Then once you purchase your object of choice and you take it home you can't help but admire it. It's a beautiful feeling, right? Pampering yourself is a prominent, undeniably important step in self appreciation, but remember to look good for yourself, not for others. We will always be criticized, but those who hate are irrelevant. We only have one life, so why spend it hating it?
As German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote, “Vanity is the polite mask of pride.” Pride is often times defined as how we view ourselves, and vanity being how others view us. Ample amounts of success in life institutes pride in ones self. When speaking of pride, Franklin feels as though having or showing pride should be a humiliation but he also says that it is impossible to not have pride whether you “Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive” (Page 93). As Franklin distinguishes between vanity and pride throughout his autobiography, it becomes clear that he feels as though having pride is more of an imperfection as opposed to being vain. Benjamin Franklin addresses vanity, although considered a flaw by society, as rather beneficial to his character and success.
Jesus Christ you’re a crazy bastard!” “God you’re a lot of trouble” “I could get along so easy and nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy…” “might jus’ as well spen’ all my time tellin ‘you things…” This quote suggests that, George gets fed up of looking after Lennie all the time. He feels that he is a lot of trouble and he’s too much to handle. The last quote suggests that George has nothing better to do in life than look out for Lennie. George is very modest in the
This surprised me because I have always believed myself to be the creative and emotional type. I thought I needed a friend to enjoy my unusual activities with. I feel isolated from others and I am considerable lonely. I don’t think or feel as if I am misunderstood or unappreciated I mostly feel just left out. The basic communication principle I apply to my personal life experience is knowing my audience and communicating a little at a time.
In other words, the anti-icon is someone we can “identify with and then despise” (Signs 722). Anti-icons are as not universally liked and appreciated as icons. Anti-icons are those who we would love to be but are afraid to admit it. They usually represent the qualities that appeal to the darker side of our society’s desires. Getting money for nothing, being above the law and unchecked partying are a few.
To move forth to the second point, we also come to the idea that Gatsby couldn’t achieve his dream, for he was struggling with the concept of the dream, and we realize this by seeing him trying to love a memory that ceased to exist. As we can be led in, we see in the end of chapter 6 that Gatsby throws a party, but he notices Daisy didn’t like it. As F. Scott Fitzgerald states, “’Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously ‘why of course you can!’” (116) Nick tells Gatsby (in summarization, this is not how he said it specifically) not to feel bad about the past, because you can’t repeat it. Gatsby, in reply, states the quote previously noted. The significance of this quote is that it displays us the feelings Gatsby has for his memories.
The observation from “So what do you have to do to find happiness” by Dorothy Wade asserts that negative thinking is deeply ingrained in the human psyche while they are happy. Happiness will come and go, a mere by-product of fleeting circumstances. No one can be happy forever, nor can achieve the best level of joy. Wishes will not be the same as expectations. Happiness is short and fleeting human condition.
Truman still managed to give a good speech. He respected Roosevelt, and said that he would keep this country moving forward because that’s what Roosevelt would have done. He also gave up most respect to the brave men and women who fight for this country and maintain our freedom, and keep this country the way our forefathers wanted it. I also liked how he prayed at the end of his speech. I thought it was a nice way to end it, by only asking to be a good and faithful servant to his Lord and his people.
Voltaire posits tolerance is the consequence of humanity and that we must accept each other for our differences. This enlightenment focuses on human compassion and understanding in all cultures to live harmoniously, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s artistry in TED Talks “The Danger of a Single Story” is reflective of the importance of discarding cultural assumptions. The ability to see the nuances of anything challenging, interesting, or even mundane in life allows one to broaden their horizons regardless of stereotypes and false assumptions. Adichie’s “single story” narrative provides contextual support of how people often misjudge or misinterpret others who have not had the same life experiences. Adichie gains the reader’s attention through
The not so great this about this is that even if your intentions are good you tend to forget that not everyone thinks like you and is clear on their own sense of values. Believing that you are doing the right thing justifies on what other people’s opinions are. My strengths and weaknesses are that I can not help but to feel damaged whenever I see something going on around me that I can not naturally fix myself. However, a strength is that I look at it as a challenge and make my best effort to over come that challenge and help others even if others do not agree with my process in doing