Essays Tagged: "hopelessness"
Famine In Ethiopia
me the first African nation, has hit its bottom and cannot get any worse. Famine, hunger, fear, and hopelessness are all emotions running through the average Ethiopian. The latest string of famine to ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
What are the themes found in Crane's Open Boat?
hat "many a man ought to have a bath-tub larger than" guides a reader through alternating themes of hopelessness and hope during a dilemma that lends its support to defining a facet of life. The story ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Variations on the Word Sleep" By Margaret Atwood
ely addresses his/her conscience need to connect with the other person, and they also recognize the hopelessness of this goal: "I would like to watch you sleeping, which may not happen"(1-2). The open ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
"Ozymandias - Power and Despair" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
It's an uncontrollable feeling that leads even the worthiest and most powerful men to emptiness and hopelessness. In the 14-line poem, "Ozymandias" by PB Shelley, Shelley chooses the greatest setting ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Civil War heroes including Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Walt Whitman. Description of their influence on the war and their occupations.
National pride, sadness, pain, suffering, happiness, loneliness, fright, strength; hopefulness and hopelessness. Most people can't find a way to express themselves in such dark times; but the people ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
Should Someone With Depression Still Run for President of the United States of America
elings of sadness lasting for two weeks or longer, often accompanied by a loss of interest in life, hopelessness, and decreased energy. Like other medical disorders, clinical depression should not be ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
The themes of dejection in the writing of Wordsworth and Coleridge.
fe, and various people have various different ways to combat the feelings of gloom, depression, and hopelessness. Some choose to pursue through music, art, poetry, or television, while others choose f ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The affects of Bipolar Disorder and teenage suicide.
epressive disorder, which is also known as bipolar disorder, is when a person experiences prolonged hopelessness and lethargy until eventually returning to normality. In the manic-depressive episode, ... or thinking, and thoughts of death plans. This disorder, in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the state of mania, is one known to be the cause of suic ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
This essay vividly illustrates the hardships of childhood education in West Africa.The title is "Education in Africa : A Matter of Survival of the Fittest".
a dusty road in one of the poorest villages of West Africa (not mentioned), his eyes wept tears of hopelessness, discouragement, and agony. Without any second thought, my eyes soon became filled with ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
TS Eliot's piece, Our Whimpering World
ieces that had evolved during the period between both World Wars. It's a poem thatevokes a sense of hopelessness within society, assuring his fellow men that they will getlost in it or be defeated by ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
e character and mood of the novel.Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald uses the color gray to represent hopelessness and unimportance. While describing George Wilson, he states, "Mingling immediately with ... ts vicinity - except his wife, who moved closer to Tom (Fitzgerald, 28)." Although the veil of gray hopelessness surrounds Wilson, Myrtle is sheltered from the ugly gray by moving closer to Tom. Becau ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
"Words That Make You Think" is an definition essay. It is about the word "depression.
, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies; a reduction in activity, amount, quality, or force; ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Naturalism in Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane expounds on the naturalistic philosophy by showing the hopelessness of a sound marriage, the needless drive for happiness, and the fruitless search for Kan ... further supports naturalism.Citizen Kane illustrates the naturalistic philosophy by showing the hopelessness of a high-quality marriage, the pointless drive for happiness, and the fruitless search ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
"To Build a Fire: Does it meet Poe's requirements for a short story?"
y, "To Build a Fire," to convey his message that nature will win every battle with humans. Fate and hopelessness place a man alone in the middle of the freezing Yukon trail where he meets his death.Lo ... e, snow, and frigid weather, the man has no chance of survival. Through this, London explains man's hopelessness in the fight against nature.A naturalistic attitude is shown through the plot of London ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe
Bipolar disorder
avid Meyers defines bipolar disorder as "a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania" (479). It is clear that ... he two states. Many signs for depression include: "lasting sad, anxious, or empty mood; feelings of hopelessness or pessimism; feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or helplessness; loss of interest or pl ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
"To S. M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works" by Phillis Wheatley
ved in. This poem by Phillis Wheatley consummates that exact feeling of suppressiontied in with the hopelessness of the current era. By the end of this essay, it should be clear to the reader that Phi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Is This the Best of Times; Is This the Worst of Times?
trition, nowhere to look for comfort and warmth. It is a time when people live in bleak despair and hopelessness.It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. In the United States, people are dri ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Dysthymia Could be Caused by Biological Factors: A Truth or a Myth?
problems, low energy, low self-esteem, low concentration, inability to make decisions and sense of hopelessness; the person must not have other disorders or consume pharmacological substances that ha ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
The Holocaust
. Many people were out of jobs, and their savings were gone. Hitler took advantage of this sense of hopelessness to gain power in the National Socialist German Worker's Party (Nazis). Hitler wrote the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Suicide
Suicide is final act of self-destruction that ends a person's life. It is committed in a state of hopelessness and despair.There is no single reason why a person considers suicide as the only escape ... Suicide is a final act of self-destruction that ends a person's life. It is committed in a state of hopelessness and despair.If you know of someone that you feel, shows any of these symptoms listed in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays