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The Bad and the Good: Finding a Balance… or Something Like That Finding a balance between good and evil is fairly difficult. Trying to justify your innocence by telling someone you listen to classical music like Mozart and Bach, doesn’t mean that you are. In society, the struggle to see a difference between good and evil comes in play with, for example, the government trying to fool us into thinking that what they're doing is for the greater good and in school-like settings with young children,…

Survival, when compromised, is able to trump all other moral dilemmas. This is due to the fact that marring one’s reputation is negligible when compared to losing one’s well-being. So it is no surprise seemingly sordid actions, when taken out of context, are committed when perilous situations arise. The same can be said for the titular character in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Through all the confrontations that come with running away, Huck Finn defaults to lying in order to…

People think they don’t have any “courage” inside them. But, what does it mean to have courage? You’ll find out how these heroes explain in action of what it means to be courageous. Sometimes, courage means to be brave and never give up. In source 1 “An act of courage,” it states that Rosa Parks was on a Montgomery bus back when segregation was legal. A white man wanted Rosa Park’s seat, but she didn’t budge. The bus driver called the police and she got arrested. This act of courage and…

Redemption and revenge can get confusing to use. When people get furious at someone they want the worst for them that is when revenge comes in to place. If they took time to think and decide to become the better person in the problem then they could save themselves from doing evil things and that is redemption. In a Long Way Gone Ishmael becomes one of many kid soldiers to get revenge which took him to a dark place. The way he got out of that dark place was finding redemption as well as…

As an educator I have a common law duty to anticipate foreseeable dangers and to make sure I am taking all the necessary precautions to protect the students that are entrusted in my care (Cambron- McCabe, McCarthy, & Eckes, 2014). I am aware that some of my responsibilities are: to give proper instruction, to provide my students with adequate supervision, and to warn my students of known dangers (Cambron- McCabe et al., 2014). Knowing what my duty is to my students is very vital as an educator…

By shifting the perception of oppression from an objective reality to a limiting situation which can be transformed, the oppressed can realize what needs to be transformed in order to break free from the oppressive system. Similarly to the process of realization for the oppressed, the oppressor can find solidarity by regarding the oppressed as people who have been facing oppression and not as mere means to their ends. After this realization, the oppressor must do something tangible and not…

Being hurt by any person damages human's feelings, but being hurt by a loved one crushes those feelings completely. Betrayal not only hinders love, but also friendships, families and even kingdoms. Le Morte Dathur, written by Thomas Mallory, makes the theme of betrayal a big factor during the medieval times. Mallory writes specifically on three main couples, which end up betraying a loved one. Both Lancelot and Gueniever betrayed King Arthur, one in marriage and the other in friendship. King…

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point” (C. S. Lewis). The New Oxford American Dictionary defines courage as “the ability to do something that frightens one” (Courage, def. 1). Courage is the opposite of cowardice; it is moral strength to push through and stand against difficult times, fear, and danger. A person draws his strength from the one in whom he trusts, whether it is himself or God. The worldly source of courage shown in Beowulf…

Humanity can simply be seen in two sides, good and evil. Every person, no matter how kind-hearted they may be, have an evil side to them. A woman who dedicates her life to charity be seem good on the outside, but the way she treats others could be cruel or evil. Similarly, a murderer could be killing others, which is evil, because he is killing others who are harmful to society. Evil manifests in every person to a degree. Relating to “Where Are You Going, Where Have You been” by Joyce Oates, the…

What does it mean to betray someone? Webster’s Dictionary describes betrayal as the act of disappointing the hopes or expectations of someone; being disloyal to someone. At some point everyone has dealt with betrayal. It may have been something small like a friend not keeping a secret, or it may have been something big like being cheated on by a significant other. Regardless, betrayal is never the right thing to do. One should always try to be loyal and trustworthy. In the novel, The Kite Runner…