How can a person tell if a person is good or bad? To answer this question first,an individual need to define the two words “good and bad.” To be good, a person would need the sense of approval, and to be bad, a person would feel inferior. The long debate about “Are people actually good” has questioned the mind of philosophers and the average person for decades. From the perspective of many psychologists a person is born with “Tabula Rasa” a blank slate. When a person is born, they have a blank slate which states that humans are born with a completely open mind and that upbringing imprints belief and attitudes into their personality. In the book The Martian and the poem “Upon the Burning of Our House” the authors Consider the good in people
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In The Crucible, Abigail’s character is characterized as an evil, vengeful, selfish, manipulative, and a magnificent liar. The author portrays Abigail’s actions as a defence mechanism to save herself and receive what she demands. Abigail’s actions in the play are based around her protecting herself from being hanged, and her attempts to separate John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor. From the general characteristics that is found in the play, it appears as people are bad because of no morals and selfish survival instincts. Also, people become bad because of their past mistreatments by others, such as when the proctors removed Abigail from their home. In the crucible Thomas Putnam starts to accuse random people, which leads to a bigger chain or false accusations, his benefits from the accusation are selfish because he would gain his neighbor 's land.Like in The Crucible, Abigail saw her parents getting killed which turned her into a deceiving, manipulative person that caused great disruption to her society. Abigail 's trauma as a child corrupted her innocent nature. Abigail justifies her actions through lies that she cast to herself and others “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her” (Miller 205). Although Abigail was a mastermind when it came manipulation, she could not trick John after he changed. Abigail’s action leads to over a dozen …show more content…
tries multiple times to save Whitney although it was a very costly mission. In the book NASA tries to save Watney because it’s in their favor to keep on the good side of the community. The author states “We’re a public domain organization. There 's no such thing as secret or secure information here” (Weir 48). NASA organization appear transparent as possible to gain their redemption. Additionally, humans are social creatures that can only survive with social relationships. In the poem Upon the Burning of Our House the author speaks about accepting the outcome of life and respecting god’s actions. People try to be good so they can be with god in the end. The author says “Didst fix thy hope on mold’ring dust…..Raise up thy thoughts above the sky That dunghill mists away may fly” (Bradstreet 119). In this stanza the author reveals the character 's thought throughout stating that material goods are not as important as spiritual
In The Crucible, Abigail’s character is characterized as an evil, vengeful, selfish, manipulative, and a magnificent liar. The author portrays Abigail’s actions as a defence mechanism to save herself and receive what she demands. Abigail’s actions in the play are based around her protecting herself from being hanged, and her attempts to separate John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor. From the general characteristics that is found in the play, it appears as people are bad because of no morals and selfish survival instincts. Also, people become bad because of their past mistreatments by others, such as when the proctors removed Abigail from their home. In the crucible Thomas Putnam starts to accuse random people, which leads to a bigger chain or false accusations, his benefits from the accusation are selfish because he would gain his neighbor 's land.Like in The Crucible, Abigail saw her parents getting killed which turned her into a deceiving, manipulative person that caused great disruption to her society. Abigail 's trauma as a child corrupted her innocent nature. Abigail justifies her actions through lies that she cast to herself and others “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her” (Miller 205). Although Abigail was a mastermind when it came manipulation, she could not trick John after he changed. Abigail’s action leads to over a dozen …show more content…
tries multiple times to save Whitney although it was a very costly mission. In the book NASA tries to save Watney because it’s in their favor to keep on the good side of the community. The author states “We’re a public domain organization. There 's no such thing as secret or secure information here” (Weir 48). NASA organization appear transparent as possible to gain their redemption. Additionally, humans are social creatures that can only survive with social relationships. In the poem Upon the Burning of Our House the author speaks about accepting the outcome of life and respecting god’s actions. People try to be good so they can be with god in the end. The author says “Didst fix thy hope on mold’ring dust…..Raise up thy thoughts above the sky That dunghill mists away may fly” (Bradstreet 119). In this stanza the author reveals the character 's thought throughout stating that material goods are not as important as spiritual