Existence Of Man

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himself as in the mirror largely
determines his actions during the day. Estelle had to look into the "mirror" of
men to confirm her identity. A man is the number one determining factor in
discovering who he is. Each individual must understand that he is responsible
for his own pain, misery, unhappiness, or for his own joy. Man is not a product
of what people have done or are now doing to us. Man has the power to become
whatever he wants to be; to feel as much love or anger or joy as we want to feel.
Another subsequent factor in determining our identity is the image, name, or
label given to us by society. In other words, what we believe other people
think of us. Most people participate in many groups friends, school, family,
jobs, clubs, churches and more each contributing to our identity. We have to
accept the death of the superman who is alone needing no one, inner directed and
indifferent to his surroundings. We see in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and
Punishment that when ...

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