Some contest it is about love. ... Without her mother's unselfish love Pearl may not have lived the life she did. ... Only a selfless hero can resort back to a life of solitude and confinement for the sake of her child's wants and needs. ... Again, she is acting selfless which is what any hero does. ... Hester's selflessness is a quality all people, not just women, should emulate. ...

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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 only way a loved one can do this is if they are a perfect match with their recipient. ... She describes tissue donation as, "a selfless act that can be the smallest donation but make the biggest impact.... Every family wants their loved one to have the best funeral ever. ... Families want their loved one to look beautiful the last time they ever set eyes on them on Earth. ... That's a lot of lives saved by selfless people that have, in most cases, passed on. ...

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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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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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Finally, the one thing I love about Yeats' poetry is its dynamic quality. ... For Yeats, John O'Leary symbolises the selflessness and idealism of generation of Irish heroes – qualities which, in Yeats's opinion, are 'dead and gone.' ... These heroes had 'little time' to pray or save because they selflessly devoted their lives to the pursuit of a noble dream. ... MacBride married Maud Gonne, the love of Yeats's life, and apparently mistreated her. ... Neither did he volunteer because of his love for the British people 'Those that I guard I...

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Plato vs. Augustine on the Nature of Humanity Humans have struggled throughout the centuries with the complexity and ambiguity of our humanity. The question of who or what we are as humans is difficult one and does not have an easy answer. Our first understanding of humanity is based within the framework of the worldview in which we were raised within. However, through the process of maturing, it is natural to raise doubts of what we hold to be true is indeed accurate. ...

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He considers love to be "merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the will.... He is a lady's man, and therefore cannot be concerned with such things as true love. Even Othello, the one character who truly loves his wife, mistreats Desdemona. ... He states to Iago "Alas, poor rogue, I think i' faith she loves me." (4.1.128) Cassio essentially uses Bianca's love to his own means. ...

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Feared or Loved The attribute of a successful Machiavellian prince on being feared or loved by the courts subjects is discussed when Machiavelli inquires "whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. ... However, a prince that is both feared and loved is considered to be noble. ... God is Love 1 John 4:16 insists that God doesn't just have love, He IS love.15 The sacrificial love of Jesus Christ is the epitome of God's unconditional love and justice. This one attribute of love ...

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Throughout the novel, Gladkov reminds his audience of the aching love Gleb feels towards Dasha. ... In addition, she is unable to provide love for her own daughter and to see her as special. ... As seen in Dasha, another aspect of the ideal Soviet person is the ability to be selflessly devoted to the greater cause of communism. ... As a result of Dasha's sacrificed love for the Soviet cause in place of her daughter, Nurka dies. ... The old Dasha, Gleb describes, was bountiful with motherly love. ...

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., PhD of the Department of Women and Development Studies of the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development, and author of the book Love, Rape, and Sexuality: The Construction of Woman in Discourse, in her feminist study of fictional love letters, rape stories and a feminist text on sexuality, has deduced two male stereotypes. ... The second stereotype is a man who professes unconditional love for a woman while doing away with the sexual dimension of amorous relationships. ... And giving yourself to me could never be wrong if the love is true. ... It s...

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His love for his family and the need to be prosperous makes him sacrifice his image and reputation. ... Keller's behavior and actions were never driven by love for his son (although one cannot comment on whether or not he does indeed feel love for his son), but instead he is driven by an obsession with an ideal, with the American Dream, and with a fear of how he will be perceived by others. ... Her remaining son Chris has to convince her of Larry's death to pave way for his marriage to Ann, a former fiancée to Larry whom he now loves. Kate's love for Larry, who by any me...

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"...and I love that man like he is my master." - Jagroop Singh Jack London's "The Call of the Wild" (1903), is the story of Buck, a St. ... However, these factors contribute to whether Buck truly loved John and was grateful for the life he gave him or he was just repaying him for saving his life. ... However, the reader gets an idea of how loyal Buck is when he is given love and treated with respect. ...

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The Thought of One Ayn Rand, the author of many inspirational novels is one of the most controversial authors of the twentieth century. She defines her self as, "I am not primaraly an advovate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows. This--the supremacy of reason--was, is and will be the primary concern of my work, and the essence of Objectivism. (Brief Summary p. 1 )" Ayn Rand was born in Russia in 1905 and moved to America when she was 21. ...

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The ideal woman in the Victorian Age had to stay at home, lack any sexual initiative, be selfless, and be morally accountable. ... It is apparent that it is the social institution of marriage that incites in the lady a desire to attain love and move away from the life of shadows. ...

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Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994), 37th president of the United States In assessing what is good in a president, one must look at that president's ability to properly govern its citizens and country and in the manner in which he does it. Richard Milhouse Nixon had it within his grasp to be the greatest post-World War II president, he was extremely intelligent, had a driving ambition, and was a political consummate. However, Nixon's coercive traits and dubious political tactics leave little faith in his legitimacy. In many respects Richard Nixon was a good president, and undoubtedly h...

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The "Revolution" in Literature During the 19th/20th Centuries An influential English Modernist Virginia Woolf once said, "On or about December 1910, the world changed". This statement is regarding the drastic change in the culture of society with the beginning of exploration of the meaning of li...

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In fact, in order to suppress our self-centered desires and consequently, the suffering that is bonded to it, Buddha advises to oppress this artificial Self and attain a state of complete selflessness, called Nirvana. ... The first one, called Wisdom, mentions that one needs first to fully comprehend the first three Noble Truths and to develop and incorporate thoughts of non-violence and love. ...

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Identity can be a very powerful and elusive concept, especially with respect to the identity of an entire nation let alone a single human. It is important because,like most things in life, it is easier to group and categorize things in order to sum something or someone up instead of carefully descri...

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It's hard to think about that day. Who knew it would be the last day I would spend with her. It still feels like a fresh nightmare that just happened last night. But it didn't. It happened over two years ago and I was still struggling with this new reality. I didn't like it. I hated it. How could th...

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Only after the children are raised and married off does a woman begin to enjoy the fruits of love " from the children, now parents themselves, who gratefully realize what she gave them, and from a husband whose years if not his attitudes force him into co-dependence as his body gets frail and tired. ... Indian womanhood and all its facets are portrayed significantly in Kamala Markandaya's novel 'Nectar in a Sieve'.This image of the unsullied, selfless Indian woman is primary in this novel. ...

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Qumran, The Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls Preamble "The grass withers and the flowers fall but the word of our God stands forever" Isaiah 40.8 "Mohammed Dib, a Bedouin shepherd of the T"Amireh tribe" (Keller, 1957, 401) could not have known that he would be the person who, in ...

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(Long Play) Title of the play: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Author's name: Jan Brett Number of Acts: 4 Analysis of major characters: Main Character: Goldilocks Age: Young child Profession or Trade: None Desires And Goals: Goldilocks desires to go for a walk in the woods, she then desires to make herself at home in a cottage she stumbles upon that happens to belong to the three bears. Likes and Dislikes: I like the way that Goldilocks is very outgoing and curious about the three bears cottage in the woods. I also like that everything that Goldilocks doe...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and thro...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generati...

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