Zürich Essays

“It is harder for a poor man to be successful than it is for a rich man.” - Gregory Nunn. The issue is whether the Socs, who are rich compared to the Greasers, have it better than them who’s lifestyle is difficult to live through. There is more than enough evidence to prove that the Greasers have it worse because they have to sacrifice so much and they do not have enough opportunities compared to the Socs, which some of them deserve. One either believes that the poor kids make a great deal of sacrifices

Poem + Painting = Grim Theme The Mythological tales of the past have put a significant impact on today’s world of literature. Different myths and tales tell their own story and teach their own moral lesson unique to that specific tale. For example, The myth The Odyssey follows the life of Greek war hero, Odysseus on his journey back home to Ithaca through all the hardships he faced to find his way home. Odysseus became a war Hero of the Trojan War after he leads the attack with the famous Trojan

The Princess’s Choice Frank R. Stockton, the author of The Lady or The Tiger, wrote the story and left us questioning who might have been behind the door. The story is puzzling and mysterious all together. The story gives many evidences and hints to the princess’s decision. Some would say that the lady came out from behind the door, but there are several evidence that show that the princess chose the door with the tiger. First of all, if the princess chose the lady, she would be in so much pain

In the Awakening Edna Pontellier was an unstable character, she upsets the expectations of the nineteen century women’s role. Chopin focuses on two females that influence Edna`s life and help her in what we see are her awakenings Both of these characters will represent the role of women’s in the nineteen century. Adele Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz are the examples that the men around Edna contrast her with and who they obtain their expectations for her. Edna begins to see that the life of freedom

“The Natural Talent” Talent as defines by many critics, is a gift and innate ability that enables someone to be special than others in a particular field, no matter who they are or in which field they superior. However, these critics agree with the definition of this innate talent but differ in the way of elaborate. Some of them believe in this special ability could be achieves or could be obtain with practice, while others focus on one side and neglect the other. To Aristotle, the

Book Summary Miles Halter, a teenage boy who lives in Florida moves to Alabama for his junior year in High School. He attends Culver Creek Preparatory High School, a boarding school which his father and uncles also attended. Miles Halter is especially fascinated by author’s last words and memorizes them passionately. Arriving at Culver Creek, he meets his roommate Chip “the Colonel” Martin. He is soon introduced to the Colonel’s friends Alaska Young and Takumi Hikohito. Miles is initially attracted

Outsiders Compare/Contrast The outsiders is a story about Greasers and Socs. The Greasers are boys, (No girls greasers were mentioned in the movie, or book.) who live on the East side. They are not as rich as the Socs, or the middle class. The Greasers are more emotional than the Socs. The Socs are the rich kids on the West side. They are the popular kids. They have friend groups, but they are not as “family like” as the Greasers. The main thing going on in the movie/book is Johnny (a sixteen year old

All About the Rich Kids “A Satire About the Rich Kids in Worland High School” The rich kids in Worland High School are the best, I don't know what we would do without them. They are always there even when you don’t want them their. They also are the best at getting whatever they want from their parents. To make sure that the rich kids are as happy as can be I propose that we should give them a bell so they can have what they want in only seconds. The color of the bell should be gold and it has

The story that I had presented for my oral presentation in Task 1 is ‘Boys and Girls’ is a by Alice Munro. This simple short story is about a young girl’s resistance to womanhood in a society infested with gender roles and stereotypes but have to accept the gender stereotyping in the end of the story. The story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm outside of Jubilee, Ontario. The relevant theories of literary criticisms that can be applied to the ‘Boys and Girls’ short story are historical criticism

A short story known as prose fiction displays fully developed themes yet significantly shorter and less elaborate. In The Tiger, S.Rajaratnam, the late Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore conveyed two vital messages through an ingenious use of literary devices. A theme is a central idea that is discussed in a piece of writing and some writing piece may have more than one theme. The two major themes presented by S.Rajaratnam in The Tiger are motherhood and human against nature. Motherhood is the

Poems are short meaningful pieces of literature that can be interpreted in multiple ways depending upon the reader at hand. That is what makes a poem unique compared to other literature pieces because in a poem the author tends to use figurative language to fulfill meaning behind their work. One poem “Love is a Sickness Full of Woes” by Samuel Daniel describes the pains of being lovesick. Love can either benefit us if nurtured and cared for, but if not tended to then let loose can ultimately hurt

Who struggles more in life the rich or poor? The book The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton is about two groups of teenagers the Greasers and the Socs and how they struggle in life. The two informational articles offer facts about how two groups of teenagers struggle in life because wealthy kids have money to pay bills and food as well as feel pressure from their parents’ about school while low income teenagers have to drop out of school to help their families by working to help pay the bills and buy food

whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?” (Job 26:14 NIV) "Our God is an Awesome God, He reigns from heaven above. With wisdom, power and love, our God is an awesome God." This chorus, from the song "Awesome God" by Rich Mullins,. is probably one of the most recognizable of Contempaory choruses. For many it is the first contemporary piece they remember singing in chruch. It was a staple of every youth retreat. And you alwys had that one girl who insited on doing

Introduction Adolescence according Erik Erikson stages of development starts from puberty and end its ends at the age of 18 or 19 years of age. The main mission during adolescence is to identify ‘ego identity’ and avoiding role of confusion. The duration of adolescence is one of the interests of Erikson, the task that he sees as the basis for the formation of patterns of thinking in all the next stages. The identity of the ego means the individual's knowledge of his meaning, and how he

Introduction At the beginning of our lives we are born to create a relationship with our love ones, it depends on our parent to provide us with love and warmth to develop a positive bounding relationship. The purpose of the paper is to reflect which attachment style was utilized by my parents during my childhood and which type of attachment style I identify more during my adulthood. The four types of attachment styles that will be discussed are avoidant attachment, secure attachment, disorganized

According to the theory of Alfred Adler on birth order, first-born child are often place in a unique and admirable position and parents are happy with the existence of first child and willing to give more attention and time. When second born child appears, first borns will no longer receiving full focus of love and care as it is spread and shared towards the new borns. Adler (1964) referred to this as being "dethroned" by the younger sibling. Characteristics of first born includes being responsible

His also has a new baby on the way and more than ever he wants to have more money. But, because of his failures his family is not able to trust him with money. And because money is so unattainable to him the second he gets any money it goes to a get rich quick scheme. His family finally realizes that it is time that he learns and by allowing him to take charge and lead the family he can grow and get better at managing his money and making the family more. Initially, walter

A Raisin in the Sun "Education has spoiled many a good plow hand" (Hansberry 103). This quote is significant because it is applying that education is better than being a hard-worker. A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, is taken place in South Side, Chicago between World War II and the present. The main focus of this play is about a poor African-American family who has a chance to escape this lifestyle with a ten-thousand-dollar life insurance check, but is not desired to live in

to get the girl he loves so much, but the narrator Nick believes that Daisy is not good enough for Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses that as an example of how people do illegal things to conquer The American Dream with Gatsby dedicating himself to becoming a rich man to get Daisy, but daisy does not really love Gatsby but only that he is a successful man with money. Fitzgerald writes a scene in the book in which Tom the husband of Daisy finds out about her affair so he decides to get information on her lover

the support of the West after the murder of his befriended Patrice Lumumba. Mobuto call his self a “warrior” but only to his benefit and not a warrior for his country, he rapidly did business with Europe and the United States of America regarding the rich soil of DRC for its mineral deposits. This two country being neocolonialism with a develop government and economy paid good money for mineral withdrawals. The United States president George Bush consider Mobutu “most valued friends” (27). Additionally