Essays on Suffering

In ‘Sonny’s Blues,’ James Baldwin explores the theme of suffering experienced by two African American brothers who faced difficulties: housing, employment, drug addiction, imprisonment, and suicide. Both of the characters in ‘Sonny’s Blues’ Sonny and the narrator change over the course of the story. In…

People often try to escape the place they grew up in and run from the things that harm them. By trying to escape from suffering, however, people lose a piece of themselves. They lose a sense of coherence, which prevents them from reaching the depth…

Can the suffering of a life not yet lived be alleviated through the use of technology, without compromising the principles of morality? Due to the scientific breakthroughs in unlocking the genetic matrix of life through DNA analysis, this is the currently being asked. Almost ten…

Suffering, the state of enduring physical or mental pain, distress, or hardship, is a common theme present throughout the lives of many individuals and may be unpleasantly associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm to a particular individual. Human suffering occurs every…

One question of the ages has always been, “why is suffering part of this life?” I am sorry to report, I do not have the answer to this question, even though I have been asked it many times in the midst of pastoral care. What…

“Writing is an extreme privilege but it’s also a gift. It’s a gift to yourself and it’s a gift of giving a story to someone” – Amy Tan. Richard Wright is one who’s amongst those who are such superb writers. In Black Boy, by Richard…