Perspective

Different types of characters give way to the developmental process of the story. This is supported by Foster’s overall claim that without these character classifications there would be no character depth in literature. Therefore, flat and round characters each have their own place in a developing piece of literature.

John Lubbock once stated, “Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.” This was 100% correctly said because there’s no other you. No one else can possibly make decisions for you. Our character is not formed by influences beyond our control, because those influences do not define us. They don't define who we really are.

The viewpoint of the world that the narrator has, completely alters as certain events take place throughout the story. His outlook on nature transforms into a wholly different standpoint as the story progresses. As his tale begins, the narrator sees himself as a tough guy or "bad character". He believes he is invincible. There is nobody as cool as he is or as dangerous as him and his friends are. With his

From the earlier times in our lives till now, we humans have been struggling hard to be free and independent of the things that limit our right to be free. And even though some people say that having security in life can regulate our lives and messy societies, I believe that too much security or limitation causes more dilemmas. Also, by being independent and free, one can learn new things rather than just by sticking to some widely held beliefs. We can see many examples related to this assumption everywhere in our lives, movies, books, and history.

Character is the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual, though morality is subjective, in today’s society it is predominantly agreed upon that someone who is of good character has certain qualities that contribute to their decision making, trustworthiness, and intelligence. I previously mentioned prudence, which is the ability to govern oneself by the use of reason to make good judgements that allow you to avoid troublesome situations, which allows one to face the adversities of life while only encountering necessary risks. This is the ultimate show of genuine character, those who can judge for themselves and aren’t afraid to admit their faults, or

An individual with “Free Will” is capable of making vital decisions and choices in life with own free consent. The individual chooses these decisions without any outside influence from a set of “alternative possibilities.” The idea of “free will” imposes a certain kind of power on an individual to make decisions of which he or she is morally responsible. This implies that “free will” would include a range of aspects such as originality, moral value, and self-governance. However, in life, individuals may not be free in making decisions. The aspect of freedom could entail remarkably a high status action and achievement in an individual’s life whose attainment could be close to impossibility. Often, people make

An individual chooses the perspective they take. They perspective they chose can bring out the good and evil within. This is proven in Esther Claes’ “The Star” when the main character chooses to see the world from a different perspective, a selfish perspective. This is also once again proven in Lord of the Flies when Ralph refuses to see the islands survival through Jack’s perspective which brings out the evil and savagely within him.

This essay will cover the observation of my field work experience at Prince Avenue Baptist Church. I will discuss the importance of character education, motivation, and development (cognitive, social, and moral). I observed these concepts being utilized and portrayed and will discuss the details of each. I will conclude with how I plan to use these certain theories and concepts in my future classroom.

Freedom is the ultimate goal—this intrinsic desire has been manifested within human civilization since the beginning of time. Although, humans crave the idea of complete freedom, they do not understand what complete freedom entails. I believe freedom is a social construct that is conceptualized. The definition of freedom almost always varies from person to person; my interpretation of freedom is being given the ability to act, reason and believe with the condition of minimal constraint. Moreover, the terms freedom and free-will must be differentiated between, they cannot be defined within the same realm. Free-will is a psychological capacity, directing ones behavior in a way responsive to reason, while freedom is constrained by rules that govern us through social order. Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor proclaims that it is not freedom that brings man happiness, but security. On the contrary, Socrates a famous Greek philosopher, places much emphasis on freedom that he accepts death over living a slave.

‘Perspective’ can be defined as “a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.” (Oxford English Dictionary, 2010) In the realm of literary form and structure, perspective deals with how the reader understands a body of work. If a story is in the perspective of an omnipotent narrator, we can look into the minds of secondary or third characters, to further our knowledge on their dispositions—their thoughts, beliefs and emotions on specific situations within the work. When we can only see, hear, feel, and understand the thoughts of a singular character in a story (usually the main character), certain things are not able to be perceived. We cannot understand what the other characters are thinking or feeling. As critically

For instance, when the British officer in the novel Lord of the Flies, found the young boys on the island, he claims that their experience on the island was entirely “fun and games,” creating the opinion that they were only immature boys who saw being trapped on the island as a fun adventure. Also because Jack and Ralph’s perspective towards being on the island were completely different, negative opinions of each other emerged. Jack wanted to hunt for pigs while Ralph’s main goal was to figure out the way off of the island. The conflict between goals was the drive or motive for the vicious and murderous attacks between the two groups. Another way that perspective was able to create opinions was when Carton confessed his unconditional love for Lucie to Lucie. Her perspective of Carton being a write-off, was changed because she now understood that there was more to Sydney Carton than what he actually let on. Through perspective, more information and reason is added to the conflict between the

In interpreting perspectives one can understand that perspectives influence the way individuals tend to view the world. There are multiple perspectives that can be used to interpret the world because not one perspective can explain the entirety of it. Each perspective gives its reasoning and explanations to allow individuals to have different interpretations of certain situations that they may have not noticed with another perspective. Overall, perspectives allow individuals to open their minds and give them a chance to view the world differently than they normally would.

There was nothing much which was noticeably difficult. The steps to creating perspective were not difficult and the steps to doing it were simple to follow. To create perspective, it was easiest to create the outlines of the buildings while it was easy to create the windows and doors of the buildings, it became tedious to do since there were so many to create for each building. For two of the buildings which I drew, I created a curved outline since the building’s shape was cylindrical. This was the most difficult part to do to maintain the same perspective since I couldn’t just follow the same straight line as the other buildings, but had to create a square a draw a circle in the centre to keep the proportions correct. The

Have you ever laid your head down on your pillow after a long tiresome day at work, after all, the tedious tasks of everyday life, and asked yourself, “Am I living a well-led life, or am I here just wasting space?” It might appear as a question without an answer; never the less, you can find out what your purpose in life is, and what it means to be significant in life. While attending college after 8 years on break, I recently rediscovered what major character strengths I need to develop to live happily and meaningfully. Working hard, without making the world worse and making connections with the world has led me to be blissful. Empathy, grit, and ethics are the three most important character strengths we need to develop to have a happy meaningful

The notion of personality can be defined as a specific set of organised characteristics that influence a person’s everyday actions. These actions are guided by different motives and cognitive processes causing the large range of behaviours in a person. Each person’s characteristics are unique and come together to create an individual personal identity (Burger, 2011). Therefore a personality is subjective to each individual person, it is these unique characteristics that make it so. Characteristics such as likes and dislikes, fear and strengths and weaknesses are what create the individual personality that is seen by others (D. Schultz and P. Schultz, 2005). It is an important endeavour to discern where these characteristics are derived from, the question whether or not a personality is the product of free will has many relevant explorations. Free will in personality would suggest that a person has a free choice over how their aforementioned personality characteristics may turn out (Maslow, 1943). This idea that a person can determine their personality through a series of life choices directly contravenes the idea of a pre-determined personality that is shaped by biology and life events, called determinism (Skinner, 1957). Determinism is championed by Sigmund Freud in his psychodynamic theory (Freud, 1912), although it will not be the focus of this essay, despite Freud’s theories constituting as part of the main crux of the latter part. In order to address the question