The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling, contains many different personality types. Throughout this novel, we discover characters who love to help others and those who don’t. We learn about those who are living for themselves and those who want to impact others. As readers, we are introduced to characters who love to kill and those who are seeking ways to bring peace to the jungle. Each of us are given a choice as to what we will become. All personality types are different, some good and some bad; your personality depends on how you use your gifts and what you do with them.
The MBTI, or Myers Briggs Type Indicator, was created by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter to help people discover how they function and perceive life. This test is a series of questions based on a core idea that one is born with a temperament that guides a person the rest of his life. For example, questions such as: how you react to certain situations, whether or not one would choose solitude, or
Mowgli is the type of person to use his senses, not his feelings. One way we can prove he uses his senses and not feelings is that he kills Sher Khan. Mowgli is out herding cattle for the humans when he uses the buffalo’s fear of the wild jungle animals to stampede the great tiger unto his death. (Kipling, Rudyard 50-67). This behavior would give Mowgli the letter S.
Another character trait the study reveals is whether one is a (T) Thinker or a (F) Feeler. (The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 3). Mowgli is a thinker and not a feeler. He portrays thinker characteristics because he was raised by wolves. Wolves and other animals of the jungle survive life by using their heads and not their emotions. Animals are concrete thinkers. For example, when an animal is hungry, he will kill another animal in order to eat. This gives Mowgli the letter T. (The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 3) (Kipling, Rudyard
In The Jungle, Sinclair deeply understands his subjects and can make the plots real for the reader. Even in a small section of the book, Sinclair makes me feel, imagine and contemplate his words. Chapters 18 through 23, were chapters that Sinclair took time and effort to write and make it to perfection. In my own perspective, I think he achieved this accomplishment and made these chapters a realistic event.
The most significant event in the emergence of the twentieth century is the diversity and struggle of society's classes. The novel, The Jungle penned by Upton Sinclair attempts to display the social and economic challenges of the lower class by demonstrating the difficulties of a Lithuanian immigrant family.The predicament situation of Jurgis and his family reveals the dark side of the capitalism, therefore, it also revealed dominance and the exploitation of the bourgeoisie from the proletariat class.Throughout the novel, Jurgis and his family encounter varied difficulties from being unable to find a proper job to several deaths followed one after another due to the harsh life conditions consequently followed by the separation of the family
Interpretations: Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Ed. Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2002. 3-19. Print.
People go through life wanting to achieve their full potential; however, many never take a moment to analyze what may affect how their life turns out. In this essay, I will be identifying and analyzing the three most significant points of comparison shared by the character Harry in Hemingway’s “Snows of Kilimanjaro” and the narrator of T.S Elliot’s poem “The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock”. The character Harry in “Snows of Kilimanjaro” has lived a good life and has traveled throughout many countries in Europe. Even though he pursued a career in writing, he is not well accomplished because he is drawn towards living a lazy luxurious life. While in Africa with his wife, he faces a huge conflict, which causes him to be regretful for how he has chosen to live is life. The narrator of T.S Elliot’s poem “The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock” enters the dynamic consciousness of its character Alfred Prufrock whose feelings, thoughts, and emotions are displayed in an
The book, The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, has portrayed how conditions and social norms of the early 1900’s helped shape society through social reform. Sexism, racism, and class, shaped the experiences and choices of the immigrants in The Jungle throughout the book. The huge difference between the classes was the most significant of the three. Sinclair used the story of one immigrant and his family to help show what was going on in society at that time, to raise awareness, and to promote socialism.
The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair was a very touching and motivating story. Sinclair aimed for our hearts, but instead, he hit our stomachs. The Jungle is a story of hardships and trouble, some successes and many failures as a family tries to achieve the "American Dream." In this book, "The Jurgis Ruckus' myth of failure is the other side of the Horatio Alger's myth of success." (xxvi)
In this paper I will explore various personality theories as applied to River Tam. River Tam is portrayed in the 2002 television series 'Firefly ' and the 2005 movie 'Serenity '. She grew up as a part of the wealthy Tam family on the “core” planet, Osirius. Osirius is governed by the “Alliance,” which is a part of the Union of all planets or the UAP. The UAP was established after a war which lasted for 6 years. It is comparable to our own government combined with China’s, strict, money ruled politics, corrupt officials, etc… Early in her life, as young as 3, she was discovered to be quite intellectually gifted. She was also portrayed as being remarkably graceful which is depicted by the elegance with which she fights. At age 14, River was enrolled in the graduate physics program and had become bored with her studies. The Alliance used the guise of a school for the gifted and took River into a program used to train government assassins. She was
The Myers and Briggs Analysis is a series of questions that when answered are examined and grouped together in order to determine the personalities of those taking this test. This particular test can result in sixteen different outcomes or types of personalities, which is determined by four different categories that judge if you are introverted or extroverted, use your senses or your intuition, your choice to think or use your feelings, and finally if you are judgmental or perceptive. These series of questions are designed to judge our personalities and help us to determine which career pathways we will be most suited for based on our personality traits and abilities to work well with others, which is important for our future decisions.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” Personality is characterized by many dimensions of a person’s overall being. The belief that personality stems from one origin is small minded and on many levels, unsupported. If the scope of personality is expanded, it suggests that there is not a single explanation determining a person’s personality and how it is formed. Personality Theories have been generated for centuries by individuals who desire to identify what distinguishes a person’s personality and how it affects their behaviors. What is it that comprises all the unique characteristics about a person?
This conflict of physical limitations proved to be too much for them to handle as they ended up not making it out alive after the storm passed. Physical Limitations provide information about characters and the plot, and on why events occur throughout the story. This limitation portrayed the characters and why they couldn't make it out alive. These three limitations that were present in this story all provide readers with further understanding of why characters behaved the way they did and provide reason on why the outcome of the plot occurred. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a story about the life of a working class family during the American Industrial Revolution.
The following information can be found in the “Results and discussion” section: “The analyses reported above show that MBTI items fail to form the factors hypothesized by the test’s authors” (Saggino, Cooper, & Kline, 2001). The information I found in this study complimented the conclusion of the other article I reviewed. They both concluded that the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator had many faults and was not reliable nor valid as far as solid science is concerned.
According to Carl Jung’s typology theory each individual develops personal preferences which become the foundation for how they face life’s challenges and interact with others. Based on this knowledge Isabel Briggs Myers developed the Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI). This test helps individuals identify and study their individual preference and those of others. After taking the Jung Typology Test, which is based on the MBTI, it was confirmed that my four dominate personality preferences are Introversion, iNtuition, Thinking and Judging. Each personality preference is discussed in detail including strengths and weaknesses. The combination of the four make me a INTJ of the world. This is also discussed in detail including strengths, weaknesses,
The single most helpful and insightful exercise we have done throughout this course has been the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI). MBTI has helped me better understand who I am as a person and what strengths and weaknesses I have based on my results. It is crucial
...Myers, Isabel Briggs., and Mary H. McCaulley. Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Manual: A Guide to the Development and Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists, 1998. Print.
Rudyard Kipling’s original story of The Jungle Book presented a very distinct group of characters in contrast to virtually all other jungle people in the book. The Bandar-Log were seen as lawless, careless, and mostly mindless individuals who were social outcasts and pariahs. Disney’s film adaptation of Kipling’s tale held this concept, while also giving the monkey people strong characteristic typically connected to African-Americans. This creates a racist undertone in the movie that is absent from the original story’s source.