Character can be defined as the sum of features and traits that form the individual as a human being. Character is also established by one's actions, habits, and opinions relating to morality. Often in life people struggle with who they really are, and who they are due to others involvement in shaping their personality. We, as humans that make mistakes, tend to lose our ¨role model¨ expectation when taken by surprise. Jeremy Taylor once said, ¨A fair reputation is a plant, delicate in its nature, and by no means rapid in its growth. It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet; but, like that gourd, it may perish in a night.¨ This, in my opinion, means character is a delicate thing in our lives. A humans morals and character …show more content…
In my life, my Dad and Mom are responsible for helping me shape my character. However, it is nowhere close to being defined. My character will continue to be formed as I grow as an individual and in the end will ultimately be determined by myself. My parents show me what is right and what is wrong when unhealthy situations arise. When I was a young girl my parents taught me to never say anything unless it was something nice. Little things like this have stuck with me and aided in my formation of my character. I feel that I have a strong moral compass in the majority of situations. I tend to do the right thing regardless of others opinions. As human beings, we have faults. I have grown up occasionally choosing the wrong decision. My loved ones have shown me that you yourself are the only person one can protect. I also have a need to do my best work in life, or else I would feel unaccomplished. I learned this from my Dad who always did his best work and constantly was hard on himself. He inspires me to great things with my life. I have my family to thank for all of the great lessons to contribute to my …show more content…
America will never agree on any one thing, but we are for sure struggling with our morals. Kids growing up have no morals and tend to make them up as they go, they are growing to do more and more careless acts. First, Lindsay Lohan had a major character crisis. Lindsay Lohan started out as an amazing actress and singer. Her career started as a three year old as a child fashion model. Lindsay Lohan was too focused on others opinions, she quickly lost her own. She spiraled out of control leading to multiple drunk driving charges as well as possession charges. More recently, teenagers are flash robbing stores. They go into a store and quickly steal all they can and run out. Other than the fact it is illegal, it is extremely morally wrong to most individuals. The fact these flash robbers think it is acceptable shows they do not know right from wrong. Clearly America and its people are in a great confusion of how to act, what their character is and how it should be
Like most modern celebrities, Miley and Monroe both received their fame due to the movie industry and modern technologies of the time. Without the technological advances of the time, neither celebrity would have received near the amount of fame that they do now. Miley Cyrus and Marilyn Monroe are also very similar in their great wealth and egotism that comes with it. Monroe once exemplified this characteristic when she demonstrated her great wealth by saying, “I always love finding new places to wear diamonds!” (Rudnick 2). Most of all, however, these celebrities are very similar in their complete lack of care for the socials norms and political correctness. Both have been known for performing radical actions that could insult specific groups of people, but they justify these actions with the fact that “heedless movie stardom defeats all common morality” (Rudnick 2). For these reasons, Marilyn Monroe can be closely compared to similar “star” Miley Cyrus in the media
Miley Cyrus once played Hannah Montana on Disney Channel. Hannah was a role model to lots of kids and teens. Many people looked up to her and wanted to be just like her. However, many people see her as an awful person now because of her uniqueness in style. In the first place, when she shaved off all her hair, everyone was surprised she had cut it all up. The reason why she did it was because she said it felt more like her. She says the way to earn respect is by being you. Another thing she did to express her style was by using midriff shirts, getting tattoos, crying on stage to her song wreaking ball and sticking her tongue out at every opportunity. Miley has grown up and became a whole different person. For example, before she “murdered” Hannah Montana, she did not use drugs or dressed up half naked in performances. In fact, Miley has faced a lot of problems with drugs and relationships. Indeed, many of us deal with relationship problems but, we should not be influenced by Celeberties like Miley to do drugs or
For example, the pop sensation, Britney Spears, was arrested five times in 2006 for driving while intoxicated. Britney Spears is one of 156 celebrities that are arrested per year for the same charges. If a child observes these crimes enacted by the celebrities, the actions demonstrate activities that can lead to jail time and deeply affect their future. In conclusion, a boy or girl should not look up to celebrities for their immoral and scandalous enterprises.
has conformed to their societal standards. Although she has gained society's approval, she has lost herself. Growing up, this is something that most everyone can relate too.
I see that there are a few problems with people blaming Hollywood for the impact they are giving off to young women. One of these reasons is that people don’t know or ignore the facts. Because of this, people really can’t make an educated hypothesis that young women are doing this for themselves. Another problem is that people just can’t jump to conclusions and blame Hollywood. They have to take in to consideration that teenage girls are under a lot of pressure, as all teenagers are. The pressure that they get from friends, family and school is just rough on them. They are thinking that they have to please everyone. If they just try to realize that they are not pleasing themselves, even though it may seem like it. The first step is to realize that there is something wrong and you should deal with it.
Over my time spent learning about Lohan, I have learned quite a bit about her actions and her behaviors that lead her to her choices. According to TMZ’s (2011) biography on Lindsay, she started acting when she was ten years of age. This throws her into a very stressful and fast paced lifestyle at a very young age, which leaves her extremely susceptible to find ways to help control her stress. The massive amounts of attention from her fans, puts a tremendous burden on her.
Lindsay Lohan was definitely surrounded by the few who valued and accepted drugs such as alcohol and cocaine, making it
She hangs out with a bunch of funny, cranky "freaks" who enjoys spending their time playing in a rock band, having sex, smoking, drinking, and “living the real world”. Lindsay thought that hanging out with people who do "cool" things was a way to be a rebel. After her grandmother's death, the
Miley Cyrus, is an inspiration to many young women all over the world. Due to the flip-flopping of her music, she has helped show a long-term cultural problem. Miley Cyrus, 24-year old, singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, she was recognized as a teen idol when she starred on the Disney channel television series ‘Hannah Montana’. After that, she had a huge downfall, she started using drugs and behaving lecherously. In 2013, while promoting her fourth album “Bangerz” her sexually explicit behavior began, many looked at her in disgust from this point on. Miley Cyrus then struggled with her gender identity. In an interview she states, “ It’s weird that I’m a girl because I just don’t feel like a girl, and I don’t feel like a boy.” Cyrus as well as many others identify themselves as gender neutral. Once cyrus decided to discontinue smoking marijuana, people began to notice. A December 2016 study indicated the drug use has gone down. I wouldn’t necessarily say she’s back to the old Miley just yet, but she’s doing better; however, there is still room for improvement. Miley Cyrus was recently accused of cultural appropriation for hip-hop comments in an interview. In definition, cultural appropriation is the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of another culture (Farah). This a horrifying concept because it’s often seen as controversial and strips the group of its identity. Miley Cyrus was accused of cultural appropriation because she stereotypes hip-hop
Although there is an abundance of hypocrites in the world that needs advice, there is one particular person that needs the most. Miley Cyrus went from being the best role model for young children pretending to be Hannah Montana, to a disgusting young lady.
If Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, and Caitlyn Jenner are examples of American Society's moral compass what does this truly indicate for our future generations? Young people are choosing paths that will result in destination and and the destiny of America in the 21st century. Role models are people looked to lead by example. The younger generation does not have morally educated role models to uphold standards that the children once did in the 1960’s. Today we are lacking visionaries with altruistic goals like Martin Luther King. He currently being outshined by “gangster” rappers with messages of hate, violence, and the degeneration of women. Young Americans are our country's future. Social media’s are broadcasting scaldis news like sex tapes being
Thar are some teens that have taken this celebrity thing way too far. “Teenscopy what a celebrities wear, and how they will act. Palmer doesn't have many strong supporting ideas.” In Palmers response he states, ¨We teenagers are passionate- maybe even obsessed- about our favorite stars, But that doesn't make it a big problem, and it doesn't mean we won't copy their bad behaviors people have been
Appearing naked swinging on a wrecking ball, many claimed this was inappropriate for young girls to see as their role model; but Miley seems to be trying to normalize this for women, allow them to control their sexuality, not allow men to define it. It’s consistently pointed out if star women are sexual but when male stars have naked women in their music videos it is not questioned. This double standard is furthered with the use of drugs; shortly before the release of the video, Miley smoked weed at a MTV Europe music awards in Amsterdam, which outraged people although drug use by male stars is widely
Whether it is good or bad, I believe everyone is capable of change. We should not create images for people and expect them to keep that reputation forever.Every person has the ability, right, and choice to change from who they are to who they want to be. Unfortunately, it is, in most cases, easier to change from a good person to a bad person. Everyone starts their life as a small innocent child, but some people don't stay this way. I believe it is possible for a good person to change their ways in certain situations. For example, when she was younger, Miley Cyrus starred in the famous Disney channel show, Hannah Montana. As she got older, she began disobeying the rules and making bad decisions and bad choices. Miley Cyrus is only one example
Unfortunately, there have been many cases where public figures have done something wrong and/or illegal. There have been many instances from public figures brutally assaulting their partners to having an affair with their partners. This past Sunday there was another case where a public figure did something wrong. In fact, it involves the ex Hannah Montana young children used to look up to, Miley Cyrus.