Next, Jem loses his pants in the escape, showing his lack of responsibility towards his properties. Then Dill lies well enough to trick Atticus into believing they were lost in a game of “strip poker”, showing his stable and prompt attitude when handling situations. Still, they were not sophisticated enough to own up to their mistake, displaying high immaturity. Later, Scout and Jem discuss and argue over Jem’s plan to return to the Radley house to retrieve his pants. This discussing and arguing movement showed their good judgment by now thinking about the consequences that will happen.
In another case, Paul is seen trying to save the life of an enemy that he has stabbed, he fails but his efforts shouldn’t be forgotten. His friends refer to him as a hero, and he neglects this title and all the medals. Paul doesn’t like war and what it represents, to him, war is the real evil. The government forcing people into war, without giving them a choice is evil War can easily turn any person into a hero. Corporal Himmelstoss was an average polite postman before being drafted into World War I, not soon after he became a bully.
The value of their lives was also changed by war. Their identities were lost. As a fellow soldier lies dying, the men around him are forced to care more about obtaining his good boots he won’t need than morn his lost life. In war time orderlies and doctors don’t have time to learn the dying men’s names, but are impatient for the bed that will open up after a death. Paul and the other young men eagerly signed up thinking war would be glorious “only to find [they] were to be trained for heroism as though [they] were circus ponies” (22).
Ultimately, Huck hides Jim from the slave catchers by leading them to believe he is hiding his sick father with the smallpox under the tent. The slave catchers even float a twenty-dollar gold piece on a board to Huck. Though Huck is always up to mischief, he is smart at manipulating relationships. The relationship Huck has with Jim becomes one of respect. Twain shows that while there are people who view slaves as inferior, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gives great example that shows a human side.
At a young age, Frederick William made sure that his son was trained in the art of war, but Frederick II had little interest in learning. He preferred playing instruments like the flute and writing poetry. His father hated these ideas of the arts and he treated the young prince, Frederick II, very harshly. He was so mean to his son that Frederick II made an attempt to flee the county of Prussia with the help of his friend. Frederick William discovered these plans and situated his son in solitary confinement.
The poem describes the life of a carefree boy who is unable to cope with the horrors of war so he takes his own life. Like Misto the poem is set out like his play, to depict life before, during and after the war. The use of rhyme in the first stanza shows a playful and carefree mood “slept soundly through the lonesome dark./ and whistled early with the lark. The poem then progresses to when he is in war “he put a bullet through his brain” just shows a visual of how actually terrible the war must be for a person to take his own life so he doesn’t have to continue with war any
Silent Snow, Secret Snow tells about a twelve-year-old boy Paul Haselman, who had peculiarity in his mind. He found a great way in creating his own world, which was different with the reality. The rocking horse winner is a story primarily focusing on the desperate urge of a young boy, Paul to be "lucky" having understood the meaning of the word "luck" in a different and rather a corrupted light. Paul Haslemn from Silent snow, secret snow finds it more and more difficult to pay attention to his class work, and grows far apart from his family. Paul muses about his secret, the world of snow that is slowly replacing the real world.
O. Henry adds an ironic plot twist to the end of his short story “The Ransom of Red Chief” by turning the expectations of the audience around by making them feel sorry for the kidnappers, and not the so-called victim. The kidnappers, Sam and Bill, originally planned a kidnapping to receive money for a child named Johnny. The child turns out mischievous and troublesome to the point that he drives Bill and Sam crazy. The boy calls himself Red Chief and enjoys the adventure of camping out in the cave and staying away from home. Red Chief practically controls his captors and enjoys himself immensely.
Martin was a man who enjoyed moving around and not staying in one place, he did not believe in the traditional beliefs of patriarchy and hierocracy, he enjoyed activities such as sword fighting, acrobatics, he was also said to have a spell cast on him that he that made him impotent. After many years of cruel torture from the other children making fun of him, Martin finally gave up and left. If Martin Guerre fell into a well after his return and magically came out in the American colonies in the 1740s as Gordon Wood described in his book, he would not have fit in. The 1740s was the start of a monarchal society, which was the complete opposite of what Guerre believed. Martin would have sided with the democratic group because he believed
People have become so defensive about even the smallest matters because of this. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the foremost sufferers. Twain knowingly wrote on an extremely touchy subject because of his love to make people aggravated and think more about the world around them. He was willing to point out the flaws in society by pushing the limits in his book. Twain puts a young white boy in a grand journey with an enslaved black man, running for his freedom.