The Love Hate And Ambition Analysis

The Love, Hate, and Remorse of Ambition

Ambition is the desire to achieve or do something with the intent of creating an end result of pride and accomplishment. In the time we come across the ability in achieving a sense of pride, we go about using our own individual thoughts and ideas in specific ways to enact goals we have established for ourselves. Almost always, these ideas and thoughts that we’ve produced can push our sense of ambition, directing us on one of two paths. Either an egotistic attitude or rather an altruistic perspective, both relating to how we as people use our determination to reflect either ourselves or each other. Now when we put this idea of an egotistic attitude into place, we tend to forget or rather try to eliminate …show more content…
Some may believe it's due to the mental strain caused by her mother’s death during childbirth even though she was never infact blamed by her father the the incident. Others could say it is a trait she conjured up in order to protect herself from the emotional stresses of the ones around her, as the Currie family was known for portraying high standards of themselves and placing judgment on those less fortunate such as Lottie Drieser; a childhood “friend” of Hagar’s. That is to say it was the sense of hiding emotion that got Hagar to where she is now. An emotionally destructive mind influenced by the actions of her own subconsciousness. All are within the thoughts and idea’s fed to her by her own raging ambition. Hence the fact that during Hagar’s earlier years she could never seem to understand or create an altruistic perspective for herself. Conjuring up the idea that she became “blind” towards her own mental state and refused to acknowledge any sense of empathy towards the ones who needed it most. Specifically, her two son’s Marvin and John Shipley. Who without a doubt require a certain degree of empathy in order to prosper positively. Conversely, you could say Hagar Shipley isn’t quite fit for motherhood, as her “blindness” in context with her ability to show weakness just isn’t there. People are built on a set of emotions and with the right nurturing can prosper …show more content…
In addition, she feels the apparent need to try and mend her faults with the people around her. All relating back to the idea ‘it’s too late’. That is to say, when Hagar realizes Bram is in need of help by her son John, he is on his deathbed and is almost incoherent to what Hagar has to say or see that she is even present in the same room; theoretically. We can then assume that she begins to feel remorse, not that she regretted leaving Bram, but for how she did it and what actions came to it. Likewise, we see the same situation occur when Hagar is sitting in the hospital bed and Marvin comes to see her for a visit. She comes across as more forgiving and general with Marvin as if she is almost sorry for how she has been, but by no means saying the actual words, and while Marvin leaves he tells the nurse “She’s a holy terror” (p. 304); with response to how the visit was. It can be thought that that response was quite unexpected for the moment. But with the history Hagar and her son Marvin have had. You couldn’t say it would be an unusual comment. Nonetheless, these events have occurred due to Hagar’s still raging ambition just directed in a more altruistic manner. More so, caring about the ones around her as her time has almost