Celestines Essays

“You express the truth of your character with the choice of your actions.” A quote by Steve Maraboli explains how the choices you make affect the way you show off your character to other people. Many people these days character is not very good or they don’t show all the pillars of character. Well, my very close friend named Rosie shows that she has a good character and the way she acts follows the pillars. The reason Rosie is such a great person is that she follows the six pillars of character which

slightly older than the rest. They were stunned when they saw me. What was a person like me doing in an underground cavern? "I told you that you needed to fix the ceiling!" shouted the first witch. "Oh, don't start blaming me. Blame Celestine." replied the second witch. Celestine seemed infuriated, "Why should Aurelia and Rose blame me for not fixing the ceiling?" "They blame you because you are in charge of the Earth element." said the other. "Stay out of this Arabella." Aurelia and Rose exclaimed in unison

because we live in a world where we don’t have a choice to decide who we are because society decides it for us. In Cecelia Ahern’s Flawed Celestine experiences a lot of difficulties after being named flawed. So, it makes sense why being labeled by society can do harm. First off, Labels are deceptive about how the person really is. For example, on the bus Celestine sees an old man coughing and struggling to breathe “All eyes are staring out the window or on him in disgust as if he's about to infect

Levels of Hell Descending down the steps that lead to hell is a frightening task, and so, a guide is needed to help one navigate through the madness that is hell. Frederic Chopin greatly influenced my love for music. He was a prodigal composer and a virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era. He wrote mainly for pianos, which was his favorite instrument. It is also my first and main instrument. Therefore, I chose him as my guide through hell. We went down a set of stairs and got to level

Imagine a world in which everyone was pressured to be perfect; a world where those with imperfections are punished. That is exactly the world that exists in the book Flawed by Cecelia Ahern. The story follows Celestine, whose perfect life is forever changed by one decision to save another’s life. The title that the author chose is extremely appropriate for this story for many reasons. Flawed is the best title for this book because it represents the society at the time, it describes the main character

Sean Kahre Langford English Hon 3 March 2023 People with a high reputation such as political members and news outlets are determined to bring others down by spreading false info. Ahern uses many examples of misinformation in the book “Flawed.” These examples show how people with authority over society control the narrative. The book “Flawed” reminds me of the modern world because it relates to how politics and other people that have a lot of control over society can control it. Ahern’s use

Celestine was seen as different things to different people. A hero, a leader for the Flawed, a villain, a poster girl, and the most flawed person in history. Celestine learned the rules of being Flawed but never fully understood why they had to be followed. Such as three Flawed people cannot stand next to each other, Celestine had “never stood between two Flawed before” and now she knows why, “...it gives [them]

not realize it, these terms dehumanize such individuals, as they define them at their worst moments. In Flawed by Cecelia Ahern, a dystopian novel, a future country is described in which people who make moral mistakes are ostracized by society. Celestine North, a 16-year-old girl with a bright future, assists a Flawed man and is in turn accused of being Flawed herself. Throughout her novel, Cecelia Ahern emphasizes through Celestine’s life as a Flawed person how labels, lack of free will, and publicity

During the story, Celestine has a negative label put on her for doing something that was morally right but was seen as bad in her society. The label changed every aspect of her life from emotions to what she could eat. Flawed tries to convey the idea that putting negative labels on a person can cause unhappiness like how in the real world when a negative label is put on a person it makes them become unhappy with aspects of their life and themselves. In the real world

It tells who the person is in the world. In the novel Flawed by Cecelia Ahern the character Celestine experiences the label of perfect and flawed. Labels matter because labels can identify a person quickly, and they feel like they belong. Labels affect the identity of a person or try and find out who they are. Celestine said in the beginning of the book she said, “I’m a perfectionist” (3). What celestine means by this is, she thinks she is perfect and everything about her is perfect, every shape

would you choose? While there are many possibilities that could fit this answer, it is not difficult to choose songs that fit the characters of the books Flawed by Cecelia Ahern and Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum. Flawed is a story starring Celestine as she goes through her life after being deemed as Flawed, which is a huge dishonor in her society. Everyone who is Flawed is assigned to a Whistleblower, who checks in on the Flawed and runs tests to make sure they obeyed all of the rules that day

When a crime is committed, the offender must receive some sort of punishment, whether it be jail time, a fine, or something else. Subsequently, they should be able to get back to their life once they complete it. However, this generally isn’t the case. In Cecelia Ahern’s book, Flawed,” society is built on the idea that if a person does something considered “wrong,” whether illegal or not, they should be branded as “Flawed” and forced to live under separate rules from the rest of society, despite

similar to bias in courtrooms by incorrectly convicting and accusing people. After Celestine got off the bus and sent to Highland Castle Judge Creavan tells Celestine “Currently, Judge Jackson, … regards your act as a moral misjudgment and would like a flawed verdict. Judge Sanchez sees your act as aiding and assisting a Flawed, which carries the punishment of imprisonment.” (Ahern sixty-one). This bias damaged Celestine

Belonging/ fitting in is an important feeling in society. In the novel Flawed by Cecelia Ahern, the main character is Celestine, and she was good until she helped a flawed man and was branded 6 times. Cecelia Ahern’s “Flawed” explores how belonging/ fitting in and abusing power, Ahern develops this through the characters Celestine and Judge Crevan. Ahern demonstrates that labels impact the ability to belong/ fit in. When Ahern is describing the world she says, “[The flawed] still live among us but

the illusion that around you, everything is perfect. Misinformation is a common way that one party systems control their citizens. In “Flawed,” Cecelia Ahern demonstrates that Misinformation can lead one to not see the injustice in their society. Celestine thinks the Flawed system is perfect and protect her from the “Flawed”, but later she ties to help one of the “Flawed” to his seat because he is old and instead is found flawed herself. She wants to reveal that Flawed System in wrong. Firstly, Ahern

When Celestine is branded with her Flawed markings, the court only said she would get five brandings. This was put in the media and news by the head of the Guild, Judge Craven. This made it known to everyone that Craven’s “reports only said five” and that her “family was removed for unreasonable behavior” (Ahern 176). But Celestine was branded six times against her will because of Craven’s hatred towards her. Craven controlled what the reports said and lied about how many brandings Celestine got.

and how you view yourself after being labeled. During the book Celestine had to relearn about herself after being labeled ”Flawed” and having a whole society treat her differently because of being ”Flawed”. Looking at Flawed shows how labels have a significant impact on people's identity, bias, and prejudice on how we view each other. Ahern demonstrates that labels impact our sense of self. Throughout the beginning of Flawed, Celestine had always been called perfect and always thought of herself as

Dante Alighieri uses prominent allusions to provide the reader with concepts that they can relate to for overall better understanding. Dante incorporates allusions within the circles of Hell such as Pope Celestine V, Dido, and Judas. To begin, one of the very first allusions introduced is Pope Celestine V for his abandonment of religious hierarchy and hate towards God. As Dante enters through the Gates of Hell, he is surrounded by a thick mist engulfing spirits who had no place in Heaven nor Hell, they

Simply put they are seen as lesser then. When Celestine is kidnapped by Logan, Gavin, Natasha, and Colleen she is taken to a shed where they essentially embarrass her and find out she has a sixth brand. Logan has strong beliefs about the flawed, he says, “Shut up, Gav, she’s Flawed. She’s scum…Gavin, don’t offend me. She’s flawed scum I wouldn’t touch her with a barge pole.” (Pages 219-221, Ahern) There are multiple instances where he mentions that Celestine is trash and is nothing in comparison to the

people are to the Flawed, by the experience Celestine had to go through when they kidnapped her. Because of their bias, they humiliated her by forcing her to take off her dress. And the reason for this was because she was branded Flawed. There were so many more unimaginable things that they did to her that could break a person. If they weren’t so prejudiced towards the Flawed, then they would have never thought that it was okay to do those things to Celestine. This experience occurs in real life too