Yet another reason why Ashoka was ruthless was through he made people become his friends or they shall be killed (DocE). He says it in a nicer language like its not a big deal if he has to kill you if you don’t become his friend. Ashoka even refers to himself as “Beloved of the Gods” even when he would make people become his friends.
Another way Odysseus shows loyalty is with the lotus eaters. All his men fell for the temptation of the lotus eaters. His men became addicted to the lotus and forgot
Claudia Card begins by questioning the difference between wrong and evil. How do we know when something crosses the line between being just wrong, to being an evil act? How does hatred and motive play a part in this? How can people psychologically maintain a sense of who they are when they have been the victims of evil? Card attempts to explain these fundamental questions using her theory of evil; the Atrocity Paradigm (Card, pg.3).
Caesar is all about conquering power and he is afraid of nothing. Before he is murdered, he says “The things that threatened me ne’er looked but on my back. When they shall see the face of Caesar, they shall vanish” (II, ii, 575). This shows how his mind is only set on killing others to get rid of a problem.
Atul Gawande, the writer of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, is a surgeon and a professor at Harvard Medical School. This is an inspiring book that unwraps people’s mind to scrutinize and question our current practice of medicine and care.
In the book Righteous Mind by Jonathan Hadit a social psychologist at the University of Virginia discusses why he believes people more specifically the American people cannot get along in today's society. Haidt’s research examines the foundations of morality, and how morality varies across cultures–including the cultures of American liberals, conservatives, and libertarians. Hadit considered himself a strong supporter of liberals and then he started his research. In the book, he discusses, how the American public is divided by politics and Religion. He covers the topics that no one desires to talk about because people who decide to touch on these topics end up in arguments because no one can simply agree on political and religious views. According to Jonathan Hadit, people cannot get along because people do not understand where the other party is coming from, and they want the other party to understand their point of view and to agree with them.
Novels that have a great coming to age message and theme are always enjoyable reads and both Ender Games and Siddhartha display this theme. Ender Games, a science fiction novel that is authored by Orson Scott Card, is about a young boy named Andrew “Ender” Wiggin. Andrew Wiggin is chosen to lead the human race in a war against alien “buggers”, but it means leaving his family and training in outer space. During Andrew’s time in space, he faces many obstacles which forces him to grow up faster than normal people his age. Siddhartha, a fictional novel that is authored by Hermann Hesse, is about a boy named Siddhartha. This novel goes through Siddhartha’s life and it shows how he went from living a holy lifestyle to one full of sin and lust. After
Was Asoka an enlightened ruler or ruthless conqueror? I believe he was an enlightened ruler. Due to the fact that he chose to become a better person. Most ruthless people, would choose to stay that way. But Asoka was different. Asoka was affected by all the suffering and death that he came across. He was affected so much that he chose to change himself. He switched from Hinduism, to Buddhism and changed his ways to help others. Like giving rich gifts to the poor, and meeting with communities. Examples are; Missionaries, Legacies, and Edicts.
Reflecting back on the most iconic figures in the history of horror cinema, characters like Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees still shine brighter than all the rest – even despite their current lack of utilization. In the meantime, an array of other “big bads,” ranging from Ghostface, Jigsaw, and Annabelle, has attempted to climb the proverbial ladder into the (imaginary) horror hall of fame.
King Arthur demonstrated this characteristic while dealing with the Roman ambassadors. They asked for a tribute, and Arthur responded, “we shall not put you to death for your insolent words” (page 74).
The wood stone carved statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara sitting upon a lion has gone through many depictions when passed down from India to China. One possible depiction can be representing the lack of identity for a woman while the opponent power, a male influence, restricts that. The sculpted art was created in the late fourteenth to fifteenth century exemplifying an exterior beauty supported by his high cheekbones and a rounded chin below the blushed red perked lips to shape a feminine beauty of the typical Chinese woman. Grounding the bodhisattva’s body to sit atop the lion was the masculine chest followed by the clenched bulky feet. This can demonstrate the suppressing of the woman’s abstract mind to the male’s physicality to be presented in a society as something further depreciated. Nevertheless, it is showing that the body of the bodhisattva to have an unstable gender identity. Observing male-female conflict, the lion sitting on the bottom is shown with a braid-like symbol on its neck that controls the way it can turn its head, such as a dog wears a leash to be in the boundaries of its owner. This is probably to neglect the sight of female intelligence being able to move forward as the mechanics of a human body does.
Religion and human nature combined tend to create a superiority complex among those who perceive themselves as having better, or more, faith. Religion is generally perceived as singular, but humans choose to dynamically express their faith, whether that be by love or war. Gandhi, depicted the movie Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough, in the face of Muslims protesting Hindus, declared: “I am a Muslim and a Hindu and a Christian and a Jew and so are all of you,” and that perception of himself and others influenced a mass ethnic and religious revolution that enlightened India. Gandhi opened the world to revolutionary ideas -- the strength in tolerance, the pluralism in religion, and the unification of all mankind.
Everyone fears punishment; everyone fears death, just as you do. Therefore do not kill or cause to kill. Everyone fears punishment; everyone loves life, as you do. Therefore do not kill or cause to kill".
The movie The Message by Moustapha Akkad tries to tell the story of Mohammad from the Islamic religion to an audience that may know nothing of the religion. As any representation of Mohammad is forbidden the movie never depicts or voices the Prophet using instead side characters who become the main characters to supplement the story. The creators also utilize an ingenious technique of second person filming.. The scenes which Mohammad was present the filming was done from the viewer's perspective that the remaining characters then spoke to. The handling of Mohammad’s epic tale along with stipulation of the religion was masterfully done. The Message acts as a wonderful medium to explore the story and historical life of the Prophet Mohammad.
Over the course of the novel, The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol is constantly moving, and by the time he is in his late twenties, he has already lived in five different homes, while his mother, Ashima has lived in only five houses her entire life. Each time Gogol moves, he travels farther away from his childhood home on Pemberton Road, symbolizing his search for identity and his desire to further himself from his family and Bengali culture. Alternatively, Ashima’s change of homes happens in order to become closer to family, representing her kinship with Bengali culture. Ashima has always had difficulty with doing things on her own, but by the end of the story she ultimately decides to travel around both India and the States without a real home as a result of the evolution of her independence and the breaking of her boundaries; in contrast, Gogol finally realizes that he has always stayed close to home, despite his yearning for escape, and settles into his newly discovered identity - the one that he possessed all along.
Wicked starts at the end of the story, where all the Munchkins are celebrating the death of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba. During these celebrations, Glinda, the Good Witch, floats out, and soon reveals that she and Elphaba were former friends. She, then launches into Elphaba’s backstory, which includes how and why she had green skin and the fact that she had a sister. The two wind up at the same school. After being assigned as Glinda’s roommate, Elphaba becomes so angry that she accidentally blows something up. This accident causes the headmistress to realize just how much potential she has, as the headmistress decides that Elphaba will be her one and only student. Not much later, Elphaba learns of a threat against her teacher, an