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Human nature refers to the inherent characteristics, qualities, and behavior that define humans as a species. It encompasses a range of traits, including the capacity for empathy, cooperation, and creativity, as well as aggression, selfishness, and greed. Humans are complex beings, influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, and capable of both good and bad behavior. Despite our individual differences, certain universal aspects of human nature exist, such as our need for social interaction and our desire for security and belonging. Understanding human nature can help us better navigate our relationships and interactions with others, and can also inform our understanding of larger societal issues.

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    Light VS Darkness: Are Humans Inherently Good Or Evil
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    Have you ever wondered if you people are naturally born good or bad? This is a question that has been asked throughout the years. In this paper I want to learn whether we are born good or do we just learn it by the environment we are in. In a world where we live, I think it is easy to become evil, therefore people are not naturally born evil, but over time experience tragedy that turns them evil.Simone Weil, a…
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    Effects Of Fiction On Human Nature
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    Fiction and Human Society Argumentation is a method used primarily in literature in order to systematically support a general conclusion, and this conclusion often centers around a relevant topic in modern society. Most of these topics are also seen as controversial; controversial subjects offer more room for argumentation, both in favor of one opinion and opposition of another. Fiction, for example, is seen as controversial in regards to things such as the subjects it covers, and the way it affects…
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    A Complexity Of Human Nature
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    Human Nature is a Volatile Thing Change is something that everyone is capable of. Many authors have characters who undergo a large transformation throughout their story to show how far they have come. Yet sometimes a transformation, or lack thereof, might be incorporated to depict human nature in its entirety. Stories such as Cathedral by Raymond Carver, Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston, and A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez include examples of this. Although everyone…
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    Violence as the Inherited Quality of Human Beings’ Nature
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    I would like to start this essay with one simple yet important question. ‘Is violence inherent to human nature?’ As Steven pinker once said “With violence as with so many other concerns, human nature is the problem, but human nature is also the solution.” In his 2002 book “The Blank Slate”, Steven Pinker also wrote that men in particular bear the marks of “an evolutionary history of violent male-male competition”. This means that our ancestors were violent and have been…
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    Nature And Humankind in Chris Mccandless’ Essay
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    Emerson’s Leadership to Death In Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance”, an essay that Chris McCandless used as a guide for his way of life in the wild, presents the relationship between nature and Manhood; and these beliefs are what led him to his demise. Emerson states that you must first begin your journey and have the desire to take the first steps into finding adulthood. Chris McCandless began his adventure “immediately after graduating, with honors, from Emory University in the summer of…
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    Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory in Hills Like White Elephants
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    In the 1960s, psychologists identified six stages of human grief, particularly regarding dying and loss: denial; isolation; anger; bargaining; depression; and, finally, acceptance. But Hemingway wrote 'Hills' in 1927, therefore Hemingway must have had an apparently innate understanding, and dramatization, of these stages of grief. The first stage of grief presented in the story is denial. Hemingway illustrates this by describing the American's attitude toward the idea of fertility. Hemingway states, "They look like white elephants, she said. I've never…
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    Lord Of The Flies: Loss Of Innocence
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    In his most popular novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding explores human nature in its purest and darkest form. From standing a group of young boys alone on an island to creating a complex, inner “beast”, William Goulding explores the notion of life outside of society’s regulations and the unavoidable collapse of civility and order that ensues. Throughout the novel, Golding reveals brutal truths about our inherent savagery and basic urges, linking to several religious stories: ultimately to humankind.…
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    Memories of the Past Affect Our Present Emotional Well-Being
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    In our present world ruled and controlled by modern technology, the thinking and feelings of authorities cannot be maneuvered as well by machines. Let it be that humans take control of technology. Let us not lose the nature of our being humans such that the inherent qualities of our minds and character take full control of our machines. If we continue to allow technology to dominate our being, human society will be extinct soon. We should, therefore, take care of…
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    Self-Actualization in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and in Kafka on the Shore
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    Literary texts are a pervasive medium for expressing opinion about the human condition and, as a result, common moral and ethical messages are found across a diverse range of stories. The novels Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Kafka on the Shore are not an exception to this as the authors comment on concepts of human nature and development. The main theme of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews is how dramatic life events…
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    Understanding of Human Nature in The Man Who Made History and Heart Of Darkness
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    Discoveries are transformative experiences as they often entail a journey which offers a renewed understanding or perspective on the human experience and the nature of society. Discoveries which challenge assumptions of the world develop in us new ways of thinking as we acquire new knowledge. Both the documentary, ‘Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History’, directed by Simon Nasht, and ‘Heart of Darkness’ written by Joseph Conrad, provide prolific insight into the nature and essence of the life of a…
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    Jean Paul Sartre’s Views On Human Freedom And Existentialism
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    In “Existentialism and Human Freedom”, the author, Jean Paul Sartre, discusses existence and identity. The first main point is that in terms of humans, “existence precedes essence.” Essence makes a thing what it is. It is how we categorize things. It is a summation of all the qualities of an object or a person that we are able to observe. It comes after existence because, according to Sartre, we are born blank and develop our essense after coming into existence.…
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    Overview on Thomas Hobbes Psychology Theory
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    One of the greatest contributors to modern-day psychology, in my opinion, would have to be Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), a contemporary of Descartes. Hobbes was a mechanistic thinker and saw living organisms not in terms of the whole but as a sum of the parts (Atkins, 2017). This was a very unusual way of looking at human beings as well as all other living creatures at his time. To illustrate Hobbes’ idea, think of a human in terms of being like…
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    Comparison of Dennett’s and Churchland’s Intentional Stances
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    Daniel Dennett intentional stance compared to Churchland eliminativism Daniel Dennett invented intentional stance in which behavior is viewed as an entity in terms of mental properties while Churchland eliminativism claims that folk psychology is false, and most mental states that people believe in do not exist. Dennett’s view is more plausible compared to Churchland eliminativism due to the following explanations derived from Dennett’s book explaining folk psychology. Dennett (1987, pp 48-49) folk psychology provides reason giving explanation for a certain…
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    Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan
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    Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury was born on April 5th, 1588 in Westport, Wiltshire and lived in a time of great disruption. Hobbes was a key figure during the Enlightenment period and is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. He was renown in the world of Academia and served as a mathematics tutor under the royal family of Charles I. During his lifetime, Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651. The contents of this book were heavily…
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    Continuity vs. Discontinuity in Human Development
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    The study of human development is a complex and multifaceted field that seeks to understand how individuals grow and change over the course of their lives. One of the central debates within this field revolves around the concept of continuity versus discontinuity. This essay will delve into the intricacies of this debate, exploring the key theoretical perspectives, empirical evidence, and implications for our understanding of human development. Theoretical Perspectives The continuity-discontinuity debate can be framed within various theoretical perspectives. Continuity…
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    Analysis of the Theme of Human Nature in Walt Whitman’s Poetry
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    As the new world developed into a vastly growing nation, the spread of ideas and influence from Europe pushed its way into the colonies, and what would soon become the Unites States of America. Government structure and criticism of human behavior was constantly challenged throughout the growth of the America. This was an advantage for many artists to take ownership of their craft and bring out their message to the audience. Many of those who moved over across the Atlantic…
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    Nature Does Not Hurry, Yet Everything Is Accomplished
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    Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao Tzu In schools we study about nature like it is something seperate from us. That is not true because we are part of nature. People try to use nature for there own needs. They act like they are masters and nature is their slave. They just take and take from nature and nothing giving back. That is a shame because nature can serve as a wonderful classroom. From the moment…
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    Evil in Human Nature in Lord Of The Flies By William Golding
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    William Golding’s novel, “Lord of the Flies,” conveys the essence of human nature through an allegory of a group of boys stranded on an island. Eventually, this group of boys turn against each other in an attempt to survive. Given the circumstances, Golding illustrates the basics of human nature. Once people are stripped of civilization and their rules, their savage instincts start to kick in and their actions follow. Ultimately, human beings are inherently evil when they are free from…
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    The Tension Between Ethical Principles: Nonmaleficence vs Beneficence
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    According to the Cambridge dictionary, the word ethics is the study of what is morally right and wrong or a set of beliefs about what is morally right and wrong. Ethics can be a difficult subject to define as it is closely related to one’s unique moral, spiritual or cultural values. Therefore, ethics are important in counselling because they are a means to protect the welfare of the client and counselors by clearly outlining what is appropriate. Besides, ethical codes…
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    Madame Pernelle’s and Orgon’s Weakness in Tartuffe
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    The French Neoclassical Era was a time period that stood out to me throughout this semester. After researching Tartuffe further, I found that weakness and blindness were driving forces in the play and wanted to explore each character’s role in those flaws. It is human nature to have flaws, and I found it interesting that the specific flaws of weakness and blindness are what enabled Tartuffe to get as far as he did. For the duration of this paper, I…
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    Man Is a Political Animal
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    Aristotle is a famous philosopher, whose students’ lecture notes were made into a book called “Politics”. In the first chapter (Book I), he argues that man is a political animal. What he means by this is that men are sociable beings that need community to become a self-sufficient and structured state through which they achieve their telos of virtuous reasoning by exercising collective high moral standards through their communal laws and beliefs of justice. I believe he’s right in the…
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    Homelanding As a Great Example Of Science Fiction
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    Introduction “Homelanding” by Margaret Atwood is a science fiction story. The elements of science fiction are revealed when we read the story and find that someone is narrating a life experience on earth to someone from another planet, probably to an alien. Since there is no life that has been discovered on another planet, and then the story is a science in fiction. It is an introduction to a science hypothesis and not fantasy. Atwood dissected daily human life, describing…
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    The great power of beauty
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    Beauty is considered as an important aspect to all women, as it appeals visually. As early as the Ancient Greeks, beauty has been idealized to a high standard and virtue that a woman should acquire. The topic of beauty has been widely discussed in society, in terms of what composes something beautiful, how the power of beauty draws one's attention, or how it applies to the human nature. Many people believe that true beauty is decided upon one's outer visual…
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    The End Doesn’t Justify The Means
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    Human nature is naturally focused on outcomes. We can deal with a difficult, sad story if it has a happy ending. We love when our favourite team wins even if the game was ‘ugly’ at times. Conflict that is effectively resolved, or peace that has been accomplished, often has a way of overshadowing some really challenging times. But as young kids, we learned that the “end doesn’t justify the means.” In other words, a positive outcome isn’t a good thing…
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    The Dark Side Of Human Nature in Macbeth
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    As Yoshida Kenko said "Ambition never comes to an end." In the famous play Macbeth by Shakespeare, ambition is an imperative factor to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's sinful behaviors. Macbeth's ambition was provoked by the three witches, but when he hesitated, Lady Macbeth reproach him and ensured Macbeth follows his ambition. This reflects the dark side of human nature from the play, it's about the expansion of ambition, and challenging the bottom line of morality. It uses the change of…
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    Sadness Is What Makes Us Human
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    What is sadness? According to Oxford, sadness is defined as the condition or quality of being sad. Sadness is something that all humans experience. It is an overpowering feeling that takes over many peoples’ lives, yet it is difficult for us to even describe what it is without using the word sad. It is only one of the many emotions that we experience as humans, but what if sadness just simply did not exist? I believe that this change would…
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    Federalist 70: An Enduring Call for Energetic Executive Leadership
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    In the realm of American political thought, the Federalist Papers stand as a testament to the brilliance and foresight of the Founding Fathers. Among these influential essays, Federalist 70, penned by Alexander Hamilton, presents a compelling argument for a vigorous and energetic executive branch within the framework of a united federal government. Hamilton's astute observations, even centuries later, remain relevant and resonate with the principles upon which our great nation was built. Hamilton's central thesis is clear: a single energetic…
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    Unveiling the Depths of Human Nature: Thomas Hobbes’ Profound Insights
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    Thomas Hobbes, a renowned philosopher of the 17th century, ventured into the intricate realm of human nature and presented thought-provoking political theories that have left an indelible impact on our understanding of society and governance. In this essay, we embark on an exploration of Hobbes' distinct beliefs, delving into his perspectives on the state of nature, the social contract, and the pivotal role of government in establishing and maintaining order. At the core of Hobbes' philosophy lies his vivid depiction…
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    The Dark Shadows Within: An Exploration of “The Black Cat”
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    Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" is a haunting and psychologically gripping short story that delves into the depths of human nature, guilt, and the consequences of unchecked impulses. This essay aims to unravel the intricate layers of the narrative, analyze its thematic elements, and examine the underlying psychological turmoil depicted in the story. "The Black Cat" tells the tale of an unnamed narrator who, driven by his own demons, descends into madness and commits heinous acts. The story unfolds…
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    A Carbon Tax: the Necessary Measure for a Global Climate Crisis
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    With atmospheric carbon levels ever on the rise, climate change is becoming harder to reverse, and will begin to impact both the United States and smaller, more vulnerable nations with rising temperatures and tides. Though individual effort to be more environmentally conscious is important, the U.S. should implement a carbon tax to prevent natural disasters and their economic consequences, hold corporations accountable for their disproportionate carbon emissions in order to meet international goals regarding carbon levels, and generate revenue for…
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    The Nature of Reality Precious Artifact
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    The author Philip K. Dick was best known for his work in the Science Fiction genre. One of his more prominent writings is the 1960s short story “Precious Artifact”, a futuristic tale about a man named Milt Biskle who is tasked with building a new civilization on the planet Mars after Earth (or “Terra”) is left in ruins post-war with an alien species referred to as “the Proxima”. He and a small group of former Earth-dwellers have been instructed to…
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    Ideas of “Jasper Jones” Novel by Craig Silvey
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    The novel, Jasper Jones written by Craig Silvey, is a coming of age story set in the 1960s in an ancient, small town named Corrigan. The film diminishes the audience's understanding of Charlie's growing masculinity and his understanding of the morality of Corrigan's ideals. The aesthetic features position the audience to view and to understand Charlie's values, attitudes and beliefs on life as he grows and matures. Charlie's thoughts and ideas are a crucial feature in character development within Charlie's…
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    Jason Reynolds, in his novel in verse “Long Way Down”
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    Reynold’s use of negative connotations emphasizes the pain felt by Will after losing Shawn. Reynolds uses the word “pushing” (6) in line 16 to show the confusion felt by Will after losing Shawn. Pushing has an aggressive connotation; it implies being forced into something. After Shawn dies, Will feels helpless against his sorrow. The pressure pushing through his ears is forcing him to face his grief. The constant “slipping” (Reynolds, 6) of the tongue into the “empty space” (Reynolds, 6)…
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    Mary Wollstonecraft: Views on Feminism
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    1) Mary moved around a lot during her childhood, had no real friends and her father was an abusive husband. 2) Meets a girl named Fanny, similar to Mary’s situation except she was educated, teaches Mary to self-educate. 3) Mary has a public affair and says that women shouldn’t get married anymore until the law change (one flesh doctrine) 4) Writes a short book named “Vindication of the Rights of Women” Rewrite as a short paragraph/a few clear sentences. Mary…
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    Problem of Responsibility in Frankenstein
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    We are what we see. We all are raised and taught with morals that we tend to forget or lose as our lifes go on and sometimes don't realize it. At its simplest, ethics is a system of moral principles. They affect how people make decisions and lead their lives. Ethics is centered with what is good for individuals and society. The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a great example where the author associates ethics and morality in her…
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    The Meaning of Weather in novel Frankenstein
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    The weather plays an irrevocable role as the main source of foreshadowing in Frankenstein. Each storm brings about the next tragedy in Victor Frankenstein’s life. The events that bring about Frankenstein’s demise start innocently, but as his curiosity grows deeper, the storms that surround his life begin to symbolize the danger he poses to everyone he loves. The storms take on qualities that reflect the event they foreshadow. Rain, Lightning, and Thunder symbolize different aspects of Victor Frankenstein’s failures and…
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    Sex Ed Article Critical Review
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    After reading “Sex Ed,” by Anna Quindlen, the author doesn’t think sexual education is enough to stop young people from engaging in risky sexual practices. Almost any young person can tell you everything about sex and having children, but when it comes to having protected sex or taking the necessary precautions to not impregnate a teenage girl or prevent disease, they just do not know as much or have no clue at all. Oftentimes parents blame their kids for the…
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    What Does Lord of the Flies Say About Human Nature?
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    In "Lord of the Flies," William Golding crafts a compelling narrative that serves as a profound commentary on the inherent evil within human nature, unveiled in the absence of societal norms and structures. Through his intricate use of metaphors, symbolism, and a variety of literary devices, Golding not only narrates the story of English schoolboys descending into savagery on a deserted island but also delves deep into the dark recesses of human nature. This exploration is built upon the premise…
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    Violence and Human Nature in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery’
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    Violence is either innate of taught. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier the authors explain the human nature of violence by using symbolism to show more than the original meanings, irony to show the absurd nature of violence and metaphors to try to explain the complicated nature of violence. Violence is a part of innate human nature and both nature and nurture contribute to violence but with maturity, violence can be lessened. The symbolism in…
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    Transformation through First Person Narratives
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    Exploring the short stories "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara and "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, both authors employ a first-person point of view to illuminate the transformative journeys of their narrators. This essay delves into the distinct ways in which the first-person perspective contributes to portraying the characters' growth and transitions. By providing a window into the thoughts and emotions of the narrators, this narrative technique offers readers a deeper understanding of their evolving perspectives and actions. Hazel's Evolution in…
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