Each of us has different individual characteristics and factors, and it is the combination of these that make up who we are.…
There are approximately seven billion people living on the Earth. Each person is different. The journey of finding one’s self is a path that one must take with little help from others and built from their own experiences, creating an identity that must be established by themselves and can only be taken away by themselves as seen through the texts A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, and Night by Elie Wiesel.…
Life is not two reactants yielded by a change in temperature or a deoxyribonucleic sequence on a page. Like my unknown biological parents, life is an unknown substance and that must be skeptically retried and perfected over a course of generations to come. I would like to thank the many families of the world who have given me a sense of identity as I am still attempting to solve my life equation to this…
That everyone has their own characteristics is the reason why those who do something in their own way can accomplish more. The accomplishment can be contributed to the personal distinction.…
Do people ever wonder what makes them who they are? What makes them so unique and special? What literally, makes them,them? In the short stories, "Mother To Son" and "Abuela Invents the Zero", the main characters face the same question and help show the answer. Everyday experiences help shape values and decisions, for better or for worse.…
“A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts.”…
In order to defend the Bundle Theory of personal identity Parfit begins to describe it and differentiates it from Ego Theory. Parfit states that there are two theories about what persons are or what a person’s personal identity really is. According to Ego Theory, each person has an “ego,” or subject of experiences. The ego is something intangible, outside of the body and brain, similar to the existence of a soul. Events happen to a person and those events are brought together by the being that experiences it. According to Ego Theory, this explains the unity of a person’s whole life; the fact that all of the experiences in this life are had by the same person. This theory is the easiest one to believe for most people because it’s what we believe a person to be. Derek Parfit, however, rejects this theory in favor of the Bundle Theory.…
What makes a human an individual? Would it be the characteristics that make us unique, the usage of the word “I”, and or different personalities? Imagine being born into a society where there is no such thing as “I” or an “individual” and we were only taught plural pronouns. The impact that would have on our personal development and individuality is brutal. The word “we” impacts the lack of individuality by degrading self esteem, replacing the usage of the word “I” in society, and supporting collectivism over individualism.…
In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, the author shows how everyone acting and looking the same way can affect them physically, mentally, and emotionally therefore Everyone should be able to be themselves and show their own creativity. The author writes about this thesis specifically because he wants to show people that being unique is not a terrible thing because it means you are special in your own way and you might be able to do things others can’t do.…
After reading the book, I began to understand why my body looks the way it looks. I realized that we are all the same inside—from fish to monkeys, and even some reptiles. We all started from the same thing. In my opinion, being human can be summed up into a simple definition—a unique individual. Although we all developed from a similar place, being different makes us human. Each one of us has our differences, we can do things that others can’t, and that’s what makes us one-of-a-kind. Internally, our bodily structures will be alike, but our personalities and physical features make us who we are.…
Entrenched in the “simple” view is the idea that personal identity, and the persistence of personal identity, cannot be measured through philosophical discourse or scientific investigation. There are a number of opposing arguments, known as complex theories of personal identity. In each of these arguments, the central claim is that either the body, the brain, or the psychological continuity of an individual determines how they persist as the same person (Garrett, 1998, p 52). To call them complex is a misnomer – for each is far too narrow to properly define and explain personal identity.…
On the other hand, it can be stated that by apprehending a sense of individuality, we form a great perspective…
Natasha Trethewey was born in 1966 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Her parents had an interracial marriage and at that point and time in Mississippi it was a crime to have a marriage of such. Natasha feels as if there is “White Lies” about her life in itself. In 2000, she wrote “White Lies” which describes her life as she was growing up. She writes three types of poems; Domestic Work, Bellocq Ophelia, and Native Guard. Trethewey was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize.…
Life is defined as a characteristic that distinguishes that have signaling and self sustaining processes from those that don’t. If an organism can perform certain functions such as movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, and nutrition, it is classified as a living organism. Life began from the basic building block of all living things, called cells. All organisms derived from single celled organisms. Cells are the basic building blocks of life and are found in all living things. For example, a group of cells would form a tissue, a group of tissues would form an organ, a group of organs would form an organ system an a group of organ systems would form an organism.…
While it is particularly interesting how as people of the human race we have much of the same complex anatomy, chemical composition, brain structure, and bodily features. Yet, we are so diverse and original among our own kind. No two souls are truly alike. We share mutual human nature, intrinsic similarities and traits, like feelings, thoughts, and mechanisms that allow us to perceive, reason, and respond. Regardless of the universal qualities we share, over the course of our personal development, we will all experience unique challenges. According to Alfred Adler’s theory of, “Individual Psychology”, each person is born original and possesses unique traits, features, motivations, and style of life. Moreover, he strongly believes our drive…