...Yulisa Flores Performance task B: Risking it all for fifteen minutes of fame Why risk it all for fifteen minutes of fame? So much people sacrifice their lives on the daily just to set a new world record. Why do people risk it all like that when it’s not even worth it? Risking your life just to set a new record or be in Guinness’s world record book isn’t worth it. What’s after that what if you die just to have a nice fifteen minutes of fame? Is it really worth it? People such as Abby Sunderland or Jordan Romero that risks it all just to be famous. There is various theories on what could happen to a young teenager such as Jordan when climbing a mountain. Theories say that a young teenager’s brain is more vulnerable than the average adult’s brain. Jordan might have climbed the seven peaks of Mount Everest along with his parents that doesn’t mean that he couldn’t have gotten some type of brain damage up there. He isn’t even 16 and he already wants to set a new world record, when he knows that so many risks are involved. Another example, Abby Sunderland. Abby Sunderland was a sixteen year old girl who decided to sail the oceans of the world only to get trapped in the Indian Ocean because her mast broke down because of the waves. She was left with o navigation gear left so she could...
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...public eye at a very juvenile age. Okonkwo, “was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen” (Achebe 3). At just eighteen years old, Okonkwo beat the number one wrestler who had gone unbeaten for seven years. This caused him to rise to fame. Achebe portrays Okonkwo as outwardly ridged and a dominant man, but lets his fear of becoming like his father, lazy, unsuccessful, and having feminine like qualities influence his life and the decisions he makes. This causes Okonkwo to work hard, become wealthy and portray masculine qualities. The immense success and fame Okonkwo achieved at a early age hurt him because that was the foundation he based all other successes off of. In the village of Umuofia, the elders and well respected and when they have opinions about something people tend to listen and agree with what they say, “It was this man that Okonkwo threw in a fight which the old men agreed was one of the fiercest since the founder of their town engaged a spirt of wild for seven days and seven nights” (Achebe 3). The elders in the villages are very well respected and when they say something of that magnitude it stays with the villagers. “Okonkwo’s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan” (Achebe 3). After throwing the Cat, Okonkwo fame grew and because of his new-found fame whatever he did people saw and judge him based on it do he had to think about every decision he made, but Okonkwo...
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...Aristotle’s had many views and some would argue they can’t be used in modern time. This essay will be demonstrating how you can interpret the movie groundhog day using Aristotle’s eudaemonia-centered moral philosophy. Aristotle’s term for happiness or well-being is eudaemonia. (Melchert, 7) He explains this is more of flourishing rather than happiness. He goes on to explain there is a difference between being happy to just feeling happy. He also states that many people believe happiness is pleasure or that happiness is based on fame and honor. Aristotle’s argument is “The problem with fame and honor or popularity is that you are not in control of them.” To reintegrate his point, you can’t control what others view you or think of you as. He goes on to give an example of a flute player and says the way we determine if someone is a good flute player is if they play the flute with excellence. In turn, Aristotle determines ones eudaemonia based on their excellence or if they flourishing in their function in life. In the beginning of Groundhog Day, Phil Conner’s is the head...
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...The statement “Having good friends and a good family are more important than having a prestigious job or a successful career” means that money isn’t necessary for anyone to feel fulfilled. I agree with this statement because money isn’t everything. Many celebrities have tons of money and fame but are not necessarily happy. Robin Williams, for example, seemed to be very happy and had much money but was found dead due to an overdose of prescription drugs. Everyone thinks money is the way to happiness but in the case of Robin Williams, may he rest in peace, we can see that money doesn’t necessarily mean happiness. This example goes to show that money isn’t necessary for fulfillment. In contrast, one may argue that without money you aren’t important because money is power but they are wrong because your level of importance to one individual may vary from that of another. In essence money isn’t needed for anyone to feel satisfied. Another reason to agree with this statement is that good friends and family make you feel joyful; for instance, people are found to be the happiest when spending time with friends and family. This demonstrates that friends and family help us feel satisfied with life and are always there to support us. Nevertheless, others may claim that a successful career is more important because your friends and family will not always be there to support you financially but they are wrong because they will be there to help, it’s just not their duty to handle your financial...
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...When I was younger I always automatically assumed that if someone was famous, they were rich as well. To this day most Americans still associate fame with some type of fortune following. But the two do not always go hand in hand, in fact an absurd amount of wealth rarely goes with fame. Isn’t that odd? You would think that having your face plastered from TV screens, to magazine ads, to newspapers would get you some kind of monetary benefit. In reality some of the wealthiest people are little known, and are only known for their wealth. One of the famous people I used to attribute with being one of the wealthiest in America, was Donald Trump. After some research I found out that he along with other famous people such as MC Hammer, Anna Nicole Smith, and Larry King have filed once or more for bankruptcy. Now, some of these celebrities have recovered from their unfortunate issues, while others continue to live in a struggle. While the wealthiest people in the world have gained their income from various places; these include software, oil, steel, and various companies. Another difference between the two is how these people spend their wealth. While Paris Hilton may have just added another luxury car to her collection, and The Jolie-Pitts have just gone on another million dollar vacation; the wealthiest people have donated much more of their benefits and time to charity causes such as Bill Gates, who has his own foundation dedicated to innovations in health and science. Liliane Bettencourt...
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...PEDS standing for Performance Enhancing drugs, most commonly referred to as steroids. The question is though how do these PED’s effect baseball? Why do people feel the need to take steroids in baseball? I’ll tell you why it helps you in everything you do on the diamond, from running to throwing and to hitting it helps you achieve things you never saw possible as a normal person. It help you out to a point that it is just unfair and not fit for baseball. Steroids have changed baseball as we know it and not in a good way. They have made the Major League of Baseball or also known as the MLB look a question such as, Are PED users able to make it into the Hall of Fame? What is the appropriate consequence for these players getting caught? And is...
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...Charles C Professor Nancy Blair Mythology-HUM 1015 28 July 2014 Compare the Values in The Iliad With the Values That People Hold Today: To What Extent Are Dignity, Pride, Honor, Glory, Fame, and Revenge Still Important? How does People Achieve Them Today? Throughout history we are shown war and the many countries and times it has taken place. War of course is filled with violence and we tend to see it as it is. Homer’s The Iliad we are given a look at the human dimension of war. The story has us reflect on the actual nature of war itself. With the use of force our understanding of virtues is formed, such as honor, dignity, and pride. Unfortunately, with these virtues vices are often developed, such as fame, glory, and revenge. In history these virtues were very important, however due to most seeking them the vices were a huge downfall for most. Some would go to great measures to uphold their honor, but excess of pride and dignity could cause one to seek out glory and fame. In the Iliad Achilles decision to not fight Agamemnon and withdrawal from the battle. He is close with the gods and has superhuman strength. As a modern reader however I would consider him to be less than heroic. His deep-seated flaws in character impede this great warrior. Even though he proves to be the mightiest man in the Achaean army these flaws hinder him from acting with nobility and integrity. As in modern times a person can allow their character to be affected by something like pride. Pride...
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...may be led to thinking that despite severe suffering and despair, there will always be a happy ending. For this person, the movie seems to reinforce the rags-to-riches archetype. Forget all problems at present; everything will turn out well in the end. “Mapalad ang mga inaapi.” Lupe, portrayed by Sharon Cuneta, has to endure different problems happening all at the same time – “working” as a beggar, living with a mother who doesn’t seem to have any faith in her, being visited by her abusive uncle almost everyday, demanding that they give him money for gambling, even getting impregnated by a man she doesn’t know. Her luck begins to turn around, however, when her talent for singing is discovered at a local singing contest. Things begin to go well for her, despite a few problems with her uncle and the death of her mother, and she ends up engaged to a wealthy man who also happens to offer her a record deal. At the end of the movie, of course, she chooses the man she loves and the father of her child, and they live a fortunate life, thanks to her singing career. Personally, I think that this perspective can be quite problematic, especially when one actually incorporates it in his/her everyday life. It may not be wrong to hope for a better future, but when that hope isn’t backed up by actions geared towards actually making something happen, then one needes to re-examine what he/she is doing with his/her life. In my opinion, for one to achieve something in life, hope should serve...
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...The scariest clowns in pop culture today (-- removed HTML --) Okay, let’s just put it out there. Clowns are terrifying. If you don’t think so, then you have been blessed by not seeing any kind of movie or reading any book with a killer clown in it. Once you have, clowns will always be terrifying. There also isn’t just one scary clown in pop culture. There are a lot of them. Brace yourself for these scary clowns. Pennywise, from the movie It Obviously, Pennywise from the movie It is on the scary clown list. Just look at him. He’ll have no problem murdering children…oh wait - he’s already been there and done that. After seeing this movie you will avoid the circus and never hire a clown for any kind of birthday party, ever. (-- removed HTML --)...
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... Many events in Beowulf are directly related to the Bible, making the constant battle between good and evil one of the most important themes. Beowulf is a courageous, strong and loyal warrior. He is brave, and he has self confidence bordering on insanity, but he’s also generous and kind towards others. Beowulf shows that he has confidence when he fights Grendel without weapons. When he defeats Grendel, he demonstrates that men are capable of destroying evil if they wish to do so. Beowulf’s qualities make him the epitome of a hero. “Beowulf emphasizes values that were important to Norse warriors, such as courage, loyalty to one's king and comrades, and honor for those who fight and die bravely. The story emphasizes how fragile life and fame can be. Like any person, Beowulf must find meaning in his world while accepting the fact that he will eventually die. He meets that challenge by facing danger bravely and trusting that the story of his deeds will cause him to live on in the memories of those who hear it.” (from the New Catholic Encyclopedia) Goodness is represented throughout the poem by the characters of Beowulf, King Hrothgar and Wiglaf. Evil is represented by Grendel, his mother and the dragon. In the poem evil is clear and recognizable. “Inside Heorot there was nothing but friendship. The Shielding nation was not yet familiar with feud and betrayal.” (1016-8) In Beowulf, evil is represented by fantastic creatures: demons like Grendel, sea monsters and dragons....
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...story “The Dress” written by Julia Darling from 2006, we are introduced to two girls who are slowly tearing their own family apart in a special way. The mother of the two kids, Flora and Rachel, is a very sweet and caring person. She wants to do everything for her kids, but they aren’t always going to obey what she says. The mother, as mentioned in the text, is forty years old – actually, the story takes place as she is celebrating her fortieth birthday. She cares a lot for her two teenage girls – or as she would probably say; her angels in disguise. It’s clear, even to the oblivious eye, that she is what ties this family together. Without a mother figure like her that can take care of them, Flora and Rachel wouldn’t get along at all. The mother tries to be a strong person because she is alone after she divorced her husband, but she is not unbreakable as we see at the end of the story. The mother wants her kids to get along, but when this isn’t even possible, she almost breaks into tears. Even though the mother tries to make the two sisters get along, it’s not working. They are so indifferent, that you would hardly be able to tell if they were in family or not. The relationship between these two girls is very tense, everything could get them to explode – or at least this is the case for Rachel. Flora is the jealous one in this relationship. She wants the things that Rachel has, which is shown by the dress. It’s clear to see that she envies the things that Rachel, and this...
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...Defining the “Good Life” Growing up my dad always told me that I will never be able to look back at everything I accomplished and say “I made it,” he said I might be able to when I retire but not anytime soon. I came of age with this mentality in the back of my mind, I worked, never becoming complacent with where I was. I was only focussed on where I wanted to be and that wasn’t there in that moment. In that moment I was focussed on one thing, the “good life.” In that moment, as I powered down my coffee trying to study, it wasn’t because I wanted to learn, but because I wanted my Ferrari. I was studying business not for pleasure but to make money. Yet by pursuing these material good was I pursuing the best life for me? Was I pursuing my personal definition of the “good life” or the definition of the “good life” inspired by people like Kanye West, who might even hate their “good life?” People who have found their higher level pleasures but are beginning to think it isn’t worth the trade off. Failure to question and change said trade off will only result in this person fall victim to the tyranny of custom just as Kanye West did: a man who wrote a song titled “The Good Life.” Though the idea of the “good life” is subjective there are many factors to take into account but ultimately you must decide for yourself whether the life you’re living is your definition of the “good life.” Kanye West is a singer/ songwriter and is famous for being obnoxious, he produces amazing music...
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...does the quoted line state? You may have heard this phrase from mostly many of the youth in your society especially now that the rate of change and ‘rebelliousness’ is exceeding so prominently. But, just because they say this, does it really mean that music really means the life to them? Do they really understand what the idea behind this phrase is? As Jason M. Kemper says, ‘music is a reflection of the deepest emotions of its composers.’ Therefore, in order to understand any type of music it is essential not only to examine its musical content but also its historical context. Where does ‘music’ fit in a society? And, how the society treats music and everything connected to it? A question to be asked don’t you think, but then again does it have a definite answer? One may argue that this article has so many questions well isn’t life, or the place of music in a society a question itself? As we know, music is generally accepted in all the societies, not exactly. Music has countless genres out of which only a few are accepted by our society. The media says that rap should be blamed for the gang violence, drugs, devaluing women and male control; rock and metal is blamed for satanic rituals, suicides as an “alternative” or “solution,” sadism, and masochism. Do you think this is true? I believe not. You see, music can become a culture and a culture that has, is and will only develop or rather change but never end. Gustave E. Von Grunebaum describes culture as a "‘closed system’...
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...Levi Wortley Logan Denney Discussion Group 9-22-12 Our Society VS. The Hunger Games Now in the film The Hunger Games there are a lot of themes that mirrored in our society today. First and foremost there is the politics of Panem. The government, or “The Capitol,” is corrupted. Their control over the country “Panem” is very iron like in the fact that they control everything from resources to where you can go and what you can do. After awhile of this the districts get fed up and rebel. The capitol succeeds in quelling this rebellion and then to prevent any more rebellions actions or from being embarrassed, they, the Capitol, ensure their power/superiority over their people through a “holiday” they created called the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a fight to the death between two tributes from the twelve districts displayed on a television program which is mandatory and to be enjoyed. One of the themes that's present in our society and the movie is the obsession with celebrities and fame. I found myself finding a lot of similarities between the Hunger Games contestants and those on shows like American Idol and The Voice. Both have stylists that dress them up to make them look more dazzling and attractive, and both have mentors that help guide them through the process. There is a spectacle of fashion, makeup and style that has gone wild within the “elite class”. The style and fashion of the “elite class”(people who live in the high-tech cities of Panem) seems to...
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...Into The Wild The big city isn't for anyone. In “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless leaves his family, education, friends and the name he has made himself in the big city. Chris had a dream that every american wants to enroll in harvard law. His parents started out as average people but mde themselves as a rocket scientist and became rich. His journey into the wild was an adventure but importantly and empty road on which he decided his every move. His tour into the wild allowed him to figure out who he really was and to find the actual meaning of life. Chris was very set in his ways in rejecting any types of material Being surrounded by a lot of drama, lies, money, is what inspired chris to seek happiness. However chris did take into consideration everything that the people offered to take him to his next destination or offered him a job to earn money. According to www.aleobutzenglish.com it says that “chris” did believe that he could find happiness without the help of money and fame. Chris explains that everyday is something new and that is how he embraces life.” Chris new that he could live very happy without any material....
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