Selfishness

This is a Japanese culture of Collective society. I often feel pressure of Conformity. We have a word “Read the situation” which means we observe people’s facial expressions and behaviors, and judge how we should behave. Don’t do selfish behavior. I always care about other people’s thinking and try to follow them. In the public’s pressures, people don’t hug or kiss, because they care about others’ face. On the bus or train, people should not talk loudly. If my cough lasted for a long time, I had…

The Buried Burden The iron taste of blood, my tired feet could always beat the pavement greater than the cold reality of the world on my conscience. My thin athletic body had become immune to a number of miles some luxury cars would not see. My long dark hair pushed back but never brushed, slowly became streaky with sweat. I had a cold demeanor, but it was only to hide something I did not understand. This would be my last run in this wretched city. It was cold; bone chilling cold, yet I still…

Three major writing professionals help to lay sound evidence to support the claim that humans are inherently selfish. Carl Sandburg was an American poet wrote Buttons, a short poem about advancing troops at the start of the First World War. Tennessee Williams was an American author and writer who wrote A Streetcar Named Desire, a playwright about misfortune and love. Lastly Ernest Hemingway was a famed short story writer. These are each very distinctive writers, but all three of them wrote these…

The Tale of Ophelia There was once a Kingdom in Denmark named Venlighed, meaning kindness. The kingdom was ruled by a fair King and Queen. One day, the King and Queen were blessed with a gift of a daughter, and they named her Ophelia. But something wasn’t quite right with Ophelia. She was born with a deathly illness, so the noble King and Queen asked for the most powerful fairy godmother in the Kingdom. “I do not have the power to cure the princess from her illness, but I can give her a gift to…

Gabriela M. Santiago Michael Vaughan English 1020 30 October 2016 The Story of an Hour When reading about “The Story of an Hour” we can agree that there are multiple positions regarding Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard, a woman suffering from a heart condition is notified about her husband’s death in a car accident. Positions, such as a woman being repressed, or being in a male-dominant society, could be possible positions for the expectations during that century.…

In the realm of normative ethical theories there are many choices that can best represent one’s own personal belief structure. The one that best suits my personal thought process and belief structure is Egoism. When I say “I am an egoist” I automatically know what the majority of people will think, and that is “how selfish of you to think only of yourself”? When most people hear the word egoist it is automatically associated to have an extremely negative meaning about a person being a selfish…

t’s easy to be selfish, taking everything for yourself and not letting anybody in. Anybody and everybody can be selfish, but I believe there are circumstances that can teach you to be selfless. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie was put into this circumstance where he needed to be selfless and couldn’t remain selfish. Elie was a very religious boy who had gotten taken by the Nazi’s during World War II and placed in concentration camps. During his time in the camps his father fell ill and…

Are humans selfish or selfless? Kohn’s main assertion in his article “The Wrong Way to Get People to Do the Right Thing” is that at the basis of human nature, we are all selfish. We have incentives to be kind or charitable, whether that is to be viewed as a selfless individual or to obtain a prize or recognition. There are also incentives, such as better health and longevity, that motivate people to help one another in the community. The most critical view, in my opinion, would be the financial…

Macbeth is singled-minded while Macbeth originally has scruples. They both only murder King Duncan for their own growth in society.This in the end gave them no satisfaction and made them both go crazy. In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth he proves that selfishness is dangerous using imagery conflict and foreshadowing. William Shakespeare, who was born and passed away on the same day, is one of the greatest English writers in human history. He was born April 23rd 1564 and passed away April 23rd…

less than admirable traits like selfishness or hatred. One of the minor goddesses in The Odyssey, Calypso, embodies love in every sense of the word. She expresses her love for Odysseus by caring for him and offering him immortality. However, her strong devotion to him leads to a furious outburst and an unwillingness to release her lover. Calypso is depicted as a gentle goddess when she is first introduced, but once Zeus orders that Odysseus be freed, her selfishness is exposed. Calypso…