Altruistic Love

In the beginning of the film upon meeting Bianca the audience first learns of a shallow and self-centred girl. This can be noticed in the dialogue in the opening scene of the film when she says “I like my sketchers but I love my Prada backpack.” The adjective “love” emphasises the idea that Bianca is selfish and chooses to love objects and accessories rather than caring about the people around her. She throws a word of such strong meaning around giving the audience the clear impression she is arrogant and self obsessed. This is further supported by the use of colourful, frilly clothing the viewer sees Bianca wear throughout the film. Giving the impression that she strives for perfection and attention, she is seen to yearn for approval from others. Clearly displaying her selfish attitude. Although in actuality Bianca is both kind and caring the audience notices this in the mid shot of Bianca and Cameron in the car after the party when she embraces Cameron’s honesty and begins to change her attitude and persona for the better. This shows that Bianca’s really both kind and caring despite how she appeared in the beginning of the film. Gil Junger teaches the audience the importance of not judging someone based on their

Self-love has the “I” factor as a predominant that rules the actions of an individual. It comes from connecting the soul to one’s true self whereby an individual allows his inner light to shine in order to attract other human beings to have a close relationship with him wholeheartedly. Self-love comes with the acceptance of every kind of our lives and others the way they are. It is one of the most challenging aspects in our lives. It is, therefore, very important that human beings should look at the ways by which we love ourselves, as it is the same way that other people are going to love and treat us. The following are some of the aspects of self-love:

We live in a society that has increasingly stomped on love, depicting it as cruel, superficial and full of complications. Nowadays it is easy for people to claim that they are in love, even when their actions say otherwise, and it is just as easy to claim that they are not when they really are. Real love is difficult to find and keeping it alive is even harder, especially when one must overcome their own anxieties and uncertainties. This is the main theme present in Russell Banks’ short story “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story,” as well as in “The Fireman’s Wife,” written by Richard Bausch. These narratives, although similar in some aspects, are completely different types of love stories.

All my life I have valued so dearly men who never lay a hand in anger against women. I feel like it’s a huge disrespect and the exact opposite of anything like love. Therefore, when Westley slaps Buttercup I was appalled. How dare the “hero” of the book do such a thing? It wasn’t until much later that I realized this was part of Goldman’s satire to the concepts of love and heroism. At the end of the book I had finally grasped the idea that love can be very strong, but never perfect. Westley and Buttercup’s love came slowly. For an example, Westley said, “I’ve been saying it so long to you. You just wouldn’t listen. Every time you said ‘farm boy do this’, you thought I was saying ‘as you wish’, but that’s only because you were hearing wrong. ‘I love you’ is what is was, but never heard and you never heard.” In my small experience of love, I know it can be very beautiful but sometimes also frustrating. I can directly put this lesson into play in my teenage

Literature is arguably the most significant aspect taught in high school. It allows us to expand our minds to interpret human nature and its consequences. Several high school curriculums neglect the importance of improving the novels to better fit current generations, which consequently reduces its impact. A Complicated Kindness is a novel by Miriam Toews that should be implemented in the English curriculum, as it not only relates to high schoolers in today’s society, but is also deemed one of the best Canadian books through its personal touch and prominent themes that relate to other important novels.

A good mother will always have a never- ending supply of unconditional love for her child, no matter how difficult the child may be. Joy (Wes Moore’s mother), had complete unconditional love for all her children. Wes, being the most difficult child to handle out of the three, was the most loved by Joy. Wes would be in trouble at school and in the streets with his friends. When it became too much for Joy, she sent Wes to military school, which made a drastic change in his life for the better. At the time, Wes thought that his mother sent him away because she didn’t love him anymore. Turns out the decisions she made for him, whether it being good or bad, were all out of the love she had for her son. Mary (The other Wes Moore’s mother), also had

Many acts of war occur under desperate circumstances, leading people to act out against their conscience and do immoral things. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs onto the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, destroying about 90 percent of each city. Ironically, the nuclear weaponry was originally built in self-defense against Germany, where an attempt at creating an atomic bomb was made, but ultimately failed, leaving the United States as the first and only country with nuclear weaponry. Upon the dropping of the bomb in Nagasaki, eighty thousand people died instantly, and tens of thousands died later on from the radioactive fallout. A Japanese newspaper, called The Nippon Times, questions why the bomb was

In ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’ a romantic relationship is developed between Ellie and Lee. During chapter sixteen, Ellie describes the experience of kissing Lee; “I explored not just his lips, but his smell, the feeling of his skin, the shape of his shoulder blades, the warmth of the back of his neck.” From this passage, it is evident that Ellie’s ‘love’ for Lee is based purely upon physical attraction. Alike Ellie, many teenagers in today’s society mistake these feelings of desire for love and emotional

Relationships succeed and fail for any number of different reasons, ranging from the mundane to the truly bombastic. In the cases of Armand and Desiree from Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby,” and Jeremy and China of T.C. Boyle’s “The Love of My Life,” the straw that broke the relationship’s back was a lack a true love, a love that is grounded firmly in reality. Both relationships have one partner, Armand in Chopin’s piece, and China in Boyle’s, that specifically set themselves up for failure, and then refuse to acknowledge their role in it, and face the consequences. Healthy relationships will face their own share of rough waters throughout the course of their lifespan, it is to be expected, however when the first true “crisis” hit each of these relationships, the members all begin to unwind, turn on each other by assigning blame, and eventually fail in spectacular fashion.

Richard Conville (1991) describes the constantly changing, evolving nature of relationships as a cycle in which partners move through a series of stages, returning to ones they previously encountered, although at a new level (p.80). Adler and Proctor (2014) emphasize although they have formally bonded, the relationship will probably ship from one dimension of a relational dialectics to another and forward or backward along the spectrum of stages (p.267). Adler, Proctor and Conville both make great points about love

American society is often involved in circumstances that necessitate members to behave, or believe, in ways that they do not anticipate and that cause them to undertake actions that contradict their beliefs or values (Kahan, 2006). For example, for the 2016 presidential election in the United States, a large portion of the centralistic American population voted for the right-wing candidate, Donald Trump, not because they supported his political view, but because they did not want the leftist candidate, Hillary Clinton, to be elected. Another example can be witnessed through the actions of the “social smoking” population of America; many American smokers are trying to give up tobacco but, nevertheless feel the need to smoke a cigarette when in the presence of other smokers.

Through first person perspective, further analysis regarding the possible danger the power of love can posses is shown. Tavia was talking to her therapist Elizabeth, about the unusually quick feelings of attachment she has for a boy that she has only talked to once; Quinn, as Tavia states, “It's almost like I’m two people - one who can’t stop thinking about Benson...one who can’t stop thinking about Quinn.” (Pike.68) This quote demonstrates that the power of love takes full control of one’s thoughts. When someone like Tavia is in love, all thoughts are about the one you trust and love the most as the author illustrated this by using first person perspective to demonstrate Tavia’s inner voice at all times. When someone is able to control one’s

“Love is complex: considered simply in itself, it is neither honorable nor a disgrace-its character depends entirely on the behavior it gives rise to,” (Plato 183d). There are two different types of love that Pausanius refers to, which are the common and heavenly love. The common love is based on your love for someone for their body, sex or beauty making it physical love and desire for a person. Heavenly love is love for the mind such as your intelligence and strength, someone you can benefit from making one more wise. Any love that is encountered has a purpose whether is it the love between a mother and daughter or the love between a husband and wife. In the end, all love leads and is directed to virtue and improves the loved ones.

I believe that my definition of love runs many parallels with Paul Dunbar’s definition. The anchor of my definition would be sacrifice, much like Dunbar. I believe that it is important to put others ahead of yourself when it comes to love. It is vital that you care genuinely about the other person’s success and happiness. This principle applies to all versions of love.

present and one of those is the theme of love. Philia, Eros, and Agape are the three types of love present in the play and are what represent the theme of love. These three types of love, Philia, Eros, and Agape are expressed by the different characters in the play. The expression of the theme of love in the play is not just there by accident; William Shakespeare put it in this comedic and romantic play with a purpose.