... | |Out of the Darkness | |From Depression to Gratification | | | |Written by: Mark A Eenigenburg | |11/15/2012 | Out of the Darkness From depression to gratification “Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful” by Joshua Ledet. In the past thirty years of my life, I ran into many barricades and obstacles in my journey to self-fulfillment. My depression came from the rollercoaster of bad luck and misfortunes of my everyday life growing up. Overcoming my hardships was the most significant challenge that I endured. Surpassing them was the most enriching award of all. The three main causes of my depression include getting kicked out of home before high school, continuing my education, and becoming independently...
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...Movie Review: Out of Darkness Letitia Y. Wright CO 810 – Abnormal Psychology Katherine James, PhD, LPC, NCC Ashland Theological Seminary February 10, 2014 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to review the depiction of a person suffering with and living with the mental condition of Schizophrenia in the movie, Out of Darkness. The film has a dynamic cast including: Diana Ross as Paulie Cooper (the individual suffering with schizophrenia), Rhonda Stubbins-White as Zoe Price (Paulie’s sister), and Beach Richards as Ms. Cooper (Paulie’s mother). There are a number of other characters portrayed in the film; however for the purpose of this paper, the focus is on these three. The first portion of the paper gives a brief description of the initial onset of Schizophrenia for Paulie; however, as a back drop, it is imperative to note that the film opens with Paulie having already been diagnosed with the condition some 18 years prior and waking up with a full episode of dealing with this diagnosis. Additionally, the paper will explain the mental illness, explore the criterion for being diagnosed with the mental illness and describe ways the disorder was portrayed accurately as well as some of the inaccuracies of this disorder portrayed in the film. Finally, the paper will focus on how my own view as well as the view of the lay persons view may have been effected by the film and its portrayal of this mental illness. Movie Review: Out of Darkness Imagine if you will,...
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...Adolescent Suicide: Come Out of the Darkness Introduction Even though adolescents think that there is no other option to there problems, then suicide, I found an organization that personally helped me to understand the necessity of such a group. This organization is The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is a leading not-for-profit organization entirely dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people with mental disorders and those impacted by suicide. The foundation also engages in funding scientific research, offers education programs to professionals and the public about mood disorders and suicide prevention and provides resources for survivors of suicide loss. Discussion An adolescent goes through a period of time, where they are shifting from being a child to becoming an adolescent and then moving into adulthood. It is this period that has the most influence on an adolescent because of the changes to their social relationships. Their relationships with their friends become increasingly more important and eventually become the most important relationships to them. The onset of puberty particularly brings a distancing from parents (Galambos, 1992). Some factors of distancing from parents are wanting to spend more time with their peers, risky behaviors – such as unsafe driving, unprotected sex, alcohol and / or drug use and breaking...
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...Truly the darkness can shatter one’s hope, convincing them that there is no room for light in the darkness. Palmer contends that is not ever the case and uses his experiences to prove it. He heartens his audience who may be struggling with their own internal darkness, that there is always room for light as long as one has hope: “and then moves out with healing power into a world of may divides, drawing light out of darkness, community out of chaos, and life out of death” (Palmer 4). Palmer goes on to explain how connecting with others can be the source of the light one needs by discussing President Lincoln’s beliefs in connecting hearts. He states “Lincoln has much to teach us about embracing political tension in a way that opens our hearts...
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...The Darkness in Nostromo “The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” – John 1:5. Light and darkness are always inverses to one another; both cannot occupy the same place at the same time, and yet neither can be defined without the other. To know the light is to have known the darkness, if one is missing, the other is lost. Darkness is unable to comprehend light, it is unable to understand, it lacks to knowledge. Light in most religions and cultures stemming back thousands of years ago is seen as something that breeds knowledge while darkness destroys all understandings we hold. Nostromo is a modernist novel that enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a fictional South American territory. Throughout Nostromo, the author Joseph Conrad continuously brings up the theme of darkness in many variations within the text, from the physical darkness cast over all of Costaguana, which is created by the setting sun and lack of light, to the psychological aspect of darkness within character’s hearts and minds, as we see within Nostromo himself when he chooses to forsake his ideology and steal the silver. Conrad was able to use an intangible element of darkness, which has the ability to conceal and destroy knowledge, as a tool to portray human consciousness when you believe that no one is able to discern your actions. A brief history of Joseph Conrad and his writing will help give way to understanding his intent behind Nostromo. Conrad was a British...
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...Turning On the Light: The Role of Darkness in the Search for Enlightenment Your fingers scrabble blindly against the wall of the dark room, searching for the familiar shape of a light switch. The recognizable protrusion appears beneath your fingertips and with a crackle the fluorescent light of your dorm room flickers on. In that second of searching, all manner of monster and fiend flashed before your eyes, lurking in the shadows. In this sense, the looming darkness was both your barrier – sightlessly scrambling for the light switch – and your impetus – wanting to turn on the light to dispel the gloom. Expanding beyond the awkward, floundering quest for a missing light switch, the dark of life is often what both obstructs and drives the pursuit...
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...Light vs. Dark In the epic poem Beowulf, a battle between light and dark arises throughout Heorot, and even though it looked as if darkness had fallen over society, light broke through the darkness, ultimately shining back onto civilization. This darkness that has fallen over Heorot follows Grendel, the monster from Hell, with every step he takes. Only coming out at night to terrorize the people, this darkness seems to be unbeatable, and all hope seems lost. But, Beowulf, a warrior who “swam in the blackness of night, hunting monsters out of the ocean, and killing them one by one” (Beowulf 417-422) has come to Heorot with the intention of driving out this darkness. This epic battle that is soon to take place will help to illuminate the difference between the light of Heorot and the darkness of Grendel. Leading up to the battle Heorot looks to be elegant and shining with beauty, but once Grendel and darkness enter into the halls, all of this goes away, and turns dark. Beowulf is called to the rescue, and brings with him the light that will ultimately defeat Grendel, and show that light will defeat darkness in the darkest times. As the light begins to fade away in the halls of Heorot, Grendel arises from is lair and uses the darkness to create a fear of death. While the night sky is over-head, the soldiers are unable to see what lurks in the shadows, and the “{soldiers} sworn to stay after dark and stem that horror with a sweep of their swords. And then, in the morning, this...
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...Darkness inside Human Mind Joseph Conrad, who wrote The Heart of Darkness, once said, “The mind of man is capable of anything.” What he is telling us was that a person will do any actions by any means regardless of its consequence. There is always an evil side living inside the human soul, and this evil side breaks out during times when there is a difference in culture; for example, during World War II, Nazis killed any Jews that appeared in Europe, and their reason was Jews were not considered Germans, and they were believed to be disloyal and untrustworthy. This shows the difference in culture that created darkness inside the mind of the Nazis, who told them to do unimaginable things. The madness, fear, imperialism, death, escape, and difference in culture are the main theme of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now; although they were written in different times, settings, and purposes, they both express how savage the human mind can be when he confronts with darkness. Both the novel Heart of Darkness and the film Apocalypse Now address the idea of imperialism. Imperialism, defining as a country’s political, military, and economic domination over another, is the theme that talk thoroughly in both works. For instance, in Heart of Darkness, richer nations are robbing the goods in Africa, such as ivory and slaves, while in Apocalypse Now America is trying to subvert Vietnam from being Communism. A modern example that relate to the idea of imperialism is America showing assistant...
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...judgement in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. The relation between narrative style and moral judg ement in literature is an issue in aesthetic philosophy that stretches back to Plato. ‘Narrative style’, I define as those formal literary aspects employed by the writer, in order to construct a narrative that is unique. By ‘moral judgement’, I refer to the messag e conveyed by a given text when referring to objects beyond itself. The above quest ion presupposes a relation between narrative style and moral judgement, and as such, part of my analysis will be to determine whether such a presupposition is wa rranted. Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness has been celebrated for its detailed examination o f European values and conduct. Ian Watt argues that ‘ Heart of Darkness embodies more thoroughly than any previous fiction the postu re of uncertainty and doubt.’ 1 But is this reading accurate? And if so, what stylistic devices does Conrad use in order to convey this position of ‘uncertainty’? Heart of Darkness uses an oblique narrative style, that is to say, t hat an unnamed narrator relates the narrative as it is in turn rel ated to him by Marlow, Conrad’s main protagonist in the novella. It is thus we can be to ld that for Marlow: ‘the meaning of an episode was not inside like a ke rnel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of those...
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...Explorer the way fear is developed and presented in Anil and the Darkness out there In anil and the darkness out there the writer utilizes a range of simalr and contrasting literary techniques to initially create then maintain and develop fear. Perpahps the most important technique are the idea of darkness . throughout history darkeness had symbolised evil and light symbolised good on another level darkness suggest ignorance an d light suggest knowledge.in darknes out there aurthor for her to refer to it in the title of the story and it is both literal darkness and light(the sunshine in which Sandra bwalks,the darkness of the wood) and a methphorical contrast between evil and good. The wood darkness is explicitly mention in the title darknessout there therefore the reader instantly imagines all kind of evil act that might unfold. On one level the darkness in this story could refer to the physical darkness of packers end in addition it cold relate to the fear and terror the wooden area creates in children simply mentioning the name also creates fear. The darkness in this story works on another level it relates to Sandra misperception of people and the wider world her sterotype view of mrs rutter The Darkness Out There’ the setting plays an equally immanent part in creating fear within the story, making it more dramatised and much more interesting to read. The immediate quote “She walked through flowers, the girl, ox-eye daisies and vetch and cowparsley, keeping to the...
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...Darkness. It is where monsters hide and evil is all around. Darkness veils its lurking creatures and secrets through its absence of light. People see darkness in black cats and eclipses. Society sees black cats as evil by color and witch association. Eclipses perceived as evil for causing darkness. Elizabethans view darkness as evil, as it blocks out light and destroys hope. We see darkness used by William Shakespeare, one of the great writers of the Elizabethan Era. He uses it as a motif in his plays. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the motif of darkness represents foreshadowing of tragedy and the sinful situations faced by Romeo. A source of evil in the Elizabethan era is darkness. During this time period, there are a lot of superstitions flying around. Many of the superstitions involved items of darkness. A black cat...
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...Finding Light through the Darkness In James Baldwin’s short story, “Sonny’s Blues”, the narrator which is Sonny’s brother, James attempts to understand the life of his younger brother Sonny. Through trials and tribulations both brothers see the light through the darkness that surrounds both of their lives. From childhood to adulthood, both brothers go through experiences, which would have an everlasting effect on their lives. The story is set in Harlem, New York City approximately after the Korean War. The brothers' military service plays an important role in the socio-historical context of the story. The narrator refers to being "home on leave from the army" during the war; he remarks that his father "died suddenly, during a drunken weekend in the middle of the war, when Sonny was fifteen", and he informs the reader that both he and Sonny served in the military. It is important to notice and understand these references to the military service of the brothers. The characters in "Sonny's Blues" reflect this tendency: As a teenager, Sonny yearns to enlist in the army or navy because it would take him away from the "killing streets" of Harlem and give him the opportunity to get a college education on the GI Bill. The narrator, too, has struggled in spite of his military service to his country to attain success and safety at home. He fought the war, returned home to become an algebra teacher, and a productive member of the middle class, and yet because of segregation...
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...In a time of newer technology and our lives becoming more dependent on electricity and light, Paul Bogard tries to persuade his audience that natural darkness should be preserved by using logos and pathos to convey his purpose. Paul Bogard tries to persuade his audience that natural darkness should be preserved by using logos throughout his writing. Bogard brings in many statistics and facts to make his argument stronger. Bringing in facts and evidence makes one's argument more believable as a real problem in the world today. The fact that today 8 out of 10 children born in the US will never know a sky dark enough to see the Milky Way is crazy. Bogard brings this up to make us realize the future of mankind. That the future generations, our...
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...titled it Heart of Darkness. Heart of Darkness begins on a ship on the Thames River with the protagonist, Charlie Marlow, and a few of his crewmembers. Marlow describes his one trip to Africa and his experiences to the crew. Along the way, Marlow learns of a man named Kurtz who is stationed at an inner station along the Congo River. Kurtz is often described as remarkable and this piques Marlow’s attention. Marlow becomes consumed with the idea of Kurtz and does all that he can to find and talk to this man. Marlow travels by steamboat to the third station, moving deeper and deeper in the dense jungle. In Heart of Darkness, Conrad’s...
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...Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., born January 15, 1929, was both an influential minister and a civil rights movement leader. During his time as an activist, King helped to organize nonviolent protests, such as the March on Washington in 1963 where he delivered his powerful and famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In addition to his “I Have a Dream” speech, King also gave many other speeches, which all spoke out against racial segregation and discrimination. On December 25, 1957, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a sermon titled “Loving Your Enemies” at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. In the speech “Loving Your Enemies” King said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his sermon “Loving Your Enemies” while he was in prison for committing non-violent civil disobedience during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. King’s quote refers to Matthew 5:44, which says “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” This section of the gospel of Matthew was a part Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, which Jesus delivered on the Mount of Beatitudes. In Jesus’ sermon he addressed the main principles of Christian discipleship. Through his “Loving Your Enemies” sermon, Martin Luther...
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