Embarrassment

In a competitive world, success seems to be the only reason to exist. Society pushes people to act and look a particular way and, if not, they are an alien. Success is business suits, briefcases, the American dream. Many People fear failure because they do not want to feel humiliation, they want acceptance, and they want to leave a positive, yet memorable legacy. Sweat, embarrassment, anxiety: Humiliation is the worst feeling anyone will experience. The world is no different from High school, a place where there is no room for uniqueness, it never changes. Humiliation is like walking in a hallway full of people pointing, staring, and laughing at your defeat. For instance, if you don’t fit in you are deemed an embarrassment, a failure. The point of existence is a contribution to society by working and volunteering. Those who are receiving government assistance are sometimes…

It can make them put on a front, act overconfident. Opposing to these reactions, fear can also make people run away or hide. In the mid to late 1900’s during the Vietnam War, soldiers were faced with this same fear. The men did not want to appear weak to each other, their community, their family, or to anyone. In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried he reveals stories of the Alpha Company, a United States unit of foot soldiers, that he was in during the Vietnam War. Some men went to war to…

wore 2 different outfits, a light brown hoodie with black shorts and a dark blue shirt with the same black shorts. The kid smelled like he had never heard of the word hygiene. I figured he just didn’t like to shower or put too much work in his appearance. A few people in the class would always say out loud, “Mr. Holton it stinks so bad in here open up a window!” I think he knew people thought he stunk I mean he had to of known. I remember walking to Lunch one day; when I saw Jackson walking in…

for immigrants from other countries to adapt to the language. In Amy Tan 's essay “Mothers Tongue”, she explains how earlier in her life she expressed disdain for her mother 's “limited English” (Tan 282). Amy felt ashamed, limited in her perception of her mother 's image, and feels her mother 's English dwindled the quality of her thoughts. The fact that “people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her [Tan 's Mother] seriously” (283) make Tan feels ashamed. Tan 's…

Has someone ever told you “shame on you”? What was it like? How did it make you feel? Some might have felt genuinely ashamed and others might not have cared. Which one is you? While some people may not be affected by the idea and consequences of shame, shame is more effective because you will forever live in exile from society and public shame is a constant reminder to you and others of the crime you've committed. Shame is an unfortunate, constant reminder of the crime or sin you have committed.…

Happiness, expressed in an everyday sense, is a mental or a psychological state of being sound and well defined by positive energy or joy. One may feel happy in a different manner, and due to a different reason than another. For example, one may be happy to win a million dollar lottery, whereas another may be happy to just to be alive. It is subjective when it comes to interpreting happiness as it differs with every individual. As a matter of fact, happiness compels an individual to embrace…

Embarrassed and hiding her face, Amy Tan struggles to accept herself during an excruciating dinner her mother had set up with an american family. The lesson she was taught here is one she will come to remember for a long time. This story, Fish Cheeks, by Tan shines a light on the idea that parents lessons are better learned through austerity. Kids will remember the moments in life where they felt strong emotions, like anger, embarrassment, and shame. Kids remember lessons through thoughts and…

embarrassed. The constant thought of embarrassment caused me to forget a change of clothes and I panicked! The science trip was first period and I couldn’t handle these emotions inside much longer. I kept thinking about the outfit I had on. Why did I wear this? I thought to myself over and over. Once the bus arrived I slowly walked on the bus. Everyone was staring at me, they laughed some even tried to hold it in but they couldn’t so they laughed with the rest. I didn’t know how long I can take…

someone feel shame. Shame, embarrassment, and guilt are feelings that come from our own conscious, not a court order. An additional flaw of public shamming is the term itself. Due to its ambiguity, what is considered shameful is at the judges discretion.This in turn could result in, “widely and unfairly different punishments for the same crime between owe courtroom to the next” (Morrison). In one case an Ohio woman was sentenced to spend a night alone in the woods after abandoning…

Public Shaming is one of the harshest and cruelest way of punishment. But, it is also a great way to show an individual a lesson of being embarrassed so much by the public for what the individual has committed or has done as a crime. So, that particular in the hope that shaming the individual so much will convince the person not to do the crime anymore. There are many different ways to punish an individual. But, many individuals may feel that this is the best way to punish and teach the…