Dear George, An ambiguous question arises on whether you did the right thing by killing Lennie at the end of the story. Some people believe that you did it out of friendship and as a mercy killing, while at the same time others believe that you did it for his own wellbeing. In my personal opinion, I would have to say that you killed Lennie simply out of love. In support of my opinion, I have found many perceptible facts throughout the novel that prove it is a legitimate theory. In the following paragraph, I further describe my reasoning in depth.
They won’t be convinced as you see throughout the movie. As a seller of your product you need to know the information on the past and present about your product, which Tommy failed to do so. You need statistics and smooth words to make the customer fascinated with the idea of having this product. Another way Tommy was ineffective in selling was he was very unprepared, being unprepared and taking an “easy no” go hand in hand. If you are unprepared, BE prepared for that no that you are bound to receive.
Analysis Essay Lily Stankevich “’-do you wish to reconsider any of your testimony?’… ‘I told’ja what happened.” In this moment Mayella Ewell changes from a victim to a perpetrator. She was given a chance to save Tom Robinson and send her father to jail. Instead, she chose to hide her embarrassment and guilt by sending an innocent man to jail and probably (due to racism) to his death. In chapters 17-20 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee wants to point out that just like anyone, Mayella Ewell became a victim. But what choices she made, turned her into a perpetrator.
Moving out of her husband’s house made her feel free, she didn’t want to be surrounded by her husband’s belongings, she wanted to be completely self-efficient. “Whatever was her own in the house, everything which she had acquired aside from her husband’s bounty, she caused transported to the other house, supplying simple and meager deficiencies from her own resources” (Choplin 84). Edna had removed herself from everything belonging to her husband, doing this made her feel like she was no longer part of his
One character that had the most honesty would be Antigone. She went and stood up for what she believed in, when she got caught she didn’t lie she told the king the truth. That she did indeed burry her brother, she could of lied and gotten away with the it, but she knew what was right and not let anybody else get blamed for her actions. Macbeth on the other side of the fence was not a honest man, he lied to many of his family and friends and he also lied to the people of his kingdom. He didn’t care what was the right thing to do he was just selfish and only thinking about himself.
However, a person is about to get chosen to get stoned to death. Moreover, the term, lottery, is usually defined as getting chosen in a positive event, ironically, the lottery in the story is seen as a misfortune pick of death. The story also delivers irony through the character, Old Man Warren, while he criticizes the people who quit lotteries “pack of young fools”. Jackson also wrote, “Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones” (pg.80) in order to deliver an ironic tone through her role of a narrator. The story also contains several examples of symbolisms.
This all changes fast, though, as soon as the black dot is found. It is almost baffling when the reader realizes the severity of the situation that was presented in such a calm and nonchalant manor. A critical issue in discussing the theme of this story would have to the blind following of this obviously immoral tradition. Every year this town gathers to partake in a violent murder in a seemingly cult-like ritual, but ironically the story suggest nothing more than average people whom share similar ethics with the rest of us. Though the final result of the gathering is treacherous, it is clear to see that the
He wants you to be interested in it right from the beginning and he tries to grab your attention. By doing so the author names the story “Killings” to make you think that there is a numerous amount of killings in the story. In the reality of the story there are only two killings. Dubus uses the characters to portray a lot of emotions to keep the reader attached. He talks about the struggle Matt and Ruth go through after losing their twenty one year old son Frank.
A second theme that Shirley Jackson displayed is that following the crowd can have dangerous consequences. It was obvious that Bill Hutchinson went to his wife and forced her to show the others that she had the slip with the “black spot” after doing so, Tessie is designated as the “winner” and the story states: “The children had stones already”. This line from the story shows that because of the actions of the community, little Davy followed the actions of the crowd and contributed to the stoning of his mother’s death. Another example was shown as, the story states, “the children were already stoning Tessie, and that someone gave little Davy some pebbles, as if it were a game in which he should participate”. This
Any knowing person would not have let a couple with an overflowing cart cut in front of them in a checkout line. This was the only way that she could get anyone to agree to her outrageous request. Ericsson quotes R.L. Stevens saying, “The cruelest lies are often told in silence” (411). I found this to be true and did not say anything to gain my spot back with the hopes of keeping a scene from breaking out.