Reality Essays

Christmas Morning will be present when the sun rose from the East at the very special day when our Saviour Jesus Christ was born, December 25. But in the story Frank Connor wrote, it differentiate the fantasy world of Larry with full of hopes and dreams to the reality which they should accept with whole […]

My dear teacher and my classmates, we are living in a world of furious competition and fast life rhythm. Sometimes the heavy living stress makes us feel breathless and exhausted. What can we do to leave the whole world behind and relax ourselves? As for me, when I’m tired of boring study and work, I […]

William Glasser, born in Ohio, initially worked as a psychiatrist starting in 1948. However, he later shifted his focus to the development of ‘Reality Therapy’ in 1962. According to Glasser, it is crucial to engage with clients’ rational side rather than their disturbed state and focus on the present moment. He emphasized the importance of […]

Analysis of The Lady’s Maid by Katherine ManssfieldName: The Lady’s Maid” by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) was first published in 1920. The story is told in the first person by Ellen but at the same time meant to be told to “madam. ” She has worked as a lady’s maid for the same […]

In the play The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare, clearly shows that many time people appear to be something that really are not. This can be dangerous because you never know who you can trust. Characters are two faced, the one they show, what they appear to be, and the one they hide, what they […]

Most of today’s society might think that reality TV started with MTV’s hit show the real world, or CBS’ show Survivor. That in fact is not true, reality TV started in 1948 with the Alan Funt Show called “Candid Camera” which was originally started as a radio show when he was in the service. Reality […]

Ode on a Grecian Urn was inspired by a collection of Greek sculpture which Keats saw in the museum. Partly, perhaps, the inspiration for the poem was derived from a marble urn which belonged to Lord Holland. In giving us the imagery of the carvings on the urn, Keats was not thinking of a single […]

Realists believe that reality exists independently of human perception. They emphasize physical objects as a representation of ultimate reality and view truth as objective, based on observable phenomena. Aristotle, who was a student of Plato but held different philosophical views, is credited with originating Realism and the scientific method. This metaphysical perspective seeks to understand […]

The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods, implications of science, and with the use and merit of science. This discipline sometimes overlaps metaphysics, ontology and epistemology. Philosophy of science has historically been met with mixed response from the scientific community. Though scientists often contribute to the field, many prominent scientists have […]

The theme in Earnest Hemingway’s A Clean Well-Lighted Place is the same theme that is present in all of his literary works. Themes pertaining to questions of the existence of God, the meaning of the world are evident in his writings. According to Hemingway, man is constantly looking for distractions that will prevent them from […]

The goal of this project proposal is to present background on the subjects of realism, magical realism, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It will go in depth into Gabriel’s life as well as define the difference between realism and magical realism. The ultimate goal is to present a valid project idea pertaining to the three subjects […]

Often, we perceive stories of adversity and affliction as pure fiction until we acknowledge their actuality. Immersing in the tribulations of Ivan Denisovich within the Gulag might lead us to disregard that these narratives reflect real events from history. It is not rare for us to mistakenly think that a book is entirely made up. […]

A. Overview: There was been a great crisis existing in the field of social sciences as most local researchers face the reality that the Western aspect on research methods used in their studies influence the outcome or interpretations of their findings in the cultural context of the country. As Pe-dua, R. (1989) states that, “May […]

The movie of Antwone Fisher which was directed by Denzel Washington and whose screen play was written by Antwone Fisher portrays the life journey of Antwone Fisher. This movie shows Antwone’s childhood and his struggle to heal the wounds made by people in his life. Antwone never knew his parents, and so he grew up […]

The way a person behaves or how he makes decisions is influenced by many factors. Some of them are the influence of the environment, the timing, and owns knowledge about the world. The three stories that I chose, namely, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, and “Harrison […]

In this paper I will be discussing two poems of the Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska – “A Thank-You Note” and “The End and the Beginning” – and how she uses the element of irony in her works. Szymborska’s work has been considered grim poetry because she tackles on the subject of war and its aftermath, […]

The universe we live in is filled with a perplexing array of diverse perspectives which may often confuse us. Our understanding of the world, rooted in our common sense, could possibly be flawed with biases and errors unknowingly. We gather information about our surroundings through aspects like language, emotion, observation, and reasoning, yet none of […]

From the moment we are born, we are trained to perceive that the only truth in the world is physical reality. Our understanding of this corporeal world stems from what we visually observe, physically experience, auditorily recognize, and olfactorily perceive. Relying solely on these senses has led humanity to assume that there’s nothing beyond this […]

Crash, boom, the car flew into the air and glass was raining everywhere. A body banged onto the road as if it fell down from heaven, people running, ambulances coming closer and you could see the shocked faces in the morning lights. Voices mumbling from everywhere; “What happened?”, “Did someone die?”, “Oh no, that’s terrible! […]

In all of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories, the theme of alienation is portrayed at different levels. Most of the characters suffer from moral corruption, mental illness and grotesque appearances. This instantly suggests to us that these characters may be alienated from the rest of their society, as they may be viewed as strangers. The story […]

It indeed aims to expose the war-time propaganda of World War One. It almost appears comical when the moroseness of Owen’s exposure is contrasted to the pro-war propaganda of the time. Owen is a monotone and sobering voice to the romanticised perceptions of war at the time. Society was largely ignorant of the realities of […]

The use of money evolved out of deeply rooted customs as is shown through past forms of money, e. g. cattle, shells, animal teeth, weapons, and jewelry. Marx explains commodity as any good or service that is produced by human labor and distributed as a product for general sale (Wallace and Wolf 2006:84). The notion […]