As the charge continues, the men begin to cheer; however, this pace takes its toll on the soldiers, and the charge begins to slow. The men hesitate. Suddenly, "the roar of the lieutenant" brings the men back to reality. The lieutenant cajoles and curses the men into action. Finally, Wilson jumps forward and fires a shot into the trees hiding the enemy.
After being hit by his own father, Sarty thinks to him self: “If I had said they wanted only the truth, justice, he would have hit me again.” (189). It is obvious that Sarty is afraid and aware the consequences if he acts out against his family. Throughout the story Abner displays an abusive, heartless character that is loyal only to him and struggles with class warfare and pyromania. After being sentenced to leave the country the family arrives at their next house, He never shows any emotion to his family, never once an apology for putting them through so much for his actions. He demands his two daughters to “get out of them chairs and help your Ma unload” (189).
Ulysses does not know that the tree is actually a gigantic cannibal. Ulysses quickly leaves the island with his remaining men, but those who he has lost can never be returned. He shows weakness by not being brave and leading his men. He again loses some of his men and has nothing but his own cowardliness to
When he saw the men crawling around it reminded him of the men who worked for his father that did this same thing to make him laugh (Bierce, Norton 408). So seeing clown like men crawling like horses didn’t scare him and he approached one of the men. The man barely had a nose and when the boy approached he flung the little boy down to the ground (Bierce, Norton 408). The man shook his fist at the little boy and this scared the boy so much that he ran back towards a tree (Bierce, Norton 408). After this happened the little boy realized these men were not
From his entry into this world he is abandoned by his creator, and from then on he wishes only to seek revenge on Victor. However, he still shows compassion for human beings. He watches a poor family and learns their story from a distance. He is compelled to learn the language and wishes to seek their acceptance. However, the family rejects him based on outward appearance, before giving the monster a chance to speak.
He is grouchy and has a short fuse. For example, he berates his traveling friend right to his face, and even suggests his life would be much better if his companion Lennie was not around. George even tells others that his friend Lennie is not very bright, right in front of Lennie. But on the other side of his personality, he shares his friend’s good points and fiercely protects Lennie from anyone and anything. For example, after a long walk towards the new ranch, George warns “Lennie, for God’s sakes don’t drink so much” and “Lenni.
When Grendel first encountered man he was stuck in a tree and already faced a bull with no assistance or rescue. “The Kings snatched an ax from the man beside him and, without any warning, he hurled it at me.” (pg. 27). Before, the king tried to swing at Grendel, Grendel was simply trying to reason with the men and help them. But due to his voice, which was loud and bellowing compared to man, they tried to kill him.
The Clerk: One man was known for his philosophy but despite his attempts his efforts to help the young men went to feathers. The Parson: The next lad to come along seemed very sad. For something laden his heart and that was the thought of the spiritual disappearance within the young men. So as this churchman spoke and poured out his words of wisdom, the young men sat back and didn’t even try to listen. The Ploughman: Now this was not the last time that the men maintained a visit, for only a few days later the churchman’s brother came to visit and leaving with the same results he soon gave up but not without rebuking their crude insults.
If we have no conviction, dismissing the conflict is a selfish convenience rather than a solution. In considering vegetarianism, Wallace asserts that “even the most diehard carniphile will acknowledge that it’s possible to live and eat well without consuming animals” and, ambivalent, asks his readers: “What ethical convictions have you worked out that permit you to not just eat but to savor and enjoy flesh-based viands?” (354, 355). Unlike Foer, Wallace has not made a choice. His indecision manifests itself in the essay’s numerous footnotes, which see Wallace explain, clarify, and grapple with the lobster’s plight. And while the parentheses in “Against Meat” see Foer coming to terms with his decision to forego meat, Wallace’s footnotes show a man unable to commit himself.
The creature continued to tell Victor his story of how he came across a boy in the woods outside Geneva, he tried to confide in him, but the boy struggled and placed his hands “before his eyes,” and shrieked out saying, “Let me go, ...ugly wretch!” (Shelley 122) The creature had no intent to hurt the boy at that point, he simply wanted a friend he could trust. It upset him greatly, as he continued to feel misunderstood and was realizing his place in the world as a monster. The creature then told Victor that he learned the boy was related to him when he said his father, “M. Frankenstein-he will punish you,” and the creature became enraged as he realized he belonged to his enemy, and promised William he would “be his first victim,” (Shelley 122). It was Victor’s fault he took upon himself to create Frankenstein and then abandon him, if he had not misused that responsibility, his brother would not have ended up in the grave.