Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne depict individuals who are, in some ways, divided against themselves. 

 

“It can be said that the transcendentalists celebrated the potential of the individual, as a unit.  But Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne depict individuals who are, in some ways, divided against themselves.

 

Identify a character from any one of the six stories that we have read who is somehow divided and explain how you think that character is divided against him/herself. The divisions can be figurative or literal, and the characters may be divided in any way, including having contradictory motivations or spiritual versus physical longings at the same time. Provide precise, accurate, cited evidence to illustrate the division, and explain your thinking.
Write an essay of about 350-500 words that develops a single idea that you have conceived in response to this week’s discussions and readings.

Sample Solution

Furthermore, the other main festival celebrate by Chinese culture is Mid-Autumn Festival. It is falls on the 15th of August in Lunar calendar every year; the moon appears in the brightest and roundest condition at that night. In Chinese, Mid-Autumn Festival is also the meaning of round moon and people reunite. The bright round moon represents family reunion.

Besides that, there is a myth which lead everyone belief to celebrate this Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the myth, there was ten suns rose together in one day. However, it causes terrible disaster to human, so in order to save the humans there must be a hero. There was a hero name Hou Yi , he is a powerful archery and he has a wife name Chang Er. Then, Hou Yi was rewarded an immortality drug by god because he has successfully shot and destroy the other 9 suns. Unfortunately Hou Yi did not want to live immortal without Chang Er, so didn’t eat the immortality drug and he ask his wife to keep it. One day, Hou Yi’s apprentices name as Peng Meng knew the immortality drugs was kept in the house. Therefore, he went to Hou Yi’s house to steal it and unfortunately Chang Er reject to give him and she swallowed it and she flew to the sky. She have no choice to stay with her husband, but she choose to live in the moon, because it is the nearest to his husband in earth. After that, Hou Yi very sad and he displayed the fruits and cakes every year to give sacrifice Chang Er. Thus, people learned it and displayed all fruits and moon cakes during 15th of 8th lunar month. (Marry Bai, 2012)

In addition, Hari Raya Aidilfitri is one of the most important festivals that Malay Culture celebrates. It is known as mark the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting. The festival is falls after the end of month-long fast (Puasa) finished which is the 1st day in 10th month of Syawal. They believe that it is a day for Muslim to seek the forgiveness from their friends and families member. For example, a son will ask for forgiveness from their parents for the mistakes that they have done the last year. Besides that, they will prays at the mosque and visit the ancestor’s graves. (National Library Board Singapore, 2009)

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