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Frankenstein – Polished Critical

February 1, 2020 ChimericalTony

EMOTION IS MOTIVATION, ACTION IS EMOTION The nature of motivations that direct an individual’s course of action.   Most of what humans do during their lifetimes can be explained thusly: emotion is motivation, and the[…]

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Cherry Blossoms – A Personal Response Essay

February 1, 2020 ChimericalTony

Cherry Blossoms Human longing, and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams. Source: Be Still EXT. BACKYARD – DAY LIAM is sitting in his wheelchair on the grass, staring out at the lake[…]

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The Pear Tree Conundrum-polished number 2

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 ethandrysdaleEthan

  Sheer brilliance: the ability to withstand the criticism of the mob, to defy the social conventions which have dictated the lives of the multitudes and therefore oppose the multitudes solely with spirit, alone, as[…]

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from a spark to the sun: a polished critical

January 19, 2020January 20, 2020 petrinavPetrina

From a Spark to the Sun  The significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance.      Circumstance and convention can be classified as standards that have been established in an[…]

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Their Eyes of Constraint – Their Eyes Were Watching God: Polished Critical

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 zaid818Zaid

The significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance.   When individuals seek to fulfill their endeavors, they can be constrained by convention and circumstance: that is, the inability to follow[…]

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Something Lost – Polished Personal (Creative)

January 12, 2020January 20, 2020 _luca.jr_Luca

– Something Lost – “…the impact of separation in an individual’s life” (Text: Perpetual Motion by Tony Hoagland) The days were hot and the nights were brisk on those seemingly endless roads. It was just[…]

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Fortina

December 12, 2019January 7, 2020 boobuIbu

Polished Personal Essay    What do these text suggest to you about the impact of separation in an individual’s life?    All My Puny Sorrows Noraw’s sister Fortina was gone. For eleven years they had been together.[…]

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The characteristics of a mad scientist’s plans

November 3, 2019January 7, 2020 boobuIbu

Polished Critical Essay    … the nature of motivations that direct an individual’s course of action.    Frankenstein The driving force behind all decisions, whether impulsive of not, is one’s motivation.  People encounter motivation whenever they have[…]

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Afraid

January 15, 2019January 17, 2019 jieoalekstecsonJieo

Before you begin to read this, I would first like to preface this with some background information that might make this a little easier to understand. The story is set in Paris in the wake[…]

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stray. : polished personal

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 nimjayNimrat

prompt: What do these texts suggest about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform? image: Gilbert Garcin’s Diogène ou la Lucidité – Diogenes or Lucidity, 2005 theme: When an individual’s perception of conformity is[…]

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