Meursault chooses not to have any faith in the world or God, leading to his devilries. He never shows any interest in anything that happens to him, but rather just lets things happen. His lack of religious belief shows in his lack of morals. As the chaplain talks to Meursault, he is shocked to hear, “ ‘Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?’ ‘Yes,’ I said”(117).
Lost in Insanity In the short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl it is clear that Mary Maloney is temporarily insane. First, Mary Maloney is so devastated that her perception of reality is lost. After Patrick spoke, “Her first instinct was not to believe any of it, to reject it all. It occurred to her that perhaps he hadn’t even spoken, that she herself had imagined the whole thing” (Dahl 13). Mary Maloney is not able to judge right from wrong as she is blocking out reality, which results in her being temporarily insane.
This made everyone in town think that she simply didn’t feel any remorse for her son’s death. When she actually did feel sorrow, loss, and remorse, she just didn’t want to show it. The question here is: Why doesn’t Hagar want anyone to know how she really feels? The answer is that this is her way of protecting herself. She made an emotional wall in fear of getting hurt.
He soon changes his tune once he discovers that the Inspector was a fake and quickly acquits himself from all responsibility. Gerald does everything he can to prove the inspector was not real and that Eva Smith is not dead as he even questions the whole situation by saying, ‘How do we know any girl killed herself today’. By trying to think of a way out of his guilt; he does not accept what he has done and soon lets himself off the hook. This shows that Gerald is reluctant to face up to his guilt therefore putting him in the middle of the two
"He ashamed, and wants to tell her so, but it's not for him to apologize. He hasn't earned the right" (Page 176) - I found this quote to be significant because I felt that it showed Dragan's character and how the guilt had built up within him. It showed us how Dragan felt remorse for what happened to Emina but he also felt that he wasn't worthy enough to own up to it. He felt that since he never helped her, well she was shot. So he feels he's unworthy of showing her, his remorse because he never tried to help her in the first place.
Ka’s father believed that it if he lived a good life the past would not affect him and that he could live at peace but that was not the case. Even though he looked different he himself would always know about all the evil actions he had committed. By changing his identity he wanted to give himself and his family a fresh start but there was a bigger fear in that he would get catch that led his wife to decide never to bring him to Mass with her again. The victims of the Dew Breaker were so affected by what had happened to them that they lived in fear that he would find them and even after they had found him, they could not find it in their hearts to hurt him. The Dew Breaker committed evil crimes but at the end, it was himself that caused him pain because he could never redo the
Do you think Aron would have regretted his decision of asking his daughter to escape to the church, which ultimaterly killed her? Give reasons. I do think he would have regretted not trying. It was common for the children to be ripped away from their parents and sent to camps of their own. The possibility of them staying together was very slim.
One evening while at home after observing that the laboratory and my masters quarters were empty I stayed awake waiting for him. I was stirred for a moment by a noise coming form the back door. I rushed to see if my master was using the back entrance and came face to face with who I knew must be Mr. Hyde. Pure evil was this man that stood before me. Evil like none I had ever seen before, it seem almost to seep right out of his pores.
In my questions for number 1, I think that it is not good enough because all her belongings and house is gone. There are so many questions on how she will build her life back together even if God helps her. For number 2, I think that it was an accidental fire from someone else because you can see that she hears the calls for fire. For number 3, I think that God will sort of nudge her to the right direction and not just give her everything she needs. For number 4, I think that because she is a puritan she thinks that everything happens for a reason.
This was a very dark time in my life and a young child should never have to go through this. I used to blame myself for my parents getting a divorce. As I got older and could understand that a family should be a mom, a dad, and children, I realized something was wrong with my family. My dad was not in the picture and my mom and him were constantly fighting. For some reason I thought since I was the last one born it was my fault.