CORE-110 - The Human Experience

Children of Eden: Review of performance of play Children of Eden written by Stephen Schwartz and John Caird in 1991
Creativity, Imagination, Strife, and Perseverance, How the “Little Women” Matured : Through times of freedom and constraint, these four little women all learn many lessons that bring them to maturity
Human Rights: Tibet- Now or Never: By attending the Tibet focus session on Martin Luthur King Day, my eyes were open to the past and current genocide in Tibet.
Lady Expectations: Little Women teaches young women the importance of family, respect, thankfulness, intelligence, happiness, and other important values. These young ladies grow out of their immature and sometimes selfish ways to develop into mature, respectable women.
Meeting the Maker: Frankenstein, Blade Runner, and Genesis -these stories have one common theme, creation
Sexual Identity Crises And Transformations in “Better Be Ready ‘Bout Half Past Eight” : What defines sexuality? There are two clear meanings inferred from reading the story “Better Be Ready ‘Bout Half Past Eight”: the physical and the psychological meanings
The Impossible Creation, a scientific study of Frankenstein’s creature: Why Frankenstein could not have created the creature in his time
The Trial of Socrates - Proving His Innocence : Socrates clearly proves his innocence by exposing the contradictions of his accuser, Meletus.
The Things They Carried -Linda : By writing her story, she is remembered and not forgotten like the old library book. Tim O’Brien relives her story each day so that she will not be forgotten.
Trip to Bountiful: I could have been more entertained by watching the cars pass by on the street than watching the boring conversations of Mrs. Watts. The point of the movie was in pursuit of happiness before death.
The Life of The Buddha: Flesh and Blood: Pattie Nakai, a director of Buddhist education in the heart of Chicago, presented a lecture on who the Buddha was.
Modern Injustice: non-violent civil disobedience in the black civil rights movement was justified.
An Arranged Engagement: The novel Like Water For Chocolate and a fictional lettre regarding the engagement
Dharma vs. Morality: The Discussion Between Arjuna And Krishna: The Bhagavad-Gita sets and example of Hinduism, a sacred duty to one’s caste, even if it is the lowest.
Egoism in Wall Street: The movie Wall Street demonstrates the principle of selfish egoism is one of its purest forms.
Free Tibet: Gyatso spoke of his tortures in the once free but now conquered Tibet at the Valparaiso University Union hall
My God Given Curse: The gender issue has been important part in many human cultures, including the American culture.
Like Water For Chocolate: A Gender Study: The book Like Water for Chocolate is an excellent for gender studies in Mexico during the given time period.
Misjudgment In Othello : As a result of a collage of hearsay, slander, and reputation five people were tragically killed
Jungle Fever: Loss and Death in War: Each book The Things They Carried and The Bhagavad-Gita had many examples of how people dealt with loss and death in war.
Living Well - The Power of Compassion by the Dalai Lama : The Power of Compassion teaches of happiness through a good mental attitude.
Matewan: I will comment on the style of the film, including scenery and actors, and individual noteworthy scenes.
The Union of Matewan: Uniting All Working cultures: The Union of Matewan began as a struggle between different cultures of people: Italians, blacks, and whites
The Gender Roles of Women In The Play Othello: The gender stereotypes and dogma of the time period of which the play Othello has been set has had a significant impact on the script if not the outcome of the play
The Trinity and Plurality Compared to Humankind.: The Trinity has been explained to be three separate entities but a part of one God. They exist as God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is also a part of humankind. Therefore we are a part of the God family
The Final Act of Justice - The Decision on The Death of Socrates: Socrates was a teacher of justice, upholding the laws of the state to his death. In “Crito”, Socrates is challenged with an important decision. He has to choose between life and death as well as honor and dishonor in his teachings.
The Hunt Scenes: The hunt scenes of the poem “Sir Gawain And The Green Night” can be linked with the bedroom scenes mixed with each hunt. Three scenes are discussed: the deer, boar, and fox. The hunt scenes characterize Sir Gawain and the attempts of the lady of the castle to woo him to sin and test the limits of his knightly honor.
The Things They Carried - “The Man I Killed”: Tim O’Brien discussed the death state of one man on the trail. However, it is unclear whether he had killed the man himself or if he just witnessed the killing. This discussion was brought up in class.
The Things They Carried - Coping with Death: The soldiers of the Vietnam in the book The Things They Carried had various ways to deal with death and the fear of dying. All of the men carried something with them that helped them cope.
Transitions: The most important transition that I have made when I started college was my sense of purpose.