Humans are complex beings because unlike animals, we need more than just food and water to survive. Most living creatures depend on food and water to meet their fundamental needs for survival. Likewise, humans also require these basic needs, but we also have large egos that need to be satisfied. As privileged members of a well-developed society, we do not see how fortunate we are to have easy access to unlimited amounts of fresh clean water. All of our basic needs are easily met, so the focus for most of us is to fulfil our social and psychological needs. While we are craving social acceptance, people in developing countries are craving water. While we are complaining about petty first world problems, others are struggling to bathe in fresh
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I believe that popularity is a stage in the journey of social acceptance, as generally people who are confident that they have obtained enough acceptance, start to think they are eligible to obtain power over others. The desperation for popularity in the form of social acceptance was explicitly displayed in the Shakespearean tragedy, Macbeth. The perspective of popularity being a world issue in Macbeth was discussed in the fishbowl of Rachel’s group, as they related Macbeth’s wish to be king, to the teenagers of this day’s need for followers/likes on social media. They address this issue as a trend in the current generation as people have the willingness to sacrifice anything to become popular. Likewise in Macbeth, Macbeth not only sacrificed his friends Banquo and King Duncan, but his mental peace as well, to be able to take throne. In the play, Macbeth says, “Stars, hide your fires! / Let not light see my black and deep desires. / The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be / Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. (I, iv, 58-61)”. This quote demonstrates Macbeth’s neediness for popularity as he wants to cover his dark side to put up the illusion of being a great king. Macbeth’s desire to be popular was exhibited by the fact that he was willing to do anything and everything, even murder, in order to gain power over the civilians by becoming king of Scotland. On …show more content…
They regard the issue as important as water. To look at the water swirl, turbid and brown through the river at arm’s reach, but not be able to taste a dainty drop of water out of dehydration, is the loss of an essential. Whereas the thought of not being normal, triggering the inner conscience to think of social acceptance as an immediate need, is not a loss of a need, but instead a self opinion. It seems as if the concept of social acceptance has conquered the demand for clean drinking water. People need to look outside of themselves and realize that they should not worry if they do not possess characteristics or objects that most others do, as they should be accepted for what they have. Ultimately, the need to satisfy an opinion should not be more important than the hunt for an essential. In other words, the urgency of being socially accepted is becoming more destructive than
I believe that popularity is a stage in the journey of social acceptance, as generally people who are confident that they have obtained enough acceptance, start to think they are eligible to obtain power over others. The desperation for popularity in the form of social acceptance was explicitly displayed in the Shakespearean tragedy, Macbeth. The perspective of popularity being a world issue in Macbeth was discussed in the fishbowl of Rachel’s group, as they related Macbeth’s wish to be king, to the teenagers of this day’s need for followers/likes on social media. They address this issue as a trend in the current generation as people have the willingness to sacrifice anything to become popular. Likewise in Macbeth, Macbeth not only sacrificed his friends Banquo and King Duncan, but his mental peace as well, to be able to take throne. In the play, Macbeth says, “Stars, hide your fires! / Let not light see my black and deep desires. / The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be / Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. (I, iv, 58-61)”. This quote demonstrates Macbeth’s neediness for popularity as he wants to cover his dark side to put up the illusion of being a great king. Macbeth’s desire to be popular was exhibited by the fact that he was willing to do anything and everything, even murder, in order to gain power over the civilians by becoming king of Scotland. On …show more content…
They regard the issue as important as water. To look at the water swirl, turbid and brown through the river at arm’s reach, but not be able to taste a dainty drop of water out of dehydration, is the loss of an essential. Whereas the thought of not being normal, triggering the inner conscience to think of social acceptance as an immediate need, is not a loss of a need, but instead a self opinion. It seems as if the concept of social acceptance has conquered the demand for clean drinking water. People need to look outside of themselves and realize that they should not worry if they do not possess characteristics or objects that most others do, as they should be accepted for what they have. Ultimately, the need to satisfy an opinion should not be more important than the hunt for an essential. In other words, the urgency of being socially accepted is becoming more destructive than