I had excepted defeat and was alright with it. I didn't really care because I knew that I had constructed it better than I would have if I didn't use the instructions. Although Morrie is extremely sick, he still excepts himself and his physical condition. Morrie sates that you should “accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do” (18). At the end of the book, all Morrie can do is talk.
Therefore, even though Brave New World is a very stable society, it still has some flaws. Citizens in Brave New World are living happily and peacefully without any conflict. In this world, everyone has a job and does not need to worry about being unemployed, as the population is “permanently limited to no more than two billion people”. Brave New World is also a stable society, since “Community, Identity, Stability” is the World State’s motto. There is no competition within castes because each member receives the same food, housing and soma rationing as everyone else of that caste, so there is no jealousy within the society.
“The great questions of the day are not settled by speeches and majority decisions, but by iron and blood”-Otto von Bismarck What does this mean? I think this means a few things, but I believe the most important thing Bismarck is trying to say with this is that real solutions of big problems are not found by politics and voting, but by violence and war. By this he means that some of the biggest problems of the modern world were never resolved by political means, but by military conflicts instead. It also means that no matter how decided things seem to be in court or in conferences with the government, the real feelings of the people only come out during a physical conflict, where people can kill and show, without boundaries, their honest opinion without having it turned down. With this quote, it could be that Bismarck is implying that speeches and majority decisions can never really change someone’s mind, or stop them from rebelling.
A moment later, Joel's father disappeared; he was never heard from again. Next to tell their story was Casper Gattan, which was a name that he gave himself because he had no memories of childhood. When Casper Gattan returned from an out of town trip and was coming inside through the back door, he saw someone escape in the darkness just like Joel Hetman had. The last part he talked about is that he in a dream-like state strangles his wife in bed. Finally, the late Julia Hetman tells her story through Medium Bayrolles.
By skipping a grade I would be leaving those who shared all my memories that I had of school life. These were my friends. My family even. I loved these people more than myself and I would just walking away from them. What I needed in that point in my life was some guidance.
I put myself under a microscope and analyzed most of my failures/guilts/weaknesses and I realized how pervasisve slacking off was in my life. I realized that procrastination is not a bad habit, it is a bad lifestyle. I didn't just put off doing the most important work, I put off all positive efforts I could've made in my life. It was a moment of epiphany for me, I said to myself that I won't procrastinate, starting tomorrow (see the pattern). A few days later, I met a college friend of mine.
What caused Catholic anger up to 1968? Coupled with old grievances such as the Potato Famine, there were many incidents that raised Catholic anger towards the rest of Ireland. Catholics, especially in Northern Ireland, were constantly discriminated to the rest of the population, which were Protestant. No matter where the Catholics went, they were always singled out in one way or another and could be considered as not being able to live their lives to their fullest. This statement, naturally would anger any Catholic, especially if they were relentlessly worried about not being able to get a job or a house for their family.
Killed my folk a year ago, still in Robinson 2 my sleep they threaten me. Paranoia stressing me, ain't nobody protecting me. I'm dealing with the pressure from my partner dying next to me. Think 'cause no one's arrested, they coming for me eventually. This was all the things I was going through mentally.” I think he’s telling some secrets behind the music industry and the things that some artists go through every day.
This happens in one of two ways. They buy into the thoughts, treating them like facts (It was the same in my last job...I’ve been a failure my whole career), and avoid situations that evoke them (I’m not going to take on that new challenge). Or, usually at the behest of their supporters, they challenge the existence of the thoughts and try to rationalize them away (I shouldn’t have thoughts like this...I know I’m not a total failure), and perhaps force themselves into similar situations, even when those go against their core values and goals (Take on that new assignment—you’ve got to get over
It got worse and not only was he hitting my mom but now me as well. This continued till I was about 11 or 12. My dad cheated on my mom, my mom kicked him out and he didn’t come back for about a week or so. Then my mom cheated on my dad with his cousin and it got ugly a fight between my parents broke out again and I walk outside my room