If he had listened to the “old timer” and stayed until the weather warmed a little he would have made it through the trail. His pride of being a “man” refuses to listen to such warnings. This shows his arrogance and one of the causes for his death. Another cause of the man’s death is that he is travelling alone. The man believes that he is invincible.
“But perhaps it is because the red man is a savage and does not understand” (1), these are the words spoken in Chief Seattle’s “Letter to President Pierce: 1855.” Although Chief Seattle criticizes the white man for destroying earth; however the truth is Chief Seattle shows his inability to adapt to white culture. “There is no quite place in the white man’s cities” (1), at some point Chief Seattle got disconnected with everyday living and the way society is. He considered the earth and people living not to be his brother but his enemy, Chief Seattle claims that there is no place for him to hear the leaves of spring or the rustle of insect wings. Like a man dying for many days he is numb to others and their feelings he considered himself to
For example when Oberst says "Don't give me any of your lip black boy" Virgil is more harmonious when reacting. Virgil in the novel is also more modest then that of the movie. His arrogance and self image in the movie lead him to be demanding and react with greater force. For example when Virgil is done looking at the body the first time he hands a white man his coat to deal with, showing that his conceitedness leads him to act insistent. Also he deals with racism differently.
By calling the white woman a victim, Staples accepts the social perception that he perpetrator. He comes to realize the “unwieldy inheritance” of being born into a race with the unwarranted Jordan 2 “ability to alter public space.” At this point in the authors life, he does not like what he was born in to because he does not want people to categorize him as a rapist, mugger, or any other criminal without knowing who he truly
Balboa ascends slowly. His musket is heavy and he would have gladly left it down below, but he doesn’t trust his countrymen any more than he trusts the sullen Indians. So he bears the weight. But the musket is nothing. He is dragging the mantle[1] of civilization up the pristine slopes, over the mud, over the leaves that cast as much shade as a parasol[2] but with none of the charm.
For example when George tells Candy that “we were always gonna do it by ourselves”, in regards to the “dream”. Furthermore, George does also not like Lennie mixing with Candy: “what you doing in Crooks’ room? You hadn’t ought to be in here” Both these extracts are perhaps representative of the greed that was present in 1930’s America, as George doesn’t want anyone else to be part of his dream Lennie. Furthermore, this could show how 1930’s America was very divided and unwilling to be accepting of minorities- the only person George really trusts is the white, able bodied
Alexie, on the other hand, feels that the blame falls more on the actual people of the new Native American generations becoming more like the white men on their own accord. Throughout the entirety of “War Dances” it is not mentioned in any section other than “Blankets” that the main character is Indian. In fact, if “Blankets” was to be taken out of the short story, it is doubtful that the main character's heritage would be defined at all. Even in the section “Drugstore Indian” the closest Alexie comes to describing any of the people in the drugstore is calling one a “nosy hag,” despite the title of the section suggesting there would be mentions of race (Alexie 72). The main character, despite
Chris obviously overcompensated with this trip to the wilderness of Alaska. Because Chris had this strong inferiority complex, he overcompensated it with something that caused him to lose his life. He went too far with his believes, he could of stopped right before Alaska and go home and write about his traveling around the country with no money and explain how he did to survive, but this was not Supertramp style, he went all the way
Evans was clearly a racist, evil man that found any words to sugarcoat the evil he wanted to inflict. He obviously has no respect for people as humans if he can call another being “parasites” and claim that part of being American is keeping the people inbred. Clancy on the other hand just seems to want to be fair and logic while keeping the law firm. He is more logic in the sense that he realizes immigrants are not problems, they are people, but people can be difficult as well. He makes it clear that all immigrants have positive and negatives because they are people not because their race makes any difference in their functionality as a hard working human.
O’Brien uses the images of the sewage field and the lake to illustrate the characters’ inability to escape the effects of the Vietnam War. The sewage field is a vivid metaphor for an unpleasant, meaningless battle that none of the soldiers can escape. The sewage field’s stench heightens the sensation that there is nothing valorous or heroic about this war; rather, it is debased and unclean. Bowker thinks that if it wasn’t for the horrible smell he might have saved Kiowa and won the Silver Star. But just as Kiowa was unable to be saved from sinking into the field, Bowker cannot save himself from his repeated, almost obsessive thoughts about Kiowa and the Song Tra Bong.