People are often told that self respect is important for different reasons. “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power” (Clint Eastwood). Dignity, integrity, and confidence are crucial because they allow people to accept themselves. Self respect in Kristin Cashore’s “Graceling” provides Bitterblue, Po, and Katsa with the strength they require to overcome obstacles. First of all, with self respect, Bitterblue gains the power that is necessary to overcome challenges. First off, Bitterblue stands up for Katsa. Bitterblue demands King Ror and Po’s brothers to “... not hurt [Katsa]...” (418) because she believes that Katsa “...did right” (418) and …show more content…
First, Katsa defies King Randa. King Randa treats Katsa like a personal thug and demands she punish innocent people. Katsa realizes that “No one can make [her] do anything” (164). She rebels because she knows that King Randa’s men cannot “force [her] to go against [her] will” (167). Katsa’s confidence strengthens her, which allows her to face King Randa. Also, Katsa does not want “...to live like a tracked animal” (170). Her dignity gives her the strength to escape King Randa’s control. Additionally, Katsa allows herself to fall in love with Po. Katsa respects herself and her desires. Self respect allows Katsa to fall in love with Po and be happy even though she fears that “Her freedom would not be her own” (237). She dismisses the notion that being in a relationship restricts freedom and independence, which demonstrates that she wishes the best for herself. Equally as important, Katsa keeps Bitterblue alive in Grella’s Pass. Katsa chooses to go through Grella’s Pass because she has confidence that she and Bitterblue can survive. Katsa respects her survival skills, which gives her the strength and courage to trek through Grella’s Pass. All in all, Katsa’s self respect helps her overcome obstacles that she
Self-harming has always been a sensitive and harbored topic for the people worldwide. They see the concept of self-injury from text books, media, novels, and celebrities. Cheryl Rainfield, the author of the book Scars, has delivered a significant and strong message about self-wounding through the main character, Kendra, and her story. With the use of imagery and the alternation of Kendra’s past and present, Cheryl Rainfield has revealed the struggles that lead to Kendra’s way of living such life. Not only in fictional books, there are people in everyday life fighting to live by abusing themselves. Demi Lovato, an US-UK famous singer who is known for her strong, warm voice, an optimistic spirit and a bright smile that always appears on her face, is a victim of self-harm. Demi had eating disorder and cuts on her body as the evidence of all the hardship that happened to her. Even though she had finally found help and gotten over her fear, it is still a heart breaking surprise to everyone that knows and loves her. As stated above, self-harming is a sensitive subject that is defaulted as a wrong and crazy action. It does not matter how life goes or how worst things are, nothing would ever be bad enough for a person to hurt and harm themselves, because it is a sin. However, all people have is a misunderstanding, and such misconception has made people indifferent and the situation get worse for the victims.
The lesson that reader takes away from this novel is how straining it is for children that have to live up to their parents failed dreams. The disconnect between the father, and his child is a situation that readers can learn from without having to experience. Even if readers do not have children, they learn that if you have experienced adversities in life that is helpful to share those lessons with anyone, children or not. The benefit of sharing life experiences illustrates to people that they have overcome life’s short comings and so can others. The characters within the novel face a slew of discrimination; however, they did not coach and teach their children how to deal. The importance of communication and sharing life lessons is what readers learn. Experiences of people marginalized in America is another lesson this book illustrates. While some people in American may never experience discrimination or adversity, they are for a moment submerged in the plight of others. Empathy for others, is what readers take away. Although characterization is only one way that readers of literary fiction become better, another way is through the
The Westcotts have lost an illusory faith in themselves and their society. Now they must begin to find a real one with each other. Nowadays this recognition of society’s horrible secrets such as drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, racial discrimination, domestic violence, sexism, and many more are all too vivid. The only question that remains is whether it is better to acknowledge these hidden secrets like today, or to ignore them like yesterday?
The novel “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte, and the novella “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James, both display the treatment of pride for upper and lower class similarly. Furthermore, the treatment of pride will be compared and contrasted in this essay to examine and understand how pride is treated. In novel and novella both the lower class characters believe their pride makes them superior beings. Although the pride of lower and upper-class characters led them to their corruption. Moreover, the upper-class characters in each narrative maintain their respectability by their pride. However, in “Jane Eyre” all casts must have their emotions controlled by their pride, or this will lead to inappropriate behavior. Nevertheless, in “The Turn of
Gender roles in society are very prevalent and impacting in our current society, good or bad. In the poem, “Respect”, by Melissa Studdard she tackles this subject head-on with her own take on the life of a women. In her writing she uses multiple poetic devices to convey her messages, two included being personification and imagery. She first starts the poem using imagery when she compares a woman's body to a cave, saying that there is a fire inside that somebody forgot to put out (Studdard 1-3). These lines are a great way to convey the message of what I believe is that a women has a fire inside of her like a burning passion, and Studdard’s use of imagery makes this very easy to understand for the reader. I believe that this use of imagery can
In H. Rider Haggard's novel She, two men go in search of an immortal queen with whom they both fall in love. The men, Holly and Leo, are opposites in nearly every way; one is intelligent but physically repulsive, the other handsome but rather slow and boring. From the beginning, they are nicknamed "Beauty and the Beast," and like Beauty and the Beast, Leo is admired by those around him while Holly is rejected and isolated.
The author created this book for our entertainment, but also to teach us that you shouldn’t change for anyone, that you should express yourself the way that you want to.
A Troubled Mind Can Create Great Art Are narcissism and sexuality related to one another? According to Merriam Webster, narcissism is the excessive concern for one person that may or may not include an amplified sense of ego. Sexuality is also defined as having attributes that include being a sexual being. Anne Sexton’s work they seem to be. After succumbing to a serious depression that cast a shadow over her life until her untimely suicide at age 39, she enrolled in a local adult education poetry workshop.
Specific examples of this repetition can be found at the end of the third paragraph, where Didion says, “The dismal fact is that self-respect has nothing to do with the approval of others…” And in the fourth paragraph Didion makes a comparison between living without self-respect to lying awake in bed one night and not being able to reach the milk and pondering on past regrets – it stays with you and makes you feel negative emotions as time passes. One may post-pone those thoughts, but we all end up going back to laying in our bed at night. She, then, goes back to her principle about self-respect – “Whether or not we sleep in it depends, of course, on whether or not we respect ourselves.” The ending statement reinforces the fact that it is important to have this quality in your life, so that you do not have these negative feelings that can potentially prohibit you living life the best way you can or want to. By continuously stating these anecdotes and comparisons, the key principle of Didion’s essay always comes back and emphasizes this to readers. Repetition of this lesson is an attempt to implant this principle into reader’s head, which she is successful at.
In Cue for Treason, Katherine “Kit” Kirkstone has very little power over her life and suffers as a result.
She has opened a free treatment center where they can come get the help and therapy they need. She does everything in her power to make sure these young women can lead functional healthy lives. This huge undertaking is a prime example of humility at its best. My brother works for Kent, a man who is a millionaire. Kent shows humility by doing the same menial tasks that he asks his employees to perform on a daily basis. Wealth too often has a tendency to have a negative outcome on humility. One would never know Kent’s financial status by the typical actions associated with a millionaire. Thus exhibiting further signs of humility. In other words he has not let his wealth affect his humility if anything he has made sure that it hasn’t. When I attend church Josh is always there volunteering. He is a big newscaster on channel five. Instead of bragging about being a local celebrity, Josh stands in the background cleaning the tables. He expresses humility by volunteering and helping his community. All three of these examples describe the different characteristics of humility. Humility can be shown through all of one's actions.
Once upon a time, a little girl got everything She wanted. She was the envy and desire of her friends. She flaunted what She had, and with any quick motion could strike jealousy into the most unresentful a woman. She would tear them down with a glance, Make concern where freedom used to be. She was good at it. Even great. She enjoyed, the way people would stare at her and how She would feel when he light was drawn out of someone’s face. When a girl’s face would turn pale, stricken with self-loathing. The girls weren’t jealous, they were concerned, even, angry with themselves for not having everything She did. Sucking the air out of a room, leaving anyone left to die of suffocation. She defined the “doggy dog world” everyone
Long long time ago, there lived a King named Raden Putra in the Kingdom of Jenggala. In the kingdom, Raden Putra lived with his kind-hearted queen and a beautiful concubine. But unlike the queen, the concubine was very deceitful and has a heart of evil. She was also very greedy and arrogant. The concubine always wanted the best from the king, and because the queen was very kind-hearted, she always gives the concubine the better one. However, it never touched the concubine’s heart and never stoped her from thinking about how to make the queen leave the palace.
My first essay, “The Shaping of My Character” was a personal narrative. It was easier to write this paper because it was about my own experiences. I wrote the narrative on the “golden rule,” about how witnessing cruelty let me know that was not how I wanted to be. Therefore, this rule facilitated the women I am today. This essay made me think about a friend whom I have not thought about in years. Annie’s bullying and teasing inspired me to follow the rule, “treat others how you want to be treated.” Reviewing the essay, some parts could have been further elaborated. Providing examples and elaborations are shortcomings in my writing; I will keep working on that.
really do what he says. When Harpo beats Sophia to "make her mind," she beats