo anymore horrible treatments and die peacefully. Charlotte’s parents were not happy with the doctor’s guidelines and thought the United States medical care would have better technology and could save their daughter. Charlotte’s parents bought her a doll which
... to World Poverty", the speaker uses potent pathos, thought provoking rhetorical questions, ethos, and a assertive tone to demonstrate that it is in the best interest of man kind for those living lives of luxury to exchange opulence for altruistic lifestyles which leads to a more meaningful existence. Through his usage of rhetorical questions and aggressive tone the speaker is able encourage self reflection which leads to greater acceptance of his utilitarian philosophy. The speaker also utilizes a bold tone, allusions, and references to professionals such as Peter Unger to build his credibility as an author and to gain the trust and respect of his audience. Singer uses pathos along with his assertive tone to evoke anger from the audience and make them more willing to accept the idea that forsaking materialism is in the best interest of the world community.
...stic things in order to live a better, more sound, and overall healthier life. Juxtaposition makes the audience want to follow through with the purpose. Exemplification causes the audience to realize the extent of their materialistic nature. A definition of the average homeless person’s terms allows him to build his ethos and consequently allow the audience to believe and follow his purpose. A majority of people are a part of the middle class, and this majority tends to judge the poor for their lifestyle whether it be through Dumpster diving or begging on the streets. However, as proven by the essay, these people have no right to do so because the poor do, in reality, have a greater sense of self than these middle-class people, similar to the rich. The middle-class citizens must no longer act the victim; instead, they should be working on becoming more sentimental.
In conclusion, humankind is blessed with life as God created it. One must reflect on their actions throughout life because one will be judged by God in the next life, one must see the importance of gasping liberation, and one must have a loving and open heart when helping the poor. Life should be lived to its fullest because once time is lost, it cannot be regained; life needs to be appreciated.
Susan Wolf, born in 1952, is widely considered one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th and 21st century. One of Wolf’s most renowned works is The meanings of Lives, which drew a lot of attention in the philosophical world for a number of questions that arose from it. Arguably her most widely debated and questioned assertion in The meanings of Lives is “If you care about yourself you’re living as if you’re the center of the universe, which is false.” This however I don’t not believe to be true. Every human being, no matter how successful or unsuccessful, has the right to care for them sleeves and not believe they are the center of the universe while doing so.
The book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, was a nonfiction story about the life of Henrietta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in 1951. Henrietta did not know that her doctor took a sample of her cancer cells a few months before she died. “Henrietta cells that called HeLa were the first immortal human cells ever grown in a laboratory” (Skloot 22). In fact, the cells from her cervix are the most important advances in medical research. Rebecca was interested to write this story because she was anxious with the story of HeLa cells. When she was in biology class, her professor named Donald Defler gave a lecture about cells. Defler tells the story about Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells. However, the professor ended his lecture when he said that Henrietta Lacks was a black woman. In this book, Rebecca wants to tell the truth about the story of Henrietta Lacks during her medical process and the rights for Henrietta’s family after she died.
Nowadays, when people hear stories in relation to poverty, they pay no attention or think of it as something of rare importance. It’s as if poverty is a normal thing. It’s as if starvation is a normal lifestyle for the needy. What people these days don’t have is the ability to feel empathy towards the needy. They don’t comprehend that these needy people merrily have skin to protect their bones. What if we all try to step into the needy’s shoes and view life according to their footsteps. Maybe then we can comprehend how these people suffer. Maybe, just maybe.
As I have grown, I have encountered many different circumstances that have had an impact on the things I believe in. I have had some beliefs that have been proven wrong, and some beliefs that did not exist at one point but are now a major part of my life, but one belief has stayed the same through everything that I have been trough and that is “Love”. Love is such a broad topic but the love that I believe in is much deeper. I believe that love is so strong that it is blind and can conquer hate. I have personally witnessed blind love conquer the hate that could possibly never be broken and produce something so beautiful.