Theodore Rubin's Competition And Happiness

He gave himself this identity because the given identity of having a Mandibulofacial Dysostosis caused him to much stererotypical threats and it was causing people to run away in fear and was hurting himself. In the book Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do, Steele states “...where his chosen social identity could be even safer from his given social identity.” (Chapter 4 page 65) Steeles says that people would given themselves their own identities because their given ones were too

Having hopes and dreams is important because it gives us something to care about and be hopeful for. In a world full of hatred, inequality, and violence, we need some sort of outlet to distract ourselves from the cruelties of the world. If we have hopes and dreams, we could have a positive reminder that something in your life can be better or get better. As a hopeful person myself, practicing this makes me feel better about being a human being. My dreams and aspirations make me push myself harder in order to achieve my goals.

This is giving people a misinterpretation of what life should be about and that's happiness, good doing, and virtuous instead he gives the image of greed, gluttony, and pride. What we must do is to stop letting people influence what we think is right and wrong and what we think we need in life versus what we actually need in life. What I've learned in class applies to this topic because it highlights the wrong doings of some celebrities like Kanye West and how he actually influences the minds of other in the world and how his wrong doing and self interest in himself can actually affect the mind of others and the lives they will want to live. To solve this, I think we need to apply the ethical position of the principle of universalizability which is "An act is morally acceptable if, and only if, its maxim is universalizability" (Garcia,16). What this means is that we need a society in which what we do can be accepted by everyone that way nobody can see anything as a way of

In the “So Called Iced Cream” by Daniel Barwick and How Not to Get Into College: The Preoccupation with Preparation” by Alfie Kohn people believe extrinsic rewards will bring happiness and reduced stress into their lives, yet they ultimately end up filled with regret, and grief for everything they have sacrificed in the process of reaching their goal. Firstly, in “Enjoying the so called ‘Iced- Cream’” Monty Burns is depressed with his life despite having all the riches money can buy; similarly, in Kohn’s essay, students sacrifice their happiness and well-being in the process of gaining admission into top-tier universities. For instance, the narrator writes, “How could it be that Mr. Bums is unhappy? He has his own Xanadu, a nuclear power

While war can be seen as a way to gain land, wealth, and power, it ends up not benefiting either side. The inhumanity found in humans that is shown in war, changes both the aggressors and the victims’ lives in a negative way. Humans often lose sight of what is most important in life: survival; therefore some focus all of their attention towards what is needed to make them “fulfilled”, and sometimes have to take down others in order to get their way. Hitler was enraged that the Germans lost WWI, and blamed the loss of the war on the citizens of Germany being unpatriotic and

In the article “Social Isolation: A Modern Plague” by Steve Ilardi on the website PsychologyToday.com, the author discusses the major effects of being isolated from society, stating that social isolation is “...a huge risk factor for the onset of major depression” (Ilardi). Despite being more intelligent, a person who is an outcast because they are mentally different from other human beings will not be any better off than before their intelligence was increased. Depression will suck away their will and drive to succeed, rendering the operation they went through utterly unproductive. Similarly, in the novel “Frankenstein’s Monster” by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein’s Monster runs away from his creator Victor Frankenstein. He learns that there are no there beings like him by observing the peasants that reside in a cottage, and questions if he is a “...monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned?” (Shelley 3).

However, this also backfires on him, since he will not be able to mend his exile and isolation. In fact, his actions only make his situation worse. According to Kirsten Weir, a freelance-writer and editor who specializes in science and psychology, “If someone’s primary concern is to reassert a sense of control, he or she may become aggressive as a way to force others to pay attention. Sadly, that can create a downward spiral. When people act aggressively, they’re even less likely to gain social acceptance.” The murders of thirty men in Heorot forces King Hrothgar’s men to leave for the safety of their lives and causes great grief for the king himself.

When dieting, training and legal supplements all failed to produce the magazine-like results, respondents realized that they would need illegal supplements to achieve their goals” (758). Therefore, such social standards can make an individual feel inadequate, and, as a result, turn to steroids. The relation between cultural expectations and recreational steroid use can be further examined in the aspect of one’s desired love life or partner. Woman are a huge contribution to a man's ego. Lorber suggests, “Bodies differ in many ways physiologically, but they are completely transformed by social practices to fit into the salient categories of a society, the most pervasive of which are ‘female’ and ‘male’” (728).

During his runaway journey, he befriends two nuns and discusses his thoughts on how Mercutio’s death “was Romeo’s fault… It drives [Holden] crazy if somebody gets killed… and it’s somebody else’s fault” (145). A strong sign of his inability to recover is that he blames himself for his brother’s death. Holden seems himself as Romeo and Allie as Mercutio. Although he could not help Allie at all, he still places the blame on himself. Because he knows the negative effect of a premature loss of innocence, he clings onto his belief of innocence in the youth.

This is true, but the thing is emotions like anger and sadness only make us more human. Everyone has emotions like these so why is it so bad when Charlie has them. Another argument the opposing side has is that after the surgery Charlie became self aware about his “friends” and was fired from his job. I think it was good Charlie got away from his “friends” because Charlie could have been physically hurt instead of emotionally. It’s shown throughout the book that Charlie’s “friends” were hurting him and going to horrible heights to exploit Charlie’s mental