He thinks that Aquinas had made an error in linking cause and effect – as have any other humans that have done the same. Cause and effect are two completely different things, linked incorrectly in the mind by induction. Hume argues that because of this error, there is no cause and effect chain and therefore, no first cause. He argues that we have no direct experience of the creation of the universe and so we cannot speak meaningfully about it. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) agrees with the idea that we cannot try to comprehend something outside of our reach – we can
These other objects, in turn, was put into motion by still another object preceding it, and so forth. This series cannot go on backward to infinity, though, since there would otherwise be no first mover and thus no subsequent movement. Therefore, we must conclude that there is a first unmoved mover, which we understand to be God. Second, we observe that everything has an efficient cause and that nothing is or can be the cause of itself. It is impossible, though, that the series of causes should extend back to infinity because every cause is dependent on a prior cause and the ultimate cause is thus dependent on a previous cause.
Hamid also addresses the idea of nostalgia breeding superiority, nostalgia for a time when Pakistan and not America dominated the world, has led Changez to feel resentment for the new power and to maintain a view of cultural superiority. Further instances of nostalgia within ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ include; the relationship between Chris and Erica, Erica and Changez and all three of these characters in relation to American and the sensibilities of the old, the new and the third worlds. Changez through yearning for a bygone era of Pakistani superiority becomes trapped in nostalgia and unable to progress. To Hamid, nostalgia is a state of mind best left unattended, a state which engulfs its inhabitants and destroys any chance they may have had of moving forward and living an illustrious life or continuing to better themselves. Through the use of allusions Hamid illustrates to the reader the extent to which Changez is nostalgic towards a past that happened over a thousand years ago (I still need to find the quote though I believe its 3,000 years ago) and how this same nostalgia has trapped him inside of a world of nationalistic fundamentalism and has led to him holding a resentment of others and a feeling of cultural superiority.
The story begins at the time of Emily Grierson’s death. The narrator represents the community as a whole, doing it’s duty to an honored citizen, when he states that “…our whole town went to her funeral...” (1). His next words reveal a division in the community’s feelings about Emily along the lines of gender by qualifying the reasons for the large turnout. It seems that the men attended the funeral “…through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument…” and the women went “…mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant—a combined gardener and cook—had seen in at least ten years.” (1). This gender divided treatment of Miss Emily is repeated throughout the story.
Hospital-The local hospital is full of patients affected by the smoke of the fire in the Neighborhood. The emergency department is in need of beds, but none are available. The staff is stressed due to the pressure to discharge other patients to make beds available for those in the emergency department. Senior Center-Karen has been a geriatric nurse for 30 years. She has been working at the Neighborhood Senior Center for 5 years.
Yet it’s not plausible to say, for example, the history remains the same if we remove all the wars. Thus our initial assumption that the universe didn’t have a beginning is problematic. However,
Clarke's Cosmological Argument begins with an interesting assertion; interesting for several reasons, not least of which is the fact that merely asserting something is by no means equivalent to proving it via logical reasoning. His assertion is that from eternity, meaning from the “beginning of time” (itself a problematic concept, one to which this argument will return), there has existed an unchangeable and independent being (37). He begins his support of this assertion by stating that it has already been proven that something must have existed from eternity (whether proven by him, or another philosopher, he does not say). Because this is already an established fact (according to Clarke), then one of two possibilities must exist. Either his independent, unchanging being must also have existed since eternity, or else an “infinite succession of changeable and dependent beings” must exist, thus leading to our current “being-filled” situation.
(BODY) (KEY POINT) Alice Munro depicts childhood attitude of the narrator when she remembers her childhood. (SUPPORTING DETAILS) She has an eight years old friend Steve Gauley, drowned. It seemed a worse shame that there was no mother, no grandmother, aunt or even sister to received Steve Gauley and give him his due respect. He has a father who saw Steve as an accident to his life. The funeral held in their house and her mother did most of the arranging of Steve funeral.
Symbolism and theme in “A Rose for Emily” In William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily," a series of interconnected objects collectively represent a single theme as he presents the mysterious character Emily Grierson who is consistently called “Miss Emily.” While trying to avoid the changes that comes with time, Miss Emily isolates herself and lives in the illusive comfort of her past. As he discusses the theme of holding onto the past, Faulkner uses several symbols to show Emily’s resistance to changes, and in a broader sense presents the struggle that comes from trying to maintain tradition in the face of widespread, radical change. The protagonist’s living in the past is symbolized in her home, and her relationship with her father and her fiancé. Faulkner first presents the house which he uses to symbolize Emily’s ardent resistance to change. The personified house is a faded glory of its once decorated self, and even at a state of “Coquettish decay”, it still lifts itself stubbornly conspicuous and making it an eyesore of eyesores (Faulkner 34).
They are not made to stand for one idea, but for many. Symbols are used very frequently throughout the story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner. The short story is about Emily Grierson. It takes place after the Civil War and the abolishment slavery. The unidentified narrator describes the eccentric circumstances of Emily’s life and her unusual relationships with her father, Homer Barron, the town of Jefferson and death.