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...short verse-essays, the prophet guides the people in their way of life, spanning topics from the mundane—“Eating and Drinking,” “Houses,” “Law”—to the profound??“Joy and Sorrow” and “Death.” The language is simple, making repeated use of nature as an illustrative symbol. Gibran indeed relies heavily on lyrical analogies to convey his philosophical theories. For those among us unversed in reading pure philosophy...
...There is total freedom of criticism in the U.S.S.R.” It is not difficult to understand, then, why an appalled and battered public found inspiration in Solzhenitsyn’s courageous if artless novels; many even recoiled from the labyrinthine self-indulgences of more “profound?? writers.One problem with this moralistic praise for Solzhenitsyn is that it is ephemeral. His books, because they are topical artifacts of a vanished epoch, will probably be relegated to what Trotsky dubbed “the dustbin of history.” The standard by which he will...
...them write [her] into their script,” she locks herself in a bathroom stall with only a book of poetry to read and a roll of toilet paper to write on. Her actions, absurdly juxtaposed with her basic need for survival, are both pointless and profound??but then again, so are those she sees outside. “I thought: the vanity of writing, the vanity of destruction,” she says. “I thought: because I wrote, I stood my ground...I thought: the two acts are related, writing and destruction, hiding...
...that it “should” return some of its profits because it has so much will be fruitless; the only thing that Nike and almost every other for-profit company cares about is its bottom line, and arguing about moral imperatives—no matter how profound??does not affect the bottom line. Nike would fire workers if consumers did not take the hit and pay for laborers’ increased wages...
...these movies]. Since there has been such a conservative, born-again movement, especially in our government, I think moderates and liberals are feeling more sympathetic toward [gay issues]. Sarah M. Miller ’06 It’s an easy way to make a really crappy film seem profound??I haven’t seen “Brokeback” but from the previews it seems like a typical stupid love movie, except [the main characters] are gay. I like seeing cowboys kissing, but I think women are a lot less interested in seeing gay guys...