Inspiration and suffering go side by side for talented, but devastated people. Blues is the music of sorrow, expression of honest emotions and inner pain. The person who feels this unexplainable emptiness needs to create and the only chance to understand this feeling is to...
The fact that a lot of people have or will have to deal with grief at some point in their lives, there are indeed some degrees of losses or tragedy that can be so overwhelming, and can leave individual in a state of absolute shock...
Within Edith Wharton’s novel Ethan Frome there is one consistent ideal that stands out, the ideal of human suffering. Ethan Frome is chained to his horrible, nagging wife Zeena and has to take care of her constantly. Frome had suffered the same treatment at the...
Human Suffering In Hesiod’s The Works and Days, he identifies human suffering in its many forms and explains why humans seem to live bleak, painful lives. He suggests that one man stealing from, and thus angering, Zeus was the main cause for humankind’s suffering. He...
Corrie Ten Boom’s life story, as documented in her memoir “The Hiding Place,” is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity. It chronicles her and her sister Betsie’s harrowing experiences during World War II, as they were...
Art Spiegelman’s ‘The Complete Maus’ explores the devastating impact of the Holocaust on survivors and their families. Through the lens of his father Vladek Spiegelman’s past experiences and their present day relationship, Spiegelman highlights the obsessive behaviour and depression that splinter the lives of Holocaust survivors....
Whether it be getting a cold or losing a loved one, suffering is something everyone will experience. Ironically, suffering is one of the main reasons we have happiness; although we suffer, eventually our pain will be resolved. Many stories have been created based on this...
In the year 1373 A.D., thirty-year-old Lady Julian lay on her deathbed in Norwich, England, after suffering for weeks from an unknown illness (Julian VII). Around the year 3100 B.C., the war of Mahabharata broke out in India, leaving villages in devastation and the people...
The girl is thirteen-year-old Azucena, one of thousands of villagers who lived on the slopes of a mountain in Latin America. A volcanic eruption has created enough heat to melt the ice on the mountain slopes, leading in turn to tremendous mudslides that have buried...
David Brooks, a renowned author and commentator, delves into the profound impact of suffering in his thought-provoking essay “What Suffering Does.” In this essay, Brooks explores the ways in which adversity and hardship shape individuals, fostering resilience, empathy, and personal growth. Through a comprehensive analysis...
