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…story not only to engage the reader's attention but also to introduce his concept of Americans as consumers in relation to the desire to expand themselves into new frontiers. In the opening paragraphs of the essay, Shames introduces the words "optimism…

…and Majnun, Shah Jehan and Mumtaz Mahal, just to name a few. These love stories began with lavishing love but ended in griefs. Love is said to strike when Cupid, the God of Love, struck the arrow of love to the victims, according to Greek Myth. So, the name…

…at a perfect life that will guarantee him a place in heaven. Other names that I have found interesting when I put thought on them were: Jane Eyre Eyre sound like air. Symbolic for freedom and openness. Implies she is different, also indicates her desire…

…and they still die a natural death than to not try and give up all hope on our loved ones? The Cruzan case is one example where a comatose girl named Nancy needed a loving, praying, and caring family. She did not need a family that would just give up on her and let…

…as the essence of spirituality. “Being Fish Lamb. Perfectly. Always. Everyplace. Me.” Page 424. We can relate the name Fish, to the symbolic figure of a fish that Jesus used meaning peace and the name Lamb symbolically representing that we as lambs follow the herd…

…In the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, revenge is a major theme from beginning to end. Although this theme is present within all of Brontë’s characters, it is most obviously displayed through Heathcliff, who seems to have the greatest desire…

…there are three stages contained in accepting the notion of self-consciousness: (a)"the pure undifferentiated 'I' (b)the reflection of self consciousness in the satisfaction of desire (c)the duplication of self consciousness as a double reflection in the recognition…

…, in understanding, in knowledge--is a frightening process. In "The Crucible", a play written by Arthur Miller, one character by the name of John Proctor undergoes a frightening process that changes him from a self-centered sinner to a reconciled man, although he may…

…, ungoverned behavior. We stumble and fall into the tangle of what we want and what others think is right. Despite our suffering we never really pierce the mystery of ourselves and why our most basic desires collide with a world of right and wrong. Vladimir Nabokov…

…more religious beliefs than almost any other human who lived in this world. However, he was not given this name at birth; he had to earn it for himself by undergoing long, hard hours of meditation and contemplation. Buddha has changed the lifestyles…