The students showed this by becoming “listless” during his stories. His tone and words were always picked with sarcastic criticism, too; for example, “I don’t mean to be polite or impolite, either. I guess it’s a sort of way I have, of saying things regardless.” (Cather, 245). I think Paul used this to separate himself from the rest of the dull crowd around him. Paul hated his surroundings, he felt so disgusted by it all that he presented himself in the most obnoxious way; hoping that some day those around him would grow to appreciate his distinct
Shmuel’s hatred of the soldiers is finally justified, and to Bruno, a boy who idolized soldiers, such as his father, the abusive soldiers were anything but idols. Bruno then comments that he “doesn’t like it here”, to which Shmuel replies “neither do I” (page 208) It is at this point in the story that the reader realizes how innocent Shmuel is. Although Bruno has been shielded by his parents, Shmuel has had to experience hardship and suffering, giving him the image of a child who had forgone his innocence. However, like Bruno, Shmuel is unaware of the situation he is in, which is shown when he
As he says, “it is a high time to face the persecutors who haunt the bright kid with thick glasses from kindergarten to the grave.” The bullying, the teasing, and the harassing for their abilities and their “disgusting taste” must be stopped, as stated in his writing. Using a firm tone toward the issue you can tell he has experienced this, and that connects him deeper with the audience though pathos. Leonid Fridman shows a very negative attitude towards the focus of “Nerds and Geeks.”He supports disagreement through pathos, satire, and a impressive word choice, He over take the mind of the reader with these rhetorical strategies. Through elementary school, middle school, and in high school, everyone needs their nerds and
They live by the philosophies of writers like Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The boys in the Society were introduced to a new outlook on life when Professor John Keating arrived at Welton Academy. Among them were people who never got the chance to live their lives to the fullest. Through his teachings, the boys are relieved of the harsh pressure put on them by everyone. They find themselves and learn how to express themselves in ways they otherwise would never have been able to.
Gene admits to his desire to see finny disciplined for his sly behavior at school. The protagonist acknowledges his dissatisfaction for the lack of discipline finny receives when, “He had gotten away with everything. I felt a sudden stab of disappointment” (Knowles 28). He is unhappy with the fact that Finny has not gotten looked down upon for his
Mercutio joins in the conversation and says “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! ‘Alla stoccata’ carries it away.” This quote suggests that Mercutio gets in a very bad mood because his friend Romeo got insulted badly and, Mercutio seeing his friend doing nothing makes him look awful. So he is drawing his sword. Tybalt also draws his sword and says “I am for you!” This quote suggests that Tybalt doesn’t like to be embarrassed or get insulted and wants a challenge.
Paola Santos Mrs. Clopton English 9 per. 4 Feb. 5, 2013 Poets do not write poems just because they like to write, they write them to make does certain emotions in side wake up and get touched. Poetry is not all about writing although it can change feelings that others have. The poem “Sure Rains a lot Here” is about a young solder that writes to his family on what he is going through while he was in the Vietnam War. This poem mainly is about a young man who tells lies to his family so they would not be sad about what really was going on and what their son is doing.
As, happiness leads to love, sadness leads to anger, hates leads to suffering and excellence of one can lead to dislikeness of others. Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment. Enders came by Orson Scott Card suggests that people dislike those who excel, the evidence is shown by Ender throughout the story, whose excellence makes him suffer when he faces Peter’s (brother’s) anger, the group members’ separation and his excellence forces others to torture him in many ways. Even though Ender is a nine year old boy, he is so brilliant that his excellence becomes a threat in many ways and Ender suffers in spite of his brilliance. To begin with the novel shows how Ender’s excellence makes him a victim of his brother’s anger.
The use of the word “ Cunt” is particularly poignant as it is considered to be a very harsh word but rolls off the tong of the three men involved. This shows to the reader that it is merely a normal saying within their social circle. This goes some-way to showing their personality's and also there ideology's. The use of the word “oafay” is a non standard English abbreviation of the phrase, “off of the”. Where there would usually be prepositional phrase “ lashing off of the boy” there is now a verb phrase as the main component of the phrase is “lashing”.
According to the professional ethic we are the model of our students. Mr. Moore did the opposite, he ignored Joyce wend she asked a question and he said “I see there are no question. Class dismissed” with that attitude increased the cruelty, maltreatment and racism between students. The geometry teacher, Mr. Moore demonstrated his racism and poor values as a teacher by don’t let increased the integration in his class. When he heard the insults against Joyce, he only said “let’s get quiet and make the best of it” it is unacceptable heard a teacher said that.