Daniel Kahneman

Throughout the book of Daniel, the writer uses such language as, “The Lord let”, “God allowed”, “God gave”, and “God will” to depict who God is to humanity. God grants insight to Daniel (Babylonian name Belteshazzar), and protection to Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah (Babylonian names Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego). God gives to whom God wants to according to Her plan and purpose. As the Hebrew Bible records, Israel though disobedient was promised that God would restore them. The Israelites, the

There was an article written by John Darley and Daniel Batson, who was inspired from the parable of the Good Samaritan and decided to organize a research to test the limits of people’s good will towards something. Later they also published their research results in a paper in the year of 1973, titled “From Jerusalem to Jericho.” The history of the parable of the Good Samaritan was quite interesting. The research was conducted based on 3 different hypotheses which they thought might influence people’s

Daniel Defoe's novel, published in 1719, is the spiritual autobiography of one man: Robinson Crusoe. The novel tells the story of an English mariner of York, with wanderlust spirit, who decides not to follow his parents’ plans for him of living a middle-class life preferring to travel around the world. His father did not give him the consent to go away arguing that his choice meant as going against the authority of God himself; therefore, God will not have mercy on Robinson. In fact, his first trips

The 2003 film, Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton tells two stories. In the first story, told in the present tense, Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) is attempting to reconnect with his dying father, Edward Bloom (Albert Finney). At the same time, Edward is recounting his journey in life in a series of flashbacks. The story explores vast themes such as the reality versus fantasy, power of love and of imagination. The film begins at Will’s wedding which took place several years earlier. As Edward gives a

Robinson Crusoe is much more than a novel that focuses on the religion of its fictional character Crusoe, it’s a philosophical investigation into the nature of religion. By looking through the philosophical works that preceded Daniel Defoe’s novel we can see how it ponders the questions of its time and presents a metaphor of the development of morality, economics and religion. Both, the ideas presented by Thomas Hobbs and Bernard Mandeville’s An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue will serve

Patrick Rothfuss, an American writer, once said, “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” Rothfuss explains how storytelling is always a part of everyone. Stories are told in different ways, and those stories shape the person tremendously. Many of the stories told today are what shape the audience. In “The Things they Carried”, by Tim O’Brien, and the film “Big Fish”, directed

different tales of two very similar men: H.H. Holmes and Daniel Burnham. While there may not seem to be many similarities between a serial killer and an architect, both of these men became great historical figures because of their synonymous demeanors. While Burnham used his ambition, good looks, and pride to create a fair that was unsurpassable, Holmes reflected the same qualities allowing him to achieve a more sinister goal. Like many others, Daniel Burnham and H.H. Holmes found success in Chicago,

In the story “Flowers For Algernon,” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon, a man with an IQ of 68, gets an operation to triple his IQ and make him a genius, but after a few months, his brain starts deteriorating and he becomes dumb again. So, was Charlie better off before or after the operation? Well, before the operation, Charlie had his friends, not knowing that they were laughing at him; he hadn’t known what it felt like to be smart and how it felt like to lose it; and he was overall happier and more

“Flowers for Algernon” Essay by Matthew Duran “Flowers for Algernon” contains numerous themes throughout Charlie Gordon’s journey. Charlie Gordon the story’s protagonist is a 32-year-old mentally disabled man who has the opportunity of a lifetime to undergo very special surgeries which will most likely change his life for the better, hopefully. This operation has already been performed on a laboratory mouse named Algernon, who received astonishing and outstanding results, so the doctor is convinced

When looking at John Gass’ article, “Moll Flanders and the Bastard Birth of Realist Character,” he approaches the conflicting question about how the audience is meant to feel about the main protagonist, Moll, and whether we are meant to respect her or not. While heavily focusing on the aspects of genre theory and irony, Gass argues that it is the multiple genre expectations that give Moll the reputation of being deep and complex, which leads to her controversial character. He uses historical context