Perfection

“Can’t repeat the past? Of course you can!” In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is known as the optimist, always reaching for the image of perfection that lingers in his head. In fact, every character in the novel is reaching for the same goal--Perfection. Yet, behind perfection, these characters show signs that all is not what is shown on the surface. The strive and claim of perfection is hindered for these characters, with Daisy’s symptoms of histrionic personality disorder, Gatsby being stuck in the…

Perfection Have you ever wondered what is the thing filling up most of people's minds now? Have you ever wondered how much can people pay just to satisfy want they WANT but not NEED? "Perfection is the disease of nation'' a quote told by Beyonce from her song "Pretty Hurts." This small sentence is describing what our whole generations is thinking of now. Looking perfect is desired by the majority of people; teaching people how to love themselves, accept who they are, have self confidence…

characterize as a particularly American myth the ideal of self-perfection. The novels recall in contrast the world of Jane Austen's fiction, in which self-perfection is treated ironically. –Kelly A. Marsh, Contextualizing Bridget Jones, West Chester University, 2004 After reading both Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austin and Bridget Jones’ Diary (1993) by Helen Fielding, I was able to find that the cultural issue of self-perfection was present in both novels. Though the two novels were…

Perfection isn’t a state of being, rather it’s an ambition, the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s like a cat chasing a flashlight, you can get closer to it, but you can never catch it. While perfections bright rays may burn you at first they can just as easily empower and motivate you. Brené Brown agrees. This can be seen when they talk about feeling “worthy” So many of us have created a long list of worthiness prerequisites, I'll be worthy when I lose 20 pounds. I'll be worthy if everyone…

remark about Georgiana’s birthmark and the cruelness of Nature, “It was the fatal flaw of humanity which Nature, in one shape or another, stamps ineffaceably on all her productions, either to imply that they are temporary and finite, or that their perfection must be wrought by toil and pain” (646). Throughout the entire short story, there is a constant tension between the world that was created, and the parts Aylmer perceives to be imperfect and attempts to alter them. As the story continues,…

every day. In The Giver, they are kept in a special community away from everybody else. In “Harrison Bergeron”, people are equal every which way. To them, all this equality seems like nothing. The quote by Samuel Johnson reveals a key idea that perfection is not always perfect in The Giver and “Harrison Bergeron”. In “Harrison Bergeron”, everybody has to be equally great every single way possible. For example, in “Harrison Bergeron”, If someone is stronger than someone else, they have handicaps…

When Perfection Is Not Perfect The desire for a life of perfection may not only provoke people to assume a higher position in a social hierarchy, but it may also demand people to compromise their beliefs, as well as, who they are as people. Charles de Lint says, “We’re so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in.” Compromising beliefs and lifestyles are not uncommon for many who think…

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woman, named Georgiana, however, her appearance is not perfect as she has a birthmark on her face. The story immediately shifts to how Aylmer and feels about the birthmark. Aylmer is troubled with the physical and spiritual perfection of his wife and also his own perfection. Aylmer seems to be so obsessed by the birthmark that he was willing to stop short of nothing but its removal. Aylmer does not intend to kill his wife by his actions, but he is so obsessed by making her the…

We live each day conforming to society’s standard of perfection or is it the other way around? Since birth we are taught to follow your dreams and whatever you need to achieve happiness and succeed personally in life. We are then startled by the unruly realization of reality in this black and white world. You cannot simply just be yourself, society will not allow it. You are encouraged to follow who you are,but in reason because society already has a set plan and idea on how the universe should…