Selfishness

philosophy, Hinduism, is based on the life of Siddhartha Gautama just as it portrays in the book. Nirvana is said to be a person reaching an extraordinary state of mind where the subject is no longer affected by suffering, desire, nor a sense of selfishness. When Siddhartha this state he is released from the effects of karma and the seemingly always moving cycle of reincarnation. It represents the final stage of Buddhism. In Herman Hesse’s novel, we are immediately introduced to male…

Deforestation is occurring around this world more rapidly that It should be. While this is happening, people are losing their homes, animals are losing their lives, and this earth’s beauty is deteriorating. Using the Amazon rainforest, as an example to how people of this world are massacring the very essence of what we are would only give you a small insight to the destruction we are causing. The more we destroy our only resources the more we are suffocating ourselves. We are so busy trying to…

After running away from the first battle, when Henry sees a tattered soldier is about to die, instead of taking care of the tattered soldier, Henry abandons him in a field. His callous selfishness is sparked when the tattered soldier has asked where Henry is wounded. Thus, Henry is still agonizing over his lack of courage in his second battle. His agony now is more about whether other soldiers will realize he fled and the fact that he doesn't…

happens to others as long as his good name is saved. Secondly, when Elizabeth tells John to go to the court and confess about the affair, “John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I think not.”(Miller, 54). Proctor selfishness is displayed here because instead of going to the court and saving people that were falsely accused he cares more about himself and his…

describes moments as unfair due to them being unfair. She is the only one that still clearly sees this due to her young age as most others are already shrouded in selfishness and emotions. This theme of innocence mostly applies to Scout, and also because she is still at a young age, an age before most become engulfed in the feelings of selfishness and overwhelmed by their emotions. For example, as shown in the trial with Tom Robinson, he was an innocent man accused of rape and inevitably got…

In The Road, Cormac McCarthy portrays the story of a father and son duo surviving in a post-apocalyptic world that has been devastated by an unknown catastrophic event. The father and son’s journey southward towards the coast is horrific and harsh encompassed by external obstacles and internal conflict of malnutrition, thievery, and cannibalism. The two depend on each other to maintain their sanity and morality as they forge on in the destitute setting of the road. Although the young boy is born…

Forget it and drive on is a saying that has valuable qualities behind it. The qualities involve patience, forgiveness, and selflessness. We learn these qualities from our own experiences. However, these qualities are not easy to apply in everyday life. It is something we have to consistently remind ourselves to practice. We have to remind ourselves that we are no more important than anyone else. The three articles I read prove the importance of patience, forgiveness, and selflessness. The…

Consumed by Evil In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, evil selfishness is something that pulls the boys apart and pits them against each other. Although Roger started out as a minor character, as the novel progresses, he is later established as Jack’s sadistic right-hand man. His natural tendencies for violence and a disregard for the consequences of his actions ultimately lead him to fall from the arms of civilization. As a young child, the morals and ethics that come with civilization had…

Thomas C. Foster elaborates on the concepts vampires epitomize. He states, “But it’s also about things other than literal vampirism: selfishness, exploitation, a refusal to respect the autonomy of other people for starters” (Foster 12). Vampires are the selfish because they desire to live forever. Vampires also manipulate and use others to quench this selfishness; whether it be using others as a means for immortality or just simply using them for their own personal…

Benito Mussolini often referred himself as a ‘modern-day Julius Caesar.’ Julius Caesar and Benito Mussolini share a lot of similarities. Their selfishness, hunger for power, and lack of credibility is what eventually turned their loyal followers against them. Caesar and Mussolini both led Italy into war with other countries, but ultimately the country ended their reigns in a war with itself. By possessing…