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Limerence was a harsh mistress. 2The philosopher character Pangloss, an undying optimist, continually asserts this, that "All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds." 2 * * * I still planned on telling you, you know, since I was riding on being the only person going to Penn from our year. But my luck never did run smooth, did it? You don’t really remember this, you say, but I do. It came time to decide on where to go to college, and you wanted my help. Man, did I love helping you. In

Bars and clubs have long been the stomping ground of beautiful, socially outstanding individuals. For the remaining population, these places have long been intimidating, awkward, and stuffed full of unsuitable prospects. What would it mean to a lonely person to know that the next big love of their life could be just a few mouse-clicks away? Enter the online dating sites, with its anonymity, lists of potential dates, compatibility indicators, and virtually instant results. A guaranteed sellers market

Discernment, without a doubt, plays one of the most important roles in our lives. While the discerning process may be difficult and often confusing, it is paramount that we do not give in to the “easy way out.” We must continue to self-reflect and seek God’s assistance until we come to a decision which we truly feel is moral and most beneficial for ourselves and the rest of society. In the movie Greater, God poses difficult tests and challenges for the different characters and especially for Brandon

The tea in the harem takes place in a suburb of Paris, a suburb where violence rules and desire diminishes. The book tea in the harem looks closely into the life of two characters, Pat and Majid. While reading the book we see that these two men are strictly grown around troubled cultures, drugs, and alcoholics. Throughout the book you see that their lives are fully involved around large amounts of despair, and hopelessness. The whole book is predominately wrapped around the idea of despair. Despair

In today’s world, millennials consistently want to take the easy way out for everything. It seems such an easy way for them to accomplish things a lot quicker, yet they find they have a much higher rate of making mistakes. This idea happens so much that it is starting to affect their school work, causing them to not get as high of grades as they want or need. For years professors have debated whether hand written notes or computer notes are better. Both these methods have their pros and cons, but

If you were born in dangerous place with even more dangerous people around you, would you still push through life and try as hard as someone without a set back would or would you take the easy way out and drown yourself in self-pity? In the poem “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” we listen to Tupac as he pushes the theme of “You don't need a head start to do good in life” by showing us that he was born in the ghetto or with a “setback” and with background knowledge we will assume that he succeeded

Raising a child Raising a child is not easy and being a responsible and a perfect parent is probably a very difficult thing to do if not the hardest thing anyone can succeed in doing. We all make mistakes, even the most professional people do. That is why it is very common for Adults to make parenting mistakes. It's normal to make mistakes but too many can take a toll in a child's future. Even though many people, like me, believe that is is nurture that affects the way a child will be

Normalization of Abortion in Children of Men Children of Men is set in the not too distant future, which makes the ideas stated in it even more frightening. London in 2027, according to the film, is one of the last inhabitable places on Earth, but it seems like the society will not be functioning for much longer due to the longstanding issue of infertility. With this very issue looming over everyone’s head, chaos ensues, leaving everyone to fight for themselves. Refugees are shown being forced into

In “Digital Demands: The Challenges of Constant Connectivity” by Sherry Turkle, who is a professor, she talks in an interview about how people spend more time on their phones, doing everything as easy as possible, rather than doing it in person. People would rather sit on their technology instead of enjoying life outside of social media and technology. Using technology makes everything easier instead of doing hard work to get something done. Sherry Turkle’s article is effective because she uses her

her siblings, or as she feels that they don’t deserve the help they are getting. She would rather have the family get out on their own instead of someone doing all the work for them. By doing things on their own, they find more about themselves and figure out that they can do more than they ever imagined given the circumstances of living under the poverty line in the unpredictable South Side of Chicago. This is the most powerful part of the show, this over powers the raw emotions viewers may withstand