great at something‚ perfection is what everyone strives for. Perfection is when someone strives to be flawless at whatever it is they are doing. Not only do athletes want to be perfect‚ but everyone in today’s world wants to be perfect at some point in time. Being perfect can cause many problems throughout someone’s life as well. It could possibly make someone have an “I’m better than that person” attitude‚ which could make someone not like them anymore. In order to reach perfection‚ people must be obsessed
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and Soojin Introduction: “A perfection of means‚ and confusion of aims seems to be our main problem” (Einstein). As humans‚ we try to achieve perfection‚ and fail often. We know how to achieve what we want‚ but when it comes to what we want to achieve‚ we get very confused. We have been told by sci-fi authors repeatedly that striving for perfection will be the downfall of the human race. In Uglies by Scott Westerfeld‚ the government strives to achieve perfection by sculpting their own illustration
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In the fictional memoir，Maestro‚ Peter Goldworthy illustrates the impossibility of reaching perfection. The protagonist‚ Paul Crabbe‚ uses ten years to fulfill his dream of becoming a concert pianist‚ but ultimately only to become an academic in Melbourne. His failure is caused by his flawed personality and his inherent human limitation. Paul’s teacher‚ Eduard Keller‚ the ‘maestro’‚ is a damaged individual. His high status in music does not give him a perfect life‚ as his wife and son are killed
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Maybe she felt the need to be the best‚ to achieve perfection. Or‚ maybe she was just insecure‚ seeking to put others down because of a misguided past. Whatever the reason was - society‚ perfection‚ insecurity; the Evil Queen felt that she had to be better than everyone else‚ or at least the best a person can possibly be. In society today‚ many of us are replicas of the Evil Queen‚ putting on ourselves a heavy burden in order to obtain perfection‚ yet kill ourselves in the process as she did. Instead
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Gattaca - Perfection “The Film Gattaca Presents a World Destroyed by the pursuit of our perfection. Discuss.” Andrew Niccol’s film Gattaca does present a world where the world has been destroyed by human’s pursuit of perfection. It is the characters in the movie which show this‚ Vincent‚ Jerome & Irene. These three characters illustrate a world to the viewer‚ a world were perfection means everything. It is this I intend to illustrate for you on how Andrew Niccol’s film shows us a world that has been
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Evslin uses literary devices to demonstrate Pygmalion’s unwavering devotion to perfection and beauty. A literary device used in the first segment in which Pygmalion is talking to Aphrodite is repetition due to Pygmalion keeps saying “you.” For example‚ a couple of quotes in Bernard Evslin’s version of Pygmalion in which it displays the literary device of repetition showing Pygmalion’s obsession with utter perfection and beauty are “You‚ Aphrodite‚ queen of beauty‚ lady of delight… Yours‚ Aphrodite
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God‚ in all of his/her perfection‚ is very important in Descartes ’ philosophy. Reality and deception are big parts of Descartes philosophy‚ and to verify what reality is‚ God needs to be considered. God needs to be taken out of a religious context and be proven to exist in a way that we cannot be deceived into only thinking he ’s real. Religion had to be discarded completely during this proof so that Descartes can undoubtedly state that God does exist and that religious teaching had no influence
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All the six readings have something in common‚ which is the search for perfection‚ how humans can create perfection‚ and all its downfalls and benefits. These stories tell a lesson on why everyone should be comfortable in their own skin rather than hurting themselves and others around them. There is no such thing as a perfect human being‚ society just sets expectations‚ because they know the people will follow blindly. Truly if you are comfortable in your own skin it will shine in your personality
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold Reflective Statement How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? I believe that I have gained a considerable amount of more knowledge and understanding about the cultural and contextual consideration of the work after completing the interactive oral. Before starting I had several questions such as ‘Why did the community not try and prevent the death of Santiago Nasar?’ I now feel
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