Examples Of Unique Identity In Pride And Prejudice

2002 - Morally ambiguous characters -- characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good -- are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

On top of this, my parents always specifically looked up to me for being a leader in the house. The reason for this is, my parents knew very little English, and needed assistance with almost everything they would do. Also, I am the first child; the child that has to fall and learn from the mistakes without any older siblings advice or wisdom. Because of this, I make sure that once I learn the most efficient and effective ways of doing tasks, I then pass it down to my younger siblings. I make sure that they learn from my mistakes and accomplishments, while doing my best to lead them in the right direction to attain

Now throughout my life, being the oldest son, and brother I have always felt that I needed to set the example for the rest of my family. I’ve felt that I needed to be the pillar of strength to carry my family, my parents always made me believe that if I was strong then everyone else around me would benefit. Emotionally as a child I felt shut off from the world because I would be struck/scowled for crying, or even if I’d show the slightest bit of what my parent’s called “overconfidence”, which is basically any type of trying to feel good about my accomplishments in any form. But of course I was always expected to perform at the peak and be above everyone. For this type of upbringing I was “isolated” from the rest of my peers, emotionally detached, and felt as if I was an unwanted enigma. As it says in “Mirrorings” on page 729, “I felt that I was the only one walking about in the world who understood what was really important.”

Throughout history, different people have many struggles with their identity and trying to figure out who they are. When I was younger, I struggled with my identity and who I was to my family and my friends. I did not know how to be myself without being called names or being looked at funny. At the house I would act one way towards my parents and my siblings, and at school I would act differently towards my friends to fit in. This time period of my life is well conveyed throughout different characters in many books. Harper Lee demonstrates the struggle of identity greatly in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Throughout the novel, the author develops two characters, Calpurnia and Dolphus Raymond, that struggle with their identity to

In “I’m Not My Brother; I’m Me,” author Peg Kehret expresses the expectations passed down from her two older brothers and the negative impacts these expectations had on her. From my point of view, I fully agree with the author. In my case, I have a 23-year old sister who is the epitome of perfection. She graduated top of her class in both high school and university, is athletic, and is currently working on Wall Street in New York City. In addition, she is very diligent at Chinese, public speaking, and ultimately anything related to school. As a result of this, as one can imagine, I constantly live in her long shadow. My sister is a very goal-oriented person and strives to reach them. She knew exactly what she wanted to be and the path she had to take to get there at a very young age. Throughout

In “I’m Not My Brother; I’m Me,” author Peg Kehret expresses the expectations passed down from her two older brothers and how these expectations impacted her. From my point of view, I fully agree with the author. In my case, I have a 23-year old sister who is the epitome of perfection. She graduated top of her class in both high school and university, is athletic, and is currently working on Wall Street in New York City. In addition, she is very diligent at Chinese, public speaking, and ultimately anything related to school. As a result of this, as one can imagine, I have constantly lived in her long shadow. My sister is a very goal-oriented person and strives to reach them. She knew exactly what she wanted to be and the path she had to take

1. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in wants of a wife” Chapter 1 | During the time period that this book takes place, this quote could be proven true. At this time, there were arranged marriages based on a mans place in society and his fortune. Today, people get married because they are in love. Some people may marry others based on their financial standings but there are many wealthy people, my aunt for example, who have no desire to rush into marriage. |

My parents came from a background of poverty, and as a result, they have always stressed the importance of seizing opportunities and accomplishing more in life. My parents try to motivate me by constantly comparing me to my sister, who was successful in becoming the first in our family to go to college. In effort to encourage me to do the same, my parents place my sister on a pedestal, emphasizing her glory, while telling me that I am far behind from ever reaching that pedestal. Ever since I started elementary school, I was subjected to being told I was disappointing as a student and need to become more like my sister. From my perspective, when my parents compare me to my sister, it strips away my individualism, because they are essentially

mind of who they want to be and how they want to lead their lives. These ideas are usually very different from the actual identity of a person. Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby , by F. Scott Fitzgerald the search for identity is continuos. The main characters are on a rollercoaster of uncertainty trying to protect the images that they have created for themselves.

Two characters similar in temperament are Laila and Elizabeth Bennet. Laila and Elizabeth are both headstrong, intelligent and outspoken. Rather than being in similar situations, Laila and Elizabeth both react to situations similarly. They are both driven by their emotion and instinct and react to things primarily by listening to their heart. 

Archetypes seen in both A Thousand Splendid Suns and Pride and Prejudice are the common villain, Rasheed and Lady Catherine, who both work to prevent the protagonists from reconciling with their true beloved. Marriage, is another archetype that is commonplace throughout both novels not only as a representation of love but a symbolic representation of being bound together forever. In both novels, parental figures view marriage as a representation of personal gain, and status. Jalil and his wives hope to marry Mariam off because they don’t want a harami living with them harm their social status. Mrs. Bennet hopes to marry her daughters off for wealth and hopefully an elevated social status. 

These archetypes focus on the novel’s overall meanings by showcasing how

Being the youngest of five brothers is a predicament to Ron, because he faces the constant pressure of living up to all of his brother’s accomplishments. His position in the family has led to a lot of his insecurities and self-doubt. Unlike Ron, I did not come from a large family and for that reason, I personally did not receive the same pressure and expectations that Ron faced. Without these expectations, I did not struggle with issues of self esteem, whereas Ron often feels inadequate about being in the shadow of his successful brothers, which resulted in problems with his self-confidence. The aspect of family in Ron’s life and my own life has impacted our self esteems, which plays a significant role in our

My main characters are Jackie Austen and Alex Smith. They are trying to get back Rose, Jackie sister that got kidnapped 1 years ago. Jackie is a shy 17-year old that loves to read books. Alex is Jackie best friend, he is a star in their high school soccer team. They meant 4 years ago after Jackie was getting bullied about why she read so much and Alex stand up to the bullied for her. Jackie sister went missing after her stocker kidnapped her after she won a Volleyball game.

I can recognize this feeling in my everyday life. Being the oldest child, I have the unspoken responsibility of taking care of my siblings and expected to be the most mature out of all of my siblings. For example, this summer I was home alone with my grandma and all of the sudden she was not feeling well. I immediately called my dad and told him what was going on; I explained that she was shaking and he told me to call for the ambulance. I did what I was told right away and waited for the ambulance to come. My dad came home at the perfect time so he could also go to the hospital with my grandma. While all this occurred, my mom told me to wait for my siblings to come home and to feed them dinner. As soon as my siblings came home, I explained everything to them and made them alfredo pasta for dinner. Additionally, my siblings and I had school the following day, and my parents did not come home until past midnight. Being the responsible young adult, I packed their lunches and put them in bed at an appropriate time; I also made sure they completed their homework. I did not want the kids to call our parents and bother them, so I made sure to take the responsibility of my parents’ and keep the house in order and out of chaos while they were gone. This experience portrays that I have lived up to the meaning of my name by being responsible and stepping up to take the position of authority when my parents are

When I was younger I always looked up to my older brothers. I was envious of all the exciting stuff they could do that I couldn’t, especially when it was riding our bikes. Being the youngest didn’t help any either because I was constantly competing with them and trying to out do them. But for some reason I had trouble with that when we were riding bikes, i just couldn’t keep up.

After being adopted at 5 years of age, and being the only sibling to be given up for adoption, he wanted more for me. He slid by barely getting passing grades in high school. His parents made excuses as to why his minimal effort was acceptable; he was adopted, he had enough stress to deal with and they were of low socioeconomic status (SES). The expectations he was held to was insignificant. According to Rutchick, et al., there is link between SES and educational expectancies from parents; a lower SES would give parents less hope for their children to accomplish more than what the parents had obtained in their past educational experiences (Rutchick, et al., 394). He was only expected to complete the bare minimum, it was acceptable and he wished they had pushed him harder to be more. My dad never did finish college, in turn, he expected a higher educational attainment from his children. The intention was to help us be the best we could be, but the authoritarian in him made this near impossible to obtain. Meeting his expectations was tough and it made me put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself. This is where adolescent egocentrism played an important role in my life. With egocentrism by my side, I would interpret my father’s pride on an extreme scale. I would feel as if he either hated me or he loved me, there was not in-between. “Egocentrism leads adolescents to interpret everyone