Everyone is starting to care more about how people see them, what social standing they are in and focusing too much attention on unrealistic dreams/goals that they are forgetting about how they see themselves, social standings do not mean anything and that there is more important things to focus on. This is demonstrated by the characters behaviours in The Great Gatsby and The Bluest Eye. Even though everyone was made to be their own unique person, different from everyone else, it can be hard sometimes when you are surrounded by peers and think you are not good enough. Pecola from The Bluest Eye is a prime
Module 1 Journal In the readings for this week, the chapters speak of attitude, legislation, and litigation. The attitude of a person is built on many different kinds of circumstances and how well they can deal with themselves and others. Some people can have a great attitude meaning that they strive always to do their best, be polite, and care for others as well as themselves and do the best they can in society. Others may have a bad attitude and they do not have respect for others and cannot deal with themselves either. They do not care what the consequences are of their actions or how they may affect the people around them.
Equality informs the audience in the very beginning of the story, “it is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down on a paper no others are to see. And we know well that there is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone (Rand 17). Members of the society are deprived of their freedom of speech. They must write and think together because they exist only as a brotherhood, not as individuals.
This then causes individuals to lose their creativity because they are always trying to fit in with others instead of expressing what is on their mind. There will always be those rebels and individualists who do not rely on the opinion of others and go their own route and pursue what they want in life. There are those who are obedient to society and never want to be different while there are others who are disobedient and do not conform to the social norms just to fit in. Individuals show their individualism by being different than others and not following the same style of living as the organization man; which is having a nice car, nice job, and following what the social norm is; therefore individuals who do not do that are being disobedient to conformity. Disobedience is needed in order for a person to express their individualism or else they are taken as the “organization man” who conforms to society just to be part of a social norm, which is wrong because then the world will never advance and have new concepts since everyone is playing the same role in society.
This is commonly used when discussing human behaviour. Nurture is a behavior that you learn. It is not a behavior you are born with it is something you learned. Being polite, being fair of things are nature things that we have learned behaviors. Contrary to this is why most people believe humans are not nice to each other.
There is harsh punishment for everything you do to try to prevent from being equal to others. The general has to control what people need such has how much handicap bags you need or what kind of mask the person should wear. Third is the way of life they have to live in their world with all the laws of equality. The whole purpose of this is so that not one person is better than another and if you do not listen you will suffer harsh punishment for it. The way of life is very strict with all the amendments so it does not allow anyone to have any fun.
In a harsh world of collectivism and control, it is hard to stand out. The people, restricted with so many laws, are not even able to say the word “I.” This is the place Equality 7-2521 calls home. Ayn Rand’s incredible novella Anthem describes one man’s journey and emancipation from a totalitarian society. Equality 7-2521’s whole life has been dictated by the pronoun “we.” In a community where individualism is banned, Equality 7-2521 is forced to believe his preferential thoughts and thirst for knowledge is a curse. When he cannot take the persecution and controlling leaders anymore, Equality 7-2521 gets the courage to reject his collective society to pursue his own life.
Society’s temptations and flaws cause everyday living to be a struggle to balance the scale of good and evil. Every individual has the potential to overcome each challenge and road block in order to receive purity of life. In Flannery O’Connor’s short shorty, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” the grandmother’s naïve and selfish thoughts illustrates how narrow minded many people can be. They neglect love and don’t concede the knowledge and connections with one another. In order to overcome life’s obstacles it is essential to find one’s moment of grace.
There is also evidenced failure in the government’s efforts in enforcing safety standards. This is one example indicating the constraints of the law in its timely and effective response to serious safety hazards in the workplace for the less fortunate in society (Reiman, 1979). Although these issues are evidenced in every life, they are rarely responded since attaining the results through the set out legal system requires professionalism, skills, resources and influencing in the effort of identifying a loop-hole in the system and in the process oppress the poor even more. Since poor people cannot access any of the above, they often get to suffer for crimes they did not commit. The article further alludes to racial prejudices in the judiciary system citing
Anyone given this name were of low social status and had to do long laborious hours of manual labour to earn a living. They were synonymous with clumsiness and being unskilled. Therefore, addressing the carnivalesque pair as ‘tinkers’ proves how Malvolio sees them as unseemly due to their drunken state. He does not agree with it, so does his best to insult them, emphasising how he does not want to class himself as one of them, or be involved in the revelry. The audience can see these Puritan ways from this short scene alone, and this personality is further developed throughout the play when for example he criticises Feste - the fool.