In my 7th grade English class I chose the poem Perfection written by Anonymous as the basis for my interpretive essay. In this poem the author is trying to explain how perfection is only an idea and how everyone is imperfect in their own perfect way. The message of this poem is that we created perfection to strive for it. The most important line in this poem is “You strive to be “perfect.” This is the most important one because it represents the message that the author is trying to convey.
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meditation‚ titled Truth and falsity‚ Descartes contemplates how he‚ Descartes makes mistakes if he is a product of this perfect being. First‚ he knows that God would not deceive him‚ since the will to deceive is a sign of weakness or hatred‚ and God’s perfection would not allow it. Second‚ if God created him‚ God is responsible for his judgment‚ and so his sense of judgment must be flawless as long as he uses it correctly. The question at hand is‚ why does Descartes make mistakes if he is the product
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez is known for revealing aspects of Latin American culture during the 1980’s- aspects that still predominate today’s society. Specifically in his novel‚ Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ Marquez takes a journalistic approach to the investigative and the psychological component of the twenty-seven-year-old murder of Santiago Nasar in a typical Colombian town. Throughout this approach‚ Marquez intends to limit the influence of emotion‚ yet tension is inevitable after the spiritual
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passion for knowing" (21). Arnold believed that culture dealt with perfection; as he stated in "Sweetness and Light"‚ "Culture is then properly describe not as having its origin in curiosity‚ but as having its origin in the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection" (21). Arnold also says that culture is the endeavor to make the moral and social characteristics of individuals prevail. Because culture is a study of perfection‚ then it is
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see their lives through different lenses if they strived towards perfection‚ and the need for superficial success would fall away. What is most important in life would be revealed: the layer of societal success would fade‚ leaving only the core of loved ones and the natural beauty of life. Additionally‚ according to political philosopher Michael Sandel’s article‚ “The Case Against Perfection‚” when people strive towards perfection‚ they “[constrain] the Promethean project and [appreciate] the gifted
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looking at today ’s society‚ it is simple to see that humans are fascinated with perfection. This fascination may be for physical perfection‚ emotional perfection‚ or career perfection. Unlike today ’s society‚ where flawlessness is wanted by the person directly involved‚ the character in this story looks for flawlessness in the one he should love without condition. The character becomes so obsessed with wanting perfection that he gives up true happiness. Thus‚ we can say that "The Birthmark" expresses
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All attempts to achieve perfection throughout history have had severe costs‚ such as the lives of tens of millions‚ and have ultimately failed to meet their goal even after such atrocious acts had been undertaken. Ideologies have failed to achieve perfect unity and equality among the masses and the perfect society has never once been achieved throughout history several revolutions come to pass. Evidently‚ it seems that it is best to not pursue perfection at all. A perfect society‚ ideology
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Americans are obsessed with appearance due to their surroundings and the prevalence of the media in everyday life. Celebrities are idolized and seen as societies version of "perfection". Ways of editing and distorting like photoshop have become prominent in the media. These things shove the idea of perfection in the faces of impressionable Americans because we are so exposed to it. We see perfectly straight‚ white teeth‚ stick thin figures‚ flawless complexion all over magazines and movies. These
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Towards the end of the 19th century‚ a school of artists arose who said that art has nothing to do with life‚ whether moral or social‚ but that it exists for its own sake. It has not and it need not have any bearing on life. Its purpose is to achieve perfection in the formal expression of life and nature. Its mission is fulfilled when beauty is realised. This school put the manner‚ the technique‚ before everything. The result was that poets devoted themselves to discover the world beautiful‚ to create
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