Humiliation

In “Fish Cheeks”, Amy Tan describes her Christmas eve dinner as catastrophic, being that she was fourteen, and the humiliation that she felt when her crush Robert, who was the minister’s son and his family had been invited to have a traditional Chinese meal with her family. But when she found out that he was invited to dinner, she felt so many emotions like fear, humiliation and discouragement and thoughts of what he might think of her and her families Chinese Christmas celebrations. “What…

Mystery is the creation of wonder. The humiliation of one’s character does not kill the wonder of that mystery. There is always more mystery that universe has power to unfold in due course. In a novel, Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese, the protagonist, Saul is able to unpack his mystery by listening to his superego, which allows him to discover the new world of his passion, despite the sorrow as well as unjust around him. Firstly, Father Leboutilier, who serves as Saul’s god teacher assists…

What do you know after knowing someone’s traits? The second stage of knowing a person, is knowing what their personal concerns are. Personal concerns are the values, goals, and how needs determine personality. There are three approaches to defining personal concerns: psychodynamic, social-cognitive, and humanistic. The humanistic approach explains what is uniquely human. The social-cognitive approach is how personality traits and situations influence behavior and the psychodynamic is based on…

Mirroring Culture in Popular Novels Peter L. Berger, sociologist and Protestant theologian said “The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.” (BrainyQuotes.com) What Mr. Berger means by that Often culture is stored in stories such as in the short story “My Favorite Chaperone” by Jean Okimoto, and The Chocolate Wars by Robert Cormier and stories that also explore what happens to Culture when it attempts perfection and fails such…

measure of responsibility for the situation, portraying a ‘cowardly’ character. Then, Bonnie made a significant change, leaving the house for the first time in several years. This demonstrated great levels of courage. The director highlights her humiliation with their use of ‘point of view show’ and slow motion, the watchers are able to view the scene from her perspective, revealing just how courageous her actions were, a big change contradicting the initial Bonnie shown in the movie. Ultimately…

Torture, the word alone would bring terror in the mind of many people; however, its brutal existence cannot be ignored. The worst part is the amount of creative zeal the medieval man presented to design the torture devices which are meant only to inflict unexplainable pain. Although there are hundreds of devices designed to make victims suffer and reel with pain, some of them are most notorious and heinous in their own rights. The following torture techniques and the devices used would justify…

In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the reader is introduced to Hester, a young woman that has committed adultery. Hester was a humiliation and disgrace to the Puritan society due to her sin. She is put on the scaffold to be humiliated in front of her town, then placed in jail. On page 64 it states, “Of an impulsive and passionate nature, she had fortified herself to encounter the stings and venomous stabs of public contumely, wreaking itself in every variety of insult…” This…

everything Ruth went through in humility in order for her to be rewarded at the end. The theme was of humility and therefore different views come about in that subject now a day. Feminist in modern times will find humility a representation of humiliation. Given these points, we can briefly sense the different points of view in the word humility. In the long run, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it’s thinking of yourself less” (Lewis,…

basis. These numbers should show us that we need to open our eyes and pay more attention to the painful reality that is happening in and out of the children’s’ schools. Cyberbullying is harmful to individuals of all ages due to the pain and the humiliation that it causes. The victim can also be mentally drained by such destructive actions. It is stated in The Girl Who Got Even that “The barrage battered her feelings…

the one who paid the price. Slaves were put for sale on the auction block and many were not in good condition and purchaser inspects them carefully for any defects before buying making them equivalent livestock and illustrated a level of personal humiliation. The expansion of trade in the Rome force major city near the Mediterranean to increase the slave supply and had both physically and emotionally draining experience for the captives. Both female and male slave were consider objects and…