Generally speaking I am con in believing it is possible for a person to achieve moral perfection. Anyone can have morals‚ but to achieve them to perfection does not seem humanly possible. An example from my experience is to have discipline. Discipline teaches a person not to mess up in the future and to learn from your experiences. No matter how much discipline I have I know I cannot have this moral of mine perfected because I will make mistakes in the future. We can set morals for ourselves to
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Obsession in The Stone Carvers The Stone Carvers is a book of obsessions. Each one of the characters has their own obsessions that at one point they believe to be a natural and helpful to their lives. However each of the characters in The Stone Carvers learns that these obsessions with perfection‚ love‚ adventure‚ or anything end without them being able to be satisfied and on many occasions without achieving what they were obsessing over. The author Jane Urquhart made a compelling story on the
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America’s Obsession with Thinness: Problems with women in colleges Recent statistics provided by Natural Health magazine found that: 44% of women who are of average or below average weight think that they are actually overweight. For many reasons‚ Americans people have gradually begun to idealize extreme thinness. They were afraid that being fat would lead to them being unwanted and unloved. This obsession grew rapidly‚ and is now a part of their lives. Obsession with thinness targets
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Perfection has no relevance to America. Modern day America has so many problems that people don’t even know where to start. I will be telling you about the government lies‚ obesity‚ and death by crimes. After reading this paper you should understand that we do not live in the dream land foreigners believe America is. In my opinion the government should be trusted by its people. A third of American believe that September 11th was a conspiracy. Fifty-four percent are angry at the government because
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Is America’s obsession with sports a bad thing? To some extent it is‚ a lot of things are bad with the obsession from how much they make and the crime reports. Time is money is spent on sports. I believe the obsession is unhealthy with not just for the youth but for adults too. In college football the coaches get paid more than the professors that are teaching the future of the America and the world. On the Sports CheatSheet Website in the article 10 Reasons Sports Are America’s #1 Priority‚ written
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Obsession is like a poison‚ because the overwhelming feeling of wanting can confuse people with reality‚ transform them‚ and change who they are. The boy from the short story‚ Araby‚ struggles with obsession‚ and his desires confuses him about what love really is. Araby‚ written by James Joyce‚ takes place in Dublin Ireland‚ and is set in the early 20th century on a blind and dead end street lived by a Catholic and Irish community. The main character is the boy that lives in a dying house where a
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sacrifices were made to God for a covering of sin. God accepted these sacrifices for a season‚ but knew that a perfect sacrifice was the only avenue to the eradication of sin. And‚ in His perfect timing‚ God demonstrated for the world the personage of perfection. God‚ the Creator‚ gifted His creation with His Son. “In this the love of God was manifested toward us‚ that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world‚ that we might live through Him. In this is love‚ not that we loved God‚ but that He
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Can some man arrive at moral perfection in this life‚ or is it impossible? Benjamin Franklin was an extremely brilliant and talented individual. He constantly sought ways to improve himself. After he read "The Spectator" he put in a very dedicated effort to imitate their style of writing because he loved how precise the authors wrote out their thoughts. Franklin was also a relatively religious man or at least believed enough to try to be a morally righteous man so that he would avoid his way
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Obsessions are destructive and can ruin people’s ordinary life. Somewhat usually most of people have potential of being obsessive on somethings. However‚ when it becomes severe‚ it can cause mind disorder‚ social problem‚ or crime just like in “The Tell-Tale Heart.” In the story‚ the author‚ Poe shows that the main character‚ the narrator has mental disease. Whenever he sees a pale blue eye of the old man his fear conquer his mind and he says‚ “my blood ran cold‚” which indicates chill on the spine
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People sometimes may confuse their desire for love with obsession. In “The Great Gatsby”‚ Gatsby is really obsessed with Daisy. He bought a house across the bay; he had a lot of clippings of her stored‚ and changed his whole life to be with her. That shows how much someone is obsessed with another person. Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy causes him lots of misfortune on the long run. When a man buys a house to be closer to the woman he loves there is no other choice but to think he is obsessed. In
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