Analysis of Personal and Structural Obstacles to Individual Goals: A Five Character Case Study
Overview
This exercise presents five character case studies that examine both personal and structural obstacles preventing individuals from achieving their goals. Each character faces a combination of economic, social, health, or personal barriers that impede their aspirations across different geographic and professional contexts.
What this coursework covers
- Faith's case: financial and family health barriers to pursuing advanced education
- Maimuna's case: religious, cultural, and relationship obstacles to marriage and family planning
- Joseph's case: economic and external constraints to leisure travel
- Kennedy's case: personal character traits as obstacles to spousal entrepreneurship
- Jeremy's case: health and physical condition barriers to supporting son's military career
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Faith, a nineteen-year-old secretary living in Mexico, wants to pursue a master's degree in Economics and Finance. Unfortunately, she is the breadwinner at her home, her father is diagnosed with cancer and needs medical attention, and her mother is pregnant, which are all genuine obstacles.
Maimuna, a twenty-nine-year-old doctor living in Europe, wants to be married and start a family away from her origin country, Asia. Unfortunately, she is not ready to change her religion to Christianity, her boyfriend wants her to quit her job and move in with him, and the dowry demands being too high are all genuine obstacles.
Joseph, a forty-seven-year-old shopkeeper, living in Jamaica, wants to fly to Kenya with his family for a vacation. Unfortunately, the tickets are costly, the manager has denied him leave days, and Kenya has banned flights due to Covid 19, which are all genuine obstacles.
Kennedy, a thirty-year-old bank accountant living in Israel, wants to start a small business for his wife to make something for herself. Unfortunately, her laziness, rudeness, and arrogance are all genuine obstacles.
Jeremy, a fifty-year-old teacher, living in Australia, wants to pay for his son Charles's fees to join the defense forces crew in America to join the armed force. Unfortunately, endocrine and metabolic disorder, tattoos on his body, and a dental infection are genuine obstacles.