Howard Roark, the male protagonist, is an intransigent architect, who believes that a creator’s integrity is always reflected in his work. He is a hero in himself; he does not need people to call him one. An architect of modern style, throughout the novel, he is opposed and alienated in a society that blindly follows the traditional conventions which dictated the architectural realm in the past. Like, Dr. Stockmann and Dickinson, he stands alone in his values and artistic decisions, neglected by a society that refuses to accept his colossally different assertions. Through Roark, Ayn Rand projects her idea of an ideal man, of a man “as he might be and ought to be”.
I believe that Hesiod’s Works and Days appears to be written on a personal level and reiterates what I believe to e his concept of the ideal person by writing about how men should conduct themselves properly. In my opinion, Hesiod believed that the ideal person would abstain from injustice, work with the seasons and their patterns, and use wholesome competition to make the best of what they had. For example, in Works and Days he writes …for a man grows eager to work when he considers his neighbour, a rich man who hastens to plough and plant and put his house in good order; and neighbour vies with is neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men.” (11. 11-24) I believe that Hesiod is saying that healthy competition is good behavior for the ideal person; it prevents idleness and is a path to attaining wealth which prevents poverty According to Hesiod an ideal person should be ashamed of poverty.
Huck’s father teaches his only son that life is not worth living, while on the other hand Jim gives Huck the strong fatherly support that Huck needs including, friendship, and knowledge for Huck to become a real man unlike his father. Even though Huck and Jim are both from different racial backgrounds the time they spend together allows them to surpass their ethnic differences and become just like true family father. For the father son relationship that Huck Finn needs to work requires respect and love from the child for the father. Jim is in the deepest corners of Huck's heart and in the story we see how Huck's powerful his compassion is for Jim. Such an example is when the rattle snake bites Jim, and Huck ensures that he brings him back to life.” Jim told me to chop off the snake's head and throw it away, and then skin the body and roast a piece of it.
The first editorial that I reviewed was titled, “Fathers Are Essential.” The life experiences inspire the editorial written by David Thomas. According to David, his viewpoint is that fathers are indispensable in the raising of children. He describes how his father’s insistence on personal responsibility, and respect for women shaped his vision of effective fatherhood. He also contends that society holds little regard for fathers, but argues that people should recognize the important contribution that real fathers make to their children. In the editorial he goes into detail about what he feels “are good dads,” and how children with loving fathers outperform children without fathers.
His full acceptance of his new identity and of his camp life, and his amazing ability to build a meaningful existence for himself out of the arbitrary camp system, make him a spiritual hero. His intensity in living, eating, and working puts him in control of his world. For example, when Shukhov works on a brick wall, the narrator says that he focuses on it as if he owned every inch of it. In a way, although he is a slave, he is still the king of his little area of the world. He is not an aristocrat by blood, but inwardly he is proud,
What does he feel about his father and how does he portray this? The narrator in the poem ‘Follower’ obviously looked up to his father and he was his role model, as he refers to him as an ‘expert’ at what he did and by making it seem as if he could do anything without much effort. For example, the narrator claims that his father he directed the horses to map the furrow with a single ‘pluck’ of the reins. The word ‘pluck’ makes it seem as if the person put minimal effort into the action and did it very easily without a second thought. This gives us the impression that the narrator feels like his father is very strong and experienced at his job.
This issue makes me think of my father, who often tells me that in one of his most important business decisions, he relied on his ‘gut feeling’ instead of his rational self and still made one of his best decisions ever. Another human virtue in Rand’s list is productiveness, which I cannot argue with. Where would the world be without productive people? I am a strong believer in work and productivity- I think that human beings would perish without being productive and the only way for someone to
Nwoye starts to learn from Ikemefuna. Nwoye starts to learn how to become more masculine without the intensiveness behind it. Okonkwo finally sees that there is hope for Nwoye and credits it towards Ikemefuna's company; “Okonkwo was inwardly pleased at his son’s development, and he knew it was due to Ikemefuna. He wanted Nwoye to grow into a tough young man capable of ruling his father’s household when he was dead and gone to join the ancestors. He wanted him to be a prosperous man, having enough in his barn
The same characteristics can be seen in the young man in “The Most Incredible.” The man in the story lives an underprivileged life, but he is a generous, sincere person who deserves more. This timeless story conveys art as being the most powerful and extraordinary source of talent; art is an outlet for people to express aspects of their lives such as religion, love, animosity, and envy; art will always live on through the people who create it. “The Most Incredible” uses art to demonstrate its ability to amaze and influence others. A contest is held for the people of a kingdom for the man who can do the most incredible. The winner earns the right to marry the princess and own half of the kingdom.
self-made men throughout history have made their own way in life by reaching deep inside themselves and through willpower and self-improvement, creating their own destiny. Moreover the "good luck theory", attributing success to chance and friendly circumstances does not applied here. It is not luck that makes a man a self-made man, but considerable physical and mental effort. "There is nothing good, great or desirable […], that does not come by some kind of labor” said a thinker and a self-made man himself, Frederick Douglass. Similar to Franklin, Douglass underlines the importance of hard work as a