Category: About My Name

What do you get when you put two men in a room together who value their pride more than anything in the world , the answer to that is absolute chaos. Every situation has an alpha male just like wolf packs. In the play, “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller shows how John Proctor and Reverend Parris are similar yet different through ethos. Proctor a man of good self pride and Parris a man who has self pride but not for the right reasons.

John Proctor takes pride in his name as we could see in Act Four page One-Hundred and Fifty where John Proctor says “ Because it is my name! Because I can not have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name! I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” When John Proctor says that he has given his soul and to at least leave him his name is because he takes self pride in himself and his name. He wishes for his reputation to not become bad over a false confession. In the play reverend parris says “It is a weighty name” by that he meant that John Proctor’s name had a good reputation and many people would believe him and what he would say, so when Judge Danford wanted his signature to finalize the false confession John Proctor reacted by saying that he will not give up his name even if it would mean that he would hang. John Proctor would be willing to give up his life for his name and to do that you must have a lot of self pride. Much like Reverend Parris who also prides himself , his name, and his reputation. When John Proctor refused to sign the paper that would end the trial and would also be his false confession, Reverend Parris was worried , anxious , angry because everything that Reverend Parris had done and started such as the trials, calling for out of town help , and also being one of the many reasons why so many people were executed and or arrested so after all those things happening would make his name would go down the gutter and ruin his reputation which he takes pride in such as his name. In the beginning of the play Reverend Parris says “Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now , just when some good respect is rising for me in the parrish , you compromise my very character.” When Reverend Parris said this he meant that after finally getting his name in a good respectable position all of it has been compromised due to abigail starting all the problems that we would end up seeing happening in town. Reverend Parris wants his name to be respected as we could also see when he said on page thirty “I am not some preaching farmer with a book under my arm; I am a graduate of Harvard.” When Reverend Parris said that he was a graduate of harvard he was letting everyone in the room know that he was a very well educated man and to not take him by as a regular dim man but to instead take him as the most educated person in the room. Which is why Reverend Parris feels some self pride because he unlike most others is very highly educated. Those are some reasons how John Proctor and Reverend Parris are similar when it comes to self pride.

John Proctor likes having his name in a respectable place cause he likes that people respect him. Unlike Reverend Parris who wants respect for more authority and more say in things. John Proctor and Reverend Parris don’t have good thoughts and opinions about each other which is very transparent when we see how they talk to each other. Such as in page thirty-two when Reverend Parris says “ What are we quakers? We are not quakers here yet, Mr. Proctor. And you may tell that to your followers!” John Proctor responds by saying “My followers!” then Reverend Parris says “There is a party in this church. I am not blind; There is a faction and a party” then John Proctor says “Against you?” Thomas Putnum interrupting Reverend Parris and John Proctor by saying “ Against him and all authority!” John Proctor afterwards saying “ Why, then I must find it and join it.” A room with two wolves and both trying to be the alpha male and the highest when it comes to having respect. Reverend Parris doesn’t care necessarily about his name but more about what other people think of him and where it puts him unlike John Proctor who would rather know his name is right even if he is the only one who knows it. John Proctor has shown many times that he cares more about the cause of things and everything being set right instead of him having a self benefit out of the situation. Reverend Parris on the contrary likes and would prefer to benefit out of the situation.

In conclusion John Proctor and Reverend Parris both show a way of having self pride even though some of that self pride is not for the right reasons we still see some sort of way how both Reverend Parris and John Proctor have respect toward their name and how they both try to have the most respect to be the alpha male is the situation. Arthur Miller did a good job at showing these things by using Ethos in the play “The Crucible” we have also seen how much John Proctor and Reverend Parris’s name is worth. To John Proctor his name is worth dying for , but to Reverend Parris his name is worth having as much authority and other people’s respect. Either way we have learned in the play that both characters have self pride for themselves.

The other day I was idle – in my idle state, I found myself wondering why I have such a bad luck in. I have never planned anything that worked out for me.you see .hat I do with an idle mind?, no room for the devil to make it a workshop. So,i was perusing the book of Mormons because i was idle, I was actually not very keeen on reading untill something caught my eye. In the middle of so many words that forms a page I saw the word, “Jaredites”.

According to the story, Mormons are the decscendants of Jared. To jog your mind, Jared is a character fromthe bible and he was the father of the Methusell,who is the man who lived the longest in god’s world. So the Mormons who uses the book of mormons as the scripture, not the bible,believe that they are the descendants of Jared.

What is the point of all these? You might ask. Well ,as my you might be aware by now,i am called jared. And this is why I felt i have the right to about Jared. I ask you this question, “ Aprt from me,which other Jared do you know of?” the answer is obviouslynone! Or Just a few! I wouldn’t be suprised because I personally know a few Jareds.

To be honest, famous people are found in hollywood,music industry or sports but which Jared have you heard of? In hollywood, there is Jared Letto, who is cast in major roles probaly once in a decade! Then there is Jared Evans, a rock songer that you don’t even know of. Jared Kusher is not on the good side of . And then there is me who has been struggling to be published for over a decade! The only Jared who could have made all Jareds proud is the bbiblical ones, but even himself he didn’t achieve much.If there were a reward for the oldest people, he wouldn’t get the prize because Methusella,his grandson outlived him!.what is wrong with Jareds?

This is the point when I thought it wise to apply for a name change. But am still scared because I don’t want to end up like Mormons,replacing an already popular name may be a challange, the kind of challange they have after their latter-day prophet Russell M. Nelson declared the word “Mormon” a bad name. Look at the decendants of the biblical Jared,I mean the mormons,everything they do is full of confusion and unrealistic!

Beging with the year of foundation.and how it was founded.It’s confusing because they believe jesus the christ and that he is the son of jehova but they don’t need the bible. The bible is the medium through which god communicates with his children,the mormons use the book of mormons.

There is hope for all Jareds all over the world,you can change your name! I think Shakespere wasn’t very right when he posited that there is nothing to a name. There’s a lot to a name, if not,why would the Russell M. Nelson, prophet and leader of the church of Mormons insist on changing the name to “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” a very long name indeed! A nine-word name!

One could assume that the reason for this was to avoid Mormon being confused with morons, as some people tend to. But no, the prophet emphasized that using mormon or Latter Day Saints obliterates “the sacred name of Jesus from his one true church, and this gives Satan a clear “victory” over Jesus! And you think there’s nothing to a name? By now you are probably asking, “If Mormon is such a abd name, how come it has been in use?”

Well, the story goes that the name official name of the church which is really The Church of jesus of Latter-Day Saints, was given by Jesus Christ himself to Joseph Smith, the founding prophet back in 1883. By this time, the church had been in existance for eight good years.Being a nameless church, people called it the church of Mormons taken from the book of Mormons. So by the time Jesus unveiled the true name,it had stuck.

Even the memebrs and the top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter_Day Saints resorted to use the less-wordy Mormon. They used it in press releases,audio-visual materials,businesses and even decided to use the word to prove their religious superiority by always introducing themselves thus, “Am a Mormon”, they even produced a film titled Meet the Mormons.

Changing the name doesn’t apply to the church name alone, it affects every aspect of the only true church of Christ-though all churches claim to be the only true church, the church’s choir formely known as “Mormon Tarbenacle Choir” will change too. Bur it will not be “The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints Tarbalce Choir”, even Mormons knows this will be a tiresome name, so it will be known as “The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square,” worth noting is tha fact that the word “Jesus” has been eliminated, Satan wins! I also wonder what they choir will be called when it’s away from the Temple Square.

All in all, I am not letting such minor things stop me from changing my name. I will simply go Paul’s way, remember Paul replaced letter “S” from Saul with “P” to make Paul.

Or just go the Jacob way. From Jaco to Israel. I wonder what I have been bubbling about!

Names can give people a self-perception that can shape their decisions, therefore names should not be what you base your life around.

The effect of someone’s name is something principal in my life through my family. This is because almost every descendant on my father’s side of the family studied law. Most of them became lawyers shortly after. It is expected from them for every child to also study law when they become older. My last name defined what I would most likely study later in the future. I cannot see myself as a lawyer, but it is what I was told to see myself as. Law does not interest me as something for me to study, but my name seems like it has already decided that for me. The theme that names can hold a lot of power over someone’s life shows me that I do not have to follow a path I do not want to pursue because of a name. Although it will be difficult to deny my name’s decided future, I am learning that I am not forced to do anything I do not want to do. This theme shows me that it is possible for me to pick my own future. My future does not have to follow the influence of my name or family. I can rely on my mother’s side of the family to help me not follow the trend of becoming a lawyer on my father’s side. I do not want to base my life on what my last name expects me to, so I will try to listen to what I want instead of what my family expects. I have hope for what I will choose to study because I will not let my name define who I will be. Names can negatively impact people with what they can make people think, so I do not need mine to form my decisions.

Names also impact people in different ways, like how they influenced the way characters in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ were with others. They mostly negatively affected the people involved. Sampson shows this when he says “A dog of the house of Montague moves me” (‘Romeo and Juliet’, 1.1.8). Sampson is not part of the Capulet family, who are known to hate the Montague family, he just works for them, yet the name of whom he works for determines how he perceives the Montagues. In the same scene, Sampson and Gregory end up fighting with Montague’s men because of the names of the people they work for. None of the people quarreling knew each other prior to their dispute, but the names mattered so much to them they tried to fight to the death. Montague’s men that angered Sampson did not directly do anything to provoke him except walk by. Correlation to the Montague name had standards with it. Being associated with a name could affect how some people will view you as a person, whether it is positive or negative, or whether they know you or not. It does not only affect how others see you, but it also changes how you see others and how you see yourself. In the case of Sampson, he saw himself better than anyone related to the Montagues and saw those same people as less than him and whom he was associated with. Words that we use to distinguish each other had an immense impact on people who do not even go by the name. The grudges held against each other were unnecessary and only brought problems, yet continued anyways.

‘Romeo and Juliet’ also showed that the views of people were not the only way names affected them for the worse. Dishonoring her own name scared Juliet, as she said: “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love. And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (‘Romeo and Juliet’, 2.2.36-39). This demonstrates that she would rather abandon her family than face what they would do if they found out she was in love with Romeo. Juliet already knew the problems it would bring due to his last name. She would not even consider telling her father because she would lose Romeo. The only solution she could find was for either Romeo or Juliet to give up their name, the only barrier between them, and she was not against being the one to do it. Knowing how important the conflict over names was to her family, she wanted to give them up. The pressure that came with hiding her relationship became so intense that it was as if names were more important to her father than his own daughter. Juliet could not handle being denied by her family and even tried to fake her own death when nothing else would work. She could not beat the way names were what her family lived by.

The perception of names is not only shown in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, but it is also present in the movie ‘Encanto’. The movie is about a family with a miracle, where each child would get a special power relating to who they are. Every child got a power except for the main character, Mirabel Madrigal. Since the family Madrigal had powers, they led their village and had high expectations to meet. Throughout the movie, Mirabel wants to fit in with the rest of her family and tries everything possible to prove herself worthy of the Madrigal name. The name was the most important thing to her, but no matter how hard she tried, she would always be excluded since no one expected anything from her, because she did not have a special power. Mirabel believed that the Madrigal name defined who she should be. Since no one saw her as helpful as the rest of her siblings and cousins, she felt more determined than ever to show that she belongs with her name and family. During the movie, as Mirabel interacts with her sisters, it is shown that she is not the only one feeling pressured to honor their family name. Each person has their own struggles with keeping up with the importance of the Madrigal name and the effects it has on them. The family members all felt like they owed the expectations held up to their name, whether they liked it or not. Living up to the pressures of having to be a certain way due to your name was the conflict they all faced. Everyone in their village saw them as the solution to anything exceptionally hard, so they saw themselves as having to be exceptionally perfect. Mirabel’s sisters show that they never considered themselves and what they would like to do because they are too worried about maintaining their position in the family. They identified the Madrigal name as more important than their own well-being and never considered otherwise. Once again, showing a scenario where names are worth more than the people with the name themselves until it’s too late.

As shown, names can affect the whole plot of a fictional story, but they can also have similar effects on real people today. The sons of famous football players are an example of people who face pressure with names. When they pursue a football career, the public is always expecting some talent from them because of who their father is. Most get the opportunity to play in the big leagues because of their name. Although it is an advantage to their career, it can turn out horribly for them if they do not have the same skills as their father. Some reach to be as great as expected, but some, of course, do not. Much like the previous explanations, it is most probable that the children of football players spend their lives trying to be as great as their fathers in football just because they were born with the same name. Having the world waiting for you to be astonishing at something you might just not be good at can be terrifying. Not succeeding the same way their father did can be crucial to the rest of their lives. As soon as they are born, their whole lives are built and planned out for football so that they can live up to their name. Failing to be exactly what everyone hoped for ruins their lives in the public eye. An example of people’s lives pressured by their name is the sons of Pelé. The famous football player Pelé had two sons, both not getting as near as successful as Pelé. Not only did the world of football think they were supposed to be made for it, but his two sons thought so as well. They did not get as far as they were supposed to, and people said that they would not have gotten to where they are now at all if it were not for their last names. Children of famous football players, or famous people, have to carry the weight that comes with their names. Their lives are so shaped out that it can be upsetting if what they worked for their whole lives and what they saw themselves as does not end up identically to what their name meant they should have achieved. These people’s lives were decided too early and they had no choice but to base their lives around their name. This would not happen to anyone if people did not live in fear for their names.

Identity is an essential and influential part of human life. It is made up of many components, such as culture, family, religion, gender, and personal experiences, which all shape a person’s sense of self. One particularly meaningful element of identity is a person’s name. A name carries much more significance than just being an identifier; it connects to heritage, history and one’s character. In this essay, I will explore the power and significance of identity by focusing on my own name as an example.

My Name and Its Origin

My name is John – a name that resonates with many cultures, from the Western world to Africa and Asia. In my family, my name holds special significance in my family, as it was my grandfather’s name. He was a man of great character, blessed with wisdom and kindness. My parents graced me with his name to honor his memory, as well as to set an example for me to follow in life. His legacy lives on through the generations of our family, forever reminding us of his character and values.

Identity and Culture

My name carries a cultural legacy, rooted in the values and beliefs of my family. It is a source of pride and honor, embodying wisdom, kindness, and integrity. Growing up, I was surrounded by stories that tied me to my family’s history, teaching me respect for elders and the importance of community. As I have grown older, these principles have become deeply ingrained within me. While my name is ultimately just a label, it serves as a reminder of the culture I belong to and the cherished family values I will always carry with me.

Identity and Personal Experience

My name has always been a part of my identity. Growing up, I was often teased for having the same name as many other people. My classmates would joke that there were too many Johns in the world, and it made me feel like my name was mundane and not special at all. 

But as I got older, I began to appreciate the significance of my name. I realized that it wasn’t just a label, but a representation of my family’s heritage and values. It gave me a sense of pride in my name and cultural identity, which was something worth celebrating despite all of the teasing I endured when I was younger.

Identity and Perception

Identity is more than just what we see in ourselves – it’s also how others perceive us. Our name is often the first thing that people learn about us and can shape their judgement of who we are. My name has afforded me opportunities and opened doors; people tend to assume I am responsible, reliable, and trustworthy because of it. Yet at the same time, it has been a difficult barrier to jump: I’ve experienced situations where my name caused people to underestimate me or dismiss my capabilities. From these moments, I have learned the importance of not judging someone simply based on their name or any other part of their identity.

Identity and the Future

Identity is something that grows and evolves as we progress through life and gain new experiences. We can all take ownership of our identity: my name may be a part of it, but it won’t define who I am. Everyone has their own values, beliefs, and passions that make up their identity, and no single element should ever limit one’s potential or ambitions. My name will remind me of my family and heritage, but it should never keep me from reaching for the stars.

Conclusion

My name is a symbol of my culture, family, personal journeys, and aspirations. It has played an influential role in forming my identity and how I’m perceived by others. But it doesn’t limit me or define who I am. As I grow older and learn more, my identity will evolve through experiences and values that are important to me. Although my name will always be a part of me, it won’t restrict the possibilities for my future. I hope that sharing this story inspires people to appreciate their own identities and those of the people around them.

Introduction

In 2000, the director Mary Harron released a thriller film based on Bret Easton Ellis’s most well-known book called American Psycho, which was published in 1991. This movie is not only a portrait of the capitalist society satirically by giving an exaggerated stereotype of 1980s’ Chief Executive Officer of Wall Street who is holding an axe in the finest CEO suit and tie as a serial killer, but it also criticized the Yuppie culture which is the social value that young people yearned for success, and the success was measured by how many material goods you have, also how much money you earned. At present, the materialism became a new religion, people began to lose their soul and worship the deception of the society. However, American Psycho is a critique of the hollowness perspective of the materialist society, and it also examines the representation of the American masculinity both physically and psychologically.

Historical Context

First of all, it is much better to take a look at the historical context of the film in order to understand the movie, as the movie takes place in New York City in the late 1980s period, the society reached almost the end of of the Wall Street boom of the decade, and it was Ronald Reagan’s second term as the President of the United States. Reagan’s policies were to increase economic growth immensely, deregulation of industry, the stimulation of growth and investment, the expansion of capitalism, and a subjugation of violence, crime and drugs. The American lifestyles changed dramatically during the 1980s, the music video emerged in this period pioneered by the Beatles in which people focused on the visual pleasure of the music video rather than the quality of the music itself. The MTV also played a big role by promoting pop music into the mainstream, and this led to the highly consumption of the mass products, so the popular culture flourished in this period. The most well known culture of this decade was the Yuppie culture in which it is totally the opposite to the Hippie culture from the 1970s period, the word Yuppie derived from ‘Young Urban Professionals.’ Due to the advancement of the technology, which is the main factor of the emergence of the Yuppie culture, the Yuppie culture is about graduating from a great university, and having a well paid job, for example, the audience will see Patrick Bateman who graduated from Harvard University and work as a Wall Street Chief Executive Officer. The idea of being a self important and materialistic lifestyle by using well known brands, meanwhile the Hippie culture was the social liberation by being non-conformist, they did not even go to college or get a job; therefore, the next ten years after the Hippie culture, the society has turned upside down. There was also the ending of the Cold War which is the conflict between the capitalist represented by America and the communist represented by China and the Soviet Union. As a result, the Soviet Union ended in the 1990s, so this shows that America won this war, and it is the only remaining superpower in the world with the best government system.

Capitalism and Yuppie satire in American Psycho

Next, the film shows its comment on Yuppie culture in a very satirical way, and the audience can get the sense of mocking the capitalist society. Obviously, this movie is not the celebration of capitalist society at all, it is kind of biting the capitalist society by giving the characters wearing similar Valentino Couture clothes in which it shows the ‘fit in’ culture that everyone has to fit into the society in order to survive, being conformist was normalized in this period, so the fashion, music and lifestyle are that everyone was just trying to fit in (Edward 2020, 1-2). As the first scene shows the protagonist Patrick Bateman having dinner at a luxurious restaurant, and when he and his friends put the credit cards on the bill plate, and all his friends have their own credit card, so this is not only showing that credit card is one of the component material to measure people’s success, but it also suggests that everyone has to have the same tastes, and it is kind of an exaggeration because the audience can see it right away. Before the shower scene, it starts with describing the address where Patrick lives before saying his name, this tells the audience how people in this period value the high class district rather than his own identity, Paul Allen does not even remember Patrick’s name, Paul Allan always carelessly called Patrick as Marcus Halbertstram (Suwicha 2020, 1). After the shower scene, Patrick began to describe the skincare products he used in which it appeals to the audience to feel wanting to buy the products, the camera angle and music of this scene is similar to the advertisement, it is the use of fetishism in which it allows the audience to fetishise and indulge with the material objects. Thus, there are uncountable scenes that attempt to criticize the capitalist society and Yuppie culture, and how it possesses people in the society by making people obsessed with the luxurious stuff.

Male Body in American Psycho

In spite of the name the movie has the word ‘Psycho’, but it also depicts Patrick’s physical body thoroughly. For the morning routine scene, the audience can see Patrick’s body is fit, clean, perfect and full of muscle, this emphasis of the male body suggests the stereotype that other people have towards the male body that men should be strong, and the audience will likely get the visual pleasure through the film, but this pleasure of the aesthetic of the male body could be replaced by the sexual attractiveness by the idea of male gaze in which his body is objectified and being a threat of eroticizing. Patrick’s body is attractive to most women in the movie, and Patrick himself views his body narcissistically, for example, he boasts about doing a thousand push-ups a day (Alexandra 2018, 3). There was a scene where Patrick is doing light therapy which will give him tanned skin, and I think that he is doing tanned skin in order to make his muscle more stand out in a way to attract women’s attention. Hence, appearance plays a big part in the depiction of masculinity, so it is not only the female body that is portrayed as a visual pleasure, but the male body is also the victim of the stereotypical of the male and female bodies in patriarchal society.

American Masculinity From the Point of View of Psychology in American Psycho

Superficially, psychopath plays a significant role in this movie, the audience can see the protagonist’s stream of consciousness and his anxiety or jealousy towards the things that he confronts, sometimes he reacts to it aggressively. However, these reactions are surreal because people cannot murder anyone just like what Patrick did in the movie, but it is not far from the truth that everyone wants to be the best in their society, and competitiveness without caring for others has become common in the capitalist society, so it is the metaphor. The competition is the meaning underneath the protagonist’s feelings and reactions. For example, the meeting room scene that Patrick and his friend are bragging about the name card, and when Patrick saw Paul Allen’s name card, his stream of consciousness said that “Look at that subtle off-white colouring. The tasteful thickness. Oh my God. It even has a watermark,” this shows Patrick’s anxiety because he began to sweat, the audience can see obviously that he feels envious of Paul Allen. His feeling of jealousy absolutely disturb his mind all day because when Patrick on the way home after his work, he sees a homeless guy sitting at a side street, Patrick express his aggression by stabbing the beggar’s stomach, also this scene could give the sense of self centered which is the idea that care for people themselves not the others, Patrick feels that this beggar is not even deserve to be alive and not worth to respect and care (Thomas 2001, 11-19); thus, this shows the selfishness and the dark side of the capitalist society, but it portrays in a exaggerated way, and it is open to discuss whether he fantasized of he really did it.

Identity and Alienation in American Psycho

The issue of identity is a big deal of this film, as it portrays capitalist society as an evil that tempts to possess people in the society. In my opinion, this movie portrays an ironic capitalist appropriately by involving black comedy into the story that will make the audience laugh easily, however, the movie engaged with the viewers properly because the capitalist society still exists in the present day. Although the word “Yuppie” is extinct, the Yuppie culture has not gone anyway. It is just the word that disappears, but the people’s behaviour does not differ from what people do in the Yuppie society, so it makes the audience start to question and notice themselves even more. Besides, Patrick also said that “But there is no real me” in which this quote describes that Patrick’s life is entirely materialistic, as he is surrounded by the expensive and hi-end products, so the products labeled Patrick’s identity, and Patrick’s true self was swallowed by materialist society because the products give him value as a person, and this movie offers idea of existential crisis, loneliness and nihilism that believes in the emptiness. Additionally, the audience could see that Patrick’s friend always greeted him by saying “nice tie” or talking about the name of the suit brands he wears before boasting the name card, so this shows that his name does not matter, what really matters for them is how nice and expensive the suit and tie he wears. Moreover, all the facial masks Patrick used in this movie is the mise en scene which could symbolize surrendering to the illusion of the society that people hide the truth behind each other, and Patrick himself does not really care about his own identity. Therefore, capitalism is not only swallowing people’s souls, but it is also trying to label people’s identity.

Conclusion

All in all, American Psycho talks a lot about the negative side of capitalist society, and it also represents the American masculinity both physically and psychologically. Ellis’s protagonist was designed to be the people who live in capitalist society, and Ellis did it very well, the audience can get the sense of humor and pain of struggling in capitalist society at the same time. The portrait of the 1980s American’s youth is accurate in this movie, so it is worth watching.

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My name is Anthony Ray Gamez Jr. My name is derived from Latin. It means priceless, of inestimable worth, and worthy of praise. But I don’t believe my parents named me Anthony because of what it means, they named me Anthony because of the fact that my dad’s name is Anthony. Pi’s full name is Piscine Molitor Patel. His name comes from a pool in France also called the Piscine Molitor. Oddly enough his parents did not care for water but a is inspired by a family friend who was a champion swimmer, often referred to as Pi’s uncle or Mamaji, who recalled his fondest memories of being at this pool.

My nickname AJ stems from my name is the same as my father’s, Anthony. The A is for Anthony and the J is for junior. Before I was born my parents had the nickname AJ in mind so technically speaking my nickname was sort of kinda forced upon me but not in a bad way! Here’s a quick little backstory on where my parents got the great idea for my name. In the late 90’s early 2000’s there was a show on HBO called the “Sopranos” on the show there is a father named Anthony or “Tony” Soprano and his son Anthony Soprano Jr or “AJ” Soprano so my parent thought that was a cool way to easily differentiate my dad and me. Also in the show, they rarely call AJ Anthony which is fairly similar to my situation because my parents RARELY call me Anthony. Pi’s initial nickname doesn’t have as great a backstory as mine but a sort of unfortunate one. Pi’s initial nickname was given to him because his name sounded like a synonym for urinating, and pissing. So in a way, we both have a forced nickname, mine being for the better his being for the worse. But Pi gave himself the nickname of Pi to not be bullied as he did in the past, so this was a non-forced but chosen nickname.

A name can define you in many ways. I feel like a name can define you but you define your name. When you do certain actions or say certain things they are connected to your name so when people think of your name they will of the positive or negative interactions they’ve had with you. When Pi gave himself the nickname “Pi” he was bold about it, when he was talking to his peers he was polite and patient. He was a respectful student and that helped him “define” his name to others.

I don’t know if I would change my name. I see no reason to change it because there’s nothing wrong with it such as a weird spelling or that I’m getting made fun of for. I was talking to my parents recently about what they were going to name me if they didn’t name Anthony. They were going to name me Benjamin or Christopher. I was thinking about how different my life would be if my name was one of the two. It’s crazy how a name can change someone’s life, for example, this essay right now wouldn’t be my name being Anthony it could’ve been about Chris Gamez.

Don’t Get Labelled

“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare

Wouldn’t it be nice if we got a warning like this every time we were unconsciously influenced by things around us? That’s the aim of this hack. It’s not about how you control your brain, but how outside influences control it.

Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Words Can Control Your Language, and how it is used as a very powerful effect on us.

I’ve often thought that when visiting websites, we more readily “accept cookies” because of the language used. Cookies collect data on the sites we use and also if you are buying something, your credit card details. Until the Internet came along, the only association with the term “cookies” was biscuits – and who doesn’t like biscuits?

I’m sure that the previous positive association has an effect. Imagine how differently we’d feel if every time we went to a site and the message popped up, “Do you accept shadowing?”.

Of course, the word “cookies” wasn’t called this to be less sinister; it actually derives from UNIX objects called “magic cookies”. Imagine if they used that. Who could refuse the offer of magic cookies?

These are just my thoughts, but there are very real and scary examples of language having a strong effect on people’s decisions.

“Language and how it is used as a very powerful effect on us.”

In an experiment, people were shown a simulated accident and then asked about the speed the cars were going when the accident happened.

When asked what speed the cars were going when they “hit” each other, the average was 34 mph.

When asked what speed the cars were going when they “smashed” into each other, the average speed was 41 mph.

People were influenced not just by what they saw, but by the language the questioner used.

They were also asked if there was broken glass at the accident. When the question was asked with the word “hit” 14% said there was when it was asked with “smashed” 32% said it was. In fact, there was no broken glass at all. Even just the fact that the question was asked, made people believe there was broken glass.

What’s in a Name?

When I was growing up there were no famous people called Neil, so when my namesake Neil Armstrong came to fame you can imagine my excitement. He wasn’t just the first man on the moon he was the first “Neil” on the moon.

That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for Neils.

But this attraction to any link to our own name isn’t something we grow out of, it’s just something we become less conscious of.

People are also unconsciously more likely to choose a road to live on that starts with the same letter as their name starts with. People are even more likely to do a job that has some connection to their name.

It sounds like a joke but two urology experts, A.J. Splatt, and D. Weedon have written a paper on the problem of painful urination in the British Journal of Urology.

The former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was Igor Judge. A man called Justice Laws, better known as the Right Honorable Justice Laws, is a Lord Justice of Appeal.

Another unconscious way a name affects our actions is where your name comes in the alphabet. This harks back to our school days, when people with N–Z names habitually wait behind people with A–M names, so making them more impatient. In my days it was surnamed and now it’s Christian names, but the principle’s the same.

“People are even more likely to do a job that has some connection to their name.”

Researchers found that N to Z’ers was quicker to respond to limited opportunities because they so often had to wait their turn.

When a limited number of free basketball tickets were offered to a group of graduate students, the further down the list they were, the quicker they were to respond.

In another study, the researchers found that Ph.D. students with later letter names were quicker to post their job-search materials online than students with earlier letter names.

Even in business, the sound of a company’s name can have a powerful effect. A study in 1979 found that 38 of the top two hundred US brand names began with the dominant sounds K or C, and as many as ninety-three of them contained the ‘k’ sound somewhere in their names.

Identity or identification matters much in our modern world. In an era of sophisticated crime patterns, it has become more than necessary to identify and keep track of who is doing what. Most advanced economies have succeeded in achieving a high level of capacity to sift through the crowd and track both citizens and residents there. They have been able to attain such heights largely through the help of data banks where information about an individual can easily be stored or retrieved. They often source information from facial recognition, fingerprints, DNA record, family records, etc. This approach has brought about significant results.

But let me introduce you to an outstanding form of identification that every human ought to possess and which is primarily not for crime-fighting. This important means of identification is in the name an individual bears. A name helps distinguish one human from the other. Our names are unique tags. In some cultures, names, or naming, is held in high regard. As an example, amongst some tribes in Nigeria, a newborn child is supposed to be given a name within 8days after birth. While some tribes will have a feast alongside this naming event, others don’t attach much fanfare to it. And whether a feast is present or absent the significance of the name that is given to a child is never overlooked. It is often believed that the name that a person carries will end up becoming the future reality of such an individual. For this reason, it will not be a thing of surprise to find persons bearing names that associate with positive realities or history.

Such names as Joseph, Daniel, Gideon, Mary, Abraham, Victor/Victory, Blessing, Favour, Goodluck, Peter, John, etc, top the list of common names. But what really is in a name? ‘Your Name communicates so much more than simply a tag or label of what to call you. Your name becomes the representation of who you are; who you are to your family, to your boss, to your friends, to your children, to the businessman in the office, or the waitress at your table. Your name establishes the beginning of a reputation, and the whole of that reputation is recalled by the thought of speaking of your name.’ From the preceding quote, it can be seen that a name can function as an autobiography for an individual as such a person progresses in life and builds a personal record of themselves. Your name can speak on your behalf. Think of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jnr., DaVinci, Mark Zuckerberg, Jay Jay Okocha, and Kwame Nkruma, the list is inexhaustible. These names ring a bell. You too can have such. Therefore, watch the reputation you build around our name. There are value and worth in a name. Relish this aphorism as we close: ‘one crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.’

What’s in a name? A ton, with regards to private venture achievement. The correct name can make your organization all the rage. An inappropriate one can fate it to lack of definition and disappointment. In a perfect world, your name ought to pass on the mastery, worth and uniqueness of the item or administration you have created.

A few specialists accept that the best names are unique, a clear record whereupon to make a picture. Others imagine that names ought to be educational so clients know quickly what your business is. Some accept that instituted names (that originate from made-up words) are more critical than names that utilization genuine words. Others believe they’re forgettable.

In actuality, any name can be successful if it’s upheld by the proper advertising methodology. This is what you’ll have to consider so as to give your independent company the most suitable and powerful name.

Enroll Expert Help to Start

Concocting a decent business name can be a convoluted cycle. You should think about counseling a specialist, particularly in case you’re in a field where your organization name may impact the accomplishment of your business. Naming firms have expand frameworks for making new names and they feel comfortable around the brand name laws. They can prompt you against terrible name decisions and clarify why others are acceptable.

The drawback is cost. An expert naming firm may charge as much as $80,000 to build up a name. That by and large incorporates other personality work and visual communication as a feature of the bundle, as indicated by Laurel Sutton, a head with Catchword Brand Name Development. Naming administrations that charge as meager as $50 do exist, however going through a sensible measure of cash ahead of schedule for quality master counsel can set aside you cash in the long haul.

What’s in a Name?

Start by choosing what you need your name to convey. It ought to fortify the key components of your business. Your work in building up a specialty and a statement of purpose will assist you with pinpointing the components you need to underline in your name.

The more your name imparts to purchasers about your business, the less exertion you should apply to clarify it. As indicated by naming specialists, business people should offer need to genuine words or blends of words over manufactured words. Individuals incline toward words they can identify with and comprehend. That is the reason proficient namers all around censure series of numbers or initials as an awful decision.

Then again, it is workable for a name to be excessively important. Basic traps are geographic or nonexclusive names. A theoretical model is ‘San Pablo Disk Drives.’ What if the organization needs to extend past the city of San Pablo, California? What importance will that name have for shoppers in Chicago or Pittsburgh? Furthermore, imagine a scenario in which the organization expands past plate crashes into programming or PC guidance manuals.

By what method can a name be both important and wide? Graphic names enlighten something concrete concerning a business – what it does, where it’s found, etc. Interesting names are more theoretical. They center around what the business is about.

Consider ‘Italiatour,’ a name that was created by one naming organization to help elevate bundle visits to Italy. Despite the fact that it is anything but a genuine word, the name is significant and clients can perceive promptly what’s being advertised. Stunningly better, ‘Italiatour’ brings out the fervor of unfamiliar travel.

Get Creative

When pretty much every current word in the language has been reserved, the alternative of authoring a name is getting more well known. A few models are Acura and Compaq, which were created by naming firm NameLab.

Begat names can be more significant than existing words, says NameLab president Michael Barr. For instance, ‘Acura’ has no word reference definition except for the word recommends accuracy building, similarly as the organization proposed. NameLab’s group made the name Acura from ‘Acu,’ a word section that signifies ‘exact’ in numerous dialects. By working with significant word portions (what language specialists call morphemes) like ‘Acu,’ Barr says the organization creates new words that are both important and extraordinary.

Barr concedes, nonetheless, that made-up words aren’t the correct answer for each circumstance. New words are perplexing and may make a discernment that the item, administration or organization is unpredictable, which may not be valid. Also, naming amateurs may discover such a begetting past their capacities.

A simpler arrangement is to utilize new structures or spellings of existing words. For example, NameLab made the name Compaq when another PC organization came to them promoting its new versatile PC. The group pondered ‘smaller’ and thought of Compaq, which they accepted would be not so much nonexclusive but rather more observable.

Test Your Name

After you’ve limited the field to four or five names that are essential and expressive, you are prepared to do a brand name search. Only one out of every odd business name should be reserved, as long as your state government gives you the approval and you aren’t encroaching on any other person’s trademark. In any case, you ought to consider employing a brand name lawyer or possibly a brand name search firm before to ensure your new name doesn’t encroach on another business’ brand name.

To represent the danger you run in the event that you step on a current brand name, think about this: You own another assembling business that is going to send its first requests when a dark organization in Ogunquit, Maine, considers the name of your business an encroachment on their brand name. It connects with you in a fight in court that bankrupts your business. This could have been maintained a strategic distance from whenever searched out master help. The additional cash you spend now could spare you innumerable issues and costs further not far off.

Last Analysis

In case you’re fortunate, you’ll end up with three to five names that finish every one of your assessments. Presently, how would you settle on your ultimate choice?

Review all your underlying models. Which name best accommodates your targets? Which name most precisely depicts the organization you have as a top priority?

A few business people show up at an official conclusion by going with their gut or by doing shopper exploration or testing with center gatherings to perceive how the names are seen. You can doodle a thought of what each name will resemble on a sign or on business writing material. Peruse each name out loud, focusing on the manner in which it sounds in the event that you predict radio publicizing or selling in your future. Utilize any or these rules.

Remember that expert naming firms commit somewhere in the range of about a month and a half to a half year to the naming cycle. You likely won’t have that much time, however plan to spend at any rate half a month on choosing a name.

When your choice is made, begin constructing your excitement for the new name right away. Your name is your initial move toward building a solid organization personality, one that should keep going insofar as you’re ready to go.

Picking an incredible name for your new business is one of the most significant, yet multifaceted, portions of business fire up. While making a name for your business, you have to consider the lawful, operational and promoting angles, just as feel, and even your very own style. You should likewise comprehend your business’ potential for development, your serious condition and the picture you need to extend to your clients or customers.

In this period of organization as brand and with the significance of client relationship the executives, your business name will turn into an important resource whose value can be estimated in monetary terms. Accordingly, it is critical to pick your name astutely and to secure your legitimate option to utilize it.

1. Make a Name that is Remarkable and Marketable

The best business names are both Remarkable and Marketable. This implies they are both exceptional and can be handily recollected and perceived. A name which isn’t remarkable could prompt the making of disarray in the market between organizations which utilize the equivalent or a comparable name. A name which isn’t critical or effectively unmistakable won’t serve to make progressing consciousness of your particular item or administration.

2. Unmistakable and Descriptive Elements

All business names ought to incorporate both an unmistakable and a spellbinding component. These components serve to improve the uniqueness of business names and they diminish the probability of contention while looking and enlisting your business name.

The unmistakable component exceptionally recognizes the organization or entrepreneur using a particular word or set of words; the illustrative part depicts the sort of business action.

3. Get Set for the Net NOW

It is emphatically suggested that you search as well as register your space name simultaneously as your business name, regardless of whether your business isn’t yet prepared for the Inteet. In the event that you stand by to enlist the space, it may not be accessible when you choose to push ahead on the web, or you may need to buy the area name from another person. You can see if or not your picked space name is accessible by finishing a free WHOIS area search at Domain Search.

Various degrees of legitimate security are agreed to various sorts of business names dependent on their structure (i.e., sole ownership, organization or enterprise). Furthermore, every Canadian ward (both commonplace and government govements) has its own laws which apply to both corporate and business names.

4. Business Names

In every Canadian ward, other than the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, all business names must be enrolled. The main exemption is for sole ownerships which work utilizing the specific individual name of the sole owner. For instance, the business name ‘Susan Johnson’ shouldn’t be enrolled, however ‘Susan Johnson Consulting’ must be.

On the off chance that your business is a sole ownership, general or restricted organization, enrollment of the business name will qualifies you for utilize that name for promoting, signage and lawful purposes. In many Provinces it doesn’t, nonetheless, keep others from utilizing your name for their business.

For example, as a rule, in the event that you enrolled your blessing shop under the business name ‘Linda’s Little Treasures’, someone else could enlist and utilize a similar name.

5. Enterprise Names

In the event that your business is an organization, it will require a ‘corporate’ name or number. As recently talked about, company names ought to incorporate ‘spellbinding and particular components’ and must incorporate a ‘corporate identifier’.

Any of the accompanying words or their compressions might be utilized as a corporate identifier; notwithstanding, when a given identifier has been enrolled as a component of your partnership name, it should consistently be utilized precisely as it shows up in your Articles of Incorporation.

For instance, if your business has been consolidated as ‘NovaTech Software Solutions, Limited’, it should never show up in some other structure, including ‘Ltd.’ rather than ‘Restricted’.

English Corporate Identifiers: Limited, Ltd., Incorporated, Inc., Corporation, Corp. French Corporate Identifiers: Limitée, Ltée, Incorporée, Inc., Corporation, Corp.

6. Company Numbers

Fused organizations may decide to utilize a numbered name (i.e., 123456 Ontario Inc.), rather than a standard name. There are preferences and hindrances to this alternative relying upon the sort of business you work.

On the off chance that your organization manages general society, it is emphatically suggested that it utilizes an enterprise name. It is a lot simpler to showcase your organization utilizing a name which is critical and special. Numbered names are not effortlessly recollected and don’t make any brand mindfulness.

On the off chance that your business doesn’t manage people in general, yet rather exists as a holding or speculation organization, these advertising contemplations are typically insignificant. Utilizing a numbered name saves you the time and exertion associated with making a name and having it looked, as well as the cost of perhaps having it enrolled as a brand name. The govement will appoint your company number in your ward of consolidation (i.e., commonplace or government).

7. What is a Trademark and Why is it Important?

Any business, regardless of whether it is fused or not, may choose to reserve its business name, item brand(s), logo, or even its promoting motto. Enrolled Trademarks are recognized just like the elite property of their proprietor. No individual or business is lawfully qualified for utilize a brand name without the composed consent of its proprietor, or without an authorizing understanding.

Brand name security is government – your brand names are qualified for insurance across Canada paying little heed to the ward of your business; notwithstanding, this assurance doesn’t naturally stretch out to nations outside Canada. You should enroll your brand names in every nation where legitimate security or selective rights are looked for.

8. Trademarks… or Alteate Names for a Corporation

Partnerships are allowed to enroll names other than their essential corporate name which they wish to use to distinguish themselves to people in general. These alteate names, generally known as trademarks, are basically equivalent to unincorporated business names; in any case, they are just possessed by an organization as opposed to by a person.

Assume the proprietor of a partnership called ‘TechNet Inteet Solutions, Inc.’ needs to separate his business to engage diverse market sections. He can ‘partition’ his corporate name into various business regions, each with its own trademark. This permits him to showcase and publicize his individual organizations utilizing separate names, however keep up one lot of books, finance, and so on and record one duty retu under the umbrella of his enterprise name.

To explain the connection between trademarks and their parent organization name, terms, for example, ‘working as’, ‘working together as’ or ‘a division of’ are utilized reciprocally. For instance, the above entrepreneur could state ‘TechNet Inteet Solutions, Inc.’, working together as ‘TechNet Web Design Services’ or ‘TechNet E-business Applications’, a division of TechNet Inteet Solutions, Inc.

9. Registerability versus Liability

As delineated above, there are three unique degrees of lawful insurance for business names and stamps.

• Trademark security gives the most elevated level of insurance to a business name or imprint. You can reserve a brand name, your business name or logo or even a slogan or trademark. The superscript TM is frequently utilized when brand name rights are asserted because of a forthcoming brand name application. After a brand name has been enlisted, the enrolled brand name image (appeared as a superscript ®) is utilized. This shows the furthest extent of legitimate security has been accomplished for the business name or imprint.
• Corporate name security is presented by the govement through the joining cycle itself. This requires a name search and denies various enlistments of similar name inside its specific purview. It would be ideal if you note that lawful assurance fluctuates by ward, with government fuse giving the best level of security.
• Common law (going off) insurance offers ascend to lawful obligation for all organizations on the off chance that they utilize a name that is indistinguishable from, or comparative enough to make disarray among at least one organizations working in similar geological region and directing comparative kinds of business.