Ryan Bush - IB Language and Literature

A Ted Talk called "Wisdom from great writers on every year of life" by Joshua Prager Summary:  In this Ted Talk,  Joshua discusses experts from books about the author's age.  To begin, he claims that as he is just turning 44, it will b e his year because, in a 1968 book by Norman Mailer, he wrote  "He felt his own age, forty-four ..."   wrote Mailer in "The Armies of the Night,"   "... felt as if he were a solid embodiment   of bone, muscle, heart, mind, and sentiment to be a man,   as if he had arrived."  Joshua explains how this may not have been written specifically for him, but how it can apply to all of those who read.  He then goes onto reading many more experts, from different authors, about age and their life at that point in time.  He examines how time moves almost slower, as we now live longer with modern medicine, and have more time to experience the wonders of life.  The emphasis of quotes from an older age, saying how thei

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde A short excerpt about Dr. Jekyll: "Now that that evil influence had been withdrawn, a new life began for Dr. Jekyll. He came out of his seclusion, renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer; and whilst he had always been, known for charities, he was now no less distinguished for religion. He was busy, he was much in the open air, he did good; his face seemed to open and brighten, as if with an inward con- Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 39 sciousness of service; and for more than two months, the doctor was at peace. On the 8th of January Utterson had dined at the doctor’s with a small party; Lanyon had been there; and the face of the host had looked from one to the other as in the old days when the trio were inseparable friends. On the 12th, and again on the 14th, the door was shut against the lawyer. ‘The doctor was confined to the house,’ Poole said, ‘and saw no one.’ On the 15th,