...Greed, the Opposite of Compassion Greed is shown as the opposite of compassion in both A Christmas Carol and Wuthering Heights. Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley are characters in A Christmas Carol that showcase the harm of greedy living without compassion. The rest of the characters, such as the Cratchits or Fred, contrast the miserly moneylenders. Heathcliff and Hindley Earnshaw are characters in Wuthering Heights who cause so much pain to others and themselves due to their obsession of ownership and revenge. Cathy serves as foil characters, showing how loyalty and compassion can lead to a happier existence. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has two main types of characters: the compassionate and the greedy. Ebenezer Scrooge has a lot of contrast between the people who are willing to feel pity towards him (his ex-fiancé, his nephew, his clerk) and those who coldly dismiss him as he does them (fellow business people, his servants, the pawn shop owner). The entire supernatural ordeal that Scrooge goes through is meant to show him the error of his greedy ways and teach him the importance of compassion. Scrooge starts in the story with a personality so cold, it freezes his features. His dispassionate nature forbids any kindness, whether it be giving it, like towards his clerk, or receiving it, such as his nephew’s invitation. Yet, Scrooge’s compassion almost suddenly appears when he sees his past (27). It is not like he never knew such things growing up; he was taught......
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...Introduction “At a time when bullying is rampant, it makes more sense to build on the positive by instilling compassion and dealing with kids’ questions about the unfamiliar, rather than simply outlawing behaviours,” author Tim Huff. Tim Huff is the creator of a storybook and discussion guide, titled The Cardboard Shack Under the Bridge, that focuses on teaching elementary school students compassion for people who are homeless. The focus of the material is to encourage children to understand the people and stories behind homelessness in a hope to instil compassion, rather than judgement or fear. Furthermore, the hope of the program is that it encourages children to care deeply for their communities. We created an hour and a half interactive lesson for a Grade 1/2 class at Briar Hill Elementary School with the hope that it would give the children a new perspective on people who do not have homes to live in. The lesson started with us reading the story, The Cardboard Shack Under The Bridge, by Tim Huff, and asking the students many meaningful questions on their interpretations of the pictures and what it means to be homeless. They then rotated around four centres where they got to engage in activities that helped them develop empathy for people who are homeless. Rationale: A classroom that is built around democratic principles will look very different than the average classroom. Often teachers will take on more of the role of dictator than democratic leader which......
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... Abstract Our world is still dominated by all kinds of social conflicts, despite our outstanding material, scientific and technological advancements. Human beings, too often lack in their conduct the essential attributes that separate us from other animals. A sense of decency, moral, logic, the feelings of love and compassion for others in our various forms of interaction with one another. Too often these noble expressions of our common humanity are not respected, even in areas where they are deemed to be essential. Nursing, from its foundation and elevation by pioneers such as Florence Nightingale has always relied upon the idea of compassion as its core essence. Later on, other nursing theorists like Sister Simone Roach made it a key component of the development of her own version of caring as a theory on which nursing is based. The concept analysis developed by Avant and Walker (2011). Concept analysis in strategies for theory construction in nursing pp.157-176 provides tools that can be used to demonstrate the importance of compassion when it comes to its application for relevant and competent nursing practice. Compassion: A Concept Analysis From its inception to today’s practice the essence of nursing has not changed, despite its ever growing scope and field of action. According the international council of nurses(ICN) ‘’Nursing” encompass autonomous and collaborative care of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and......
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...willing to give of themselves. C. Purpose/Preview: By the end of this discussion I hope to have: 1. Presented a picture of poverty, a way we can fight it, and hope of victory. [Transition: But first, let define poverty.] II. Need A. Court fees and fines that fund crime victims have fallen off B. Around the world, 30% of children suffer from malnutrition, 19% have no access to clean water, 17% will never attend school, and worst of all, 30,000 children under five die each day (UNICEF, 2006). C. A deeper definition 1. Compassion International take the definition of poverty a step further, “Poverty is much more than a lack of money or material possessions—at its core, poverty is a lack of options. It is a mindset of utter hopelessness that overwhelms its victims with difficult circumstances and tells them to give up. Those suffering from poverty can teach us what true joy really is…and how one can find this joy in the most unlikely of places (Compassion, 2007).” D. Poverty is a continuous cycle and its effects are endless. Poverty is closely associated with: 1. High crime rate, low literacy, increased suicides, starvation, lower life expectancy, and increase in political violence (Wikipedia, 2007). E. America is not exempt from poverty. 1. In 2005, 37 million Americans were living below the poverty line. An estimated 12.4 million children...
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...Elyse DeLaney Professor Kate Kelly Religious Studies October 28, 2012 Two Birds with One Stone: An Essay of War and Compassion in Three Vonnegut Novels It is only the dead who have seen the end of war. -Plato Vonnegut prides himself on writing novels with science fiction elements and three of his novels, Player Piano (PP), God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (GB), and Hocus Pocus (HP) are prime examples of war and compassion. Vonnegut’s critique of war reveals that he considers compassion to be the most sacred aspect of human life. In Player Piano, the novel’s protagonist, Dr. Paul Proteus (PP 23) is forced to choose between the successes of his company or become the leader of a rebellion against the machine society. People are slowly, but surely, being replaced by machines and artificial “workers,” such as automated tellers at banks and self-checkouts at groceries. Vonnegut uses this movement of mechanization in the 1950’s and responds to the dehumanization in this novel. Machines and computers have eliminated the need for industrial laborers after the Second Industrial Revolution and society is then split into two unequal classes: manager and engineers of the machines and the rest of the population that live without happiness or dignity. The two unequal classes is just one example of war in Player Piano. The two populations live in segregation, with the north side of the river saved for the upper class and the south side of the river, or Homestead, are......
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...the Indian poor people's more darker way of making money for survival. At birth, a few of the kids the family has are crippled on purpose to evoke the feeling of compassion for a poor crippled child and it's protecting sibling, in order to get money. The people who have earnings just above survival level, fear that they, one day, might have to force the same destiny on some of their children, but until then it must remain a hidden fear and not something that is supposed to be seen on display every day on the street. At some point one can easily agree with them, but on the other hand there's a lot of irony in play. People know that it easily could be them in that situation, but still cannot even look at them. The entire idea that something like that could happen is abholing but unfortunately also common in India. In fact there are worse things taking place as for example: child “production” & trafficing. A lot of movies about india also have this subject in common, The over population of children. You always see children running around in flocs and asking for money/food & sometimes even autographs(slumdog millionaire). The autograph's could easily be sold for money or collected on. It does happen from time to time though that people (Also a lot of tourists) find compassion in these children, as in the text “chokra” that the quotation is from. It does not seem like the children cares about the compassion they get, more than the money they it gets them. In the movie “a slumdog......
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...All good relationships have a measure of compassion between the players. In these stories, the authors depend on compassion, and the lack of it, to enrich the lives of their characters. Edward P. Jones wrote about a woman in his short story First Day who remembers with great detail her first day of school. The story only covers one day out of her life, but the moments of that day are laced with all the days prior, all the people in her life and all the events, real and imagined, that got her to that first day of school. That morning before school, the mother is doing her daughter’s hair. The simple act of doing her child’s hair is steeped with the anticipation and history they share, the continued hope of the mother for the child’s success, and the child’s new level of maturity. They struggle to get the hair perfect and eventually are satisfied with their efforts. As the mother and daughter walk into school, into the auditorium to register, the girl/narrator notices another young student. “The girl’s hair is arrayed in curls, but some of them are beginning to droop and this makes me happy.” The narrator’s mother is illiterate, hard working, and single for all practical purposes. Their lives are not perfect, and yet her hair is. The tender act of a mother helping her daughter prepare for school is a symbol of the teamwork that will make that child a success in school. It is not the failing curls of the other child that has made her happy, it is knowing that her mother took......
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...created awareness amongst the population but also improve the health of certain sections of different communities. One of such policies is the ‘Vision 2020- focusing on the future of district nurses.’ This essay will focus on one aspect of this policy, (Compassion in relation to End of Life Care) and analyse how it influences current and future practice. It will critically analyse the economic, political and philosophical underpinnings of the policy, and appraise the ethical and moral implication for practice whilst drawing on appropriate principles, theories and frameworks. A conclusion will be drawn which will justify the formation of the policy. Vision 2020 emerged as consequence of health care establishments frugal activities. In certain cases patient were routinely neglected by Trust pre-occupied with cutting cost, that they lost sight of the fundamental responsibility to provide compassionate care. The policy published in January 2013 has 6 main aspects of fundamental care, which are, compassion, care, competence, courage, commitments, and communication. Compassion within the end of life care involves the use of the Liverpool care pathway (LCP) as incorporated in the Gold Standard Framework for end of life care. Compassion is defined as a way of living with an awareness of one’s relationship to deal with others (Reach 1992, p 58, cited in Wilmot (2003) It is particularly distinguished from related qualities such as sympathy, empathy, Kindness, and caring by the......
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...the many different “hats” nurses wear. I have been able to see how nurses have the power to make differences in the lives of others. I feel as if community nurses have an enormous number of chances to do this. Because community nurse have more direct contact with individuals, groups, families, etc, there are more chances to make a difference. Before I became a nursing student, I was always a strong believer in showing compassion and love for others. I have always felt that by going the extra mile to show someone how much you care, you can help them more than anything money can buy. Now that I am near the beginning of my own nursing career, I am a much stronger believer in this personal theory of mine. Too often, I think we as health care professionals concentrate on what we can earn for ourselves rather than what we can do for others. We tend to get lost in the money, the protocols, and the advancement of our careers. When in all reality, what really matters is not how much money we make or what job we land, it is the number of lives we touch. Love and compassion for what we do is what really makes the difference, because if we are compassionate about what we do and how we do it, we will be compassionate for the ones we care for. As I said before, I feel as if community nurses have...
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...Life changed for Dorothy Samson in an Indian orphanage. Seeing the incredible needs of the children there, the Colorado resident knew she could make a difference. So started a journey that led her to Compassion International and its unique child sponsorship program. Now, after just five years working with the ministry, 25 children count on Samson for prayers, letters and support. “They crawl up into my lap; they call me ‘Auntie Dorothy,'” Samson said. “They are my children.” Although Samson never had children of her own, that didn’t stop her from sharing her love and compassion with little ones. “I always wanted to have 12 children with an abundance of boys,” Samson said. From her home in Grand Junction, Samson began her Compassion sponsorship experience in 1999 with four children from India and one from Haiti. That number soon grew to 13 children, and she got that abundance of boys. Later, when she learned that there was a need for sponsors for African children, she didn’t hesitate to take on even more. “Compassion told me that there was a lack of sponsors for African children because of the HIV/AIDS problem,” Samson said. “I can understand people wanting to invest their money in children who are certain to grow up to be healthy, productive adults. But all children are precious, even those who might be HIV-positive. They aren’t responsible for having the disease – they are innocent victims, and they, too, deserve the opportunity to have a happy childhood......
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...can possess’’ Bentham and Aristotle believes that happiness is the ultimate goal of morality, he also believes that pain and pleasure are the determining factors of human behavior.In life everyone experience, pain and pleasure in some point in their lives. Pain makes us stronger, while pleasure gives us reason to exist comfortably. Schweitzer believes that in preserving life and sharing the sorrows of others, we will experience a kind of joy that is missing from the lives of thoes who has lost the capacity for compassion. Unlike Aristotle and Bentham he doesn’t believe believe happiness is the highest human good. Schweitzer believes that we all had an elementary level of compassion but, as time goes on if the compassion doesn’t grow with you it’s all lost and soon after a lot of people become that way. So by leaving the ones with compassion wondering if they should become like the others. Instead of the compassionate ones trying to be like the ones that have no compassion at all, they should lead by example. Maybe we would be in a better place and be able to co exist in some type of formal manner. Kant says that only acts motivated by good will have true moral worth. If you do something from the kindness of your heart rather then doing it to receive praise is the only good will that is out there. He went against Aristotle happiness...
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... | | | |Agate by Joy Morgan Dey (celebrating differences, respect for self) | | | |Alley Oops - by Janice Levy (anti-bullying, respect, "wrestling" with good choices) | | | |America Is Her Name - Luis J. Rodriguez (compassion, empathy, confidence, pride) | | | |America's White Table by Margot Theis Raven (heroes, citizenship, honor) | |...
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...A Mother’s Story I. INTRODUCTION A. A child is a gift from God. A child doesn’t get to choose who his or her parents or family will be. God has blessed me with seven beautiful children who has made me the person that I am today. B. I am a mother. My children are my inspiration to be protective like Maui, nurturing like Hina Ke Ahi, and compassionate like Kamehameha. I have, and continue to, illustrate these traits towards my children and grandchildren. II. BODY PARAGRAPH 1 A. Topic Sentence: Like Maui, being protective of his mother Hina, I am protective of my children. B. Specific Example: I was in the process of a divorce from my husband of 14 years. Being separated for several months, we had to create a visitation schedule for our children. My 2 older children lived my husband, their father, and my baby, 3 years old at the time, lived with me. It was always miserable for me to take my daughter to visit her father. Knowing that he loved her dearly, he didn’t know how to be compassionate, comforting or understanding to her. Nanea is our baby; we struggled to care for her since birth. He didn’t have the patience to care for her. Several visitations would occur between Nanea and her father which she would return to me crying because she didn’t like the way he treated her older siblings. He would physically hurt them if they didn’t follow his directions or instructions. This would traumatize her as a young toddler, not wanting to be around his......
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...themes were death, compassion, sacrifice and how these themes link todays society. Green Mile was a term referring to death row in Louisiana State Penintiary, where prisoners were held as they waited for their execution to take place. The movie illustrates the true nature of death penalty, showing how cruel and barbaric it was. One of the main themes in The Green Mile is death; it is a major theme throughout the whole film. This then leaves the viewers to think deeply about their own fate. It is an obvious theme, considering the film takes place on death row. However, further analysis reveals a deeper meaning than men dying in an electric chair for their crimes. And I think about all of us. Walking our own green mile, each in our own time. Paul said. The viewer discovers that The Green Mile itself is a metaphor for death. Paul compared life on the Green Mile to life for a free citizen, because both lifestyles will end in the same way. Death is unavoidable. For the prisoner as they have a set number of days until their execution, so their Green Mile is relatively short. A free citizen is uncertain about the time of their death, some people never even think about it, like they are going to live forever, but when the day of reckoning comes, both the prisoner and the free citizen face the same fate. Life is uncertain and anything can happen in but death is however not. Hence this is a very powerful theme that is constant throughout the film. The theme of compassion is very......
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...now." Haugen started his talk off by introducing himself and what he does as a civil rights lawyer. In the first two minutes he began to talk about compassion, and how although he was involved with the world's greatest failure of simple compassion, the Rwanda genocide, he's been involved with the world's greatest successes of compassion, the fight against global poverty. Haugen began to speak about the most jarring moment he experienced dealing with poverty. A women from Zambia, Venus - a mother of three and recent window - traveled 12 miles by foot in the only garments she owned and spoke to Haugen for hours about living in poverty; she described what it was like when "...the coals in the cooking fire finally just went completely cold. When the last drop of cooking oil finally ran out. When the last of the food, despite her best efforts, ran out. She had to watch her youngest son Peter, suffer from malnutrition..." According to Haugen, 35 years ago 40,000 children died everyday due to poverty. Now, however, the number has dropped to 17,000 children a day. The number of people in our world living in extreme poverty (defined as living off of a $1.25 or less a day) has fallen from 50 to 15 percent; although that massive drop is fantastic, there are still so many people dying everyday because they do not have enough money to support themselves or their families. "So why are so many billions still stuck in extreme poverty?" Through speaking with Venus, Haugen......
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