Boor shows this when he writes, “So you figured it would be better if I just hated myself” (265). The only reason his parents told him the truth is Paul confronted them. While they admitted that he had a right to know, they justified their reason for not telling him earlier. Paul may have understood that his parents’ love led to their over protection but he probably distrusted his parents and their ability to tell him the whole truth. Paul’s parents’ choices changed the direction of his life.
This means that even if it was his responsibility to deliver the order he would not have done so because, as it also states in Source 3, he is headstrong so he is self-willed, portraying that Nolan is to blame for the disaster of the Charge of the Light Brigade by refusing to follow orders. Source 2 implies that Lucan was to blame and not Nolan, however, the man who wrote the
Colby's friends had been warning him for some time that they did not like the way Colby had been behaving. But after Colby did something, his friends decided that he should be hanged. They tried to rationalize their decision by saying that they, ".... had a perfect moral right to do so because he was our friend, belonged to us in various important senses, and he had after all gone too far." (Barthelme, 1973, pg. 194) His friends would not listen to Colby's argument that, "Going too far was something everybody did sometimes."
The fact that ‘Journey’s End’ has evidently more characters to that of ‘Not about Heroes’, allows Sherriff to explore how the soldiers express their sense of duty through their actions by not letting their comrades down. For instance, in Act 2 Stanhope manipulates Hibbert’s guilt ‘“If you went – and left Osborne and Trotter and Raleigh and all those men up there to do your work – could you ever look a man straight in the face again”’. For the audience, they see that Stanhope intends to create a sense of guilt in Hibbert as this attitude displays to the audience that the soldiers have to rely on each other and act responsibly and collectively in order to survive, leaving no room for selfishness, meaning that they be putting their comrades second. This emphasises that thinking and acting collectively was simply a matter of life and death. Similarly, in Act 2 of ‘Not about Heroes’, Sassoon makes a stand to say he would never betray his comrades and wouldn’t ‘lead’ his ‘Company to be slaughtered’.
He eventually finds his own morals and tells himself what is right and what is wrong. Part of this realization came from him helping Jim, which troubled his mind because of what society said about helping him. But he then based his decision to help on his own experiences and logic. That is kind of what Fahrenheit 451 puts forth. But instead of trying to gain knowledge it is being destroyed, all because society is trying to promote ignorance which causes sameness in all.
This shows the distinction between the battle of right and wrong and how characters are either on one side or the other. Terry’s is influenced by his conscience throughout the film such as; when Joey Doyle is thrown off the roof, he thinks it’s unnecessary and that the guys were just going to talk to him but he trusts Johnny that it was the right decision. Another instance where Terry’s conscience effects his decisions is where he gives the tokens to Edie as he feels empathic of her brother and the damage he helped instigated. The sides of right and wrong are clearly
Tory can only present facts about what happened, he couldn’t write about the emotional side because it is impossible for language to accurately bear witness. The narrator’s tone reflects the disgust that he has for the Rauca, the disgust at the simplicity the Rauca has with ending hundreds of lives. For instance, the Rauca, with the “cynicism and the utmost speed” decided who would leave merely by a “flick of the finger of his right hand” (225). Tory uses words such as “fiendish”, “separated”, “blood-stained”, and “scornful” in the passage (224-226). This is important because it forms within the reader’s mind the sentiment of the selection at the Ghetto.
“We ought to put him out of his misery” (72) is exactly how Paul responded. They never got around to doing it because a group of soldiers had formed. His ability to accept responsibility is one of the key elements; however the fact that Paul was “willing to take the risk” (Foigel) demonstrates his closeness to stage 5. When Paul is sent to keep guard of the Russian prisoners he feels pity. It is his duty and job as a soldier to feel no pity for they are the enemy; he finds this task too hard.
Markinson states that Santiago should be transferred for safety reasons, but Jessup says that this could cost lives. Jessup also states that the officers have a duty to ensure that all personnel are well-trained, so he orders Kendrick to see that Santiago shows improvement on the next evaluation, or he would be held responsible. Kaffee initially tries to step down as lead counsel for the defense. His argument being that since he cannot prove that any order was given for the assault, making a legal stand simply because he believes the Marines did as they were told was a foolish act. He soon changes his mind though after Dawson and Downey say they were ordered by Lieutenant Kendrick, under the orders of Jessup, to shave Santiago's head just minutes after Kendrick ordered the platoon not to touch Santiago.
Since he was unhappy with his life, Peter decided to take matters into his own hands. He did this by doing whatever he pleased. Work was the main source of Peter’s unhappiness, so he chose not to go to work. In “Self Reliance,” Emerson explained that “the doctrine of hatred must be preached, as the counteraction of the doctrine of love, when it pulses and whines” (Emerson 1). Peter shows how he hates work, so the key to his happiness is just not going.