Selfishness

In a world where the homeless are looked down upon because of their social status, human selfishness makes it challenging for many to trust and confide in others. J.D. Salinger, the author of The Catcher in the Rye, suffered from P.T.S.D due to trauma from his time serving in the U.S. army during World War 2 (Gopnik 2013). After the war, J.D. Salinger immersed himself in his work and wrote The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger, in midst of his fame, strayed away from doing public appearances and…

responsibility, we are able to see what she does with it--that is, by all logic, she squanders it on her own personal gain. The selfishness of the child, as contrasted by the danger and sexual predation of the wolf, provides a cautionary story for young girls--that is, to not “provide dinner for a wolf” (Perrault). In Little Red Riding Hood, we see several distinct types of selfishness--most notably gluttony and…

Selfishness is the pursuit and maintenance of all “the values required for human survival” (Rand 31). In The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand uses the terms “selfishness” and “egotism” in distinctively different ways than most people commonly use those words. By redefining these terms, Rand is able to separate and classify her characters and people in general society, into what she considers to be two groups: first handers and second handers. The leading example of this, Howard Roark, is a struggling…

Matheson “Button Button”, and Gilb’s “Love in LA. The stories shows that everyone has selfishness inside them. With selfishness in each character the reader will not know what is gonna happen next because you never can tell if the character is gonna make the right choice or selfish choice. This pulls the reader in for them to try and find out what's gonna happen. In “Scarlet Ibis,” Hurst exemplifies Brother’s selfishness.. Brother does not want a brother who is disabled, and believes…

not caring about the consequences. Gatsby has also spent the last five years dreaming of reuniting with her and impressing he, but as his funeral, she “hadn’t sent a message or flower,” much less attend (174). A Throughout the entire novel, her selfishness was displayed. She does not even agree to do Gatsby 's simple request - to say that she never loved Tom. After trying to say she does not, she bursts into tears and cries,"Oh you want too much! I love you now - isn 't that enough?...I did love…

Regan’s disrespectful and inconsiderate behavior when interacting with her father is an outward product of this inner selfishness; a night and day comparison to resilient selflessness of Kent. Regan is greedy to attain her father’s land, bitter from her perceived lesser love from her father, and too prideful to even entertain his audience. In all, her inner self seems to be…

“I love it out here, its so peaceful, wouldn’t you agree?” I gave an approving nod. “So…I understand you’ve been preoccupied lately,” she said. “What exactly are you working on?” I ceased walking and slowly moved my hands behind my head as I stared at the sky. I took a slight pause before proceeding to respond to her comment. “The exposition of peripheral cognitive enlightenment through subjugating neuronal activity via nanorobtics to decipher integral erudition about my congenital capacity…

In the book, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, the main character, Chris McCandless disappears into what it seems to be thin air, and nobody, not even people he met along the way of his journey and the people he was close with his whole life, knew where he went or why he did it. The author, Jon Krakauer interviews several people that have had a close interaction with Chris-- or as those who’ve met him along the way knew him as, Alexander Supertramp-- to try to figure out the reasoning behind…

The famous example that could be used to illustrate what Aristotle means, by when he states “mean” is the example of someone who is a coward, this individual is seen in the bottom of the virtuous spectrum, and something that is excess is one who is reckless. But a virtuous person would be seen as someone who is courageous, this falls in the middle of the spectrum, which defines one who is not a coward nor reckless, but in the medium of these two. Aristotle is also elaborative and just doesn’t…

of Pi. Thinking of the Hyena’s characteristics, it’s safe to say the Hyena reflects to the Cook in the “true story”. The Hyena and the Cook both portray selfishness. The cook was determined to sacrifice Pi for his own wants and needs, when he pushed Pi onto the boat. Similar to the Cook, the Hyena was showing signs of selfishness when it killed the Zebra and the Orangutan for its own benefits. The Cook makes the second story more dreadful than anything else. In a reader's point of view…