Ambition Before I could really start to write about ambition‚ I had to ask myself what ambition really was. What causes people to be ambitious‚ and what are the advantages and disadvantages of being an ambitious person? At first‚ I must admit it was fairly difficult to comprehend. But I found it to all come together when I relates it to another kind of person or group of people dreamers. When I think of ambitious people I think of dreamers. These are the people with hopes of one day
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the public interest.” Take Frank Serpico‚ for example‚ a man whom was willing to risk his life‚ yet alone his career‚ to sound the alarm on the corruption within the very organization for which he worked for‚ the New York Police Department. Here in my discussion‚ we will examine and discuss Serpico’s case in correlation to the points made by Sissela Bok’s discussion on whistleblowing. In September of 1959‚ Frank Serpico joined the New York Police Department as a probationary patrolman. After working
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Ambition is usually seen as the primary tool to promote achievement. In the novel Frankenstein‚ there are three outstanding examples of people with ambitions‚ and each person achieves their goal in a different way. Mary Shelley uses the journeys of Robert Walton‚ Frankenstein‚ and the creature to warn against ambition for the purposes of self-gratification‚ as they ultimately lead to the detriment of the lives of others. In his letters to his sister‚ Walton is clearly aware that his ambition travel
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play Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the reasoning of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is completely subverted and undermined by their insatiable ambition. Macbeth was at first reasonable enough to keep his ambition in check‚ however it eventually became to strong for even Macbeth and therefor over powered him. To the contrary‚ Lady Macbeth was overcome by her ambition from the very beginning. Reasoning was abandoned after the decision to kill Duncan was made. At that point we see no serious questioning of
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Wealth‚ Love‚ and the American Dream It has been said that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is about the pursuit of the American dream. It has also been said that the novel is about love‚ ambition‚ and obsession. Perhaps both are true. Combined‚ these themes may be understood in their most basic forms among the relationships within the novel. After all‚ each character’s reason for belonging to a relationship speaks very strongly of what really makes him tick; each character’s manifestation
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that lies in conscientious work.” (Coolidge) One of the reasons for his ambition was to impress his father. He wanted to become a proud man like his father was‚ and this was the fuel that lead him to the presidency. I don’t believe I possess ambition in the same way he did‚ but my ambition lies on proving to my family that I can become something great. I don’t want to outdo my family‚ but I guess I want them to be proud of my own successes. I want to prove to them that‚ yes‚ I went to college‚ yes
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Marine Corps has its roots in my childhood. As a kid‚ I read a lot a fantasy books with valiant and selfless warriors who sacrificed their lives and safety for others. They were childhood heroes to a kid who didn’t watch sports or TV. As much as I marveled and sought to be like my storybook heroes‚ I grew to love jet planes just as much. At the time‚ fast planes were the coolest. I spent a lot of my time poring over fact sheets and technical information I didn’t understand. My childhood aspirations were
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tale of a noble man who slowly loses himself transforming into a traitor and tyrant whose hands “[can all the] water in the ocean wash this blood from my hands“ for the deeds he has done are unforgivable. He’s led on by influences from the three weird witches who tell him predictions‚ his own wife full of greed for more‚ and simply his own ambitions which drive him into a world full of corruption and pain. Macbeth after experiencing the witch’s prophecies has begun to change and advance through to
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Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations‚ is no different. One of the major themes in this novel is ambition and self-improvement. Dickens uses this as a universal idea for his novel‚ and from this theme he gets his title of Great Expectations. Another major theme in the novel is social class. Dickens uses the theme of social class to feed into his theme of ambition and self-improvement. With both ambition and self-improvement Pip is able to become a gentleman. Pip‚ from the lower class‚ has the longing
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Death at the Hands of Witches‚ Taunts‚ and Ambition John F. Kennedy‚ Indira Gandhi‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ Julius Caesar‚ Mahatma Gandhi… Besides this list being full of leaders‚ what do they all have in common? All of these people were in positions of power when they were assassinated. Like these leaders‚ King Duncan in Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ is assassinated. However‚ unlike most of these assassinated leaders‚ the public is able to see into the mind and plans of the
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