Essays on Thought

The Integrity of the Intellect The integrity of the intellect, according to Ralph Waldo Immersion in his essay Self-reliance, is the most sacred value. This demonstrates how much human beings can gain from using their intelligence in the right ways. Emersion encourages people to embrace their fate, but his main concern...

This is a short story that starts with an unidentified narrator dozing off while contemplating the status of Indian womanhood. In her dream, she encounters her friend Sister Sara, who transports her to a world she has never seen before. The friend explains that they are in Ladyland, a female-ruled utopia.Ladyland...

Emily Dickinson and Her Poetry Emily Dickinson is regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. The elements she employs in her poetry, such as forms, punctuation, and vocabulary, allow her poems to express deeper meanings. Dickinson, like many female writers, composed her poetry with thoughts and sentiments in...

Sanity and Insanity in the Film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" Sanity is described as the capacity to think rationally and to have a clear mind, whereas insanity is defined as the failure to think rationally and the inability to distinguish between delusions and realities. Insane individuals are not permitted...

Insanity comes through a number of causes or events that one goes through at one point of one's life or in several cases. These problems pile up and distort one's mind and behavior, forcing them to move quickly on it. In most cases, it may do more harm than good,...

I had heard and read a lot from people who had read Gary Chapman's 'Five Love Languages, a fact that prompted me to read the book in order to come up with my own opinion on whether it could be helpful to people struggling with love or better still help...

The Auditory Perceptual Constancies The first thought that one experiences by attending the event "Salsa beneath the Stars" is the auditory perceptual constancies, which is the ability to identify unique tune from a given set of sounds. The auditory perceptual constancy is a sensory that results from the feel of hearing...

To call George Saunders' piece Braindead Megaphone an article would be grandiose. The plot revolves around a guy with a megaphone who disrupts the interactions and attention of partygoers. Saunders uses the tale to depict the effect of the man's omnipresence, which is so intense that the partygoers create an...