However, all three share similar traits. They are very controlling of the people around them. They are also hiding something in their lives that they do not want others to know about. Ricky and Lester are also related in the sense of wanting to be loved and accepted by their family members. Ricky is trying to gain his father’s acceptance and love and Lester is trying to rekindle his relationship with his wife and daughter.
• How to ensure that your own practice is inclusive and respects the beliefs, culture, values and preferences of individuals. Suggested word count: 500 – 700 words One of the hardest things to do is to acknowledge your own prejudice and how they affect how they affect what you do. Prejudices are a result of your own beliefs and values, and may often come into conflict with work situations. We may find we have prejudice against someone with different values and beliefs to our own. Alternatively their culture may require certain behaviours which we find strange.
But on the other hand, whites still regard the myth as a threat because they think it will harm their “priority”. One possible explanation is that, the contradiction within the myth is derived from the cultural differences between the early age America and the modern America. In the early age when the country was forming, "immigrants take on a new identity -- and a new set of cultural myths" to make themselves fit it. However, the yearning for a common culture and the “desire to assimilate” faded after the country became more stable and the hierarchy was formed. It turned to “the fear of difference”, as today’s people put more importance on preserving their ethnic identities and cultural roots.
People under Result Lens tend to be possessive and sometimes this characteristic drives people away. If the person under this Ethic Lens doesn’t learn to control it then they will have lots of problems in their lives and maintaining people in their life. I think that every company and school should do the Ethical
Brave New World Universal happiness is the key to stability, and in the novel Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the World State ensures its citizens get exactly what they want, all the time, “Community, Identity, Stability” (1). The citizens of this world seem to be genuinely happy due to ignorance and blindness. This reoccurring theme is important because it emphasizes the idea that happiness and truth cannot coexist. The World State begins at making people happy right from birth, or more “creation”. They genetically tamper with embryos depending on what caste they are destined to be in.
Most people have a basic understanding of obedience; however, many may fail to see the application and the impact of it in their own lives and in our society. Submission into conformity discourages the type of independence that is valued in our supposedly free-thinking world. Censorship is one of the major themes in Fahrenheit 451, and its impact is illustrated through submission in appearance, behavior and thought. This invites us to draw clear relationships between Ray Bradbury‘s novel and our current society. The association between appearance and social acceptance is already apparent in our lives.
Although the narrator is belittled due she feels the need to help out her father and represent herself as the father’s son. Knowing that she needs to meet her gender expectations set by the society, the
In the novel, Holden also face many challenges and paid consequences for his action. The main point of this metaphor is that every people have to follow their own rules for their lives in order to become a successful person. People have to follow the rules because it help them not regret to their actions they’ve done in life. Once you disobey to follow the rules it could lead you to a more unnecessary future and regret it the rest of your
To conform to the expectations of others may be very self-destructive Many people live up to others in order to belong and sometimes it may lead to self-destruction. People choose to conform to others’ expectations because they want to be a part of certain groups so that they won’t be isolated. In the process of fulfilling the expectations of others, people may be misled and it would be destructive to their identity for the reason that they tend to lose their own concepts and beliefs when they try to conform to others’ expectations. A balance of being accepted and to maintain individuality is essential so that while meeting others’ expectations, it would be less self-destructive. Since living up to others’ expectations may be detrimental, then why do people still want to live up to others?
Unfortunately, due to problems that arise in their lives, people have found it difficult nowadays to think positively about themselves. Difficulty to think positively about themselves has lead people into depression, anxiety, worry, and esc. Therefore it is important for everyone to instill a positive self-image in themselves. Most people assume that negative self-image most of the time has got to do with person’s own self perspective. However, little do they know that a person’s self-image is normally affected by their surroundings and the influence of other people.