Individual

Purposeful rejection of someone from a society can be detrimental to an individual, and will usually either suffer emotional damage and submit to pressure, or transcend discrimination and flourish. Nietzsche uses his character Zarathustra to depict his concept of transcending communal outcasting through the use of the simple metaphor…

Due to the recent election, many citizens have begun to speak out and protest against the results. As a consequence of Donald Trump’s victory, the country has arguably become more polarized than ever. Upon Trump 's victory, non-Trump supporters started to channel their rage and confusion and began storming out in protest. These people began to fight back against the result and consequently they began to protest their own government. Were they right to do so? The justification of their actions is…

useful tools that any athletic director should have at their disposal. One of the most important tools to have for an athletic director is having a long and dependable list of contacts at their disposal. I have not personally gotten to know many individuals before I came to college. During my lower grade levels, I was stuck at home most of the time, and my extracurricular involvement was minimal. When I came to college, I began to become the social person who wanted to interact and get to know…

In a society where individuals put on a mask to hide their true identity, the same masks also obscure one’s vision. Written by Flannery O’Connor, “Good Country People” explores the lives of four characters who have different backgrounds and specific traits spanning from intense manipulation to outward rejection of others opinions. By utilizing an omniscient narrator and developing the four different characters in “Good Country People”, Flannery O’Connor displays how regardless of the background…

The topic of an individual’s ability to adapt to change in the face of adversity is essential to understanding the human condition. Some individuals suggest that it is an important skill to adapt when faced by challenges. Others however, believe that it is hard to change in the face of adversity resulting in the pursuit of other methods. In the novel, First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, it follows the character Loung who is initially accustomed to living a privileged life with many…

what you do during your spare time, as well as factors which you have no control over for example your physical characteristics and where you grew up. Digital Identity is the technological equivalent of Personal Identity, It is used to distinguish individuals for the purpose of connections or transactions. A Digital Identity is comprised of characteristics such as; Username and Password, Date of Birth, ID Number, Purchasing history etc. It is linked to one or…

Some way somehow, all of us feel like we are unique individuals with certain qualities in us which have to be recognizing by others. As Hegel presented in “The Relation Self”, human can only discover their qualities through the presences and recognition of others. He further elaborate that being recognized by others provides individuals with a sense of being free and independent. He also mentioned that we can be free and independent when we free ourselves from our own desires. Hegel accounted…

is wanting a more individual dominant arena while the other, a more central power governing. As I do notice, however, that the times where citizens try and revert the government back to a more Creedal like system, things are generally better in the United States. But that is not what the government is in place for. It isn’t in place to be an individualistic body that just does things every once in a while, but generally remains incapable of doing something against the individual. The government…

As Americans, various individuals may believe that all Latin American countries are the same as they do not have experience in their separate cultures. Although this is untrue, the average person living there often feels that they are not unique. Pablo Neruda is a famous Latin American poet and his poems “We Are Many” and “Too Many Names” show this feeling through just their titles. One theme that is pervasive in Latin American literature is the lack of individuality. A lack of individuality…

Individualism vs. Collectivism: Implications for Schools Erica Whittle ALOP 252: Leadership in Organizations Drake University Individualists vs. collectivists: implications for schools Every student that enters the doors of a school has unique characteristics that help define who they are and how they approach the school and classroom setting. Many of these characteristics can be attributed to cultural norms and values that have been taught to these students since the day they…