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Essay / Similarities and differences between Othello and the...
“There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. » He says no one knows your life better than you. Depending on the person, one may think someone is a good influence while another person thinks they are a terrible influence. This comes from the theory that each person is free to choose their own path in life. Lord Henry continues: “…People are afraid of themselves these days. They have forgotten the greatest of all duties, that which one owes to oneself...” He talks about how people go against their natural instinct to be every man for himself. He believes that everyone's natural instinct is to put their own self-interest before that of others, but that everyone chooses to obey the norms of society. The reader can determine that Lord Henry has a self-centered view of the world and