It is his duty and job as a soldier to feel no pity for they are the enemy; he finds this task too hard. As he sees one prisoner is in a particular amount of pain “In order to cheer him up a bit I tell him a few stories, soldier jokes and the likes.” (198) He understands the “welfare of others” placing him at a stage five in the end of the
Putting aside all differences, Jim befriends Henry and Wilson. They fight together in the war, and throughout the novel, Jim aids Henry and Wilson and helps them grow into stronger, more knowledgeable people. When Jim gets wounded on the battlefield, he insists that Henry and Wilson "leave [him] be for a minnit” (pg. 55) so he can die alone in peace. When Jim Dies, it greatly affects Henry and makes him realize the true meaning of courage – not being afraid to face death, as Jim wasn’t.
Paul and his staffs always try to be kind to the death row prisoners by making their death quickly and less painful. However, Percy deliberately does contrariwise. Instead of wetting the sponge that put on the head of the prisoners to conduct electricity and make the execution fast and more effective, he intentionally keeps it dry. It causes the prisoner to die in pain. One day, after seeing Paul suffer by the pain, John calls Paul to come to his room and suddenly pulls Paul close to the door.
As he kills his enemy and the light emerges, the light is shone upon his situation, revealing a tragically ironic twist. His so-called enemy has been revealed to be his brother. We know by the characterization of the story that the sniper is accustomed to death, he’s “used to looking at it”. This reveals a certain dark side of the man, the fact that he is so comfortable taking the lives of others. We see in the murder of the woman in the street that the sniper doesn’t seem to mind her shrieks of terror followed by the grim silence of death.
Because fear and pain does not play a role on this utopian society, let alone death, the term “Release” was created to veil the true meaning of death. When Jonas found out the true meaning of Release through watching his father release a baby, he felt so angry and confused that his own father killed a baby with his own hands. However, the Giver calmed him and explained to him: “Listen to me, Jonas. They can’t help it. They know nothing….
Me and my classmates were fed all those great examples of people fighting during Second World War sacrificing their lives and not even dare to look for any kind of reward other then admitting them into “hero ranks” of their “great” country. Fighting for reward was not hero like behavior. I realize though that this understanding of hero was more due to the norms and obligations of certain time and society. In “The Iliad” hero is noted for his courage and strength and desire to fight especially if they risk their life or put it in any kind of danger. But at the same time Homer also pays great attention to rewards, heroes get for their fighting.
This incredible war story shows us that, even though they display great bravery and valour in battle, the only thing young men who fight in wars accomplish is an early death. The novel talks about many soldiers dying. So many of these soldiers are dead, that in the trenches they can smell the stench of rotting flesh, as the dead men often do not get buried. Those young men lying out in No Man’s Land, unburied, all went to war for the same reason, to prove that they were brave, not cowardly, and to fight for their country. All they end up doing though is becoming another casualty, another statistic, dying in a war that had no real reason.
Tsotsi: A Clichéd Redemption Of A Criminal Tsotsi is a cruel, ruthless criminal. Yet, with the use of effective filming and storyline, he evokes sympathy at the end of the film when he is arrested. The audience believes that he has changed into a better man in a matter of days. This is very cliché and typical of any film that shows the evolution of a bad character into a good character. I think that the audience is very naive for feeling sympathy for Tsotsi because he is a criminal that was involved with the murder of two people; Butcher and Zachariah.
The movie “Paths of Glory,” portrays a war theme - more specifically an anti-war theme. The message of the movie is portrayed through the soldiers and the different “paths the soldiers took to get to victory and survive.” Every soldier went down their own path overall leading to somewhat “glory” which not all of them got to experience. Men died in battle, mental illness (and illness in genera), fellow soldiers doings, death sentences; just an endless amount of reasons. Soldiers believed that they were fighting for the glory of victory or “patriotism” which Sam Johnson described as the last refuge of a scoundrel. Soldiers were brainwashed with the idea of patriotism - leading their country to victory at all costs, even if meant going into battle knowing you were going to die enforcing the message of the movie that, “The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” At first, the movie described the trench warfare situation of World War I.
A recruit lies half-bleeding on enemy’s territory not able to move a muscle. Then, suddenly, a soldier swoops in, grabs the wounded and withstanding the odds of being shot makes it safely to base. People call actions of this kind courageous, because he put his life at stake to save an other soldier’s life. War gives us many examples of heroes, brave men and women, risking their lives for our safety. Can one show courage without having the chance of losing something very important?