Unsure of what to do with the enemy soldier, Little Jess’s moral compass is tested. The young man tells Little Jess he owns no slaves and his perception of whom the enemy is alters. Even though he believes helping Roy is making him into a traitor, he continues because he likes the young soldier who never laughs at the wonderments and wishes Little Jess could never tell his older brothers. After Roy is healed and had left to travel back home, Little Jess feels as if his sins are going to make him combust. Thinking that if he goes to a Methodist meeting his sins will be washed away and he would be revived, Little Jess attendees the meeting only to just look in then leave.
The constant use of the word “child” to describe the protagonist is a good example. The following quotation demonstrates how little the boy actually knows about war: “The man loved military books and pictures and the boy had understood enough to make himself a wooden sword […]” (Bierce 189). Although the child leaves in the hopes of becoming a victor, as his ancestors would have it, and wishing to win imaginary fights with his little wooden sword, it is made clear that his vision of war is one of a naïve youngster who has yet to learn about the cruelty of combat. When the little boy wakes up in the forest, he has no idea of what had just been going on around him. When he finally sees what he determines to be wounded men, his childish innocence prevents him from seeing the gravity, the morbidity of the situation: “To him it was a merry spectacle” (Bierce 192).
His passion for 'modern method' makes him an immature person though. He rejects all old thoughts and practices and he tolerate nothing that breaks the regulations of the school. He refuses to believe that the dead relatives of the villages would depart by the path in the school compound. Therefore, he blocks the path with thick woods enforced by barbed wire. Mr Obi, however, is disrespectful.
My poor son! What demons could possibly be capable of such bloody, merciless cruelty? When Grendel left this morning he planned to only hunt for a short while and then make a trip to visit Herot, the nearby settlement of humans. No animal in this realm would dare bring harm to Grendel, and none would even be capable of such destruction - although, the Danes are known for their outright rowdiness and their willingness to brawl. I decide I should inquire to find out if any of Herot knows about Grendel’s undeserved murder.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better its not” This famous quote by Dr. Seuss said in the movie “The Lorax” perfectly sums up the whole movie. The Lorax takes place in Thneedville with a young boy Ted who wants nothing more than to find a real tree to impress his crush. With helpful information from his grandma he visits a man named Once-ler, who once betrayed the Lorax, in the journey to find a real tree. This is when the Once-ler tells Ted the story of betraying the Lorax in the process of his invention called a “thneed” by cutting down all of his truffala trees. After the thneed fad disappeared because there were no more trees to cut down, the Once-ler distanced himself from the society because of the guilt he held.
For example when his aunt says, “Well he’d better smarten up if he knows what’s good for him” Pg (43), she is threatening him. Also his uncle says, “If he doesn’t, I know something that will smarten him”, which implies that his uncle disapproves of Teddy’s actions. Teddy responds by sulking and is reluctant to share his ideas with his aunt and uncle. For example, “He shrugged impatiently. I ain’t been doin nothin-just playin”, he told her sullenly” Pg (43), he is trying to forestall his uncle from finding out what he has been doing up in the attic.
He doesn’t expect that Johnny is so naughty and obnoxious. The kid always makes trouble with Bill whenever he has the chance. Bill guesses that nobody would pay the money for a little imp like Johnny. He just wants to take Johnny back to his father as fast as possible, so he can get away the troubles. The
Planting a Sequoia - Commentary ‘Planting a Sequoia’ by Dana Gioia is a father planting a sequoia tree to mark the death of his first born infant son. Upon reading the title, I guessed that the poem would focus on appreciating nature and sequoia trees. I was dramatically incorrect. However, my first impressions after reading the entire poem was that it was quite upsetting although towards the end, the tree becomes a symbol of how ‘good things’ can still take place after ‘bad things’ in someone’s life. The most noticeable feature of the poem at first was the apostrophe, that is, the poem seemed to be addressed to the tree being planted.
The encounter becomes a heated argument as Farhad refuses to pay for a door not fixed while Daniel explains that he only fixes locks, not doors. The ultimate result being the unfixed lock leaves the shop exposed to thieves who ransack the place leaving Farhad without an income source for his family. Farhad decides the only justice is to gun down Ruiz for the loss and believes he caused by not fixing the door. “Because of the communication display of Farhad toward Daniel, Farhad did not effectively accomplish what he wanted (Haggis, 2004).” The matter could have been easily handled effectively if Daniel maybe could have used nonverbal communication by
No Father Figure Fathers are not monsters. Blankenhorn affirms that fatherlessness is becoming the number one problem in American families, because fathers are leaving their homes, and their children are growing up without a father. But, that doesn’t mean fathers are the ones to be blamed by society. Even though, numbers show that fatherlessness is getting drastically large, we can not judge all the father population as a whole. The notion of what makes a good father may be a cultural concept, but that doesn't mean that there is necessarily only one way to be a good father.