Self Respect
Many people go through life unhappy and depressed. You cannot be happy in life unless you respect your self but the problem most people have in achieving this goal is they don’t know how. There are many things that you need in order to have self-respect but there are three that I believe are most important. The three most important things a person must have or do are pride, honesty and avoid jealousy.
Pride is an important factor in self -respect because if a person does not take pride in the life that they live or the things that they do then how can you respect yourself? In Shame, Richard says “ I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that” (page 1). This means that once Richard got to school and was around other people they made him feel ashamed of himself and he was not proud of his life style. Since Richard was ashamed of his lifestyle, everywhere that he went he felt judge and worried too much about what other people thought about him for example when he says “There was shame there. Now there was shame everywhere. It seemed like the whole world had been inside that classroom”. Richard only focused on the negative things in his life and didn’t think about anything else and this brought down his self-respect a great amount.
Another important thing in order to have self-respect is honesty. Honesty is important in life because nobody will trust you if you are not honest. Not being honest can mess up a person’s life whether it be with their family, friends or their significant other. In Richard’s case in Shame he says “My Daddy said he’d give…fifteen dollars”(pg 2.) This was in fact a lie and it cause he teacher to announce to the class that he did not even have a dad to give fifteen dollars. After the teacher said this, Richard was extremely embarrassed and left the classroom. Everywhere that he went he felt judge and embarrassed, he did not have enough respect for him self to be seen in public. If Richard had been honest with the
Pride is an important factor in self -respect because if a person does not take pride in the life that they live or the things that they do then how can you respect yourself? In Shame, Richard says “ I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that” (page 1). This means that once Richard got to school and was around other people they made him feel ashamed of himself and he was not proud of his life style. Since Richard was ashamed of his lifestyle, everywhere that he went he felt judge and worried too much about what other people thought about him for example when he says “There was shame there. Now there was shame everywhere. It seemed like the whole world had been inside that classroom”. Richard only focused on the negative things in his life and didn’t think about anything else and this brought down his self-respect a great amount.
Another important thing in order to have self-respect is honesty. Honesty is important in life because nobody will trust you if you are not honest. Not being honest can mess up a person’s life whether it be with their family, friends or their significant other. In Richard’s case in Shame he says “My Daddy said he’d give…fifteen dollars”(pg 2.) This was in fact a lie and it cause he teacher to announce to the class that he did not even have a dad to give fifteen dollars. After the teacher said this, Richard was extremely embarrassed and left the classroom. Everywhere that he went he felt judge and embarrassed, he did not have enough respect for him self to be seen in public. If Richard had been honest with the