What Does it mean to be Alive?
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"Sir, I exist!"
"However", replied the universe
"The fact has not created in me
a sense of obligation."
The man in this poem aware of his existence. But he doesn't have effect on anything in the universe. The poem makes me think of a question: Why do we exist? Is there any answers for it? To me, there are reasons for us to be born in this world, to be who we are. We have effects on people who we meet, and they also have effects on us. I remember someone told me that, "People whom you are meeting are changing your life". There are reasons that people come to your life. It is destiny.
Existentialism: A philosophy that says, we have our own experience, other people are not related to that, and we are alone ourselves. We make our own choices, and we have the responsibility for what choices we have chosen. Albert Camus -- The Stranger Albert Camus was born on January 7th 1913, and died in January 4th 1960. He was born in Constaintinois, near Bône, Algérie. The weather there is hot and dry in summer, but humid and cold in winter. Camus's mother was of Spanish descent. She was half-deaf. His father was a poor farmer, who died in the Battle of the Marne (1914), World War I. Camus and his mom lived in a poor condition. People said that Camus was a proponent of existentialism, but he rejected it.
'The Stranger" was published in 1942. This book talks about a boy named Mersault. The book stars with someone informing Mersault that his mother is dead, which shows he doesn't care about anything even he dhe goes home, and attends the funeral. He then happily comes back to Algérie. Mersault meets Marie, who is his co-worker. They go to see a comedy, and spend the rest of the night together. The next morning, Mersaults sees that Marie is gone. Marie then comes back, ask Mersaults if he loves her. Mersaults said that, it doesn't mean anything. She asks him if he wants to marry her, he answers that if she wants to marry, then it is okay. Mersaults then kills a man with a gun, when he goes to the house of Raymond's friend. He is arrested and thrown to jail. People at the trial discuss about his strange actions. He didn't shed a tear in his mom's funeral, and the next day he went to a date and saw a comedy. They blame him for his lack of moral feeling. Mersaults is found guilty, and he is sentenced to death by beheading. While he is waiting in jail for his execution, the chaplain comes to visit him, and tell him to turn to God. Mersaults doesn't want to, he believes in a meaning less, purely physical world. To him, human existence doesn't mean anything. Mersaults feels happy with his belief.
Existentialism is a philosophy states that people make their own individual choices in life. They shape their own identity, make their own decisions, and they are responsible for the choices that they made. They are aware of death and life. The world in front of them is pointless and meaningless. This was created by a French philosopher named Gabriel Marcel in the mid 1940s. The Stranger -- Chapter 1 1. Mersaults visited his mom so infrequently because they didn't go well together. They could hardly talk to each other. Mersaults also feels that he doesn't want to waste his only day off of the week, take 2-hour bus to go to visit his mom.
2. He didn't explain why he didn't want to see his mom. To me, there are 2 different reasons to explain. Maybe he was to sad about his mom's death, and it was too painful for him to see her. Or, he doesn't care and seeing his dead mom was just annoying to him. I think he wasn't sad. He doesn't care about his mom's death, and this is not a normal behavior.
3. He was thinking about the normal daily life, when his co-workers at the office are going to work.
4. The nurse's voice and words, the old boy's face, and Perez's fainting-fit.
"However", replied the universe
"The fact has not created in me
a sense of obligation."
The man in this poem aware of his existence. But he doesn't have effect on anything in the universe. The poem makes me think of a question: Why do we exist? Is there any answers for it? To me, there are reasons for us to be born in this world, to be who we are. We have effects on people who we meet, and they also have effects on us. I remember someone told me that, "People whom you are meeting are changing your life". There are reasons that people come to your life. It is destiny.
Existentialism: A philosophy that says, we have our own experience, other people are not related to that, and we are alone ourselves. We make our own choices, and we have the responsibility for what choices we have chosen. Albert Camus -- The Stranger Albert Camus was born on January 7th 1913, and died in January 4th 1960. He was born in Constaintinois, near Bône, Algérie. The weather there is hot and dry in summer, but humid and cold in winter. Camus's mother was of Spanish descent. She was half-deaf. His father was a poor farmer, who died in the Battle of the Marne (1914), World War I. Camus and his mom lived in a poor condition. People said that Camus was a proponent of existentialism, but he rejected it.
'The Stranger" was published in 1942. This book talks about a boy named Mersault. The book stars with someone informing Mersault that his mother is dead, which shows he doesn't care about anything even he dhe goes home, and attends the funeral. He then happily comes back to Algérie. Mersault meets Marie, who is his co-worker. They go to see a comedy, and spend the rest of the night together. The next morning, Mersaults sees that Marie is gone. Marie then comes back, ask Mersaults if he loves her. Mersaults said that, it doesn't mean anything. She asks him if he wants to marry her, he answers that if she wants to marry, then it is okay. Mersaults then kills a man with a gun, when he goes to the house of Raymond's friend. He is arrested and thrown to jail. People at the trial discuss about his strange actions. He didn't shed a tear in his mom's funeral, and the next day he went to a date and saw a comedy. They blame him for his lack of moral feeling. Mersaults is found guilty, and he is sentenced to death by beheading. While he is waiting in jail for his execution, the chaplain comes to visit him, and tell him to turn to God. Mersaults doesn't want to, he believes in a meaning less, purely physical world. To him, human existence doesn't mean anything. Mersaults feels happy with his belief.
Existentialism is a philosophy states that people make their own individual choices in life. They shape their own identity, make their own decisions, and they are responsible for the choices that they made. They are aware of death and life. The world in front of them is pointless and meaningless. This was created by a French philosopher named Gabriel Marcel in the mid 1940s. The Stranger -- Chapter 1 1. Mersaults visited his mom so infrequently because they didn't go well together. They could hardly talk to each other. Mersaults also feels that he doesn't want to waste his only day off of the week, take 2-hour bus to go to visit his mom.
2. He didn't explain why he didn't want to see his mom. To me, there are 2 different reasons to explain. Maybe he was to sad about his mom's death, and it was too painful for him to see her. Or, he doesn't care and seeing his dead mom was just annoying to him. I think he wasn't sad. He doesn't care about his mom's death, and this is not a normal behavior.
3. He was thinking about the normal daily life, when his co-workers at the office are going to work.
4. The nurse's voice and words, the old boy's face, and Perez's fainting-fit.
Utopia Prison
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This prison is founded by Istiaque Sarkar and this prison system is very unique because, we include all the treatment that has the use of music, now this is pretty surprising for most of you guys, but yes music and or sounds have pretty good effect on human body and it also changes the thinking ability. The musics that We use here are kind of calssic musics . the wuestion is how can classic music work and change human mind well in new york and some other places in the US. the government uses, classical musics and this has decreased the amount of crime in subways and other transportations where possible. Given the often disquieting history of correctional institutions, we question the notion of a utopian prison and, instead, make suggestions for simply improving existing institutions. First, prisons should adopt a clear commitment to the principles of restorative justice and rehabilitation. Second, the recruitment, training, and retention of staff should be reformed so that staff members are more likely to have a high commitment to such principles. Third, the physical, social, psychological, and moral/ethical safety of the prison must be improved so that individuals can concentrate on change rather than mere survival. Fourth, the evidence supporting rehabilitative programming should be consulted, but, in addition, a more nuanced measure of success should also be considered. Finally, it is necessary to understand the barriers to improving prisons, including the vested interests that profit from the “prison-industrial complex,” public opinion, and budgetary restraints. In conclusion, we argue that prisons will never be utopian, but they can be more just, more humane, and more effective as a place to change lives. Evidence suggests this is what the public wants.