The Nature Of Human Beings

Children were separated from their parents. Once their parents were safe she believed that they should be reunited with them. Irena wrote down every kids name and where they were staying. “Sendler wrote down all relevant information in a special code on used cigarette papers she collected,” ( “Irena Sendler,” [World Biography] 2). Using code allowed her to know where they were but no one else could get that information. But just writing in code wasn’t safe enough. “These lists of names were then put in jars and buried in the yard of a friend’s house at 9 Ledarska Street in Warsaw,” (“Irena sendler,” [World Biography] 3). The list was safe from the Naxis hands because she buried it. She kept this list in order to reunite them with there parents but unfortunately were died. “ Most of the Ghetto families had died at the Treblinka death camp,”(“Irena Sendler,” [World Biography] 3). Despite her best efforts she wasn’t successful at reuniting them. Irena wanted the children to have there parents and took steps to make that happen, but most of their parents died during the world. The effort she made was notable because after saving them she could be done but she still wanted to help

In a way being selfish is what got humans where they are today.The evolution of humans required competition,and aggressive selfishness. We were forced to be selfish and watch our own back, to always put ourselves first in bad situations. This reaction to put ourselves first is natural, it’s in our blood. However, is the very thing that made us so successful as a species the one thing that so easily tears us apart? As humans we have an incredible capacity to dehumanize others to protect our own self interest.

In Genesis one and two, it provides a full understanding of God’s creations and wisdom of human nature because it is free from evil. Human nature is revealed from Genesis one with God creating the Earth and the Heavens and creating the man of his likeness. The Bible explains how God created Adam, from dust and was placed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:7). The Bible explains humanity was created to work and serve (Genesis 2:15). Subsequently, Eve was created; “God had created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Adam and Eve would help God because He wanted them to multiply the Earth by taking care of all of his creation (Hiles & Smith, 2014). God is the sovereign ruler, he created humanity as how he should have wanted. The Bible explains about human nature that God created everything to be distinct from animals and all of His creation. God created us in his own image, which is why we all look different; we are unique in His eyes. Also, God created us to be good because we are born innocent of all evil and loving of God. In addition, we were all born pure as Adam and Eve were. The Bible explains that God was pleased with his creations, “God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:10-21).

In Genesis the word of God leads humanity in the direction of self preservation, urging them to procreate, to ”Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 9:1), and to minimize hostility and violence among people. As Freud asserted, “Besides the instinct to preserve living substance and join it into ever larger units, there must exist another, contrary instinct seeking to dissolve those units and bring them back to their primeval, inorganic state” (Freud 77). Genesis exemplifies the struggle between the two opposing human instincts, with God acting as a moderator between them. Forms of justice are put into place in an attempt to control these drives, one example being the proclamation that “Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed” (Genesis 9:6). The ethics and laws that develop throughout Genesis seek to “prevent the crudest excesses of brutal violence” but are unable to control “the more cautious and refined manifestations of human aggressiveness” (Freud 70). Since they cannot be completely eradicated, the scriptures instead play into the more negative aspects of human nature, especially narcissism, and manipulate them into a force for conservation rather than annihilation.

Human beings are part of the animal kingdom, and therefore part of nature. If that is true, then everything they create or destroy is by default "natural". I agree with the statement.

Some activists from her group code named “Zegota” were fearful that with the many beatings she was receiving that she would reveal the names and locations of the thousands of children she helped to escape. Although her sentencing was harsh the activists were able to bribe officers in the jail to release Sendler and mark her name off on the list of prisoners who had already been executed. Even though she had just been arrested that did not stop her from following her true passion in life and helping jews affected by Hitler and the Holocaust. She continued to be heavily involved in the group “Zegota”. The exact number of children saved by Sendler is unknown but many think it is around or well over 2,000 children since there were 2,500 pieces of paper buried underground with the identities of many children that had been saved (Yad Vashem). Irena was an amazing women who did many amazing things. Not only did she rescue thousands of children, who probably would have died otherwise, she never stopped helping even when she was arrested and sentenced to death. In 1965, Irena was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem Organization in Jerusalem. Although Irena did many great things she still continues to stay humble in her actions (Info-Poland). Many people won’t believe it but Irena often says “I could have done more,”(Peter K. Gessner) and “The regret will follow me to my death.”(Peter K.

“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” Elie Wiesel expresses this inspiring quote about the horrible events that took place during the Holocaust. Many people tried so hard to save themselves along with others around them. Irena Sendler was one of the great helpers that saved 2,500 people during the Holocaust. She did this great deed while staying humble, showing that she really cared for others and did not just do everything for the recognition. Sendler truly had a great impact on the Holocaust survivors.

Since prehistoric times, survival was mankind's top priority whether it be killing your peer for food or to attempt to escape the inevitability of death. This also includes endangering the life of others for oneself's own safety. Due to these reasons many people would characterize survival or “Survival of the Fittest” to the term “selfish”. Furthermore, survival is selfish because people endanger the lives of others and try to save themselves which is a natural human instinct known as “self preservation”.

One of the most vital concepts incorporated into The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the representation and depiction of the duality of mankind. Jekyll works to find a solution which will separate him into his reckless, immoral persona and his respectable, Victorian self. After consumption, this potion causes him to completely transform into a man who is known as Hyde. As Hyde, he can express himself in immoral, evil ways. This not only includes moral and immoral wants but rational and irrational wants. Not only does this transformation enable him to keep his good reputation even while he does horrid, unacceptable things, but it allows him to do things which he most likely would not even

In 1939, the Nazis made a series of laws, where Jews are excluded of society, but Irena continues to help the Jewish people, giving out medicine, money and clothing. When the Nazis built the Ghetto for to separate the Jewish people, Irena decides to help the Jewish children. While the extermination process starts in 1943, Irena organizes places where she will help children. Shortly after, Irena is arrested and tortured in Pawiak prison. However, she maintained firmly and did not say anything, even with her fractured body. In 1944, Irena is sentenced to death, but she could escape to her execution, and she is hiding with her uncle. In the Warsaw Uprising, she becomes a nurse for the Polish Red Cross at the hospital and continues to help people. The war had been over, and Irena was interrogated by the Security Agency because they thought that she was hiding persons of the Home Army. Later, Irene was awarded with many prizes like “Righteous Gentiles” in 1965, “honorary citizen of Israel” in 1991, “for contributions made to saving the world” in 2002, and the Jan Karski award “For Courage and Heart” in 2003. Finally, Irena was awarded with the Novel Peace Prize, in 2007; and she dies in Poland

The Jewish kids that the Nazis had or were taking where being hurt and murdered by Hitler and his men which were the Nazis. Irena saw that when she worked for them so she started doing secret jobs for the Jewish people. Most of the people see her as a hero but she thinks what she did was normal for a person like her because she was a nurse. Her journey as a Germen nurse was hard and maybe scary because of what she was seeing and how she couldn’t help them because they weren’t allowed to. (‘Sendler,

Irena Sendler used her inspiration from her family to find courage and bravery to help others. Irena’s father, Dr. Stanisław Krzyżanowski, was where she found most of her inspiration. He was a physician in Poland and treated many Jewish patients. When there was an outbreak of typhus many other doctors stepped down and decided not to help because of how contagious it was, but Irena’s father was one of the very few who decided to stay and help. Later in life he ended up dying from the disease, but in the end he also treated many patients. He used to follow a proverb that he told his daughter which was “If you see someone drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not” (Encyclopedia of World Biography). Basically

The flaws of human nature are many, but one of the biggest is the gullibility, especially in the presence of the supernatural. It is often easy to think that the thoughts or actions of an individual are of their own doing. It is even easier to assume that the range of the mind falls between good and evil. But society is not quite clear and even in fiction, there is always something motivating an action that lingers in the back of the mind of any character. The supernatural in particular is known for its ability to push people to extremes and alter their perception drastically. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, it is easy to assume the blind ambition that brews within Macbeth and his wife or the guilt that plagues them following their actions is the biggest motivator. But that is just the surface of the complexity interlaced into this tragedy. Dig further, and it becomes clear that these emotions were not always prevalent in the characters, but were instead prompted by a force so powerful, it toyed with fate and provoked deception until the end; it was the supernatural that fueled the emotions and actions that take up much of the play.

All ideologies, including some economic ideologies, produce theories of human nature in order to establish fundamental human rights and to establish a more productive form of government. Human nature refers to the distinguishing characteristics of humans, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting; it is the moral principles that construct certain standards of behavior, which every person is entitled to simply because they are a human being. Many philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, and Locke attempted to address the aspect of human nature directly; however each produced a slightly different definition. Inherently, human nature is neither good nor evil, but categorized into a neutral state until outside influences such as biological genetics, environmental influence, or culture persuades them to become evil or good.

She started trying to save the orphaned children in the ghetto, using her polish papers a social worker to enter the ghetto and sneak as many children as possible out. In her many smugglings of children she joined Zegota an organisation for people who did the same thing as her and together they saved more than 2,500 children. She wrote the children’s names on little sheets of tissue paper then put them inside little jars, which she then hid, until they were needed to reunite the children with their parents. She was eventually caught but no matter how much she was tortured she would not tell the Nazi anything they even fractured her feet. She was to be executed but Zegota bribed the german executioner so she could escape and continue saving children until the war ended. “Irena Sendler was announced as the 2003 winner of the Jan Karski award for Valor and Courage. The announcement was made on July 24, 2003 and the awards ceremony was on October 23, 2003 in Washington, D.C.” (Stewart, Megan, et al., editors) When she tried to save a child, she risked her life this made her a recognisable hero.