Steinbeck is showing that the American culture is one large paradox. We strive for greatness and think that we are the greatest country on the earth, but we complain about how our country is weak and dishonest.
It doesn't. In fact, the US is a prime example of the paradox's main idea.
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One excerpt from Elie Wiesel's speech that embodies the idea of paradox is, "We must never forget, after all, that we are only human. And yet, we must strive to be divine." This statement captures the paradox of the human condition - the struggle to reconcile our flawed humanity with our longing for higher moral and spiritual ideals.
The paradox in Sonnet 55 by William Shakespeare is the idea that the poem itself can defy time and preserve the memory of the beloved for eternity, despite the inevitable decay caused by time. This paradox highlights the power of art and poetry to transcend temporal limitations.
An example of a paradox is the statement "less is more," which seems contradictory at first glance. This paradoxical phrase conveys the idea that simplicity can often be more effective or powerful than complexity.
Her eyes were too earnest to be earnest.
She got the idea of vampires from a dream
A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory or self-defeating but may express a truth. An example of a paradox is the quote "The only constant is change," which highlights the idea that change is inevitable and always present, even though it may seem contradictory at first glance.
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Surprisingly, she actually came up with the idea from a dream she had. The dream she had was the part where Bella and Edward were in the meadow.
A time paradox or an ontological paradox is something based on time travel that should not have occurred because the past had been changed, rendering it impossible for that event to occur. For instance, John hates his grandfather and goes back in time to kill him, but his parents had not been conceived at the time of his death. Therefore, his parents should not exist, and he should not exist. He could not have gone back in time to kill his grandfather after all. John might discover that the man he had killed was not his grandfather, or the entire universe might collapse as a result of the paradox. There are also some other finite paradoxes, or closed loops that space does not allow to permit.
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