Essays on Character Traits

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Literature is often referred to as the mirror of the society because it depicts the on-going situations in the society using various characters. Fictional characters such as J. Alfred Prufrock and Nick Adams have been used in various works so that they can represent some characters in the Society. Thesis Statement: J. Alfred Prufrock and Nick Adams have various similarities and differences as characters as well as some ways to which they represent the ‘modern man' that lives in the current society. The two characters are used in different works by different authors and they unintentionally represent many things ...

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The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974) are useful resources that demonstrate the utopian models and breaking of limits by individuals. The paper aims at identifying the concepts of individuality in the settings of radically different individuals in the society. It demonstrates the differences in culture and interactions that exist between racially different individuals as well as their similarities. Both texts are utopian in that they give a critical review of the powerful ideologies that exist between human, environments, politics among others. The essay focuses on two characters that help in pushing the plot forward as ...

The Mendelsohn elements, in theory, include portal quest, immersive, intrusion and liminal that helps in classifying the antagonists in the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘The Midsummer Night's Dream.' The protagonists and antagonists from both pieces of fantasy literature have various character traits that are similar and different. Fantasy literature has been used to refer to an imaginary universe that uses magic as well as other supernatural elements. Therefore, the authors have created the characters according to imaginary creatures to fit the overall genre of the story. In most fantasy literature stories, there is a happy ending for the protagonist ...

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Doubt, a Parable is a play based on a story by John Patrick Shanley that happens in 1964 in a Catholic school in New York’s northernmost borough, the Bronx. The story emerges when Sister James, a newly appointed teacher at the school, develops doubts that the relationship between Father Flynn, a priest, and a student is appropriate. She confides in Sister Aloysius, the principal, about this fear. The story unfolds when Sister Aloysius attempts to get to the bottom of this allegation. Through this attempt, her character traits emerge. She is not only watchful, but also unsentimental, and ...

The short story “The Storm” by Chopin describes the events that happen during a storm, and, consequently, brings out the characters of those involved in the story. Among the characters in the story is Calixta, who plays the role of a homemaker and has several character traits as shown in the story. Chopin describes the character of Calixta through her interactions with numerous other characters, some of whom belong to her family as well as others who are not part of her family. Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” is an interesting take as shown by the theme and the ...

German Philosopher Immanuel Kant views of morality were centered on the principle of good will. Kant defines good will as “the concept of a faculty of action according to a conception of universal law” (Deontology pg 9). This encompasses the belief that one’s motive is the determining factor in whether or not an individual possesses good or bad morals and, not the outcome of his actions. Thus, an individual who possesses good will shall only make decisions that they believe to be morally worthwhile regardless of the gains to be had or the possible outcomes. This is what ...

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The world of art has always been driven by an immortal tradition where the sole artist worked as the creative force and his relationship with the art was way more influential than the traditional author-art relation. In the case of films, the concept of the ‘Auteur’ explains one of the most significant styles of cinematic direction in which the director becomes too dominant over the entire film that he is being ranked as the author for the film. Some directors in the world cinema are reckoned to have such a strong authorial presence in their films that is very ...

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Brief Description The progress of the information society of the twenty first century is largely determined by the activity of computer design organizations. They develop a system to effectively collect, store, organize and process a variety of information, as well as creating software systems that provide coordinated work of a large number of industrial production, financial, economic, socio-political and other processes, which provide tremendous cost savings efforts of many thousands of professionals. Motivation of professionals, who automate the work of other people, is extremely important for the success of any modern organization, especially for computer design firms and companies ( ...

We have slowly and reluctantly accepted that the lives that we live on the internet are not just abstract rather; they hold meaning and sentiment for the most of us. We like to keep in touch with very close friends and even partners that we have become unfortunate enough to move away from, and we even find ourselves making new friends when online. So, since we have established and passed the responsibility over to the internet to take care of our emotional needs of this nature, we have also found that we can trust the same internet with the ...

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The Giver and Montana 1948 are two popular novels appreciated and well-liked by the readers throughout the world. As far as The Giver is concerned, it is written from the perspective of Jonas, an eleven-year-old boy living in a futuristic community that has conquered fear, war, pain and hatred. The author of The Giver, Lois Lowry, describes the life of a boy in a society that has no prejudice, little competition, and no room to make choices; there are strict penalties for law offenders. The book talks about the themes of the importance of memory, pain ...

Abstract

Everyone has their own individual character. People’s characters may be similar but definitely are not the same. Most people do not have issues with it and have no problems with their interactions in society and compliance with its laws and regulations. However, some personal features are very different from the expected norms and from generally accepted rules of behavior that cause irritation, discomfort and lack of understanding of others. Such features of temper can cause problems, which affect not only patients but also their close and distant surroundings. Such condition is called personality disorder. Worth noting, that patients ...

It can surely be said that the extract from the Bible called “The Sermon on the Mount” plays the role of ethical foundation for every Catholic Christian. This extract tells the story of how Jesus “went up on a mountainside and sat down” (Matthew 5:2), and after gathering His disciples around Him, He started to introduce the rules that Christians had to follow in order to enter Heaven after their death. Although some people might find these rules too strict (for example, Christianity doesn’t allow a divorce), they can greatly increase the quality of human relationships once they ...

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This paper attempts a critical analysis of the entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg and his quest with his company, Facebook Inc. Zuckerberg has been one of the most successful entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the field of social media entrepreneurship as well as social media innovation, and has managed a largely profitable company in the Silicon Valley software ecosystem. Despite starting off as a relatively small company and start-up with limited capital and market share, he has truly emerged as one of the biggest global businessmen in the world. This essay is going to analyze and evaluate the entrepreneurial characteristics of Mark ...

Personal Identity

Introduction Personal identity refers to the conceptual perception an individual develops about themselves as they evolve throughout their life (Swinburne 318). Various arguments are encompassing the aspects of personal identity that depend on the perspective of approach that the perceiver gives when defining the concept. That has led to a variation in the philosophical definitions that various researchers present in what exactly defines one to perceive themselves as the same person despite the multiple evolutions that take place in them. For example, as a person grows, they change in their physique and also in their mindsets. The philosophers present ...

A tried gunfire case took place at a Western psychiatric hospital in the United States. This mass shooting was carried out by a 30-year old man who was expected to have severe psychological disease, somatic misapprehensions and extraordinary access to medical experts. During the attack, six people were shot where one died on the spot. The police killed the shooter. Information about the shooting was gathered from media accounts and court documents. The shooters interaction with health care officers, psychiatric history, and his communication before the firing suggested an occasional type of mass killing. This is an accidental attack ...