During the course of the novel of ‘Deadly Unna?’ the readers are exposed to the negativity between the father and his son. This affects Blacky in way that his self-esteem is almost non-existent, and the negativity is prominent throughout the novel. Examples of the neglect shown by his father are that of the time when Bob refers to Blacky as a ‘gutless wonder’, and the journey we take through the story of Blacky’s deteriorating respect for him. The ‘gutless wonder’ incident was a influential part of the novel, as Blacky realises that his Dad isn’t one to take advice of someone he feels is inferior than him, thus saying, ‘My own son, a gutless wonder. A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board.
He decides that it is easer to run away from his problems rather than to face them. This event determines who he is going to be, and he chooses to be a coward even though he has the opportunity to stand up for his friend. This happens when he tells himself “One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be” (77). This changes the friendship between Amir and Hassan for ever. Another example of what he does to be ashamed is that he hides some money and a new his new watch under Hassan’s mattress.
Param Patel Mrs. Karen Vann Period C6-7 IB SL English Role of irony in This Boy’s Life: Journal #4 Irony, by definition, is the expression marked by a deliberate contrast between the apparent and intended meaning. It’s the difference between what is expected and what actually occurs. In This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff, irony is a defining element that pinpoints key details throughout the entire memoir. Tobias believes that “the real family we set out to imitate does not exist in nature” (Wolff 112) because Tobias feels that you cannot imitate the family you want to be, nor is there such a thing as a perfect family in the first place. His contrast and deviation from the standards that society believes in shows Toby’s complexity in character.
Baba sympathises with Hassan because he was born with a “harelip” however Amir doesn’t understand how Hassan has “earned Baba’s attention”. Hosseini has presented Amir to be jealous of Hassan because whilst Amir desperately tries to impress Baba by “playing football” and “writing a novel”, Hassan gets the attention that Amir desires from doing nothing. This affects Amir as the narrator because Amir is arrogant towards Hassan, as he brings his own problems into anything that isn’t about himself, showing his jealousy towards Hassan that leads him to be an unreliable narrator. Amir’s’ jealously means that the Kite Runner is centred around himself resulting in the narrative being narrow minded, which doesn’t allow the reader to have an open mind on the characters. Amir wishes that Baba would “let him be the favourite” but even though Hassan isn’t Baba’s son he will still always treat him fairly to Amir.
They have arranged marriages rather than marrying freely to whom you ever you desire. Marriage and tradition play a huge role in the short story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe, where we have the main character Nnaemeka does not follow his tradition and therefore is an outcast in his own tribe. Marriage and tradition bump heads throughout the story which causes pain, rejection, and neglect. When Nnaemeka tells his father that he is going to get married his father is in total disbelief and does not agree with his son’s choice. Nnaemeka marries out of tradition, where the father chooses who he wants his son to marry.
Craig Silvey has represented prejudice to be a major problem in Corrigan in the novel Jasper Jones. In Corrigan Jeffery and Jasper are the main targets of prejudice in the Corrigan community. Jasper Jones is an outcast in Corrigan because he is a half-caste, “they think I’m just
Assignment 1: Q1. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE After studying Holden’s actions throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye, I believe he is incorrect in forming the belief that Mr. Antolini betrayed him. Holden jumps to the conclusion that Mr. Antolini is a “pervert” based on an incident where he wakes up in the middle of the night to find his old English teacher patting him on the head. This gesture, which appears perfectly platonic and fatherly, leads him to feel betrayed by one of the few people that he liked and trusted. It is clear that Holden misinterprets Mr Antolini’s action because of a number of factors, including his fascination with sex, his mistrusting, judgemental nature, the lack of affection in his life, his struggle with adolescence and his cynical outlook on adult life.
The use of embedded dialogue implies the different view on the Leeds accent emphasised in his mother being disgusted with him and believes he was not "brought up to write such mucky books!" As his accent goes against his education. The exclamatory used within the dialogue suggests that she is appalled with the language used. Harrison also uses a sex pun
This is shown when Algernon asks Lane, " Is marriage so demoralising as that?" this clearly shows that Algernon is less experienced that Lane in terms of relationships, and could represent the ignorance of his generation. Similarly, Merriman and Jack have a servant-master relationship. However, Lane appears to be more of a stereotypical butler as he does only what he is told to do and only speaks when it is expected of him " Yes, sir. ", this shows the audience contrast between Lane and Merriman.
Amir’s guilt leads him to things that result in losing Baba’s approval and respect as seen at his birthday party when he “took the box from Assef and lowered his gaze” (Hosseini, 103). His character loses his happiness because of his guilt instead of gaining Baba’s approval which is what he