...Perfection Era Angela Hearn HIS/115 September 25, 2011 Rona Gunter Perfection Era During the period of the 18th century the colonial expansion sent colonist to the west and south. This resulted in many of the people settling in the country side where there were no churches to attend meetings and no congregations unless they wanted to travel to the nearest town which could be miles away. Ideas coming from the Enlightenment began causing questions of religious truths that were long held. Because of this American clergymen started schools that were for preachers and that initiated revivals (Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, & Stoff, 2005). The Great Awakening was a revitalization of religious piety that flowed through each colony like a river, though this was not unanimous. The Great Awakening movement was made up of people who had a democratic ideal; some believed that a valuable quality in a person was spiritual conversion. Perfectionism is what this was known as, it was the want to have a society that was equal and perfect. The position of women and African Americans who were second rate citizens, started to be questioned because of this belief. They were even able to, in some churches, gain the right to speak, preach, and vote on matters of the church (Davidson, et al., 2005). Though some of them were gaining rights within the church during this period not all the churches agreed with this change. Even though some of them gained their rights in the church, they...
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...ASSIGNMENT: PERFECTION ERA PAPER Assignment: Perfection Era Paper The Perfection Era Colonial expansion spread colonists both west- and southward, causing many colonists to settle far from the churches that had been established in the north. New communities and churches were being built and many of the ideals of the Enlightenment were being questioned. The ideals of the Great Awakening and those who were members of this movement believed in the desire to create a perfect, equalitarian society, and the Perfection Era held along side those beliefs. The Second Great Awakening began with the evangelical Protestant church, including Congregational, Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist, becoming the dominant form of Christianity (Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff, 2006). Evangelicalism emphasized each person’s ability to create his or her salvation and by catering to the masses. Along with Charles Finney’s (a minister) optimistic doctrine of perfectionism, the revivals of the evangelicals reinforced the American belief in democracy and society. This belief also questioned the long held belief that African Americans as well as women were second class citizens, and throughout several church communities, women and African Americans were allowed to speak, preach and vote in church and on matters of the church (Davidson, Gienapp, et al, 2006). The Perfection Era brought about many changes for women and slaves. The role women played in the Awakening...
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...Perfection Era Paper September 4, 2011 His 115 U.S. History to 1865 Erica J. Moore 1. The Perfection Era, which occurred during the early 19th century in the United States, marked an important change in the way that minorities viewed themselves within their society. The period beforehand was marked by Deism, the belief that God was a "remote being who created the universe but stopped being involved in it," a strong separation of church and government, and an overall belief in "rational religions" that supported the intellectual knowledge of that time (Dave, 2009). The tides quickly began to change during the first Great Awakening. Ideas began to spread in regards being non-Calvinistic, or pre-ordained, which lead to the expansion of Protestantism from simply being Puritanical or Unitarian (Matthet, 2006). As a result, a majority of Americans had a greater understanding of Christianity as current Americans experience it today (Matthet, 2006). Also, there was a greater concern for ensuring that Native Americans and black slaves had an understanding of Christianity, and they were ministered to as a result (Matthet, 2006). While the first Great Awakening had no significant effect on women, the foundations were being set for women to make a momentous movement towards gaining more rights within United States society. The Perfection Era was characterized by the expansion of the lifestyles of women, who at that time were housewives (Priebe, 2009). Women began to expand...
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...Perfection Era Paper Christopher Candelas HIS/215 January 30, 2011 Instructor Hansen Perfection Era Paper The early stages of the 19th century marked various significant events in the United States that eventually became recognized as the Perfection Era. During the beginning years of the Perfection Era changes essential to minorities and women within American society as well as minority idealism began to take on a diverse shape. Minorities and women sought after change and a new type of role in society, but more than that these individuals encouraged a new public persona as well as the way they would view themselves. However, insert religion! The previous period prior to thoughts of social change came in the form of a supported sense of intellectual knowledge, in which the faith in logical religions became a vast realization, and eventually marked the separation of power between government and church. The rush for establishment of major religions quickly began to change in regard to the events that took place and the reformation during the Great Awakening. The elimination of Calvinism or simply being pre-ordained began to spread throughout the country thus, creating the exploration of new sets of values and the expansion of Puritanical views or being Protestant. The idealism resulting from this sense of overly viewed religious behavior ultimately conveyed a greater comprehension of Christianity in its entirety or merely as it is viewed and experienced today by...
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...Perfection Era Paper Maryetta Jackson HIS/115 December 18, 2011 University of Phoenix John O’Day Perfection Era Paper I will be trying to explain what or how the perfection era even begun, I will also try to explain how the second great awakening even came about in our American history times, the things that took place showed that the American nation was not just going to lay down they were going to show everyone that this is a new nation and the nation is going to become a very liberated nation that we are in today. We had two very important movements that has occurred which were the abolitionist movement in also the women’s accomplishments. The abolitionist movement consisted of equal rights, liberation, etc. the abolitionist had so many things that they were trying to block them from doing good deeds that they felt was the right thing, the abolitionists were also trying to end slavery but there were so many people that loved and hated them for mantling with such a thing that they felt had nothing to do with them, but they did not back down from the treats that was possibly coming at them because of there involvement with how they felt about the slavery movement. The women’s accomplishments really changed a lot of things especially when it came to marriage, schooling, employment, in religion. As for the marriage thing the women were allowed to choose whom...
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...Tatik made me type. I felt confident enough to do my first task. But new problem came. The type machine was totally different from the one I had used at my school. I still strived to prove that I could. But the luckiness didn’t take side. For almost one hour I haven’t typed at all. When Mrs. Tatik saw the paper was still blank her face looked disappointed. Finally she taught me to operate the type machine. Mrs. Tatik was a perfect employee. But sometimes I thought it was affluent. On the twenty seventh day she made me type a double degree students report. Then I printed and gave it to her. She considered that it was still wrong. I retyped and reprinted it more than three times. But she said it was less perfect. I didn’t understand what the perfection she wanted. Whereas others said that it had been perfect. Finally she scolded me. She said that she didn’t like incompetent student to apprentice at her office. Her dictums got me cry at the toilet for two hours. Day by day after being scolded I was more and more able to adapt. But new problem reappeared. It was the thirtieth day...
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...Arriving at Perfection Can anyone be perfect? How do we go about achieving perfection? Well Benjamin Franklin thought he could live his life to perfection and achieve this in everyday tasks. People second-guess themselves or look back and wish they would have done whatever they had done different. Benjamin Franklin was on a mission to show everyone he could be perfect but also show to everyone he came across. Even though his ways of being perfect were not the same as everyone’s standards, Benjamin Franklin still tried to show that he was perfect in everyway possible. There is something in all of our lives that we wish we were better at. There are things we may try to do to make those things better: study more, put in extra hours at the job, see a counselor, or practice harder. In Benjamin Franklin's essay "Arriving at Perfection" he sets out to devise a plan of self-examination, resulting in self-correction. “Arriving at Perfection” Benjamin Franklin explains how he is perfect and how he is going to show everyone to stride to be perfect. He said, “It was about the time I conceived the bold project of arriving at moral perfection”. This message shows the standard of his thoughts and motives of Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin, along with being a worthy human being, was an extremely ingenious person as well. Franklin was a very clever man, intellectual and witty, and he did not let his ideas go to waste. He draws you into the essay and depicts how perfection is achieved...
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... Crayons, to my six-year-old mind, symbolized everything that was wrong with the world. The color was always lumpy and uneven, so it was virtually impossible to color completely inside the lines. Crayons smelled like burning cardboard mixed with old potpourri, and broke too easily. I could never sharpen them, even with a special crayon sharpener, so they were as nice as when they'd first come out of the box. After I used a crayon once, the point would become rounded, defective. Eventually, the paper wrapping would slide off or the crayon would get so short I would have to tear away the label. The crayon wasn't perfect anymore. It was ratty. Blunt. Short. Ugly. Ten years later, I still have something of a profound preoccupation with perfection. Recently I was making a birthday card for a friend. It was beautiful - I had cut out flowers from construction paper and pasted them on. I meticulously outlined each flower with glitter glue and drew "Happy Birthday," braving the brain-cell-slaughtering odor of a Sharpie marker. After cutting the words out, I pasted them onto the front of the card and outlined them in glitter glue. The card sparkled under the lamplight and the flowers were exquisite. I had made the card so that some of the flowers were pasted outside the edge to give them a three-dimensional effect. Then I noticed one of the flowers seemed at a slight angle. I delicately tried to peel it off and reposition it. Then the unspeakable happened - a soft ripping sound...
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...Born a Champion If triumph is a yearning aspiration of an individual, a conformist behavior will not lead to the apex of success. Rather, a conformist behavior will maintain a person content with their own parallel circumstances because their current placement is sufficient satisfaction. But that wasn’t the case with Serena Williams because she was not a conformist growing up, but in fact, the opposite. Serena did not settle for ordinary, she wanted enhancement. She maintained a sedulous behavior — persistently striving for excellence. “I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.” —Serena Williams. The achievability of aspirations can transpire through the acknowledgement of motivation and determination. With such efforts, one will generate a journey of experiences which will trigger and influence an individual's desire to excel. However, any lack of dedication can be the downfall of advancement, so one must begin somewhere to attain prosperity. Although the majority of the population are not innately talented, one can take the initiative to improve their skills and abilities by gaining knowledge and experience. While attempting to progress, one must be completely faithful to their own ambitions by having self discipline and willpower. Serena Williams, born in 1981 to Richard Williams and Oracene Price in Saginaw, Michigan was the youngest of five daughters born with a passion for tennis. She was coached by her father, whom...
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...The Perfect Definition Oxford Dictionaries says that the definition of perfect is “having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.” If perfection is based on these requirements, what is the perfect limit of these desired requirements? Limits are based on satisfaction. Satisfaction is based on rules and opinions. I do not believe this definition serves the word justice. I think perfection is based on opinion and self-satisfaction. Something being described as perfect is not a fact, it is an opinion. There is no way to do something flawlessly. Everything and everyone has flaws. Everyone makes mistakes. There is no scientific way to live perfectly or do everything perfectly. People keep trying to reach for something that cannot technically be reached. But there is something people keeping seeking to reach. If you cannot reach perfection, therefore you must make another limit for yourself. Some think that there is no such thing as perfection because there is always room for improvement. It starts with the desire of something. People keep trying to get better at things until it satisfies someone or themselves. Once they have reached their goal and think there...
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...Nature of Humanity According to Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was born 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He descended from a Puritan family who participated in the Salem Witch Trials. His father died when Nathaniel was four, and he did not lead a very exciting or remarkable life. A rich tradition of family and local history provided much of the material for Hawthorne’s works. Nathaniel Hawthorne is mostly preoccupied with human flaws, pervasive evil, and evil in humanity. In his stories, “The Birthmark” and “The Minister’s Black Veil”, Nathaniel Hawthorne attempts to convey the nature of humanity by describing a quest for human perfection, creating a sense of loneliness, and proving that flaws structure humans. “The Birthmark” has a very deep theme: man’s attempts to transform nature in order to make it more perfect than it already is. Aylmer is described in the beginning as a man who is a great scientist and a lover of nature but who also has a beautiful wife whom he loves dearly. Georgiana says, “To tell you the truth it has been so often called a charm that I was simple enough to imagine it might be so” (1). “Ah, upon another face perhaps it might,” replied her husband; “but never on yours. No, dearest Georgiana, you came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature that this slightest possible defect, which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty, shocks me, as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection”(2). To Aylmer, his wife is perfect, but Georgiana’s...
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...Scientific research concerning living organisms is usually beneficial. They are done to cure people from illness and to save people's lives. Especially thanks to this day and age where we have the technology and research to do so, compared to back then. However when science used to alter people or animals then it crosses a line that is considered immoral to all -- for instance altering a rabbit’s genetics so that they can glow in the dark. Changing an organism and making them mutants like that violates the sacredness of life, and although it is somewhat condonable for this type of research with rabbits, if we were to do something similar to humans it would be beyond comprehension. It is clear that Hawthorne does not agree with alternating the human form with science, especially when using that science to try and make things more perfect in ones life; "Has it never occurred to you that the mark upon your cheek might be removed?" says Aylmer hinting at how he wants to remove his wife’s birthmark, on her cheek. Aylmer feels that this experiment is necessary just because his wife was nowhere near perfect, with this birthmark. "...upon another arm perhaps it might, but ...you came so hideous from the hand of Nature that this slightest possible defect, which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty, shocks me, as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection.” If Georgiana’s “imperfection” had not stood out so much in his eyes Aylmer more than likely would not have minded...
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...I would like to become a prefect as I see this is an excellent opportunity to contribute back to this school, which had supported me greatly. Without deliberation it is clear that Holly Hall has contributed greatly to the person I am today, bright, determined and confident in my work, myself and my potential to be something I will be proud of. I know that I am strong enough to stand for what I believe in and for myself, nevertheless I know the importance of other opinions and an open mind. For both leading and working in a team I know I have the appropriate qualities to put me ahead; enthusiasm, confidence without arrogance, the ability to speak out and notably respect for those around me. I pride myself in commitment; the perseverance I show in my learning reflects my behaviour towards new hurdles. In school I find that if you don’t put the effort in to improve, then you won’t find anything to be proud of, anything to reflect on when looking back. This to me, is pointless. I’m constantly striving towards the next accomplishment; an achievement to aspire towards and push myself for. This motivation in myself is easy then to pass on to others. This dedication to perfecting myself and skills shines through in school. I excel in art, purely for my imagination and determination, as without my talents would be useless. Music is a big part of my life, I play a couple of instruments and sin, I find the notion of giving up on something you have already started rather nonsensical, so...
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...Topic: Are sitcoms and TV shows a bad influence for teenagers? Box Full of Perfection Ah, TV shows –– they are just so damn corrupted. I mean look at us, all we do is compare ourselves to the characters of the sitcoms that we watch on TV and most of the time we worship their so call “fabulous” life. And how is the important again? Exactly, it’s not. Staring at a "stupid box" with moving pictures that shows “perfect looking” people, is not how teenagers suppose to waste their time. Oh, god we are so corrupted. Just the other day, one of my friends was complaining, over the fact that she is not pretty or skinny like Hanna (a character) from the sitcom Pretty Little Liars. “Apparently”, Hanna has beautiful shiny blond hair, has smooth glowing skin, also, she is very very slim ––– Seriously. Sounds like a Barbie doll to me. Not to mention, it’s called “Photoshop”, where any ordinary person can be turned into a beautiful swan from an ugly duckling. TV channels like MTV and CW, they have all changing drastically over the years. Most of my friends waste their time watching shows like Teen Wolf, Jersey Shore, Sweet 16, ANTM, Degressi and various types of shows. Funny thing is that, all these shows have one thing in common, and that is “physical perfection”–––– Seriously. How’s that even entertaining? I thought entertaining was about laughing at hilarious shows and crying when a sad sitcom comes on. How is staring at plastic faced actors even funny. Yeah sure, they...
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...This week I have chosen to apply the ‘Don’t overextend yourself’ and ‘Aim for Consistency, Not Perfection’ methods into my daily routine as a way to hold myself accountable. Don’t overextend yourself By definition the word Overextend, means to obligate, or expand beyond a safe or reasonable limit. I have been known to be a people pleaser. I have done some evaluation both on a professional and personal level and acknowledge that I am in the grip of a disorder some people might call manic compression—trying to do everything perfectly in an attempt to please everyone around me. While everyone around me is enjoying their life, I am not wondering how I got myself there. This week I have made a choice to not commit myself to something I do not want to do, or to concede out of obligation. I have two incidents that I encountered this week professionally and personally that I would like to share. This past week, a friend of mine asked if her 20 year old son could stay at my home while she continued to live with her sister as she was looking for an apartment for the both of them to live in. I found myself faced with a conundrum, she has been there for me during some of the most challenging times of my life and I felt obligated to help her out in this situation. On the other hand, I do not want to live with her son because it would make me feel uncomfortable and I value my personal space. I do not want to take on that responsibility because her son has been known to make questionable...
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