While assuming JIB to be true, Shelton wages war on the government and by extension those who support it. He views this as a last resort, since he watched all the other non-violent options fail him. Thus this war can be justified. Shelton is justified in his actions because he is redressing a wrong suffered, and his intentions are to rid the corruptness from the judicial system. The people that Shelton killed are considered combatants because they support they governmental system and work with it.
Rather than taking anger out on society itself, heroes overcome obstacles to try to fix the flaws. When Iron Man witnessed how flawed society was, and saw that his weapons were being used for wrong, he withdrew from the weapons industry and sought another way to fight against he flaws of society, and to make it better. Overall, victory over human flaws is what now defines the values of today’s
| * Very self- absorbed * Believes pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life * Helps other solely to make himself feel better * Indifferent to moral consequence * Nothing is entirely good or entirely evil * Recognizes he is disgusting * Accepts that he cannot force society to conform to his desires | Svidrigailov comes closest to living Raskolnikov’s “extraordinary man” philosophy. Svidrigailov is an important character in Crime and Punishment because his decisions and lifestyle portray the punishment and fate of men who adhere to the “extraordinary man” theory. There comes a point in the novel when both Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov feel a sense of hopelessness and listlessness for their beliefs and actions. Raskonikov, however, is redeemed by his love for Sonya and the love his friends and family. He experiences humility.
Iago utilizes manipulation because he opposes the way society ranks people by birthright rather than talent. He shows resentment towards Cassio after learning that Othello gave him the lieutenancy. Iago's bitterness arises from his belief that he deserved the position. Iago plots against Othello and Cassio to obtain what he thinks he deserves. Since Iago lives in an environment favoring the higher social class, he assumes he can achieve his goals only through deceit.
Wolters believed that Speer only tried to protect his reputation, that he was trying to build himself up systematically & that he was a hypocrite who was far from apolitical. Dan van der Vat further supports Wolters, and says “the only reason Speer escaped the death penalty was because he was a good liar”. Matthias Schmidt, author of ‘The end of a Myth’, believed that Speer had the motive to become a great historical figure, and attempted to do so by gaining power in the Nazi party I agree with Wolters, Dan van der Vat and Matthias Schmidt, with saying Speer was only interested in his reputation. That he was a megalomaniac architect who had established what Schmidt said was a “cunning apologia”, and had therefore escaped execution at Nuremburg. Although, due to Gitta Serenys studies, we can sympathize.
However, King Shou has chosen to rule as a “cruel” and “unjust” king. In the same manner, the king God described to Samuel rules greedily, taking advantage of his own people. All of these kings have used their powers in different ways. Assur-Nassir-Pal II uses his love for his Gods as a motivation; King Shou disregards his God's desires; The king
Huck completely now views Jim as more than just property, but as a person. Twains big idea was the fact that society can change but only if we want to change and we educate ourselves. Educating people is the way to break the chain and everyone to individually fall from the pack and be their own person, much like Huckleberry Finn did. Twain notices that society is corrupt and that we should each do what is right individually because it’s human nature to not kill other humans. Society is corrupted by greed and power and if every person were to take a stand and think for themselves the world would be a better
Nobody wants war” makes the audience doubt his judgement as they know there will be a war, showing irony. I think Priestley used Mr. Birling’s behaviour to show the theme of capitalism and how it affected people’s thoughts and attitudes towards everyday life. This suggests to the audience that the higher class were not nice people and were just out for the money. He seems very selfish; he wants to protect himself and his family. He believes that socialist ideas that stress the importance of the community is "nonsense" and that "a man has to make his own way."
Moral: Envy and greed lead to Jack’s devolution. Jack envies Ralph’s power and he wants that power and control over the boys (greed). To an extent, Ralph represents the good/civilization in people, while Jack represents the bad/savagery. Whenever Jack and Ralph are arguing, it shows how the bad and the good of a person are always fighting, always wanting to come out victorious. When Jack gains the support of the boys, this shows that everyone has evil inside of them, but it's usually held back unless something triggers it to come out.
Ultimately, because Gandhi’s beliefs and tactics in incorporating those beliefs were based on religion and peaceful, non-violent protests, and Marx believed that violence and action would successfully end social classes in Europe, there is a very distinct difference between both men’s methods, yet they shared the same common goal: to do away with inequality. If Gandhi had to respond to Marx on his methods in transforming class based societies to classless societies, I do not think that he would agree on every one of Marx’s techniques. There are many different aspects of why. They were two totally different types of activists trying to achieve the same ultimate goal. Gandhi was a man that would “strain every nerve to make Truth and Non-violence accepted in all our national activities” (i.e.