Reasonable person

still, stared at them with disdain” (Rosney 47). The star Sarah had to wear made others view her differently and Sarah had to overcome the fact that this star would change her life. She later realizes that these social injustices do not define the person that she is. She is still human and is worthy of being respected. Just because she is Jewish does not mean she is less than other people. Sarah becomes frustrated with the social injustices that she is facing and begins to resent her heritage.…

An article called They made you perfect: A test of the social reach model of perfectionism was released in Sep-Oct 2015 located on page 421-431, volume 41 of Aggressive Behavior. Claire Wilson, Simon C. Hunter, Susan Rasmussen, and Allison McGowen conducted this study to explore the association between different types of perfectionism and different types of recalled peer victimization. This study will use a non-clinical sample of women and men which will further examine whether reflecting and…

What is it that makes every person differ from one another? Is it their upbringing and experiences or is the person they are going to become predetermined? To me the words belief, certainty, knowledge, and doubt are the four essential intertwining categories in everyone’s life that differ enough to make each individual different from one another. These categories are all important by themselves but it is the connection between each of them that is so incredibly important. As I explored through…

wear multiple masks to conceal who they really are. False identities may be used to cover up insecurities, gain credibility, or even status. Whatever the reason may be, when an identity is fabricated or stolen and given to someone else, does that person become the new identity, or would the identity be a mere mask over the person’s true character? Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s fictional story, The Book of Chameleons: A Novel, indicates that people seek comfort through hiding behind new identities. The…

The poem is articulated from a second person point of view, as stated ‘hang over you in a dream’ and ‘why do you wake’. The use of second person demonstrates how the author feels disconnected to his past and his descendants. The writer struggles with his sense of identity, thus feels detached to his family. ‘Ancestors’ also expresses how a…

“The Jacket” by Gray Soto, a contrast and comparison Does clothes define who we area? Is our success in life determined by our appearance? In a recent article written in the New York Times, by Adam D. Galinsky, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, discussed “Enclothed cognition”. He explained “Enclothed cognition” is effects of clothing on cognitive processes” (Pavlov, Helene). In his article the author explains “people do not only think with their brain…

people may share the same traits but they posse a different type of personality. Our personalities and traits govern who we are but during circumstantial situations a new personality may takeover. This reveals that there were hidden traits in that person that are now submerging. In literature it is expressed how a character may change; in the beginning they are a flat character and towards the end they become a dynamic character. This is evident in the crucible where during circumstantial…

look at a neat person and assume a few things. The first thing we normally assume is that this tidy person has a perfect life where everything has its place and their world must be spick and span. Or on the other hand we think “Oh no! This is another one of those O.C.D. neat-freaks.” and we watch for the neat person to adjust their pencils in a perfect formation like we see people do on television. When the author of “Neat People vs. Sloppy People”, Suzanne Britt, sees a neat person she assumes…

A Thousand Splendid Suns and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale put forth the idea of overcoming adversity. The authors recognize that some ordeals may be too difficult to overcome; however, in order to effectively deal with such difficulties a person must have three key elements: courage, belief, and sacrifice. Courage can be used at the expense of emotion, denying the oppressor’s satisfaction…

“Be proud of who you are, not ashamed of how someone else sees you,” (2015). In today’s society everyone is judged, if they are slightly different or have something ‘wrong’ with them then they are made to feel unaccepted. People take one glance at someone and they’ve already pinned them as a certain label in their head. In Brian Caswell’s novel, A Cage of Butterflies, he highlights a few of the issues in today’s society. He based his novel on a real life problem, where mothers in the 1960s were…