Examples Of Perfection In The Chrysalids

Aftermath has shown a great belief that Koresh's own goal was to bring superiority upon himself along with attention. This meant that anything Koresh said and commanded was holy to the Davidians.

In the human mind, everything has to be perfect, simple, and easy. Across the world, at every moment in every day, people strive for perfection. A perfect day, a perfect family, a perfect life. However, perfection is not that simple and frankly, is almost impossible to come across. Take the Jarret family, for example, in Judith Guest’s Ordinary People. The Jarret’s are perceived as a typical, perfect, ordinary family. The lives of these family members soon become anything but perfect, with the death of the eldest son and the suicide attempt of the other child. Conrad, the youngest son, has a very hard time dealing with the grief of his brother’s death, and ultimately tries to end his life. Conrad has a very difficult understanding that the death of his brother affects others too, making Conrad ultimately feel alone and insecure. In Judith Guest's Ordinary People, Conrad Jarrett learns to deal with recovery and hardship with the help of actions through learning that he’s not alone when he is depressed with the help and guidance of Lazenby and Dr. Berger.

One of the themes of “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck is gender inequality. In this short story, the main character Elisa Allen was a strong, smart woman who was stuck being a common housewife. Elisa wishes she could go out and be like the tinker, sleeping under the stars and adventuring every day of her life. Elisa’s husband owns a ranch of some sorts, and when he tells Elisa of the business deal he’d just made he gave her an unspecific explanation, or a dumbed down one so he doesn’t “confuse her”.

The urge to be seen as perfect is a desire commonly found among humans. However, even some animals are not immune to such desires. A bird trying to attract the best mate in the forest by creating a perfect nest will fight to the death for a twig that it believes will make its nest excel beyond the rest. The bird will even go so far as to break the incubating eggs in a nest if it contains an item that the bird wants as its own. Similarly, in humans, there are characters that strive for perfection primarily based on self-satisfaction, rather than the well-being of others so much so that they begin to weigh ideology above humanity. The protagonist Macbeth, by the famous William Shakespeare, has different phases of respectability, all molded by his inevitability of fate. As an audience we interpret and form an opinion through Shakespeare’s use of psychological audience manipulation (Source C) to observe how one can fall prey to their own desire to create a perfect life; thus, it leads one to abandon their morals and commit horrible acts. When individuals begin to weigh ideology above humanity, they become bitter and accusing, they begin to lose their grip on reality and they create chaos and war. And at the end, Macbeth, the tragic hero stands up in front of us undeserving of the fate that was brought to him.

James Baldwin’s, Giovanni’s Room, tells the story of an American man, David, in Paris, and his relationship with a man, Giovanni. There are large overarching themes of repression and isolation throughout the novel which lend a hand to, David’s, own repression of self. It is immediately obvious to the reader what David is repressing; he cannot admit that he is gay. Baldwin uses imagery of water throughout the novel (a glass of water even being used on some covers) to represent David’s relationship with Giovanni. Baldwin further pushes this representation, and the failed relationship of Giovanni and David (because of David’s inability to accept the truth of himself) to highlight the importance of acceptance.

1. David Sedaris Titles his essay “Us and Them.” Whom does this title refer to? Whom are we meant to sympathize with- “us” or “them”? How do you know?

The constant struggle to be the best at everything, and to be better than everyone else puts a lot of pressure on the people in our society.We feel as if we need to maintain the facade of perfection because of the standards society places on us, money matters because society judges us based on class. Even though we are one society, we end up breaking the minds of people who tried to realize a life of perfection only to fail.“In spite of its elusiveness, we remain fixated on perfection. Often enough, even when we know the flaws, we still defend an image of flawlessness.”-Melissa Bury. The Ancient Greeks had a fixation on an “ideal” world.This was prevalent in their architecture, and in their art of the human body.However, the Greeks pursuit for perfection ends up being just a pursuit, as the goal never can be or will be

The major premise of the Ontological argument is about what God is. In the Abrahamic tradition God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He is the pinnacle of perfection because of those points, and therefore it is

The book The Chrysalids is a unique book with suspense, mystery, and different ways of how people view life. With every good book comes a catchy title like “The Chrysalids” but, what does the title mean? How does it relate to the story being told? Personally, I don’t know the meaning of chrysalids although it’s a very interesting word and so simple so it must have some meaning to the book. The book has a very unique storyline with an intriguing title, but what is the true meaning behind the title?

The biblical covenants that God makes displayed in Piper’s Article, all of which fulfilled by Jesus, invite mankind to the Kingdom of the Father. Throughout the Bible, these covenants are made between God and people like Abraham, Moses, and Noah. They serve as a spectacular source of faith and help people on earth to realize the Father’s wisdom, power, and love he has to share. His covenants with man can be referred to as His own “self-written job description,” how He works to keep people on a good path in life. The Davidic Covenant is especially important, its fulfillment by the Son is a great way for Christians to find and see the strength of faith. The Article shows how His Covenant of David has a great connection

It is clear that John Wyndham wrote The Chrysalids as a warning for today’s society, based on the comparisons that are drawn between the society of Waknuk, the Old People, Sea land, and our current society. More specifically, the current technological advancements, the existence of fundamentalist groups, and the slowly changing concept of “freedom of speech”.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birth Mark” shows readers the foolishness and selfishness of trying to create a perfect being and defying our creator. Nathaniel shows an example of this act by publishing this story of Aylmer and his non-perfect wife, who has a birth mark in the shape of a hand on her cheek. Aylmer is so disgusted with this mark that he soon begins to use science to take care of the problem. Throughout “The Birth Mark” Hawthorne performs different symbols that indicate Aylmer is just a human being and challenging God to make a perfect human will always lead to death.

“The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a criticism of human’s focus on perfection and the damage it can cause. Georgiana has a birthmark on her cheek that many believe to be one of the many sources of her beauty. But her husband, Aylmer, believes it to be a hideous imperfection. Aylmer, a scientist, believes that he has the cure for something as damaging as a birthmark. After much persistence, he receives permission to attempt to remove Georgiana’s birthmark and has to deal with its inevitable consequences. Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” shows an obsession with perfection and the damage it can have on something as fragile as human life.

Quotes/passages: “ 'Purity . . . ' I said. 'The will of the Lord. Honour thy father . . . Am I supposed to forgive him! Or to try to kill him? ' Page 74 This excerpt briefly makes David think of his loyalty towards his friends. As a child growing up with his father always thinking of mutants as bad and evil libiving things he was confused between two things of forgiveness or killing him.

Sanderson explains how David was not going to give up, even if it means death. David was “bloodied before [Steelheart]” yet stuck out his ambitious plan and watched his plan literally go up in flames as “the fire consumed Steelheart” (Sanderson 376). This shows that David would not go down without a fight, and he would fight until it was all over to see Steelheart bleed. For David to be able to overcome this major obstacle it was not going to be easy, and he proved he was not going to give up no matter how much blood he would have to shed. David also had to believe that it was possible to overcome a problem as large as Steelheart. Overall David had worked hard, reluctant to give up he overcame large obstacles and in the end, his unwillingness to give up made it possible for him to complete his final