What does it mean to own something and how can it impact our sense of self? Many philosophers have has opposing views about this. However, Jean-Paul Sartre has the most accurate representation about the meaning of owning something. Ownership expands beyond physical objects, which means that it includes intangible things. This includes learning a skill or knowing a subject extremely well. Also, ownership doesn’t always impact character negatively, the same way it doesn’t impact it positively all the time. You can see examples of this all throughout everyday life, literature, and movies.…
As humans, we all have a desire to have things that are beyond what we can afford. As a result, we start to have strong feelings of envy and jealousy towards that people who possess what it is that we cannot have. In the short story “The Gilded Six Bits” by Zora Neale Hurston, Joe quickly became fascinated with a big talker from Chicago named Otis D. Slemmons. Otis claimed that women gave him money and adored him. This interest that Joe had with the gold accessories that Otis owned lead to problems in Joe’s marriage with Missy May. Joe and Missy May will realize that everything that glitters isn’t gold, and that they should be content with what they already possessed.…
There are five items that I will bring with me on this voyage to a new lifestyle. These items are a knife, hairbrush, toothbrush, blanket, and water bottle. The reason that I want to bring a knife is that this item I believe would be valuable to me. It could help me cut up a kill, cut fruit or give me the ability to crave items that I find in the desert into something else that I could use. I think this item is a want over a need. I do not need the knife in order to survive out their but it would make my life much easier.…
For example, Whit, a young laboring man, is eager to show the others a letter published in a magazine, written by someone who had worked with him. The fact he was so excited that he had found a trace of his friend immortalized in print suggests he is severely lonely, ‘he went to his box shelf and laid the magazine carefully in’ he is grasping at whatever form of human companionship he can find. He is not excited by the thought of minor fame through association, but by the idea that while his friend may be gone, he hasn’t disappeared. I believe he takes comfort in the thought that his friend, in the same position as him in life, has managed to leave a mark on this world, and he himself hopes he will not be forgotten.…
Matthew 6: 24-30 (part of The Sermon on the Mount) states that “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” This serves as an argument that you should focus on serving the Lord, not on having wealth and property. You should not worry about materialistic things because they…
Imagine if you had a new car. You feel excited, ecstatic even. Perhaps you might even think more highly of yourself. Do you feel like you improved your public image by owning a fancy entity? People feel like they gain control when they possess materialistic items like this, however, too much power can corrupt a person. Ownership plays a significant role in shaping your character, and your sense of self, letting others know what type of person you are.…
The main purpose for killing for a thrill killer is to incite agony or fear within their victims, which feeds the desire and pleasure for the killer. Thrill killers murder for the excitement of the kill. Generally, the kill does not take an extended amount of time. Characteristically, they have little desire to sexually assault their victims. Stalking and slaughtering humans, supplies the desired stimulation, that they would not otherwise be able to attain, which is similar to rush that extreme sports enthusiasts receive from activities such as sky diving. Although they may have never officially met their victims, they commonly have followed them for an extended period of time. These killers frequently take a lengthy cool-down period. This…
In Annie Dillard’s autobiography “The Chase”, she emphasizes and uses great detail in her different writing techniques to make the scenes in the story feel more alive or realistic. The attention of detail can be seen with her intense use of transitions and active descriptions in the actual chase scene. Dillard also uses tone and language of the characters to make the story feel more like actual real time events.…
possessions are what the children grow to love, replacing the parents, and the bond between the…
Aristotle claimed that ownership of tangible goods help to develop moral character. I agree with his idea because once you own something and how you act afterwards can change your character. For example, I had a friend once that was shy and didn't have as many friends. I told him to join the flag football team with me for our middle school team. He agreed to join and at the end of the season, we were both MVPs and helped our team go undefeated. When he received an award stating that he was MVP, his character changed for the better. He started to talk to other people more and became more active. Another example is that during middle school, I received my very first "C" grade in Algebra during a progress report. I didn't do my homework that much and I procrastinated a lot. I was devastated to find out I had a "C." I then learned to be on top of things, to do my homework more and to try making my time management better.…
From a young age, money has never been #1 on my list of lifetime goals and priorities. At the age of 8, value of a certain money became very treasured. In that year, my great-grandpa, a veteran of WW2, learned of his cancer. He also gifted me 7 freshly minted, (and in numerical order on the serial number), one dollars bills. You might say,” A measly $7?”, but that was the last gift I was allowed to receive from him. While not valuable monetarily, it was a gift that I view as special. When some of the drawers possessions that are precious to you, it is because someone who found significant sentimental value in said item gifted it, and those gifts are truly the ones to be treasured.…
As aristotle claimed, he believed that the ownership of tangible goods help develop a persons moral character. I do agree with aristotle because when a person has ownership over something it might change their moral character for the better for example, when you receive an award, it changes your mood and you become proud of yourself and motivated to keep doing well. Jean Paul Sartre was also another intelligent man, he believed that people can also own intangible things like skill, I also agree because you might have a certain skill that is unique and nobody else can achieve.…
In the narrative “The Chase,” Annie Dillard describes an exciting encounter that brought her great delight in which she will hardly experience again. She uses a series of figurative languages and selection of details to incorporate her tone into the story and portray the passions of but not limited to children. The story starts off with descriptions of the game football and proceeds to her encounter with a stranger while playing with her friends. As a result of throwing snowballs at his car window, the man got out of his car and chases them. This was the beginning of the chase which will change her perception of adults.…
Something’s that some people might take for granted can actually be a luxury to others. A car for example, I never realized how much I depended on my car to do certain activities. Without a car I would be limited to the places I can go to in a timely manner. Not having a reliable vehicle does come with restrictions.…
We usually here this cliché in a running contest or a marathon giving signal to the runners to get ready, set and run! But for me as first timer to join a fun run, it has more in depth meaning.…