Beautiful, vast, breathtaking, amazing and at the same time dangerous and cruel, where inhabiting diversity of different species of plants and animals - this all words are of our great world. It is not a secret that people have a lot of different enemies in the world. However, the most serious and worst enemies are their own. In this essay, I am going to examine why people are their own worst enemy.
To begin with, it is not a secret that through all human history, people have always fought wars due to power and superiority over other people. The reason is the egoistic ambitions of some politicians, political groups or whole countries. War is a dilemma of supremacy among great countries, which means the conflict between the most powerful
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Sometimes we are looking back at our past, and think what has changed today? We are whole lives wandering in the dark and trying to find an outlet to the light. But while we are wandering, we are fighting with enemies, but the worst enemy is us. In the dark we do not see the truth so, we are walking in the dark and can't find the way to the light. People still have fought wars in different countries. Every day we listen or watch in News or social media, how people die every day because of war. The wars today exist in many countries such as countries as Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine etc. Joan F. Kennedy said that "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. And i am agreed with this quote if we do not stop have wars, we disappear as human type. Because every year we invent new more powerful weapons, which can destroy a half of world. Wars, psychological illnesses, the distraction of environment, fast food addiction are vivid examples how people are their own worst enemy. Do people in the future stop be their own enemy or this our human nature? The answer to this question is in Emmanuelle Chriqui quote "We have this idea of perfection that is so unrealistic.We are our own worst enemy.No one is noticing that little
Firstly, war is initiated by country having more power and wanting to expand their territory or to gain more resources. For example, in the essay The Ecstasy of War (1997) by Barbara Ehrenreich, she stated “that wars are designed, at least ostensibly, to secure necessaries like land or oil” (Ehrenreich 43). Therefore, countries wanting to have more land or important resources will initiate a war if the other country is not in accordance in willing to
History is full of people fighting against one another and going to war for all types of different reasons. For the most part countries go to war to either protect their way of life, or for a better way of living. We want to preserve certain aspects of life like our rights, as well as helping others gain or maintain them, we also want to be able to prosper as a country. When one or some of these things are threatened a country will go to war. Some wars that fallow this trend include the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War. Besides protecting or bettering life, war can also make or break a countries economy.
If expanded further, this metaphor can be applied to the entire human experience. All humanity is like a traveler driving through the dark. At varying junctions in our experiences we are, inevitably, both the discoverers and perpetrators of atrocities; the confusion surrounding our responses to theses junctions is the darkness we travel through.
The state of humanity is brittle and we need to start learning if we are to continue as the superior species. Wars, as the state we are in now are inevitable and more will happen in my lifetime and probably my children’s as well but that's not to say that's how it has to be. Just because that's how it’s always been doesn't mean that how it must
War is the bane of humanity’s existence, it is an indiscriminate killer, just as deadly as
Humanity is ultimately dark, it’s just we don’t dare to admit it. Humanity is like a ying-yang, it comes with the dark and the light, but we focus on the light in dark times; we always try to hide away the dark truth. Hiding away the darkness, making society seem perfect; humanity is really terrifying, knowing about the darkness that we all try to hide, is even more alarming. We commit genocide, spend more money on war than peace, child abuse, domestic violence, suicide, and more. We created this place in which all this happens, but we don’t accept it, we shun it. Keeping it locked up, we pretend it doesn’t happen. We don’t acknowledge any of this. We choose to wear rose-colored glasses, rather than seeing the truth of it
Have you ever thought about what was hard for you to talk about? Depending on who you are and where you are from may determine what may be is hard for you to talk about. Different people go through many different things in life and it can be difficult to explain or even share with others or maybe the person is not ready to discuss the issues. Most people may say that the loss of someone is something that is hard to speak on and I would agree, but there are many other things that difficult to talk about. Something may be racism, the next chapter of your life, or even talking to parents about certain things.
The human mind is the greatest aesthetic of human accomplishment ,but it is also the greatest downfall of mankind because the existence of fear dictates what humans are will and will not
the dark side of human nature is rooted deeply within a person no matter how hard they try
Every day we are surrounded by stories of war. In fact, we have become so accustomed to it, that we are now entertained by it. Video games, movies, and books filled with heroes who once dominated the battlefields. However it is constantly stated, “no good comes from war.” Even famous songs state “war... what is it good for… absolutely nothing.” But what if war was actually necessary? Throughout history, we see examples of the good things wars have brought. War has freed slaves, modernized medicine, brought down evil empires, and even brought countries together
Almost every state on Earth desires peace, so why do countries go to war so often? Between World War I and World War II alone, there were an estimated 81 million casualties (Primary Megadeaths). Each state has different values and desires and many are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure those values remain in their state as well as spread to others. War results in a failure of states to successfully bargain with one another. The most common reason for wars to occur is territorial control. Of the 155 wars in the past three centuries, 83 of them dealt with territory (Holsti). Adding more territory will often add more wealth to the state. One way it can do that is by providing goods, resources, or industries that a state needs, such as oil or minerals. Iran and Iraq fought a war from 1980-1988 partially because Iraq sought to take control of Iran’s southern oil fields, according to World Politics. Military strategy can also play a role in why states seek new territories. Finally, states can be interested in territory for ethnic, cultural, or historical reasons. A prime ex...
In contrast to Rosseau’s profound beliefs, William Golding suggests that people are brought into the world with darkness lurking deep inside their souls. Humans are wicked by nature, and the powerful regulations of civilization create the strong foundations necessary to contain the gruesome monsters living inside each and every human being. As...
War has always been, and will always be, a necessary action perpetrated by man. There are many reasons for war: rage, passion, greed, defense, and religion to name a few. When differences cannot be solved or compromised through mediation with an opposing party, war is the last remaining option. Muslim historian Ibn Khaldun wrote in fourteenth-century Spain, that “War is a universal and inevitable aspect of life, ordained by God to the same extent as the sky and the earth, the heat and the cold. The question of whether to fright is not a significant moral question because fighting is constant; the minor decision not to fight this war will be made only in the context of knowing that another war will present itself soon enough because it is simply always there.” (Peter S. Themes. The Just War)
They are many ways to approach a conflict in order to find a resolution. For minimal actions people are often willing to talk about it, but for major actions the solutions to those problems are usually acted out by violence thus, the creation of war. For many centuries countries have been going to war over disagreements. However, it is not any type of disagreements; it is usually about the political beliefs of certain countries. In fact, World War 1 was caused by the disagreements of the European countries in power which were Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary. Some of the countries had a difference of opinion concerning political values on ruling the country. Some were in favour of nationalism, imperialism, or militarism which caused physical conflict and created war. (Duffy) Many soldiers had to go fight to represent their country and make them proud. Many novels have been written to explain to the people how the war had a psychological impact on the soldiers who participated in The Great War, but in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque he explains the true depth of war by implicating his knowledge of his days as a German soldier fighting on the western front. Remarque’s awful war experience influenced him to write his novel to show the realistic brutality of war by graphic violence, the emotional impacts on the privates as well as the impact of nationalism by the Germans.
War has been around for centuries. From the time modern civilizations began, war has played an integral part in human history. It shaped the world into the modern world we live in. War has been said to be a great motivator, for example, the Great Wall of China was built to fend off the attackers from the north. However, the negative aspects of war far outweighs any positive effects it might have. The destruction of civilizations, cities and countries, mass killings of men, woman and children alike, the disastrous effect it has on economy and the after effects of war can last for centuries.