S.E. Hinton wrote an amazing book called The Outsiders. This book has many amazing characters. So many of these characters are heroic. Darry has strength‚ Two-bit has loyalty‚ Dally has courage‚ Johnny has kindness‚ Soda has charm‚ but Pony has loyalty‚ courage‚ and kindness combined. That is my personal definition of a hero. Towards the middle of the story‚ Ponyboy displays loyalty. The author establishes this when Johnny stabbed Bob and wanted to run away. Johnny says to Pony‚ “We gotta get out
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Understanding others does not only create change and growth in oneself‚ but also empathy. Alootook Ipellie‚ in her short story “Walrus Ballet‚” teaches empathy and understanding others will promote growth in character. In “Walrus Ballet”‚ Rudolph journeys from Canada to Siberia to get more walruses for his camp‚ but after hearing his friend Giselle’s story he empathizes with her‚ and helps the walruses escape from capitalism to freedom. Walrus Ballet by Alootook Ipellie teaches how being a good human
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Explore the theme of gallantry and honor (think heroism) as evidenced in any of the characters from Hamlet and A Thousand Splendid Suns. You may also explore this theme in earlier readings in order to compare or contrast. The only essential goals for your character choices are to use at least one character from Hamlet and one character from ATTS and to use a minimum of three characters. How does this theme connect with the concept of “The Literary Hero: A Quest for Bravery”? You need to use QUOTATIONS
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passion for Africa. Taking their time to plan‚ travel and even learn 50 words of that tribe/group before they entered. Ten years of documenting‚ traveling and living with these groups must have become their only priority. I find grace and true selflessness in how Beckwith and Fisher would help these villages with the concept as stated in the article: “And our goal wasn’t to give them something that would depend on us to maintain but‚ rather‚ to help them with something that they could have for themselves
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everyone on equal footing. To overcome the evils of corruption‚ disappointment‚ and terrorism‚ education is imperative. Only literate people know the difference between right and wrong. Only the literate people know the vital values of compassion and selflessness. Education is what endows people with the wisdom of spending their time fruitfully. It dissuades us from the path of destruction and brings peace in the world. Obtaining an education is a person’s passport to one’s future‚ it brings upon numerous
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shows that aside from loving yourself‚ you should also love others. St. Dominic shows his love not only to his family and friends‚ but also to the strangers especially to those who can’t afford to buy food. Third‚ St. Dominic thought us is his selflessness. He doesn’t care anymore to himself‚ and help all the people who need to be fed and preach to give them enlightenment. He shows that man should help one another especially in the times that we need to help and comfort each other. He even gave his
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policies Filial Piety is a virtue regarded by Confucius as a way to ensure a peaceful family and society. Filial piety is loyalty to one’s family and country. Filial piety is the most important moral in Chinese culture. Showing love for the nation and selflessness in protecting and loving one’s family is ideal. When developing and introducing policies to provide for the long-term care needs of the elderly‚ authorities must recognise the following: 1. The need for long-term care will rapidly increase‚ since
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“I must pluck up the courage and look”. Although Michele experiences fear he never lets his fear override his moral convictions. Discuss. Niccolo Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared is a novel that portrays a range of human emotions‚ reactions and how they can affect our decision making. The common theme of the book is fear; such can be ascertained by the title. It focuses intently on the different ways characters face their fears and ultimately triumph against them or how they give in to them. People’s
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Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation‚ which was created in order to prevent future genocides along with raising awareness is exceptionally moving. I would highly encourage others to see the film‚ Hotel Rwanda‚ in order to witness Paul Rusesabagina’s selflessness for
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program that seeks to support underrepresented domestic and help them transition smoothly to college. Most smooth Transition students are often African-Americans‚ Asian-Americans‚ Latinos‚ and Native Americans. Being a smooth transition requires selflessness as the program unpaid and requires one to dedicate their time to helping another student‚ as most of the time‚ the smooth mentors can be the only one that the student can depend on. As a mentor‚ I have guided first-year students to make good decisions
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