Prompt: What do these texts suggest about the ways in which individuals respond to the conflict between illusion and reality? Through the character Willy Loman, author Arthur Miller suggests that individuals will immerse themselves in[…]
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The Final Illusion of Bob Ewell
Prompt: What do these texts suggest about the ways in which individuals respond to the conflict between illusion and reality? Often, illusion stems from an erroneous interpretation of reality. An individual’s perception of[…]
A Desire to Vanish – Polished Personal
…the impact of separation in an individual’s life Text: “Perpetual Motion” by Tony Hoagland Theme statement: When an individual desires to be removed from circumstances in the present, they will, in the moment, feel a[…]
Polished Critical: The Descent into Illusion
The Descent into Illusion Prompt: The role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality (June 2014) The preference for illusion over reality is a result from an individual’s self-perception[…]
Night Terrors
Surely. Surely – this was the night that I was going to die. For an instant, in that narrow cut of light, I saw a face that seemed to have been transported directly from the[…]
Filtered Mirrors – Polished Personal Response
Prompt: What do these texts suggest about the ways in which individuals respond to the conflict between illusion and reality? (June 2014) I would like to believe that I am tough. That I can[…]
Polished Critical: A Believable Facade
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality. In conflicting situations, individuals tend to[…]