Character

Most of the time when we decide to hang out with someone we usually do that because we like their character. Throughout reading this chapter on character I realized that there are a lot of things to consider when describing a character. I know I never catch myself thinking of all these things they listed about character in the chapter. Character can come out and express itself either through verbal gestures or non verbal gestures. However, sometimes may judge too quickly on the non verbal gestures someone is giving and think that the person’s character is not right where it should be. And the same can be considered when you ask someone to describe some other person to you.

For example, in the Madam Descartes poem it is someone describing the character of this lady. The person goes very in depth with the description of the lady’s character however the description made me feel like I never want to hang out with a lady like that ever. I thought the description was very well done of the person, and I used that description to figure if I would like to be friends with that person, and I realized that I probably would not. Technically, I would rather try to hang out with a person to find out what their character may be like and make a decision then, than asking a friend to describe their character to me and make a decision on whether or not to hang out with them. I hope that I grew up right where people look at the way I act throughout life and think that I have a good and well defined character. I would probably enjoy it more if people came up to me and wanted to know about me more because of my character, instead of asking how tall I am and if I play basketball. Today a lot of people use stereotypes to define someone’s character, and most of the time there is a lot more to know about someone’s character before you go make a decision on what you think they are like.