Aristotle's Character Of Virtue: Which One Of The Characters Do You Fit In?

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Aristotle six characters of virtue are the Godlike-Divine, Bestial, Virtuous, Vice, Continent and Incontinent. Extra- credit

I can sincerely tell you that during my formidable years. I had a rather incontinent disposition. As a young boy, 7 thru 13 years of age, I was a follower, easily influenced by my so called friends. Moreover, I was also exposed to external situations in which temptation would always win the battle. I remember one time; I played hooky with my friends, we went down by the Hudson River and we all jumped in for a swim. But before I jumped in the water, I can clearly remember my mother telling

me not to dare jump in the river because a boy had just drowned not to long ago,” but despite my mother’s advise, I didn’t want my friends to think that I was a chicken, so I jumped in the river. And so, there were many more episodes of stupidity and carelessness on my part and all for the sake of wanting to be like the kids on the block. My intractable behavior often landed me in lots of trouble in school, in the neighborhood and at home, unnecessarily. I guess, I wanted to be like the neighborhood kids, I wanted to be accepted and popular with them, and at times, I felt popular and accepted among my peers at the time. Fortunately, I really never got into serious trouble that would rise to the level juvenile delinquency but it was serious enough to get my parent’s attention and I can tell you that I paid the price for my mischievous acts. I count my blessings that I had good parents that provided a loving home and structure in my life. The decisions that I made was, certainly, no reflection on their parenting skills but rather decisions that I made on my own for what ever reason they were at the time. Too their credit, it was their persistence that kept me in line and not to continue in destructive path like some of the so called friends winded up. Nonetheless, as I reached my teen years, I began to realize th...