Mind Essays

In Garry Disher’s ‘The Divine Wind,’ it sends across a strong and important message that in a time of horrific war, everyone loses-including the so-called ‘winners’. This message is conveyed throughout the text as Hart’s mother loses her life in the surrounding circumstances of war. Hart also loses his life-long …

When reading the definitions of work the first few examples seem to focus on what is the most widely recognized form of the word. Referring to one’s employment. When we hear people use the word ‘work’ it is usually spoken of going to or coming home from. Education and experience …

I agree with the statement that George had no right to kill Lenny and should be put on trial for murder. The reason I agree with this statement is because if Lenny was put on trial for murdering Curley’s wife, then the jury would realize that he is mentally handicapped …

There is a lesson that can be learned about differentiating between fantasy and reality from the two short stories “Everyday Use,” written by Alice Walker, and “Miss Brill,” written by Katherine Mansfield. Dee and Miss Brill both lived in a fantasy world. In the story, “Everyday Use,” Mama was a …

Flashes of bright lights, greens, yellows, reds…mixing together…spinning, dancing…overwhelming the soul and mind’s eye. Captivating, titillating and over-stimulating, the music surrounds him, the voices rising and falling to a conductor’s chaotic direction…Everything stops. The soothing calm drips off his nose in fat drops and he lets the warm, slightly stale …

The mind-body problem can be broken down into a series of questions. What is the mind? What is the body? Do the mind and body co-exist, or does the mind only exist in the body? Or does the body only exist in the mind? If both the mind and body …

In Jon Krakauers Selections of Into the Wild and Oliver Sacks The Minds Eye, the writers research and write about the lives of individuals who seek and experience the world differently from the way many people do and who may even be said to confront a different reality. Krakauers argument …

My guard stood hard When abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad I define these terms Quite clear, no doubt somehow Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now. “My Back pages” by Bob …

Isolation is a massive factor in what makes 1984 such a memorable and frightening novel. Many forms of alienation present themselves in many forms throughout the book, and without them, 1984 would not be as frighteningly realistic. The kind of society and interaction, or lack of interaction between people is …

Patrick Bateman was a young, white, ivy leagued male who worked on Wall Street in the 1980’s era of self indulgence and materialism. He was driven to be perfect and to be the best at everything he does no matter what the cost. Material things meant more to Patrick than …