Selfishness

Mathilde Loisel was a selfish woman. She always had thoughts of herself. She dreamed about living like she was an upper class woman. One could say that she did not love her husband because of the selfishness she implied. This selfishness along with her greedy personality brought her to her downfall. She caused her and her husband to become poor and have to work hard to pay off a priceless necklace. Her husband sacrificed everything for her. He spoiled her even though he did not…

Many people believe one needs to be selfish in order survive the obstacles life gives. However, a closer look into people’s decisions shows that not all acts of survival are selfish. Survival does not require selfishness because it is not selfish to protect oneself and at times it can mean making a life or death decision. Ensuring one’s survival is never a selfish act. Ronald DiFrancesco was one of the many inside the world trade center when it collapsed. All around him he saw people giving up,…

Thomas C. Foster introduces his topic in chapter 3, Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires, by presenting to us his guidelines to finding vampires in literature. He breaks down this chapter by starting off with the father of all vampires, the infamous Dracula. Foster points out to us that in every movie or book that contains Dracula he is always portrayed as always alluring, dangerous, mysterious, and tends to focus on beautiful virgin women. The reason for this is for him to gain back youth and…

The Tiger or the Lady Kianna Snell AVID 10 Mr. Mayer 7 February, 2017 In the story The Tiger or the Lady the princess, the main character, in the end has to decide what door she wants her "truly beloved" to open. The reason her true love has to decide which door to open is because he fell in love with the princess, and her father wasn't fond of a peasant, gazing his eyes upon a glorious gal that's his daughter. Overall, this elegant Princess is a selfish, jealous, and shallow person and I…

When faced with a choice, one must contend with their moral compass. The people one loves could be harmed if the person only cares about his or her own wants. Although sometimes one makes decisions for their family for their own good, taking it too far can end up with someone being killed. This is shown in the short story Button, Button through the conflict devices man vs. man, man vs. self, and man vs. technology. A person being selfish hurts the people they love. A person in the story being…

Narcissism etched the edges of how he responded to the environment. An example of such selfishness is Friar Laurence leaving Juliet alone in the vault alone when he heard someone coming right after she awoke. Immediately following saying, “I hear some noise...the watch is coming./ Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay,” (V, iii, 151-159)…

and wider range of problems. Hysteria takes the place of logic and enables people to believe that neighbors whom they consider honest and respectable of committing treasonous acts. It creates an environment where people act on their grudges and selfishness which is exemplified by Abigail, Tituba, and Marry Warren. The story begins with the young girls in Salem caught dancing in the forest in order to kill Proctors wife so Abigail could have him to herself. After the girls are caught…

their real selves in the beginning. They gave vague reasons for being sent to hell. Estelle stated, “…After that I had pneumonia. That’s all” (19). They both had their guard up. The second similarity is what sent them to hell, and that is their selfishness. They both made others suffer for their own fulfillment. Inez stated, “…I mean I need to see other people suffer to exist at all. A torch. A torch in their hearts. When I’m all alone I go out” (30). For her own selfish reasons she needed…

that change, we would need to see a continuation of the story, however by observing their personalities, it is made aware that there is a transcendence back to reality and back into a hero’s mindset. To begin with, these two characters exhibit selfishness meaning they operate in a manner that proves to be convenient for their own personal gain starting with…

Mary W. Shelley once said “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” The book Night, a memoir on Eliezer Wiesel life in several Auschwitz Concentration Camps, Eliezer faced many challenges throughout the book an example being the death of his Mother, Father, and sister. All of the challenges he faced shaped and changed Elie in a way that affected him throughout his life. This shows that when we are faced with problems we try to adapt and change to solve them. In the…