Challenges In the novel The Only Alien on the Planet the character Smitty Tibbs appears to be autistic. Though out the book his issue is developed and resolved with help of his two friends, Ginny Christanson and Caulder Pretiger. In the beginning of the novel Smitty Tibbs is very anti-social. He doesn’t talk, touch or do anything. When the story progresses Smitty’s life turns around, after the kiss Ginny give him.
This really frustrated George. Steinbeck wrote Lennie as a very flat and boring character. Its this simplicity although, that makes the reader love Lennie. His innocents and
In all, this shows Pat’s weakness and vulnerability. Her selfishness and child-like behavior restrict her from understanding the quintessence of adult-hood and the growing up process. Julie and Patricia handle Jim in different ways. For example, Julie is inquisitive toward Jim’s absence, whereas Pat is indifferent where Jim has gone. Julie always embraces the presence of just being with Jim.
There is no natural human behavior, therefore there is no depiction to the hypocrisy of human behavior in the play. Although there is a decent amount of word play, the verbal jokes are not by any means sophisticated, they are rather simple. There is a great deal of physical humor since the entire play has a washing machine that has a head pop out of it, another trait of low comedy. The play could be characterized as a Romantic Comedy because of Mabel’s part in the story, the Repairman does eventually find true love with her after various amusing joke-filled break ups. But in the end I feel the best category to place this play under is a farce comedy, because of how fast the plot unfolds, how unpredictable and improbable the plot is, and the variety of different humor.
How do you like the beating we gave you, you dammed cannibal? Eater of guests under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!” (page 825 lines 395-399). After Odysseus said this, the Cyclops hurled a bolder at his ship, nearly sending them back to shore (page 862 lines 395-399). Another weakness for Odysseus would amazingly be his good looks.
She is obviously the goddess of wisdom and war. However these two things are literally what define Odysseus as the intelligent warrior that he is. Most of the time he takes full advantage of his cunning personality, but when he doesn’t Athena is there as a reminder of his good attributes. As Odysseus prepares to fight Athena is mentioned to be “standing beside him” (Odyssey. XVII, 76).
This whole relationship towards Isabelle and Azaire seems to be a relationship where Azaire has all the power to do what he likes and Isabelle is not treated as a human being and obeys Azaire. You can tell Isabelle feels she can do nothing about it and has no power of what is happening to her. She feels worthless and she has become used to feeling like that with Azaire always hurting her and she is blamed by
Clarisse’s death shows the ignorance and the inhumane cruelty in the society. The ignorance in the book can e portrayed through Guy Montag’s wife, Mildred. Mildred fits perfectly into the society, because she is just like everybody else. She watches T.V. all day long, hates books, and doesn’t have one bit of curiosity towards knowledge, unlike Clarisse.
She had been receiving letters from her ex-husband saying "How are you and the boys? Bet they’re getting big," (1, Medicine River). The clear absence of the father has caused Rose to become independent and have to raise her children by herself, as well as support her kids with no financial aid from a husband, an uncommon front for a woman in a time where men dominated. In addition to the independence and self-reliance of Bertha and Rose, Louise, a female who lives in Medicine River with Will, possesses these same characteristics. She has found a way to succeed at a job in a time when it occurs very seldomly for women.
Punishment in The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, physical punsihment is nothing compared to how the mind can cause punishment. In the Scarlet Letter, Hester Phynne is isolated by the members of Purtian society and left with her child Pearl, a constent reminder of her sin. Dimmesdale’s choice to not feese up to his sin leaves him with mental punishment that makes him sicker and weaker. Chillingsworth does not receive pain, but he does inflict pain to those around him. The main characters of The Scarlet Letter are left to tourment by themselves, the worst punishment of them all.