Philosophical thought
I'm trying to test myself in this post on how well I can explain something.
My dad got Batman Begins awhile ago on DVD. There's a good statement that caught my eye in one scene.
EXT. HOTEL -- LATER
Wayne and the Blondes, wet hair, in white HOTEL ROBES,
waiting. The Valet pulls up in the Bugati.
RACHEL (O.S.)
Bruce?
Wayne turns. Rachel is standing there, dressed for dinner.
Stunning.
WAYNE
Rachel.
BLONDES
(from car)
Come on, Bruce. We have some more
hotels we want you to buy.
Rachel glances at the Blondes. Then back to Wayne.
RACHEL
I'd heard you were back.
(Wayne nods)
Where were you?
WAYNE
Oh, kind of all over, you know.
RACHEL
(tense)
No, Bruce, I don't. And neither did
a lot of people. People who thought
you were probably dead.
WAYNE
You didn't?
RACHEL
I never quite gave up on you.
Wayne looks at her. Thinking. Gestures towards the Bugati.
WAYNE
Rachel, all that... that's not me,
inside I'm... different. I'm-
RACHEL
The same great little kid you used
to be? Bruce, deep down, your friends
out there are great, too. It's not
who you are underneath...
(pokes his chest)
But what you do that defines you.
Rachel moves past him. Wayne stands there, eyes burning.
"It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you."
Now, notice that she said "it's what you do that defines you" NOT, "it's what you do that counts". Something that defines you deals with how people perceive you, either to be, say, a nice guy or an annoying pest. Something that counts is the end-all-be-all of human existance. Nothing else matters. It deals with who and what you truly are in your heart and is what matters to God when he decides if you enter the gates of heaven. Example: a pure soul or a corrupt one.
People define you by what you do. This makes perfect sense. You save a little girl from a burning building: People will call you a hero because you did something heroic. Negative side: You sleep around with a lot people: people call you a "slut" or a "player" (there's really no male term for slut - odd. Rapscallion?). Or like Bruce did earlier in the film where acts like a pompous ass in front of all his friends: they think he's a spoiled brat. Neutral side: you don't do anything, for example in a classroom setting, you don't talk at all, but you're constantly thinking supportive and courtious thoughts about your classmates - none of your classmates won't know who you are and wouldn't able to define you as the courtious person.
People may not be able know what really counts in you. They saw that you saved a little girl from a burning building and say that you're a hero. However, it turns out that you set the house on fire to kill the little girl's parents to get their money. The people may not know that you're a greedy monster, but God certainly does. And that's what counts. Flip Side: Bruce acts like a brat and people see him as one, but in his private life he fights crime as Batman and saves the city from corruption and evil. People don't know and don't define him as this hero, but it counts in the eyes of God.
Even if you don't believe in God, there's a code of Chivalry that society holds true: truth, justice, freedom, courtesy, honesty, ect. I'd like to believe that the good deeds of every individual counts in the grand scheme of the universe.
The following stuff is right out of Chapter 15 from the Psychology book.
"In Freud's view, human personality - including its emotions and strivings - arises from a conflict between out aggressive, pleasure-seeking biological impulses and the internalized social restraints against them. Freud believed personality is the result of our efforts to resolve this basic conflict - to express these impulses in ways that bring satisfaction without also bringing guilt or punishment."
"'There's a lot of talk about self-esteem these days. It seems pretty basic to me. If you want to feel proud of yourself, you've got to do things you can be proud of.'"
This kind of gets into Barak's old point-system theory. That you do nice things to score points with people to get them to like you. If you are conscience of what you do, realizing that people will define you by it, you can control how people view you. Do you want to be the all-around good guy? The nice guy? The clever guy? The leader of the group? The last qoute makes a point of this. You may want to be the leader of the group, but if all you do is complain about shit, no one is going to define you as it.
Does this just seem like the plain obvious and that I'm 5 years behind everone else or what? Post feedback, please.
My dad got Batman Begins awhile ago on DVD. There's a good statement that caught my eye in one scene.
EXT. HOTEL -- LATER
Wayne and the Blondes, wet hair, in white HOTEL ROBES,
waiting. The Valet pulls up in the Bugati.
RACHEL (O.S.)
Bruce?
Wayne turns. Rachel is standing there, dressed for dinner.
Stunning.
WAYNE
Rachel.
BLONDES
(from car)
Come on, Bruce. We have some more
hotels we want you to buy.
Rachel glances at the Blondes. Then back to Wayne.
RACHEL
I'd heard you were back.
(Wayne nods)
Where were you?
WAYNE
Oh, kind of all over, you know.
RACHEL
(tense)
No, Bruce, I don't. And neither did
a lot of people. People who thought
you were probably dead.
WAYNE
You didn't?
RACHEL
I never quite gave up on you.
Wayne looks at her. Thinking. Gestures towards the Bugati.
WAYNE
Rachel, all that... that's not me,
inside I'm... different. I'm-
RACHEL
The same great little kid you used
to be? Bruce, deep down, your friends
out there are great, too. It's not
who you are underneath...
(pokes his chest)
But what you do that defines you.
Rachel moves past him. Wayne stands there, eyes burning.
"It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you."
Now, notice that she said "it's what you do that defines you" NOT, "it's what you do that counts". Something that defines you deals with how people perceive you, either to be, say, a nice guy or an annoying pest. Something that counts is the end-all-be-all of human existance. Nothing else matters. It deals with who and what you truly are in your heart and is what matters to God when he decides if you enter the gates of heaven. Example: a pure soul or a corrupt one.
People define you by what you do. This makes perfect sense. You save a little girl from a burning building: People will call you a hero because you did something heroic. Negative side: You sleep around with a lot people: people call you a "slut" or a "player" (there's really no male term for slut - odd. Rapscallion?). Or like Bruce did earlier in the film where acts like a pompous ass in front of all his friends: they think he's a spoiled brat. Neutral side: you don't do anything, for example in a classroom setting, you don't talk at all, but you're constantly thinking supportive and courtious thoughts about your classmates - none of your classmates won't know who you are and wouldn't able to define you as the courtious person.
People may not be able know what really counts in you. They saw that you saved a little girl from a burning building and say that you're a hero. However, it turns out that you set the house on fire to kill the little girl's parents to get their money. The people may not know that you're a greedy monster, but God certainly does. And that's what counts. Flip Side: Bruce acts like a brat and people see him as one, but in his private life he fights crime as Batman and saves the city from corruption and evil. People don't know and don't define him as this hero, but it counts in the eyes of God.
Even if you don't believe in God, there's a code of Chivalry that society holds true: truth, justice, freedom, courtesy, honesty, ect. I'd like to believe that the good deeds of every individual counts in the grand scheme of the universe.
The following stuff is right out of Chapter 15 from the Psychology book.
"In Freud's view, human personality - including its emotions and strivings - arises from a conflict between out aggressive, pleasure-seeking biological impulses and the internalized social restraints against them. Freud believed personality is the result of our efforts to resolve this basic conflict - to express these impulses in ways that bring satisfaction without also bringing guilt or punishment."
"'There's a lot of talk about self-esteem these days. It seems pretty basic to me. If you want to feel proud of yourself, you've got to do things you can be proud of.'"
This kind of gets into Barak's old point-system theory. That you do nice things to score points with people to get them to like you. If you are conscience of what you do, realizing that people will define you by it, you can control how people view you. Do you want to be the all-around good guy? The nice guy? The clever guy? The leader of the group? The last qoute makes a point of this. You may want to be the leader of the group, but if all you do is complain about shit, no one is going to define you as it.
Does this just seem like the plain obvious and that I'm 5 years behind everone else or what? Post feedback, please.