The Pursuit Of Perfection

Striving for perfection is something that would better improve our society and really change the way we see what society is because everyone would be making an effort to really strive for the ideal world of flawlessness. Just the mere idea of getting closer to perfection is something that makes us attempt to be more perfect. In the article, “Cheaters Never Win,” Christopher Bergland, a Guinness World Record holding athlete says that, ¨yes, you want to be your absolute best and to try our hardest to win and to be thrilled if you are victorious” (Bergland 7). Bergland is trying to inform his readers that our society would be a better place because everyone is trying their best to succeed and in this case, be their most perfect self. In order for the society to reach perfection, everyone should be trying their very best in order to strive for perfection. We should all be putting forth all our effort we have in order to get just a little bit closer to the idea of perfection and flawlessness. Society would improve for the better if all individuals strived for the world of perfection because every single person would give all that they’ve got in order to make this world just a little bit more perfect. This quote from Bergland is saying that we all need to try our hardest to strive for flawlessness and that we should be thrilled if we do achieve this goal. Trying our best from the start just makes us closer to reaching perfection which allows us to have the driven passion to be

Society experienced to achieve perfection in many ways, almost since the beginning of humanity, and is almost impossible so many attempts fail and cause severe consequences. In “the perfect match” by Ken Liu, short story and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, short story. Perfection is people ignoring what really matter. People are not unique anymore because society is limiting with an idea of what is not accepted or normal is not perfect. Societies’ desire of perfection makes people go desperate and feel alone.

From the time children are entered into preschool, they are expected- for the most part- to do their best and be proud of it. One child’s best could be another child’s worst, and that other child’s best could be totally impossible for the first child. If everyone is doing their version of the best work possible, then could perfection ever possibly be achieved? It is a generally accepted truth that the answer to this question is an obvious and resounding no. By definition, a perfect human does not exist. However, humans are constantly striving towards this goal despite their knowing that it is impossible. The constant striving brings people closer and closer to the impossible goal but leaves them just shy of reaching it. This close-but-not-quite-there ending means a life that it is almost perfect. A life almost straight.

The urge to be seen as perfect is a wish normally found among humans. Nonetheless, even multiple animals are nonresistant to this desire. Imagine a bird attempting to draw the greatest mate by making a perfect nest. The bird will fight for a twig that it thinks will build its nest that will surpass the rest. The bird will even go so far as to break the eggs in a nest if it has something that the bird wishes to have as its own. Likewise in humans, there are characters that struggle to be perfect so much so that they start to place their own image above others. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, there are characters that give in to their own longing to create an ideal life, or perfect society. As a result, it leads them to disregard

From the time children enter into preschool, they are expected- for the most part- to do their best and be proud of it. One child’s best could be another child’s worst, and the second child’s best could be a different child’s worst. If everyone is doing their version of the best work possible, then could anyone ever truly achieve perfection? A generally accepted truth is that the answer to this question is an obvious and resounding no. By definition, a perfect human does not exist. However, humans are constantly striving towards this goal despite their knowing that it is impossible. The constant striving brings people closer and closer to the impossible goal but leaves them just shy of reaching it. This close-but-not-quite-there ending means a life that it is almost perfect- a life almost straight.

“An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect,” is the definition you’d read if you searched up the word, “utopia.” Humans strive to achieve perfection- the perfect grade, a perfect family, having a perfect life, being the perfect person- to be flawless. We as humans, typically desire for what we don't have. After all, our world is not perfect at all. We face hardships, anxieties, pain, and much more.

People want everything to be perfect all the time. However, in the world we live in, that isn’t possible. We, as people, shouldn’t strive for perfection because others will set impossible expectations and we can never reach perfection. Furthermore, others set impossible expectations that we cannot follow through with. One example of this is when playing a sport and a coach wants more than you have.

The writer ends the essay with a conclusion taking a form of reflection. The writer gives a different definition to perfection other than the one he uses to consider before. So he decided Perfection doesn’t mean getting good grades or having a good personality. Yet, perfection mean strong character and good personnel

The epidemic of perfection has swept the world, and people must fight

Creating an image of perfection in society is exhausting and can cause us to lose

When you strive for perfection, failure is inevitable. Some things are unattainable, and a perfect appearance

The impossible search for perfection isn't a new concept for society, especially Americans. Stemming from our founding fathers to modern day man, and fictional characters of American literature chasing and attaining perfection is a goal that can't be achieved but will chased to all ends. Over the course of the second semester our class has studied the writings and philosophies of great American authors which include, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Benjamin Franklin, and Horatio Alger to name a few. F. Scott Fitzgerald creates the perfect American character in Jay Gatz or the “Great Gatsby” and portrays him as a man who is searching for perfection but falls short as do the rest of Americans. Ironically millions have read the riveting novel and have grasped the concept that perfection is unattainable but still try to attain it. The sooner it's realized that the concept of a perfect man doesn't exist society will be able to work on its weakness’ and improve all together. Even one of the Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin, sought to achieve moral perfection but came to the conclusion that it didn't exist. Franklin planned to become morally perfect over thirteen weeks practicing a single virtue each week and kept track of his results in a small leaflet. Every Time he made a mistake he marked his leaflet which showed his imperfections. Instead of emulating the 13 week experiment Franklin carried out I decided to only take a segment out of it and perform the single virtue of

Society has tried to achieve perfection in many ways, almost since the beginning of humanity, and it is almost impossible so many attempts fail and cause severe consequences. In “the perfect match” by Ken Liu, short story and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, short story. Perfection is people ignoring what really matter. People have lost their identity, they are not unique anymore because society is limiting with an idea that what is not accepted or normal is not perfect.

To society, it's all that matters. To be perfect - tall, blonde, blue-eyed and skinny. People are enslaved and blinded by society's distorted standards of beauty. Everything revolves around how many Prada shoes you own and how many Chanel clothes you have. Society is never pleased.

As well as there is people who believe perfection is not attainable, there is also people who believe that it is possible to reach that, when they give everything they have. It is a much divided opinion, which will perhaps never come to one only general conclusion. To succeed in life people must always work hard and sometimes sacrifice some things they think are important, but putting them in front of another type of situations they would not be taken as a priority. The majority of these people who believe in perfection