On the waterfront is the story of Terry Malloy’s journey to self-respect. Do you agree? Terry Malloy describes himself as a “bum” in the beginning of the movie On the Waterfront and then unconsciously desires self-respect. Edie Doyle represents innocence and purity and she has a positive impact on Terry. She makes him asses his self-worth and his role in Johnny Friendly’s gang, who he met through his only family Charley Malloy.
Have you ever had a sibling that has picked on you or push you to the limit of no end? “The Scarlet Ibis” written by James Hurst shares the struggle of two brothers using flashback, conflict and symbolism. The short novel takes place in the narrator’s flashback of World War one and the struggles he faced with his mentally challenged little brother. His flashback reminds him how much he pushed his younger brother “Doodle” to walk and be like every other normal child. They spent every day down by Old Woman Swamp and helped him learn how to walk, then eventually build strength to swim.
Huck questions why he has not turned in Jim because he wants to be what society depicts as good, but in reality, he does what he knows is right. While Huck is on the raft alone, he begins to question why he helps Jim escape while Miss Watson has done nothing wrong to him. Huck feels terrible but he cannot bring himself to pray that he can do the right thing. “I was trying to make my mouth say the right thing and the clean thing, and go and write to that nigger’s owner and tell where he was; but deep down in me I knowed it was a lie-and He knowed it. You can’t pray a lie-I found that out” (Twain 227).
People need connections with others, but these connections are not always what brings them to their absolute highest level of happiness. Chris proceeded to record his personal thoughts in his journal, further proving to the reader the point that personal connections are not essential to happiness. “I now walk out and live amongst the wild. Take care, it was great knowing you.” (69), Chris wrote on a card sent to two generous people, Jan and Bob Burres. How briefly this sentence was written and how easily the “good-bye” was said to the couple that took him in and gave him supplies, Chris had displayed that his desire to be on his own was greater than his desire for theirs or anyone’s, friendship.
One of the greatest examples of irony ever is the “crisis of conscience” scene, when Huck decides to “do the right thing” by social standards of the time period, and write to Miss Watson to reclaim her “property” Jim. Then Huck remembers Jim's generosity and concludes that he should not send the letter. Ripping up the note he declares, “All right then, I'll go to hell.” With it, he rips the racist teachings of his childhood out from his conscience. At that very moment Huck has convinced himself that he has done the completely wrong thing by social standards, the reader knows that he has actually done the right thing and that Huck's good impulses have prevailed. This scene is the perfect example of dramatic irony because the reader has an all-knowing perspective of the situation while the main character( Huck) struggles with a problem that we already know the answer to.
When no consequences was taken for Rogers action, he begins to express his invisible powers more visibly. Roger enjoyed inflicting pain on others. When Roger pulls the lever the results in Piggy's death, Roger was clearly not aiming to miss. Roger's actions is due to the environmental circumstances and can be explained through Phillip Zimbardo's studies of the psychology of evil. Phillip Zimbardo says based on his prison study, "good people, put in bad situations turn bad"(2) This can be similar to what happened to Roger because he was good in the beginning of the book, but as time passes and the situation gets worse such as food shortage, he turns
(Page 272) He returned to school the following morning. His fathers disapproved of him dropping out; the fathers influence on the son was enough to make him change his decision. The mother was not pleased but this and could not believe her own son would "choose useless books over the parents they gave him life." (Page 272) This lead to influencing the narrator to join his father on the boat when his uncle left his father in order to support his growing family. He told his father that he would "remain with him as long as he lived" and continue to fish with him.
The easy way is often referred to as the wrong way and in some cases this is true, such as when Victor ignored his creation. By not facing his fears he was granted the absence of the monster, but only contributed to emanate problem just on the horizon. Victor’s tone of boastful arrogance soon turned to forlorn warning when he “Had finished and saw, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled his heart” (Shelley, 42). A fantastic example of the “easy way out” could be found in The Importance of Being Earnest. As Jack quickly finds out, lying about your true name to win the girl of your dreams can be successful, but also have consequences.
He is totally unaware of how she feels and is only concerned about his own experience. “Once I tapped him on the arm so I could whisper a comment in his ear. He jumped” (Toth pg.1) Sounds like Aaron forgot he was even at the movies with someone else! Bob, a happy radical, chooses films that will change the world that are positive and uplifting. He is rather thoughtful but almost to the point where he seems to be a moral judge.
His thoughts are valued by the reader because he is no stranger to Jersey and the river, and he feels a sense of loss and sadness when he sees its condition. He is well familiar to the place yet he fails to get its image to match with his memories of it. We feel he is reminiscing because in the first line he says "..,I walked.." and also on line 15 he says "Two days before..". The line, "Things I felt I must surely remember they looked so Familiar,.." confirms that the destruction caused has left the place unrecognizable to the poet. The poet's reference to the wreck and foliage on line 8 as 'exotic-looking gives zest to the destruction to say its anonymous appearance was quite striking.