the 1990s‚ Dr. Robert Levine and a group of researchers carried out a cultural study on different cities and its individuals and how they reacted when presented with an opportunity to exhibit kindness to strangers. Levine created multiple variables to test for kindness that individual’s exhibit towards strangers. Levine and his group had to eliminate some of the variables because of certain cultural norms that prohibited the efficiency of the test. Levine then tested random individuals in thirty six
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Kindness Is Cooler‚ Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler is about a teacher teaching her students they should be kind to one another. Some of her students weren’t being respectful to their fellow classmates. Which she tried to teach them a lesson‚ so she assigned them to do ten deeds of kindness for homework. The students that were assign to the ten deeds came back to class so excited to tell their classmate about their ten deeds of kindness they did from home. All of her students were so happy to hear what
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in federal elections or is it something much more? Ambrose Flask attempts to unravel the true meaning of freedom in his short story “The Strangers That Came to Town.” This story outlines the journey of the Duvitch family as they rise from the depths of oppression to obtain a sense of equality and acceptance from their society. In his short story‚ “The Strangers that Came to Town”‚ Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted. First of all‚ the Duvitches’ dark‚ mysterious past
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Is Life Meaningful? The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is a novel full of existentialism. This nonfiction story begins with the main character‚ Meursault‚ attending his mother’s funeral. As the story proceeds‚ Meursault befriends a man and becomes involved in something that will cost him his life. Camus portrays the meaninglessness of human life through the attitudes and lifestyle of Meursault. Camus uses a number of different elements of style to convey his message. Three elements of style
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Kindness for most is something that is longed for. It is essential in the development of character in a person. In the play “Death of a Salesman” Biff Lowman tries to forge his destiny so that he can have some meaning in his life. However the lack of support he has from those around him is replaced by criticism and judgement even by his family. This leads readers to assume that a lack of kindness towards an individual may result the individual to lose confidence in themselves and allow others to
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The Stranger Essay If people were to accept that absurdism exists then that would mean that life is irrational and has no arrangements of any sort. This would mean that everything mankind has done so far to progress itself through society and religion means absolutely nothing because both are used to control chaos from happening in the first place. Consequently‚ if a person is known to be an absurdist‚ people would generally think that means someone who lives a life without any meaning. However
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John Rawl said‚ “the principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.” Justice policies or principles‚ is a very important concept that is embedded within our society. There are different rules and regulations among different cultures as well as it being practiced and experienced differently‚ but for the most part‚ there is a lot of similarities universally. The goal in the end‚ or what it seems like‚ is to try to be successful‚ and try to be “just” while doing so. In the readings we
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The Stranger The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Étranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man’s name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel‚ Meursault is notified that his mother had passed away in the nursing home that he occupied her to. Meursault’s income
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The source and nature of one’s identity is a theme of both A long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and “ Stranger in the Village” by James Baldwin. Conflict can be external or internal creating depth in a character and making a very complex journey. Everyone has an identity made and changed by what they have been through and what they have experienced. Baldwin bravely talks about his journey in the small swiss village in a Europe as villagers are shocked to see him: a black man. They observe him like an
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In Albert Camus’ novel‚ The Stranger‚ Meursault represents an existentialist character. Most may believe him to be immoral‚ and in some cases they are almost correct. Contrary to that belief‚ just because Meursault is an emotionless silhouette of a man doesn’t mean he is immoral or evil. One cannot condemn him for being this way because he is simply misunderstood. Meursault does not make moral or immoral decisions‚ he is just completely indifferent to the matter. Readers are able to sympathize with
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