Betrayal

Betrayal

The meaning of betrayal is to desert a person in the time of need. I believe that this instance is best depicted in "Hamlet," a play by William Shakespeare. Prince Hamlet's mother, uncle, and friends all desert him in his time of need, which was after his father's death. This may sound quite confusing, but Claudius (Hamlet's uncle) killed Hamlet's father. Not even a month after the father's death, Claudius and Queen Gertrude (Hamlet's mother) are joined in wedlock. Nobody thought that Hamlet was sane because of everything that had happened to him. His friend's weren't very true to him and his mother wouldn't believe that Claudius killed his father.

I have gained much knowledge about betrayal. I have come to believe that it is close to the worst thing that people can do to each other (besides murder), and it's something that happens more and more as you get older. By definition, betrayal can mean to be unfaithful, to deliver something to an enemy by treachery, or to desert a person in the time of need. Obviously, this can tell a person a couple of things.

First of all, betrayal is a broad subject, and secondly, it is completely malicious. The one example of betrayal that I can give you is to be unfaithful. Because if you are unfaithful, you’re betraying people. When we were kids we didn’t have to worry about any of these things, we didn’t even know the word of betrayal. But now, it seems like a trend.

Now, if you want to avoid this let me tell you that you can’t. If you have been betrayed by someone like Frances Mayes that got hurt by his husband and Marcello. The only thing that you learned, is to be more careful at the time of knowing someone and telling things. So, at the end you won’t get hurt.

Honesty

Honesty

Honesty is one of the good qualities, because if you have an honest behavior, that means, you are free from cheating and deceiving. And you don’t have anything to worry about. It is said that, "honesty is the best policy", because if we are honest, people will believe and trust us. They will give value to our words and dealings, just because they know you are an honest person.

Advantages of being honest:
 An honest shop-keeper will fetch more customers than a dishonest shop-keeper. A dishonest shop-keeper may be profited by cheating some people for sometimes. So, an honest man prospers while a dishonest man falls down. The honest man respected by all. They have a good position in the society. The honest men fare in all walks of life. So, it is said that honesty is the best policy.


Disadvantages of being honest:
Honesty has certain limitations. We can deal honesty only with the honest people. But we will be troubled, if we deal honesty with the dishonest people. So, there is a saying, "tit for tat". Dishonesty should be met with dishonesty. To deal honestly with the dishonest people may be very idealistic. But it is not practicable. It is quite impracticable. But one should be honest as far as possible in the modern society. Because modern Indian society is the society of black-marketing, adulterine, cheating, deceiving, defrauding, and leg-pulling is the order of the day.


Conclusion:
Honesty is a virtue. If all people become honest, then our society will be an ideal society. The students should try to become honest in their day-to-day life. Because the students are the future of our country. They are expected to build an honest society for themselves and to leave a tradition of honesty for their future generation.

Addictive Personalities

 Addictive Personalities (Gambling)

A friend of my parents experienced the addiction of gambling. He started just by playing one hour per week, on the internet, of course, with real money. After he started playing, he realized that he liked it, and actually he wanted to play more and more every day. He even didn`t want to eat, sleep or going to the bathroom. The only thing in this world that he wanted to do, was play.

When his wife found out he was spending all his money on betting, instead of buying food and paying bills, she felt so disappointed at him and very sad because she couldn’t think about what was she going to do. So, she calm down and gave him an ultimatum. Saying: “If you stop gambling, I`ll try to forgive you and even look for professional help for you”, but you have to promise me that you won’t do it again, because if you gamble one more time you will lose me and your kids. And after she finished saying that, he felt so bad about what she said that he changed, just for his family.

Gambling addiction begins with small things like: slot machines, pool table, horse racing, blackjack, cars racing, and get worse when you start playing at the famous Casinos.

Compulsive gambling can starts at any age, but it usually does at the early age of 20’s on men, and for women at the age of 30’s – 40’s. The things that can cause gambling addiction are: depression, anxiety, loneliness, and also low self-esteem. Most gamblers become addictive after a big win and this is soon followed by an unrealistic big winnings.

Almost the gambling addicts turn to family and friends. Crime is a common feature, and money is stolen from friends and relatives. Rents and other bills are generally neglected. With the time, lying becomes a constant characteristic in gamblers life. Almost every one of the family and friends had learned not to trust them.

Many gamblers lose their job; family, friends, and savings are almost wasted away. The gamblers become a complete stranger to their people around them. Betting, also can take gambling addicts to other addictions such as: smoking, alcohol, drugs and sex. Why?. Because they’re surrounded by people that are not just addicted to this addiction they’re addicted to many other things.

In my opinion, treating people with gambling addiction can be so painful. There’s no magical cure or treatment for this compulsion. If you have to control an addictive person, and I am not just talking about gambling, I mean with any kind of addiction; you cannot treat them with violence, yelling, or forcing them. You have to give them pieces of advice, to find them a professional help or just be a friend for them. Be by their side. And if this person really wants to change, he or she will do it.

                                        Personal Introduction.

My name is Ghisley Esquivel Pérez. I´m seventeen years old. I was born in San José, but I grew up in Limón. I went to Margarita Rojas school, and studied high school at the Liceo Nuevo de Limón. Right now I´m living in Barrio Lujan because I´m in college.

When I was in high school, I decided I wanted to learn English, so I registered at the Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano.

I graduated from the Centro Cultural, twice. The first one was in 2007 from the program Teens X-treme. After I finished this course, I decided I wanted to study more English. So, I got into the program of English Now, and graduated in 2009. I studied there, for five years. I really enjoyed  being there, and meeting new people.

I think of myself, as an easy going, calm and peaceful girl. I love meeting new people and having a lot of friends. I like just be at home watching T.V or playing Play Station 3. What I don´t like, is arguing with other people, it´s awful. I love listening to music, like: rock, pop, country, romantic, hip-hop and many others. I also love, playing video games and going to the movies.

My expectations of life, is I see myself as a successful woman, working for the benefit of other people, and the rest of the country. And also I dream about traveling around the world and making a lot of money.