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There are many reasons that status symbols are a dreadful thing to constantly look to in order to shape one's life. It causes morally wrong actions, unrealistically high expectations for those with high social standards and unrealistically low standards in those with low social class Despite the consequences it seems that most people in the world, like Okonkwo, strive to have a high status symbol due to the possibility of respect and wealth. First of all, people will do terrible things if it…

of human beings and how the many different emotions influence the way people act and feel on a day to day basis. Goleman believes that emotional intelligence contributes just as much as IQ intelligence because of how there are many different factors that influence people’s emotions in a certain way. Some factors can cause a person to become angry, happy, sad, jealous, or loved. The main point that Goleman makes about this theory is that because emotions stem from different parts of the human…

trait. 4 Even aging, the decomposition of the body over time, has an evolutionary advantage. Cancer is a disease based upon abnormal cells multiplying uncontrollably and eating away at healthy body tissue. Leonard Hayflick discovered in the 1960s that human cells only reproduce 50-60 times before essentially dying. This keeps a “check” on uncontrollable reproduction, preventing some cancerous cells from exploding. However, the Hayflick Limit also programs an expiration date, leading to…

The outback is a crazy place but not for Mason. Mason is a madman he does crazy things like jumping from a plane with no parachute or doing back flips on top of skyscrapers. Mason is always bored there was nothing out of his comfort zone. But one day Mason had an idea. Mason wanted to destroy the record for the fastest time crossing the desert, the record was set by an Australian man at twenty-six hours and 45 minutes and trust me that is fast. But he wanted to demolish that record he wanted to…

likely very little. Much like when John Donne, a famous philosopher says: “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main”. What can be taken away from both the question and quote is exactly this - humans were meant to be together. This way we can learn ‘common sense’, important lessons, and morals from others and go on to reshare them. Not only to better ourselves but also mankind. In The Last Lecture this concept is displayed in some of the…

In Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dick distinguishes humans from androids by their ability to develop empathy through the social interactions between androids and humans, in which they highlight each other’s differences, thus Dick reveals that the lack of empathy within human society leads to the misunderstanding and segregation of societal classes. The characterization of androids and people within Rick’s society displays the potential effects of Dick's society if it…

complete depletion. Dr. Seuss’ 1972 TV movie, The Lorax exemplifies ideas from The Tragedy of the Commons. These ideas include putting pollution into nature is just as bad as taking something out, human nature to breed and give birth to an exuberant amount of children, and then there is the impossible human thought of making infinite things out of a finite world. The Lorax portrays the idea of putting pollution into nature by showing how it affects the living creatures in the environment. There…

In John McWhorter’s Ted talk “Txting is killing language. JK!!!” he explains how texting is evolving into a new language that is beneficial to our society today. Even though we don’t necessarily use correct grammar or punctuation in our texts and when we talk, we still know what the meaning of the message is. Writing is more of a complex process and required more thought. Texting is a great way to get our ideas and feelings out to somebody in a quick and convenient way. John McWhorter, who is a…

Letter to Menoeceus choices are regarded highly in the turn of events to occur. Choices and fate are actually something made up by humans to feel more comfortable about the events of life and their outcomes. People are raised to know the difference between right and wrong, but their actions are already pre-determined from before they are born. Of…

The famous Bob Marley once sang, “Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.” Marley is saying that a man should be able to make his own choice and not do what others think. This ties into the story “Lather and Nothing Else” written by Hernando Tellez because the barber is in a dilemma on whether or not he should kill an enemy he is shaving. His destiny depends on his choice. The barber, his enemy, and the author's literary device helps develop the theme of making a decision that can be…