By witnessing the disintegration of her world, Ling, naive and carefree, matures and becomes a courageous, selfless young woman. ... At the end of the novel, as she and her mother face hardships and misfortune, Ling displayed courage and selflessness as she does all that she can to protect those she loves. ... She understands that she has to take on the responsibilities of an adult, and as an act of selflessness, Ling offers to relieve her mother of shopping duties to protect her. ... Her selfless actions prove her undeniable loyalty towards those she loves, a characteristic strengthened thro...

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Jennifer Donnelly uses simile in likening words with shining, luxurious pearls and symbolism to represent Mattie's mother's support of Mattie's dreams and her love of learning as a legacy. ... Mattie feels pressure to be selfless and also feels as though she is dishonouring her mother's dying wish. ... In the context of A Gathering Light women were expected to be selfless and put their husbands and children before themselves and their wants. ... However, society still holds firm expectations for women's roles in families and has the belief that women should be selfle...

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The point of view that during extreme suffering, one can still preserve their humanity through acts of kindness towards others is true because doing so positively effects those suffering around you, which gives meaning to your own suffering because when you provide a selfless act of kindness towards another, it creates a chain effect of kindness on the suffering group as a whole. ... He emptied his soul into his music, and he left the world doing something he loved. ... Even under the most extreme circumstances of suffering, one can still choose to preserve their humanity through selfless act...

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In this "realm" two kinds of people exist; those who are selfish and those who are selfless. ... Equivalent is a person who has learned and chose to neglect the Prophet Mohammad (May peace be upon him)'s words of wisdom, "None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself." Nevertheless there are most certainly people who choose to live by such a proclamation, the humble souls who are emotionally selfless. ... More importantly, the person is one who strives to become the person who is the source of happiness and the one to love the othe...

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Selflessness does not necessarily mean giving up personal happiness for the sake of others. Selflessness means focusing on personal growth. ... He is ensuring that if you realize your selflessness and conform to an adaptive persona that does not mean you disappear into the background or lose your individuality. ... Leslie Bell's stories in "Selections from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom" are an examination of the relationship between love and self and how it projects itself into everyday life. ... He discusses selflessness in context of ach...

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Throughout its plot, the parable also demonstrates various other themes including forgiveness, parental love, anger, and jealousy. ... In the other hand, despite the rather insulting request, the father's reaction of granting the younger son his part of the inheritance seems to represent parental selfless love. ... As it is demonstrated in this essay, the structure, the language, the style, and the narrative events of "The Parable of the Lost Son" properly exemplify a text that is aimed to a general audience and emphasizes on a teaching that criticizes succumbing to the feeling...

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I moved by their optimistic point of view and their selflessness love. On the whole, although SARS is a devil that disturbs our normal everyday life, it is also a mirror for us to discover our faults and incorrect habits, as well as a touchstone to confirm the love among us. ...

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Some even place the welfare of their loved ones before themselves; blood is thicker then virtually anything, as it very well should be. The problem one encounters is that there are a select group of philanthropic selfless individuals out there who do place the benefits and interests of complete strangers or non-family members before even the benefit of themselves. ... If the underlying motive that compels individuals to act is fitness maximization, then how does this theory explain altruistic selfless behaviour? ... The underlying motivation behind not killing a person and dying for the sake...

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The maintenance of conservative community cohesion and a stable family life were regarded as desirable goals, one "more important than love-. ... She is selfless and stoical, loving her limited scoop accepting her family's intrinsic imperfections. Her relationship with her husband is based on compromise and forgiveness as well as love, as her willingly principles has permitted her to understand and not judge her adulterous spouse and accept her self-seeking daughter. ... Ironically when Kate is struck with cancer, Ellen assumes all the domestic duties that her mother loved, as George...

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The maintenance of conservative community cohesion and a stable family life were regarded as desirable goals, one "more important than love-. ... She is selfless and stoical, loving her limited scoop accepting her family's intrinsic imperfections. Her relationship with her husband is based on compromise and forgiveness as well as love, as her willingly principles has permitted her to understand and not judge her adulterous spouse and accept her self-seeking daughter. ... Ironically when Kate is struck with cancer, Ellen assumes all the domestic duties that her mother loved, as George...

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As Andrew learns of this ancient text, his professor states that Kieu, '"says everything about the Vietnamese She is a prostitute, The things she has done are not commendable[but] they are selfless acts. ... Andrew understands that survival and selflessness are linked to prostitution within Vietnam. ... Andrew writes that he wishes he "could tell her of the warmth and respect" he feels towards her because he appreciates her, "selfless devotion to her family," (135). ... He is overrun with regret about his past because he feels party responsible for Chi's dea...

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According to Eyre's reading of the play, it is Lear's failure as a father - his failure to understand and bestow the love that as a father he was responsible for giving, which ultimately leads to disaster. When Lear banishes Cordelia saying, "Here I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me, Hold thee from this forever" (Act 1 Scene 1), he is denying his responsibility to as a father offer unconditional love to his daughter. Lear is unable to give selfless love to his family and his unable to understand love as something in...

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All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity". 1 With this quote he is able to evoke Diana's charming essence and benevolent attitude as the Princess of Wales. ... Spencer also pleas to logic and reason (logos) to attest just how loved and cared for she was by the public " the tens of millions of people taking part in this service all over the world via television and radio who never actually met her, feel that they, too, lost someone close to them in the early hours of Sunday morning".1 In this sentence, the author can elude to the fact that Diana was considered a "...

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His inability to succumb to the true life of a gunslinger is apparent in the duration of the whole film: his denial of the negativisms of leading the life of a gunslinger, during a discussion with the rest of the seven, his angst to be a part of the team that almost ruins a plan to capture some of Calvera's men, his blatant inexperience in battle, when he nearly gets shot because he is too foolhardy, his constant pushing away of certain aspects of his origins, an example being the love interest. ...

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Those who are willing to endure a tremendous risk of failure and loss in order to achieve something greater for themselves and the people they love and care for all while attaining the fullest stature of which they are innately capable of despite their position in society, acquiring something from nothing . . . now that's the American Dream. The American Dream is one that can consist of many themes, good and bad, such as friendship, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, and broken relationships. ... As many can see, various people from many backgrounds sought-after the American dream for bot...

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Aeneas comes to the realisation that he must put his son's future first, before his own happiness, making him a very selfless man who is concerned with his family worth. ... Aeneas acts almost as a father figure for Pallas in the absence of Evander who loved his son dearly and treasured him. ... He arranges for 1,000 men to escort the prince's corpse to King Evander who is heartbroken at the death of his son, although he is angry at Aeneas's broken promise to keep his son safe from danger he is aware that his son has died an honourable death and will be cherished in his heart f...

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Passion for love and affection is Hester Prynne's fatal flaw. ... Hester recognizes that she committed a sin but does not regret it because her passion for companionship and love show lead her to her sin. ... Hester chooses to stay in Boston and not begin a new life in England with Pearl after her disgrace because she is a selfless woman who will not move from the place she feels she belongs based on a sin that she committed out of an act of passion. ... She wants to help them adapt to the Puritan culture without losing their passion for life and love like she did. ... Although Hester suf...

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He also sacrifices and surrenders the things that he loves and values in life in an attempt to win social approval. ... Both Toohey and Peter Keating are characterized as the selfless altruist whose entire lives revolve around other people. ... But he also loves man's noblest achievements, and owns a private gallery of great artworks. ...

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This is because people prefer to be informed of a story regarding a mass murder than a person committing a selfless deed. ... We love to feel a sense of belonging. ... When the results came in, the researchers noticed that faster, more intuitive decisions were met with a response that would maximize group profit (a selfless act) and more contemplative decisions brought upon more decisions of maximizing self-profit (a selfish act). (Ward, 2012) As you can see, the impulsive decisions, directed by human nature resulted in more selfless acts, further supporting the belief that human nature is alt...

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Pai and Kathy are both selfless characters as a result of being brought up in a close community, whereas Holden was more a selfish character because he had a lonely childhood, where he established his own values. ...

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If that were true, ugliness would be the monster's only weakness, as the story goes on to tell of the selfless acts of kindness the creature administers. ... At the conclusion of the novel, Victor refuses to create another, and end the creature's miserable asylum due to the simple belief that beasts cannot nor should live peacefully in the comfort of love and kinship. ... The creature almost falls in love with the family from a distance. ... The creature remarks, "One was old, with silver hairs and a countenance beaming with benevolence and love: the younger was slight and gracefu...

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Matrimony provided a woman with a higher social rank than a spinster and the most important factor in marriage was the social standing of both partners; love was secondary. ... Clueless however, was composed in 1995 within a society that accepted marriage for love and the fact that a woman did not have to wed in order to have financial security and respect. ... This type of persona is used to communicate the idea that one should not be excessively influenced by others, and that a person should follow their heart and not repress their natural feelings because of others' opinions- especiall...

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This shows the unfair treatment of women at the time, due to the fact that Rebecca Nurse helped so many people and was so selfless, but she could not escape the accusations of immorality that characters resort to. ... This expectation becomes a reality as Elizabeth closes the play with the words 'He have his goodness now' demonstrating her love for John, by placing his need above her own wish to have him live. ...

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The common themes are money, secrets, love, antagonists and social responsibility which I will explore in detail throughout this essay. ... Through our comparisons, we can see that love is a clear factor in terms of the conflict between characters relationships with one another in the plays. In "A Doll's House," we see that Nora falls out of love with Torvald which is made apparent when she says to Torvald, "I don't love you anymore.... They do not argue but the emotive language used by Nora has come from her conflicted feelings of whether or not she really did ever love Torvald...

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They see that with effort comes a pay off and putting all the time they did, whether required or not, shows that it can change another person's day or even lives because they have been shown true care and love for them, their isn't a better feeling that could be felt. ... These skills are rewards or even bonuses for the fact that you took action to change someone else's life for ever and impact them with showing love. ... For those who do not look at community service for the consideration of others, do to its ability to hold you from graduating, will never truly gain all ...

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