Personality Traits Page 2

Altruism is used in discussions of ethics as an alternative to ethical egoism: the belief that people ought to be selfish. Altruism leads us to find a middle ground between being purely self interested and devoting our entire lives to the group. We learn that it’s not preferable to be too self interested, but can…

Compare and contrast the ways in which ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’ by Tom Stoppard and ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Samuel Beckett teach important insights about the human condition. Inspired by Beckett’s literary style, particularly in ‘Waiting for Godot’, Stoppard wrote ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’. As a result of this, many comparisons can be…

Nyonya Tahir, also know also Wong Ah Kiu in her Chinese name was born in 1918. She was born as a Muslim but was raised in Chinese surrounding with Buddhist teaching. In her earlier life, her grandmother took Nyonya Tahir under her care. Her grandmother is actually a Malay Muslim married to a Chinese man…

Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario Canada on May 2, 1844, the son of former slaves who had fled from Kentucky before the U.S. Civil War. Educated in Scotland as a mechanical engineer, Elijah McCoy returned to the United States and settled in Detroit, Michigan. He began experimenting with a cup that would regulate…

During the last decade the world has witnessed a staggering elevation in serial killings. To give some insight into the scale of the problem posed by the serial killer, in the United States can be gained from examining the statistics for just one year. In 1989 (the last year for which detailed figures are available)…

Why is it that man lives up to a certain point not knowing what the meaning of life is. Not knowing what path to follow, not knowing if the energy and courage to discover the truths of ones own existence in this world exist. Some persons will drive past a street child on Cape Town…

There are times when individuals leave you pondering unsolved questions that you may have had throughout a novel. John Fowles expressed this in the character Frederick Clegg, an anti-hero who is not humane, left no explanation for his behavior. This leads you to come up with your own conclusions. In the book “The Collector” written…

Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in todays cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short…

Dreams The moon had two hands, one holding a bow and arrows and the other a burden strap of a woman. The moon then offered to the dreamer to make choice, but would often try to confuse him by crossing its hands. If he became the possessor of the burden strap, he would be condemned…

The Search for Identity From the perspective of Amory Blaine Everyone searches for his or her identity, thinking to find it on the proverbial “journey of life”. People think that an identity is something to be found or discovered, where in reality it is something built. A person’s identity is a mélange of accumulated memories…