Imitation

returns to his childhood school for peace. Also as the narrator, Gene struggles with internal emotions toward his friend and identifying who he truly is. A Separate Peace demonstrates how Gene envy and imitation affect himself and his relationship with Finny; Gene finds peace. Gene’s envy and imitation of Finny affected him. Gene believed that Finny was trying to wreck his studies with games, going to beach, and their Secret Suicide Society. Forrester observes that “Finny had deliberately set…

Biological constraints predispose organisms to learn associations that are naturally adaptive (we learn behaviours that will also us to survive and pass down our genes). It is very difficult to override these constraints; even training that attempts to override these tendencies will probably not endure, because the we will revert to our biologically predisposed patterns. This is the limit of classical conditioning; natural responses overpowering classic conditioning. For operant conditioning,…

Once in a life, we have been imitating a fashion and a behavior of idol or someone. What if imitation is always occurring in everyday life to individuals? In the essay, “Strange Creatures” wrote by Susan Blackmore, she claimed that whatever individuals act or think is imitation. The study said this phenomenon called “meme”. Blackmore claimed imitating is what makes us different from animals or living species. This is because humans are imitating each other without consciousness. Blackmore said…

outsiders and party goers, and from Gatsby’s less-than-humble abode. A reader learns much from examining the imagery used to describe Gatsby’s home, as it reveals surprisingly valuable information about its sole inhabitant: “...It was a factual imitation of the…

inaugurate the mood and tone of the novel. Syntactical imitations such as polysyndeton and anaphora by Hemingway give the novel a monotonous feel for the reader. The imagery shown in the first chapter establishes a somber and dim feeling for the reader. With the combination of figurative and simple diction and loose syntax, he establishes a descriptive and dim tone for the reader that also has simplicity to it. With the use of syntactical imitations, Hemingway achieves his tone through the…

Throughout Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a major concept is negativity toward conformity. Emerson was born in the early 1800s and grew up during the age of transcendentalism. Non-conformity was a key idea in transcendentalism, a philosophy which Emerson was a significant contributor to. It was believed that self reliance is how humans function at their best. Non-conformity mentioned in Self-Reliance creates unnecessary conflict and leads to a stagnant society Non-conformity creates a…

Within a humanistic society communication is essential in its ability to covey the deepest secrets and ideals towards potentially anyone. In other species an innateness to communicate creates a differing pattern of communicative, meaningful vocalisations. These can range from bird songs that incorporate a limitedly learnt system or even domesticated pets using pitch variations to express themselves in scenarios. Humanistic communicative function can be infinite in its premise, utilising a…

David Shapiro’s poem stood out to me when presented in class because of the poem 's sentimental dedication to a friend and the malleability it could have for an imitation. My first thought was that I could change “And so the snow fell” into its natural contrast of “And so the fire ignited," but I figured many of my classmates would have the same idea, so I decided to do a more abstract take on the poem. This led me to the notion that imitating the poem would be much easier and much more…

Observational learning is when an individual behavior is reflective of someone else’s in their environment, there are factors which regulate the imitation of these behaviors, the first is if the other individual is someone of same sex or an authority figure. Second, if their imitated behavior is reinforced or punished. Third, whether the observed individuals’ behavior is rewarded or punished. Due to…

childhood to become a prominent public figure. The traits outlined by Quintilian were not viewed as the ideal method back then, and weren’t implemented into the educational system right away; even though many concepts like: repetition, habit, and imitation seem intuitive today. Back during the days of the Roman Empire, Quintilian’s guidelines were still seen as somewhat controversial, unlike how they are viewed as common sense today. If Quintilian’s methods were to be implemented back then,…