The Dilemma of Tony Stark
I.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that, “Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character and reveals it by hiding.”
People tend to hide their true nature and try to replace it with something that the society would accept. They have this fear of getting rejected by their own race so they make a renovation of themselves, a better self. Let’s take for an example the life of the researchers most favored fictional character on the Avenger- Marvel Universe, IRON MAN or also called as Tony Stark. Tony Stark is his real identity before he created his advanced high-tech armored suit invention, which made Tony the first one to create a weapon that signs the great improvement of robotics society. Through this invention, Tony Stark was no longer called by his name but by what the society called him as Iron Man. Even before he created his armored suit, Tony Stark showed some characteristics of Iron Man. While Iron Man was strong physically, Tony Stark’s will was strong enough to prove his worth.
IV.
Now that the researchers has explained the background of Tony Stark, they’d like to address a psychological theory that is known as the Self Actualization Theory by Carl Rogers. Carl Rogers (1959) believed that humans have one basic motive, that is the tendency to self-actualize - i.e. to fulfill one's potential and achieve the highest level of 'human-beingness' we can. In this study, the researchers would like to tackle the two important things to consider, the actual self and the ideal self. The actual self refers to what you are right now, while the ideal self is on how you view yourself. According to Carl Rogers, these two things should be congruent to each other in order for a person to become a “fully functioning person”. In this case, self-actualizing is not impossible to achieve. If these two things are not congruent to each other, then self-actualizing here is pretty much difficult to achieve. Childhood experience is also a big factor
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that, “Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character and reveals it by hiding.”
People tend to hide their true nature and try to replace it with something that the society would accept. They have this fear of getting rejected by their own race so they make a renovation of themselves, a better self. Let’s take for an example the life of the researchers most favored fictional character on the Avenger- Marvel Universe, IRON MAN or also called as Tony Stark. Tony Stark is his real identity before he created his advanced high-tech armored suit invention, which made Tony the first one to create a weapon that signs the great improvement of robotics society. Through this invention, Tony Stark was no longer called by his name but by what the society called him as Iron Man. Even before he created his armored suit, Tony Stark showed some characteristics of Iron Man. While Iron Man was strong physically, Tony Stark’s will was strong enough to prove his worth.
IV.
Now that the researchers has explained the background of Tony Stark, they’d like to address a psychological theory that is known as the Self Actualization Theory by Carl Rogers. Carl Rogers (1959) believed that humans have one basic motive, that is the tendency to self-actualize - i.e. to fulfill one's potential and achieve the highest level of 'human-beingness' we can. In this study, the researchers would like to tackle the two important things to consider, the actual self and the ideal self. The actual self refers to what you are right now, while the ideal self is on how you view yourself. According to Carl Rogers, these two things should be congruent to each other in order for a person to become a “fully functioning person”. In this case, self-actualizing is not impossible to achieve. If these two things are not congruent to each other, then self-actualizing here is pretty much difficult to achieve. Childhood experience is also a big factor