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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” (Eleanor Roosevelt). Self respect proves to be a very important character trait because it allows a person to accept who they are without needing the approval and acceptance of others. Self respect is what saves Connor, Risa and Lev in Neil Shusterman’s Unwind.
Firstly, Connor’s self respect, as demonstrated by his will to live, courage and self control are what save him. Connor doesn’t allow anyone to decide his fate. His self respect drives him to believe that his life means more than what his parents and government believe it to be. He believes that “[he has] the right to choose what happens to [his] [body]” and “...the right to [his life].” (Shusterman 333) This shows Connor’s love for his life, no matter how many other people tell him he is useless. Secondly, Connor fights for what he believes is right. His self respect gives him the courage to do so. Admiral Dunfee explained that “...each fight [Connor] engage[s] in ... resolve[s] one problem or another.” (Shusterman
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212) This shows that although Connor is “a loose cannon,” his self respect drives him to do good things. Lastly, Connor has a hard time controlling his temper. Connor’s self respect helps him control his anger and make smart choices which save him. In Neil Shusterman’s Unwind, Connor’s will to live, courage, and self control save him. Secondly, Risa’s self respect including her sense of safety, work ethic, and thinking ahead are what save her in Neil Shusterman’s Unwind.
Risa fights for her privacy and safety. She doesn’t tolerate any kind of harassment, and “even a gentle violation is a violation.”(Shusterman 48) Her self respect gives her a strong sense of privacy and self awareness, having “lots of experience warding off creeps.” (Shusterman 150) In addition, Risa’s self respect gives her discipline and a good work ethic which saves her. She works hard and tries her best in whatever she does, giving her advantages through the skills she picks up. Lastly, Risa thinks through the situation she is in and searches for the best possible action. Her self respect forces her to look through every situation and be “clever about it instead of rushing into [it] blind….” (Shusterman 47) Privacy, work ethic, and thinking ahead save Risa in Neil Shusterman’s
Unwind. Lastly, Lev’s self respect as shown by his moral instincts, self preservation and critical thinking save him. First of all, Lev’s moral instinct saves him. His self respect prevents him from doing damage to himself or others no matter how angry or sad he is; even when attempting to commit suicide, his moral instincts stop him: “He wants to. He needs to. But he can’t” (Shusterman 310). This proves that although he may be confused and depressed, he will still do the right thing. Also, when Lev encounters a dangerous or harmful situation he will run away. His self respect gives him a clear sense of preservation, keeping him away from risky situations. Lastly, Lev “is [not] a boy bound by rules.” (Shusterman 210) He does not blindly follow orders. This helps him to do the questionably unlawful things necessary for him to do to survive. Lev’s moral instincts, self preservation, and critical thinking saves him. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” (Eleanor Roosevelt). In Neil Shusterman’s Unwind, Self respect is what saves Connor, Risa, and Lev. They would not accept that they weren’t good enough for the world, no matter how many people tried shut them down. Their feeling of self respect empowers them to live their lives to their full potential.
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One is not healthy for a friendship or a relationship. The other could resort to racial slander in some way. One is healthy the other is wrong. They both can destroy a relationship. What is "they"? "They" are anger and prejudice, and with them relationships will never work out. In the novel, Ironman by Chris Crutcher, anger and prejudice are the most important subjects talked about and were shown to be bad for healthy relationships.
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...a self-respect that is reliant on their own skills and talents. For Frankl, he came up with his logotherapy technique and served the patients in his concentration camp (Frankl, 59). For Robinson, he didn’t respond to taunts and just focused on his baseball career (Clark, et al., 2013). As he says in the movie: “I don’t care if they like me. I didn’t come here to make friends. I don’t even care if they respect me. I know who I am. Got enough respect for myself” (Clark, et al., 2013).
Self respect is the most important character trait in Connor and is what saves him in Neal Shusterman’s Unwind. Firstly, Connor will do whatever it takes to keep himself safe. It is demonstrated when Connor knows if he is in the same crate as Roland, he might die, so he makes the decision to fight now instead of later in the crate. Therefore, he decides to “...turn to one of Roland’s henchmen and
Didion explained or given definition of self respect by putting her grandparents. She says(" they had instilled in them, young , a certain discipline, the sense that on lives by doing things one does not particularly want to do , by putting fears and doubts to one side, by weighing immediate comforts against the possibility of larger, even intangible , comforts"). She explained her grandparent self respect even they don’t have all the time. Didion says also kind of self respect is discipline, a habit of mind that can never be faked but can be developed, trained , coaxed forth. Didion explained the self respect as some thing that we can make it in our on life and not letting other people make us disrespect our
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In our lives there is only one person that we really need to learn how to be kind to, care for, rely on, be honest with, and just overall love and respect, and that person is our own self. Then with this knowledge we are capable of sharing all that we have learned with others and giving them the things we want in return. Yet if we never learn how to respect ourselves we end up not experiencing life to the fullest. When one does not know how to appreciate oneself they cannot truly be happy. They begin to get depressed and/or lead their own life to what, according to others, is the path they should take.