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  • The Sense of Belonging- When the Emperor was Divine

    The Sense Of Belonging        One major question philosophers seek for answers is who we are, and to answer that they often ask where people are from and where they belong to. Each individual in the planet belongs to a family or a home, where their parents gave birth to the individual; people belong toContinue…

  • Social Norm and Social Constraint on Gender Roles- The Awakening

    “The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.”  Book Introduction The Awakening is written by Kate Chopin in 1899 and deals with the issue of solitude and gender inequality in theContinue…

  • Creon’s Big Mistake- Antigone

    ” Never to grant traitors and subversives equal footing with loyal citizens, but to honour patriots in life and death.” Play intro The play is written by Sophocles and is a tragedy. The story happens after the death of Oedipus, and it is about Antigone’s decision to act against Creon’s orders and to bury her brotherContinue…

  • Why Racial Profiling is Wrong- When the Emperor was Divine

    ” The sign had appeared overnight. On billboards and trees and the backs of the bus-stop benches. It hung in the window of Woolworth’s.”  Book Intro The book is a about a Japanese American family that has been reclassfied and sent to an internment camp in the Utah desert. Like thousands of Japanese American family,Continue…

  • Experiences are the Best Teachers- Siddhartha

    “Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.” Book Intro Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse, and it deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. It is written in German andContinue…

  • The Art of Forgiving– Wuthering Heights

    “If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”                                                   Continue…

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