selflessness essay

days, everything they had known was destroyed, and it became the survival of the fittest and the wealthiest. While this broken society brought out the inner hero in some people, it brought out the chaos and lawlessness in others. Some embraced selflessness and saved hundreds of people, while others turned to looting, shooting,

In the Odyssey, Odysseus shows an act of selflessness for his crew. After Odysseus lands on the shores of an island (lotus eaters) his men are greeted with hospitality that in turn almost ruins them. When retelling the story to the king he said, “I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships, tied

Jacob Petersen Mr. Wixon Comparative Literature 10 April 2017 The Necessity of Selflessness Absolute good can not be achieved without selflessness. This is seen in every form of fictional literature through the situations that the characters are placed in. For example, the book Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien follows a group of adventurers attempting to destroy a powerful ring in an effort to rid Middle Earth from evil. Additionally, the movie Interstellar similarly follows a crew looking

What does being selfless mean to you? According to Oxford English Dictionary, selflessness is “concern more with the needs and wishes of others than with one's own.” (James Murray, “selflessness”). In our society today, not many people are likely to be selfless especially if it means putting a stranger’s well-being above their own. Many people will not even put a close friend or family member’s needs above their own. Sometimes people find the will to help someone who is in need, but that does not

literature we have read so far that embodies these characteristics would be Enkidu. Throughout the course of the epic, Enkidu and Gilgamesh become great companions which makes it easily possible for Enkidu to prove his selflessness over and over again. Enkidu ultimately proves his selflessness with his death on the behalf of Gilgamesh. In the epic of Gilgamesh the transformation of Enkidu is a crucial turning point of the story. The mixture of Enkidu spending nights with a prostitute and his desire to

Impermanence, Selflessness, and Dissatisfaction Buddhism is neither a religion nor a philosophy, but rather a way of life. This does not imply that Buddhism is nothing more than an ethical code: it is a way of moral, spiritual and intellectual training leading to complete freedom of the mind. (DeSilva, 1991:p 5). Of the many Buddhist sects, Zen Buddhism places particular emphasis on living ‘the right' life, and does not revolve around rite and ritual. Buddhism outlines the three characteristics

In the story “A Mother in Mannville” by Marjorie Rawlings the main character Jerry is a very hardworking and selfless young boy.The first example of Jerry’s selflessness is when the narrator says,” ’I’ll pay you now for what you’ve done...Ten cents an hour?’,’Anyhting is all right’ ”(p.g 8).This shows how Jerry is very selfless because this scrawny little boy chopped a lot of wood and is only being paid 10 cents/hour without complaining shows that he is so selfless and just works for the joy of working

Theme Statement CEW In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini demonstrates that selflessness has the potential to benefit both those receiving and contributing to an action. To begin, as a youthful Mariam describes Mullah Faizullah, “He came by once or twice a week from Gul Daman to teach Mariam the five daily namaz prayers, and tutor her in Koran recitation...It was Mullah Faizullah who had taught Mariam to read, who had patiently looked over her shoulder…” (Hosseini 16). Mullah Faizullah was

America has given my generation many gifts. Equality and the selflessness of military soldiers are the greatest gifts. One of the greatest gifts given to me is the privilege to be here. Without equality, men and women wouldn’t be able to interracially marry. My parents met in the U. S. Navy during the year 1991. On October 3,1992, they got married, and no one minded that my dad was a white man and my mom was Hispanic. 50 years ago, that wouldn’t have been the case. 50 years ago, men and women

but they want him to know that by saving them, he in turn saved humanity. The quotation that supports one person can make a difference. If one person shows humanity to another, they demonstrate the continuing existence of humanity in society. Selflessness, and kindness must exist and as long as one good person exists, good will still