Embarrassment

In the collection of vignettes, The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros develops the theme that people should not be devalued because of their financial circumstances through metaphors of classism, the motif of shame, and the contrast between minor characters Alicia and Esperanza’s mother. Esperanza, the protagonist, is a Mexican-American adolescent living in the rural Chicago region. She occupies a house on Mango Street with her father, mother, two brothers, Carlos and Kiki, and little sister

Memories define who we are. Our lives are the sum of memories, and that makes us the person we are. However, memories and experiences tend to fade over time and by forgetting them we are, by extension, forgetting a part of ourselves. Our earliest memories can be special to us and can represent a lot about our lives in the past. Unfortunately, the earliest memory that I can remember is quite embarrassing. This memory still has an effect on me today and the experience changed who I am. Since late in

The Scarlet Letter Project My character flaw is that I'm really slothful, because of this the design is reflective of my character trait that i am Slothful. Although being slothful is mostly a bad thing it can be helpful through using this trait to find short cuts to make things easier for myself and others. The Scarlet Letter is still relevant today because we still shame people for sexual misconduct in today's modern world. My character flaw is that I'm lazy. I procrastinate and always look for

Have you ever been shamed for something you did wrong? How’d it feel? Now imagine being shamed in front of a whole town of people. How do you think that would feel? This is exactly what Hester Prynne went through in The Scarlet Letter. It’s also what I will go through soon. I think that wearing a Scarlet letter would force me to realize that my “sin” can only hurt me in the long run so I need to work on it. That way I can have “redemption” and be allowed to remove my Scarlet letter. I want to tell

Jack's Weakness The Lord of the Flies is a gruesome story about young boys stranded on an island, who underwent a transformation from polite British choir boys to savage hooligans. One of the main difficulties the boys face during their adventures upon the island, is their method of government, they either follow the path of Ralph, the democratic leader whose main focus is to escape the despairing island; or Jack a power-hungry monarchical leader who won't ever take no for an answer. The two boys

Throughout this quarter we have read many books and many genres, at first glance they don’t seem to have any intertwining themes or ideas. Yet when you dig deeper than face value you can see that there is many underlying themes that the average reader might easily overlook. Shame is an overall human element that is seen all throughout; The Things They Carried, the Fifth Child, and Pocatello. Shame is the key to good literature, it is what drives the other emotions, and without shame people would

When we create something, it’s always challenging to reveal it to others. No matter how big or small our creation might seem we will still have doubts about our work. For instance, writing an essay might seem simple to some, but the reality of putting words together to state he or she’s point is a difficult task for anyone. In addition, when finished, we tend to have a great uncertainty buried deep down in our mind reminding either our work is “great” or “it needs improvement.” Poet, Anne Bradstreet

Don’t Call Me Ishmael Analytical Essay Ishmael Leseur is the main character in “Don’t Call Me Ishmael” a book by Michael Gerard Bauer. As a young boy, he courageously stepped up to year nine only to be bullied for his name, embarrassed in front of his first love and to become a social outcast. This leads to him naming year nine the toughest, the weirdest, the most embarrassingly awful and best year of his life. Ishmael started year nine thinking he can stay invisible like he did in year eight. But

Public shame was pervasive through its public executions and social upheaval during the French Revolution. The French Revolution resulted in over 40,000 deaths, many by the guillotine where citizens would gather around to savor or loathe the decapitation of an accused person. No one could escape ignominy caused by the malfunctions of the four anarchies. Nevertheless, people were publicly executed or tortured for many false accusations that ended in complete violence and disruption. The cost of public

In Puritan times, shaming stayed within the boundaries of the town, but today the borders have expanded to the entire world. Over time public shaming has changed for the worse; it used to be just the people in the town shaming and the person feeling badly about themselves, but now the entire world can know about it, and it leads to suicide. The three sources are The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne), “The Price of Shame” (Monica Lewinsky), and “Is the Internet a Mob without Consequences” (Nick