Pragmatism Stories

Yao and Chen are opposite in the sense of how to live their lives. Eventually they became best buddies (GUIMI) years later after they were single again. Yao picked a lively path, nothing really changed from her high school time. Chen picked a restrained path, nothing really changed from her high school time either.

Jonathan Battle, a retired war veteran in his mid-twenties, embarks on a new mission-not as a soldier, but as a superhero. After a tragic military operation, he leaves the service but remains committed to fighting injustice. In the basement of his home, he prepares to don a specially designed superhero suit, created by his friend Jane Lorrain. The suit, adorned with patriotic colors and a white star, symbolizes his new identity as Captain Battle. Jane warns him that once he takes this step, there is no turning back. She urges him to reconsider, pointing out that law enforcement and other superheroes could handle the crisis he is preparing to face. However, Jonathan is unwavering in his decision. He recalls a childhood friend, a Jewish boy who was bullied for his ethnicity, and the vow he made to stand up for those who couldn't defend themselves. That promise led him to the military, and now, it compels him to become a hero. Jonathan's mission is clear: stop a violent Neo-Nazi group that has been terrorizing the Jewish community in New York City. Armed with a jetpack and photon blasters, he sets out to protect the innocent. As he flies toward the crisis, Jane provides him with real-time updates, urging him to hurry before it's too late. This marks the beginning of Jonathan Battle's transformation into Captain Battle, a hero determined to fight for justice, protect the vulnerable, and stand against hatred

"Narrative identity reconstructs the autobiographical past and imagines the future in such a way as to provide a person's life with some degree of unity, purpose, and meaning. Thus, a person's life story synthesizes episodic memories with envisioned goals, creating a coherent account of identity in time. Through narrative identity, people convey to themselves and to others who they are now, how they came to be, and where they think their lives may be going in the future"(McAdams and McLean). My biggest fear in life is being forgotten. This short story takes a look into the fears, values, and actions in my mind of how I will live a meaningful life. It starts with what has happened in my life to understand why I find meaning in the way I do. Then goes into the actions I plan to take to make my life meaningful. Next I analyze the different archetypes in my head and how they effect my meaning. Finally, I end with how my meaningful life effects my worldview. I will not be forgotten. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: McAdams, Dan P. and McLean, Kate C. "Narrative Identity." Association for Psychological Science, 2013, journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/096372 1413475622.

From the imaginative world of Micheal Ethan Armstrong,comes the fantastic superhero story'Avants'.Inspired by the X-men franchise,with the author's spin on it.In a world filled with ordinary people and not so ordinary people with extraordinary powers and abilities,called superhumans or mutants.They face discrimination,abuse,hatred,mistreatment and ostracism.A group of superhumans/mutants will unite to fight against another group of superhumans,seeking to overthrow mankind.This unlikely band of heroes consist of a old man with great mental powers,a man with claws,a girl with glowing hands,a strong guy,a guy who runs fast and a girl with a loud voice.They will fight against all odds to defend humanity and prove to the world that not superhumans/mutants are that bad as they are feared to be.

In the Edo Period of Japan, wars are a constant existence where everyone, from the lowly peasants to the noble samurai has partaken in the war to gain territory as far as they please in the name of glory and honour... And in a continued existence of these endless war, there are many that has been seeking an opportunity in such a period of endless possibilities of war where death is considered there only companion possible... Bandits and scoundrels shall be partaken in a war where all they cared about is plundering the riches and satisfying their insatiable lust for pleasures and satisfactions in what they could possibly make do with the opportunity of neglected lords at the very time itself... Yet they too must be wary for being the victim of plunder for those who partake in banditry, shall be prepared to be the next victim... Thus comes the infamy of the infamous Red Serpent Clan, a recent yet powerful and enigmatic bandit clan led by a mysterious figure known as Orochi Tsuchinoko, also known as the Shinobi Warlord of the Red Serpent, who intends on conquering the whole of Japan and see to it that all shall be under the rule of the Red Serpent's potential empire's coming upon their dynasty in Japan... And thought one may think of the Red Serpent Clan as a bunch of primitive bandits, underestimating them shall be met unbridled peril of their consequences and of course, how their leader, Orochi Tsuchinoko, is second to none in the strength, skill and power he possessed... Just who is really Orochi Tsuchinoko and the Bandit Clan he is leading? And why does he showed more honour than even the Samurai?

This story is intended to be a tool for the growth of whoever wants to use it. It is a daily journal intended to help us be more introspective. Every day I will do my best to supply a motivational quote, a Bible verse, a vocabulary word, and a personal message from myself. Use these if you like as motivation to improve yourself. Then, simply answer the daily questions provided honestly and see if it has an impact on your life. Zig Ziglar said, "If you don't have daily objectives, you qualify as a dreamer." Lets not be just dreamers but doers. Remember Martin Luther King Jr not only had a dream, he also had an objective. Thanks for reading, Jake

Peirce's work are interwoven into a brilliant selection that reveals his essential ideas, cover epistemology, phenomenology, cosmology, and scientific method, with especially interesting material on logic as the theory of signs, pure chance vs pure law in the universe, symbolic logic, common sense, pragmatism, and ethics.

The year is 2418, and the Second Dominion War has been raging for thirteen years. Fighting alone and plagued by incompetence and corruption, the Federation is slowly, but steadily, losing grounds to the Dominion. When a highly decorated and respected war hero seizes power on Earth in a coup d'etat, promising an end to government corruption and a path to final victory, Admiral Oliver A. Lee, commander of the Kalandra Sector, who would have preferred the life of a historian and scholar to that of a Starfleet officer, finds himself faced with an impossible choice: save the Federation or save its ideals. Meanwhile, amidst the chaos of war and civil strife, a young woman struggles to find herself, love, and the affection of a distant father.