The people of Flint are kept from their best, richest, and most fulfilled life because they didn’t have a way to expand. These people wanted the American dream but didn’t have a way to reach it. After the General Motor factory closed down people could have gone straight back into school instead of laying around feeling bad for themselves. I don’t want to say it was their entire fault for being so poor but I bet most of those people could have gone back to school or find a different alternative of work.
Friday, April 27, 2012
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The movie Roger and Me portrays a good view on how the human mind works and how fast society can spread a simply Idea or thought into reality. The idea that the American dream is so unachievable has become a reality for the people in Flint. The people have tweaked and altered the very nature of what the American dream actually is so much that it has become nothing more then a pot of gold that resides at the end of a rainbow. The people of Flint Michigan have locked the American dream up and lost the key. The thing that in cages their dreams is their very own mind and nothing more.
Roger Ebert’s response to the film would be anything but unoriginal. Most people in watching the film would say its more sad and depressing, the settings and events that take place make it relavent and true that this film is depressing but Roger thinks its more hilarious and more of a game in which one side looses but rises from their own ashes. He finds it ironic in a sense.
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Roger and Me
In this film the people were struggling to live the American dream. According to this film
it was because GM shut down and many people lost their jobs. There were two kinds of people in the film.
both were not living the American dream, but there were those who were working as hard as they could,
and there were those who sat back doing nothing wallowing in self pity and anger. For example, the lady
who took up killing rabbits for a living was at least trying to earn a living. Although was it the best job
she could have found? I think many of the people there were struggling because they wouldn’t move on
somewhere else. It’s understandable for someone to not want to leave their home, but when it comes to
living the “fullest life” sometimes you just have to move on. So to wrap up my thoughts; those who work
for the fullest life and still aren’t living it have an excuse, but those who aren’t trying their hardest have
no excuse.
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In the movie, The people that live in Flint, Michigan have their dreams crushed when the automotive factory shutdown leaving thousands of people jobless. The effect of this event really brought down people’s moral to where they just completely gave up. A lot of people lost their homes and a lot of businesses went out of business due to nobody having money. Some people tried to pick themselves back up by adapting to their situation like the lady that bludgeons bunnies to death just to sell meat to make some money. The city tried to encourage their citizens to pick themselves up by adding attractions and boosting their tourism which in the end failed miserably. I really think the city could’ve recovered, Jobs elsewhere and more opportunities at different companies and factories. Nobody can take away the American dream from anyone because you really make your life what it is.
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The people in the movie were not living to the fullest of the American dream. The American dream is to be able to have a good life with a good job and having the right to be free. In this movie the people were not always free, many people had good jobs until GM closed several of the plants. Many people had to get jobs somewhere else that did not pay as well as GM.
I think it was a bad idea that GM closed several plants so people lost their jobs. This movie was interesting but wasn’t funny, you shouldn’t laugh cause you wouldn’t laugh if you were to lose your job.
David Bensman did not like this movie. Because this movie he said mocks American culture.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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From: Mathias Milford
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Emily Dickinson’s poem “Success is counted sweetest” took the aspects of winning. However, her reasons were that without failing, we wouldn’t know success. This idea that she was a success had to prove that she knew what winning was. She said in the poem, that without failure, success would not be known. Emily Dickinson was truly a success, she knew the game, and she knew what ways to get the readers.
I agree with her ideas. Because we would not know the standards of what needs to be done without failing. So basically, failing is the only way to find of what you need to do to win.
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Emily Dickinson's poems presents a very realistic idea in "Success is Counted Sweetest." This poem is about winning--winning a battle. She speaks about the losing side and implies that they need to stuggle, but that they will eventually appreciate winning more than the winning side. This poem speaks a bunch about making mistakes, and then growing from those mistakes.
I have a positive opinion about this poem; I agree with what she is saying. When you fail, you need to get up and work hard. You need to put yourself on a journey toward success. No one wins by sitting around and waiting for great things to happen to them; to win you must work really hard. This will make you successful and qualify you as a winner.
I have a positive opinion about this poem; I agree with what she is saying. When you fail, you need to get up and work hard. You need to put yourself on a journey toward success. No one wins by sitting around and waiting for great things to happen to them; to win you must work really hard. This will make you successful and qualify you as a winner.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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I choose “Because I could not stop for Death”. This poem show that death is not always a bad scary thing to be scared of but it can be romantic and kind. Like in the poem its like a guy taking out the girl on a date by picking her up in a carriage and taking her on a ride during a sun set and when she gets cold giving her a jacket to keep her warm. She parades this poem as a good thing and showing it could be a great experience with death. In this poem there was no dull moments from start to the end because its exciting for her and she was having a good time.
I agree with this poem because you do0nt know when death will come and don’t know when it will find you. And its not always a bad thing because it could be great and end the suffering of the world and can finally be at peace. It doesn’t have to be scary because we can make it scary or we can make it a good thing and make it like Emily with her idea as death taking her out on a date. So I agree with her in the poem that death doesn’t always have to be a bad thing.
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Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I Could Not Stop for DAATH!” was about how she wasn’t really scared of death. Death to her was nothing to fear. She explains in the story how Death came and picked her up and showed her around town and got down with her in her burial. She explains it all what they do, picks her up, drive on down the road to some school, pass some field, enjoy the sunset, and then she’s off to her grave.
I agree with her. Death isn’t really nothing to fear but fearing what comes after it like will there be a Heaven and Hell, can reincarnation be real, will we be in another different world, or will we even exist and be nothing. If there is a Heaven and Hell, the lover of life’s not a sinner, the ending is just a beginner, the closer you get to the meaning, the sooner you’ll know that you’re dreaming. I agree with what she says.
Emily Dickinson’s poem “Success is counted sweetest” took the aspects of winning. However, her reasons were that without failing, we wouldn’t know success. This idea that she was a success had to prove that she knew what winning was. She said in the poem, that without failure, success would not be known. Emily Dickinson was truly a success, she knew the game, and she knew what ways to get the readers.
I agree with her ideas. Because we would not know the standards of what needs to be done without failing. So basically, failing is the only way to find of what you need to do to win.
One of Emily Dickinsons poems that I am writing about that has an essential truth is ‘’I heard a fly buzz when I died’’. The essential truth that Dickinson writes about in this poem is death . The essential death is represented in this poem by the lady when she is dying has her death ruined by the buzzing of the fly. So what I think Dickinson is saying is that death should be peaceful and quite and not have anything annoying buzzing around you when you are dying.
What I think of Dickinsons truth of death in this poem is that it would be nice to have it completely quite but it possibly can not be completely quite when you are dying. There will always be something that will be making noise. So that is my thoughts on Emily Dickinsons truths.
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In success she says that you have to know failure, in order to know victory. “Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed”. This is other words means just what I said at the beginning, those who win should know how defeat feels. “Not one of all the purple Host who took the flag today can call the definition so clear of victory” Victory in other words is not so clear because the way to describe it is hard and the one person might describe it is not the way all interpret it. Some or not most are all interpreted with the usage of a not so victorious victory.
My opinion on this poem is that in a way I think that all of this is true. People always told me to be a good winner I have to be a good loser also and I have to know how to be approached with a lost in something. So this poem speaks truth.
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In Emily Dickinson’s poem, Because I could not stop for Death, she explains death as something to not be afraid of. The character in the poem is being taken out on a date by “death,” and they conclude their lovely evening, ending at a cemetery. She wants this poem to portray death as a fact of life and we should not fear it because it is the circle of life and everyone must go through it.
I think the idea of death is easy to put into words. It is easy for someone to say ‘don’t be afraid of death’ but when that moment comes, I believe everyone has that uncontrollable fear. This poem makes me wonder if Emily Dickinson was not afraid to die and when she did die, what did she feel? It could also just depend on how people die, if they were dying of old age, I would say death could be calm and easy rather than being murdered, which the fear would be unimaginable.
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In Emily Dickinson’s poem Success is counted sweetest, she wrote about having to know success you must fail. She makes the point that the poem is about winning, and in the poem there is a battle scene. Her main point is that to know how sweet victory is you must know what it feels like to fail over and over again. Kind of like you don’t know how good water is until you are thirsty. I think her point in this poem is to show that only a loser would think that winning is a wonderful thing, but a winner would only know how bitter-sweet it feels to win. People who don’t win put a high value on success, when people who win don’t put a high value on success.
I agree with this poem and like it a lot. At first I didn’t understand it, but after figuring out the explanation of it, I agree that success is almost like a luxury to some people. Only the people who have failed but come back to win understand that it is precious but only to a certain extent. I like that this poem can connect to a lot of people and in some way give them hope that even though they might be failing there is still time for them to have their own moment for success.
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I wrote my opinion on success is counted sweetest Emily Dickinson is telling us that one must fail to know success. She is saying that if one has never failed it is hard to appreciate winning. A person who lacks understands the importance of the thing he/she is missing. Losers know the meaning of winning a lot better than winners because they know the feeling of losing. One of the things that shape the overall impression is a battle scene.
I agree with what Emily Dickinson has to say because if someone has never lost winning won’t matter to him or her any more because they do not know the pain of losing. But if one knows how it feels to lose then they would want to win. And winning is the most important thing they would want to accomplish in their life. And winning feels very good to them.
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In the poem, Success is Counted Sweetest, Emily Dickenson was trying to get the point across that those who succeed most in life dont appreciate it as much as those who dont. The winners take it for granted because they didnt suffer the emotions that come with a loss. This also applies to those who lack some luxuries of life. It is only those who lack something that can truely appreciate its worth because they know how it feels to live without it.
I really liked this poem. I could definitely relate to it because I know how it feels to suffer losing. Whether that be a family member, or even something as simple as a sporting event. I'm sure those starving kids in Africa experience this on a daily basis. We take for granted on a daily basis the abundance of food that we have. Those children on the other hand, would not cherish it like it's their last meal. I think we all need to take a step back and be thankful for all the things that we have been blessed with. Not very many people have it as good as we do.
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In Because I could not stop for death, Emily Dickinson portrays death in a beautiful way. In the poem she is taken on a date with death. They tour the town and enjoy the sunset. She is enjoying the last moments of life.
I see death in a similar way. It is calm and sweet. We reminisce of past times and enjoy our very last moments.
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Emily Dickinson focuses on the essential truth of death in Because I Could Not Stop for Death... and attacks this idea that we have to fear death. The language and plot of the poem is such that one does not get a bad feeling when death comes to the door. Instead, death is kind and what transpires as he comes to take her is more like a first date rather than this horrible experience. Death is not something to fear. Death while not necessarily welcome is accepted and met with no fear when it comes knocking at the door.
I agree with the author on the way we handle this essential truth. If people fear death chances are that they wont live their life in a fulfilling manner. People should focus on the present no matter what comes next. As Christians especially there is no reason to fear death because of our faith in what lies on the other side. Even without this assurance however, those who are not Christians must not be afraid of death either. It happens eventually to everyone and we cannot stop it. While it is maybe not joyfully welcomed in every case it should certainly be accepted.
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“Because I could not stop for death”
Okay, so in the story it was confusing to see what she getting to in the story. In other words the message of the story. So from my point of view, it is that she is dead and death is I guess you could say nice to her. Everyone dies, everyone has one life. So death comes and goes each and everyday someone dies and you can not prevent it. The message that she is trying to get across to people is that death is not something to fear because it will all happen to each and every one of us someday.
This poem was by far one of the good poems. It was very well written, you can tell that the author put some time into this poem. I like how it explains that don’t fear death. That is something that everyone struggles with, so by just hearing this poem. People could be relaxed and realize that it is all okay.
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She says that in order to feel or know success, you must first fail. The first line that says, “Success is counted sweetest, by those who ne’er succeed.” She is saying that the people that have never succeeded, and that have failed many times in their life are the people that value the prize of succeeding. In this poem, she explains a battle scene, in where one side is trying to succeed, and the other is failing. In her lifetime, she may have known success and she may have known what it was to be the loser.
I really like this poem, maybe it’s because I am in sports, and you always need motivation. I like the fact that she is explaining a battle scene, and someone is working their butt off to get the win. It would have been really enjoyable, she was to explain both views of the person that succeeds, and the person that lost the battle. I completely agree with what her poems meaning is. At some point in time, you fail, and you can take that as a sign of weakness or strength. It all depends on what you want to do. You can take that failure, and apply it to your life to make you a stronger person, or you can sit there with it and do absolutely nothing.
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In I heard a fly buzz when I died, Emily Dickinson talked about death. She sort of described how it would be I guess, and that death should be peaceful in a way. The fly represents noise, and she describes the room and how it should be still and quiet just like stillness in the air. She sort of describes how a fly can represent death in a way and you can hear it before you die then there’s just silence.
I agree with Emily Dickinson’s thoughts about death, because it should be quiet and peaceful before you die. Other annoying things like a fly can make the room or something not so peaceful when it’s the last few moments of your life that you want to have on Earth. A person’s last few moments on Earth are like keepsakes I guess you would say and they are meaningful to the people around you and they should be peaceful.
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I think she had a pretty good view about what she wanted to write about because the poem about success made it very clear that, that was what she was striving for. I think this poem also helped her reach her goal of success because it could’ve been looked as a source of motivation which also made it a very well written poem. Her view on success could’ve been interpreted in many different ways but it is interpreted in a very clear view.
After you read this poem in class my mind was sort of bobbled and lost but after I reread the poem I finally realized the true meaning of the poem which was based on success. I like this poem because of the message and the optimistic vibe it sends to very person who has read this poem. As I said before this poem, could’ve been looked at as a source of motivation some source of inspiration. I also think this poem has a very solid pack of evidence to have a solid foundation to back it up.
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Because I Could Not Stop For Death…
Emily Dickinson tells of her last moments before death and how she is taking away as if nothing is wrong. She tells of death as a person and how he stops for her in a carriage. He then takes her to the places she grew up and she goes back in time remembering the moments she spent at this school. As they drove on she thought more and more about where they were headed. Then a roof of a house in the ground appears to her and she wonders and figures out that this is her time to die. The moments spent on earth are great but death can be greater if you let nature take you.
This poem was very interesting to me because I never thought of death being so calm and relaxing. The ways she describes death is more of something you would look forward too. I mean I don’t know of many people who are actually looking forward to death as a good thing. She has a great way of making her poems sound beautiful on a most disturbing topic. “Since then tis Centuries and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses’ Heads Were toward Eternity..” I really believe that death should not be fear because it is a part of nature we must all go through sooner or later.
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Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Success is counted sweetest”, is a poem mainly about success. Dickinson believes success is appreciated more by those who rarely or just about never succeed. Winning or achieving success, after one has failed so many times, feels so much greater than someone who is constantly successful. The point, Dickinson is trying to get across is, to know success, you must fail. To truly know what success is, you must know failure.
I agree with Emily Dickinson. Success is not as sweet, if it constantly becomes a habit. I am not saying, success is bad or we shouldn’t succeed but I am saying that after failing so many times and after trying to achieve something for such a long time, it feels amazing to succeed and get it done. I also like the idea “To know success, you must fail” because to fully appreciate one’s success, one must know what it feels like to fail as well.
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I Heard The Fly Buzz When I Died:
Emily Dickinson’s thoughts reflect in the way she wrote the poem and how the person dying is waiting for this moment of their life and expecting it to be the best moment. But as they are there on the edge of their life reflecting on how it all is good they hear a fly buzzing. That is the last thing they hear and now the entire moment of their death is ruined. She is saying that death is just another point of your life and it isn’t some big extravagant event that is going to be ruined by one little thing. She is saying don’t make death the biggest part of your life just to have it ruined by a tiny fly.
I don’t understand why anyone would want death to be the main event of their life. Why would you focus on death when you can live a good life and not have it ruined by a fly? I agree with Emily Dickinson’s thoughts in how she says that if a fly ruins the moment it wasn’t that big of a deal in the first place, because if it was supposed to be the best moment in life then not even a cannon could ruin it. Death is just another moment in life that happens and the fly just proves that it is.
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I Hear a Fly buzz, When I Died
Emily Dickenson’s poem “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” explains her thoughts on the essential message that maybe this moment before you die is not the climax of your life. She explained how the fly was an annoyance that took over this whole moment of life that was suppose to be all about herself. She thought this moment in life was the climax on determining who she was, which was an important person. In the end the fly was more important than herself. It was even more important than death, so dying isn’t something we should just focus on but we should focus on living.
Overall, I would have to agree with Emily Dickenson on this because we focus too much on the end that we don’t enjoy the little things of life that’s important to us. The fly represents us in a way that shows how not living your life to the fullest is an annoyance to us on our death bed. That’s just a way that most of us don’t want to die, which is with regret. So we should just start living now and enjoy life.
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What does Emily Dickinson think about an essential truth?
In Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death,” the author conveys the idea that we should not be afraid of death, and rather view it as a simple transfer from our completed lives. Through a series of words such as “kind,” “leisure,” and “civility,” all arranged in the poem, the idea that “death is a considerate and well-mannered happening,” brings across a peaceful viewpoint on death.
What do I think about this essential truth?
Although I can really appreciate the positive and bright attitude which Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death,” carries, I cannot say that I entirely agree with her underlying statement. I believe that virtually all things are dependable and varying, being that some situations, attitudes, and truths apply to some peoples in any particular state of affairs whereas different situations, attitudes, and truths apply to others in the same particular state of affairs. For your own self, in general, I believe that death should be viewed and experienced in many different ways. For example, after living a [self] fulfilling life and securing your eternity, I believe that death is a “nice guy,” simply applying that passage way to what lies beyond our known lives. I believe that in this case, it should be view such as it is in “Because I could not stop for Death.” However, upon living an empty, unsatisfying, and unsure life, I believe that death, not necessarily should, but rather is viewed as a fearful event which dreaded. Then, there is the instance where a someone’s life is shrouded in pain and suffering, causing one to view death as the relief, the freedom, the way out of misery. In this case, death would be thought of as a good Samaritan, a deliverer, and a rescuer; death would be welcomed. Therefore, I cannot say that I disagree with Emily Dickinson. But, I would say that I do not think that death should or is always to be view as a considering and courteous taxi driver. I believe that it sometimes can and should be, and that those who do view it as that are better off in both life and death. However, I also believe that it is often and reasonably view as a fearful, or on the other extreme, a welcomed event.
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Emily Dickinson described death in her poem Because I could not stop for death. She depicts death as this nice person that takes her on a joyful ride, a date. Death shows up at her door not as a scary image but as a nice person. Not once does she mention or hint that she is scared or sad about it although she knew that she is with death. She described death in such a way that you don’t fear it because it happens to everyone, everyone dies. They go on with their ride and see nice things, kids playing and scenery that is pleasing to the eye. At the end of the ride they go to her grave but she doesn’t describe it as a grave but more as a nice room.
I think she is right about death, that we shouldn’t fear it because it happens to everyone and every living thing that roams the earth. To me I see death as a release from all the pain and suffering that we go through on earth. Although people die in painful and often scary ways they are free from pain in the end. I also think that death is only a relief when you have accomplished what you desire in your heart and mind. I cant say that going on a date with death like described in the poem would be fun, honestly its quiet weird and creepy.
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Emily Dickinson: Success
Emily Dickinson would talk about success like it were her life, she explained it in every natural way that she could. When she were to talk about death she was explaining it like she died and came back and spoke out and said not to be afraid of death but yet, most people die weak. Defeating a Victory can bring much more than a gift but a life full of joyful memories and knowing you can complete anything and not just anything but the most hardest thing besides Victory. To me what she meant was to die not necessarily strong because most people die weak but to die where your soul can select what it can go after. Sometimes instead of having hope, most people see things a whole different way and that’s what I think Emily would talk about in her poems because she expressed the things she has been through during her life.
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I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
By: Emily Dickerson
In Emily Dickerson poem “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died.” When Emily was on her death bed. Her thought was maybe she was going to die in a peaceful and silence death. But as we know a fly came in her room and she thought maybe it was the light to heaven. The fly actually gets everyone attention off Emily death. What Emily is trying to say or tell us is that death sometime cant be silence. A little fly can be an annoyance to death.
Yes, because I have seen movies that had annoying death. For example Zombie land where Bill Murry gets shot and tries to have his last breath. That lasts for a long time to have his last breath. In world yes there is a little fly that can be an annoyance to death. We don’t see or know it sometimes.
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Emily Dickenson believes that death isn’t too scary because it happens to everyone and people shouldn’t be afraid of it. In her poem Because I could not stop for Death, Emily compares death to a first date. She puts the image of a nice young man stopping at the house, knocking on the door, and picking her up to go out on a nice date in your head. In the poem they go on a joyful ride passed beautiful things like a school with children playing, fields of grazing grain, and they also see the setting sun which is peaceful. She also describes her grave as a beautiful house where the roof was scarcely visible, when she describes the roof of the house she is talking about her tombstone. In the end of her poem she never came back home, but she described her death as a date and she wasn’t afraid of it and actually enjoyed it.
Even though I’m not ready to die and don’t want anyone else to die I could agree with Emily Dickenson that we shouldn’t be afraid of death because everyone has to die. Some people might dislike death more than others and some could be more ready for it but they shouldn’t be afraid because everyone has to die. I don’t want to die but I don’t want to be afraid of death either because then I might be afraid to do daring things.
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I Heard a Fly buzz- when I died-
No noise in the moment when the storm heaves, all silent except the stumbling buzz.
No more rain can fall from the eye, the storm had wrung them dry.
Take in one last breath, while the king has it’s visit in the mourning room.
There was an uncertain buzz between the light and me and could not see
I could agree in this depressing death poem, not only I had seen death but all of us had or will go through it, therefore we will feel what she feels. The spirit in the room is silent, so silent you can hear a fly buzz along with it, there is no emotion but confusion, not ready to lose life, but there stands the king ready to take you home.
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Success is counted sweetest
She thinks that if you succeed at every thing and never experience failure the satisfaction of success is not as enjoyable. She thinks that if someone fails all the time the taste of success is much sweeter when it is finally bestowed upon you. Emily thinks that people who fail all the time are more knowledgeable of success than those who succeed all the time. Emily thinks that the people how are failing all the time are taking risks but it is more profitable and gives more moral gain to ones self. So all in all she is saying its successful to fail.
I think that what she is saying is true in some aspects. To fail means you will learn from your mistakes and that your character will become stronger and the moral gain is priceless ect… but there is also a sweet taste to being successful as well. You will feel accomplished. You may not acknowledge how much being successful is worth, but you will know the feeling of being a victor and that to me is more a character builder than failing.
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Emily Dickinson’s belief on death is that she doesn’t think death is bad, and there is no need to fear death. In the poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death, the describes death as a well dressed man taking you on a date. Usually when you go on you first date you more than likely going to be nervous then happy. Instead this date is a good happy date. She never returns back to her house, she dies and never returns.
I don’t like death at all. I have lost many good friends when they died. Death is a common thing most everyone fear’s. If you are a Christian you shouldn’t and there is no need to fear death, because if you are a true Christian you will live eternally in heaven. You can’t really put a value on death but it is so sad I say it can’t be worth 10$.
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Because I Could Not Stop for Death
In Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could not Stop for Death,” she poetically expresses her thoughts on death.
To Emily death is not something that should be feared. She displays this by portraying death as a man, a man that takes her out on a date.
He is not cruel and evil, but kind and gentle. He is respectful towards her and gently guides her to her grave. While most people think of darkness and gloom
When death is mentioned, Emily sees it as another part of life.
I personally agree with Emily Dickinson on the matter of death. It’s understandable for those who are not sure of where they are going, or are not
aware of the reality of Heaven and Hell that they should be afraid. For those who are sure of where they are going I believe it is the pain before their death that they fear rather than death itself. But for those who are saved by the blood of Christ there is a peace and I know this peace.
Death is merely a door into eternal paradise. In fact, death can even be something to look forward to at times. It is only something that will happen once in
every person’s life. Once I walk through that doorway of death I will finally be free of all that is not good in this world, and that is something to look forward to.
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In Emily Dickinson’s poem, I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-, she writes about death, one of life’s essential truths. She explains the unimportance of death in this poem. Emily Dickinson uses a fly to get this point across. Flies are very annoying, we usually try to ignore them when they are around, as humans we could care less about a fly. In Emily’s poem, the dying character focuses on the fly and its buzzing, not on the end of her life. Death isn’t bothering her, death is actually anticlimactic.
The end of someone’s life should be considered a big deal. A life shouldn’t end with a peculiar encounter with a fly, it should be way more than that. Death will be one of the most climatic events in someone’s life, especially to Christians, because our life in heaven will begin. It works for non-believers too, they will arrive at the most gruesome place ever. In a way, death is the gateway to eternal happiness, or eternal suffering, and that is a very big deal.
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