An individual’s self-perception varies based on what they believe is an illusion and what they believe is reality. In today’s society, this same idea is present when people interact with one another, as they may retain a different perception of what others think of them...
Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with the help of technological innovation and presented to a user in such a way that they create a very different understanding, which is very different from the real life as we are used to.The ability...
There is a fine line between illusion and ideals and reality and truth. This line is easily manipulated. Ideals give the individuals drive and allow them to set goals for themselves. These goals provide purpose to each individual and, consequently, allow each individual to achieve...
Is our present reality really real? Does the media tell us the truth or is it up to us to read critically and listen critically in order to arrive at a more objective truth of events? In this essay, I will first look at truth...
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”- William Arthur Wart. In my opinion, I feel that there is not a fine line between optimism and reality. The reason being that the feeling of optimism can...
The world revolves around me is a fallacy that most people commit just about every day. Although they do not realize they are doing it, it just happens. This fallacy falls under the self-evidence, which is talked about as part of egocentrism, and is not...
Every decision, every breath one takes, and every step one ever walks brings one closer to a single goal — to find the meaning of life. The summation of one’s decisions, steps, and movements through life shapes one’s individual existence and leads to proliferation of...
“These are the myths I tell about my family and, like all myths, they are both truths and lies, simultaneous buffers of love and betrayals of trust.” (Hsu-Ming Teo 1) Love and Vertigo is a contemporary autobiographical novel that maps the lineage of the speaker...
In today’s generation, it is evident that media and information technology is widely used by people all across the globe. Kids and teens are taking massive amount of it everyday. As I grew up, I became more and more interested on media and information technology....
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce gives an interesting, yet disturbing theme of illusion versus reality. This theme intrigues me more than the other short stories that I have read. The story has a simple plot of a man during the American...
Slavery by Another Name reveals the grim reality that – contrary to popular belief about the abolition of slavery – African Americans were still subject to forced labor without compensation after The Civil War, despite having passed the 13th Amendment. Instead of freedom, they faced...
The Wars novel by Timothy Findley published in 1977 portrays Robert Ross as Canadian Soldier fighting an internal war of self-condemnation after his sister Rowena’s death and the movie All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Delbert Mann (1979) based on the novel of...
Even though skin color has been performing a decisive task in human relations for hundreds of years and still it has continually intended power relations, the concept of ‘race’ is comparatively new one. It is a primordial tendency of mankind to contemplate his own race...
According to Horace, “fiction invented to please should remain close to reality. ” This paper shall discuss this proponent of literary theory based on The Miller’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. This story is the second tale among the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. A miller...
“Although a house is an object, a part of the environment, home is best conceived of as a kind of relationship between people and their environment. It is an emotionally based and meaningful relationship between dwellers and their dwelling places. Concomitant with this distinction is...
The planning fallacy is a phenomenon which says that however long you think you need to do a task, you actually need longer. Regardless of how many times you have done the task before, or how deep your expert knowledge, there’s a high probability that...
The American Dream is broken. Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives, recently stated that “in country, the condition of your birth does not determine the outcome of your life.” America is known as a Land of Opportunity. Because it is the place that...
The Self As we learned in earlier weeks, there are two views on the self. The avocado view and the artichoke view. As we all know An avocado is a pear-shaped fruit with a rough leathery skin, smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone....
The American dream is living happily in America by working hard, becoming successful and achieving your goals. In All American Boys, The Great Gatsby and Continuing Inequalities Blur the American Dream are all about discrimination and how it prevents them from achieving their dreams. The...
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