Essays on Too Young

The society has a number of institutionalized practices that only add to the woes of holistic development and wellbeing of the people. Indeed, in the era of spread of education and development across the human society, many of such institutionalized practices that are in no way constructive in nature have come to get scrutinized. One such practice that has haunted many communities of the world for thousands of years is the societal norm of child marriage. It needs to be reckoned that child marriage cannot be supported or validated in any way. A close introspection about the matter in ...

Emotional scars and traumas are chains that will always stay with an individual even though these may no longer be visible. These scars can be represented through real physical scars, or on a more psychological and emotional nature. This is the thematic background tackled within the film Beloved, as the main character suffers through her past experiences with slavery. Mother-child relationships are also tackled along with the issues of freedom and love. Love blurs the line between life and death wherein love is used as an excuse to free someone of misery through death. Slavery is the biggest issue ...

Introduction

Euthanasia refers to the termination of a patient’s life for the sake of mercy. Euthanasia raises several ethical concerns about the value of life as well as the measures that healthcare facilities and governments need to undertake to protect and uphold it (Weir, 1998). Countries fear to legalize euthanasia because of the ethical concerns about the sanctity of life. Furthermore, the general notion by many countries is that legalizing voluntary euthanasia would automatically lead to the legalization of involuntary euthanasia (Saaty and Vargas, 2012). There are many divergent outlooks concerning upholding life, and many individuals are of the ...

Are most relationships nothing more than mere momentary impulses that fade with time? In everyday life, relationships are complex interactions that require nurturing, protection and consistency. In this respect, they are so much more than just about fiery first encounters. The literary work discussed for this paper was Katherine Mansfield’s short story entitled “Something Childish but Very Natural,” a literary piece published in 1914 about two characters, Henry and Edna, who meet each other randomly in a train station. In telling this story, Mansfield utilizes a lot figurative language and symbolism to tell the story of Henry and ...

The Setting

The observation took place at a local sandwich store. The procedure for ordering food at a store was similar to the Subway sandwich shops. In other words, customers line up and are paired with a sandwich clerk. The customer and the clerk move down the counter in unison, in an assembly-line like fashion, with the customer directing the clerk on what to put on and in the sandwich. The sandwiches are then bagged and forwarded to the cashier. The cashier calls the customer’s name, which is written on the bag, to collect the payment. Accordingly, there is plenty ...

An individual suffering from a panic attack may react to the overpowering anxiety at home, in a car, or in a public place. Sometimes those around him do not even recognize what is happening. A recent posting on Facebook by Amber Smith brought international attention to the social stigma and presentation of a person suffering from panic attacks. The 22-year-old woman submitted photographs of her “normal” self and one taken immediately following an attack; the photos were accompanied by commentary on the way society reacts to her disorder (Appendix A). In an article by Today Healthy Living Newsletter, it ...

The poem “Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and Nobel Prize recipient, is the story of sorrow and forced growing up (Heaney). The verse about a little boy who faces the death for the first time is enriched by the use of bright imagery, specific verse structure and the narration from the first person. Death is something unfamiliar to the little boy, and narrator is trying to figure out how to behave in this situation and what everybody expects of him. The poet shows the complicated inner feelings of a child who faces the adult world and realizes ...

The Name of the School

My Life as a Slave My name is Elijah Johnson and I was born a slave. I say I was born a slave because that was what became my identity for the first fifteen years of my life. It did not matter that I was a boy, a child, a brother or a son. I was looked upon as a slave and treated like one all through my formative years. I was born in the year 1850, on the 23rd of October. I know because like every other child born on the plantation my birth was recorded too. Even ...