The snowball missed and caused a ripple effect on all the people of Deptford. Similarly in the novel The Manticore, David Staunton who was the son of Percy Boy Staunton feels guilt for becoming the person least wanted to be like. In both the novels the characters feel immense guilt, try to ignore this feeling, and then realize that recognition and assessment of their actions is inevitable before inner peace can be obtained. In Fifth Business Dunstan Ramsay feels guilty because the snowball that was planned to strike him instead hit Mrs. Dempster. The snowball caused her to go into premature labour.
He describes how as a child he listened "guilt-ridden" to his mother's account of the first six months of the life of the premature Paul Dempster. Burdened with a Presbyterian conscience, Ramsay carries his guilt with him for the rest of his life, providing for Mrs. Dempster until she dies. In contrast, Mrs. Dempster's son Paul runs away from home before the age of ten because his father holds him responsible for his mother's madness and because he is subject to the cruel jokes of people who think there is something funny about her. Staunton's response is a third possibility. When confronted by young Ramsay with his crime, Staunton refuses to acknowledge his responsibility for Mrs. Dempster's condition, and he promptly forgets the incident.
“All winter she’d clucked and rambled across their yard, a friendly sight to Franchette, and to Ramer a sign of one more thing he couldn’t control,” (63). Ramer is a very controlling husband and forces his chauvinistic personality onto his pregnant wife. After Ramer lost his job he took his wife’s high school diploma off the wall since it was a constant reminder he didn’t finish high school. Ramer also took Franchette of birth control because he said “they caused cancer,” even though they had a great plan to save up for a baby and for her to get a great job, but that all changed. The story implies that he wanted to get her pregnant so that she could not work.
An example of a villain is the Grinch; a bitter, cave-dwelling creature with a heart "two sizes too small" from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Living in spiteful seclusion for most of his life, the Grinch has always hated the citizens of Whoville and Christmas since he was an eight year old boy. The reason why the Grinch despises Christmas is because he was constantly being bullied at school by his class mates because near Christmas day he decided to shave off his beard and they all made fun of him. So the Grinch left his home and decided to live on top of Mount Crumpit a snowy mountain that looks down on Whoville. He is the only one in all of Whoville that hates Christmas so occasionally he will pull dangerous mean jokes on all the Who’s.
As readers continue on with the story, their belief of whether or not Paul has a mental illness is especially proficient when Paul’s family had a doctor come to check up on him. His desire to be left alone with the snow “speaking” to him can lead to the reader believing Paul is mentally ill. The snow in Paul’s imagination has not had any interaction with him until he believed that no one understood him, which was when the doctor and his parents kept asking him about his infatuation with snow. After the tantrum Paul had he believed the snow was speaking to him as seen here- “ ‘Listen’ it [snow] said. ‘We’ll tell you the last, the most beautiful and secret story-shut your eyes- it is a very small story…” As a reader of this short story, I started off believing that Paul just liked to daydream as any child would during school.
The illness of Tiny Tim was a big contributing factor to Scrooges transformation. When the ghost of Christmas present takes Scrooge to the Cratchit family house, Scrooge regrettable discovers that young Tiny Tim’s illness is so severe that he will die unless he receives treatment (Scrooge’s low salary is not enough for a family to afford the treatment). Scrooge begged with the spirit to spare Tiny Tim’s life, the ghost makes Scrooge regret what he had said in the past about the needy people “Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted.” Along with all of the genuine change there is also an element of self-preservation present throughout the novel. After the confrontation with the ghost of Marley, Scrooge was determined to prevent himself from
Fifth Business Essay- Dunny’s connection with his mother Posted: December 11, 2011 in Uncategorized 0 By Zack Bradley The most pivotal point in a man’s life is his initial relationship with his mother. If this connection is tarnished during childhood, major psychological problems will occur. This situation of a broken relationship with a mother and son is seen in Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business. This novel addresses the long term psychological problems evolved from a weak initial relationship of a son with their mother. Dunstan Ramsay, the novel’s protagonist exhibits the issue of how a rough childhood can impede on relationships later on in life.
He uses his family throughout the story to achieve selfish benefits. On several occasions he endangers his family by sitting on the sidelines while they take on the dangerous task of saving his dead wife from a barn fire and overflowing waters. He also puts his son Cash in danger by neglecting his injury and attempting to heal a broken leg by pouring concrete on it to set the bone. Anse gets away with all this by rationalizing the situation and putting the guilt on his children, so they feel obligated to do the ‘right’ thing. He attempts to assume the position of authority, but this has long surpassed him due to the fact that he has never done anything to help the family.
The Grinch’s Personality The movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a holiday favorite everywhere. It showcases the true meaning of Christmas, being happy and being together. The main character, the Grinch was originally from Whoville but has secluded himself up on the mountain because when he was a child he was mistreated by his peers. He was an angry spiteful who. He now has come into town and to try and ruin Christmas but when little Cindy Lou Who tries to welcome him back in, he goes through a personality change and his heart that was two sizes to small expands to two sizes too big.
Evidence of Suffering in The Catcher in the Rye In The Catcher in the Rye Holden suffers from the death of his beloved, younger brother, his self-imposed alienation because of his inability to feel comfort around people and his nervous tendencies towards sex and sexuality. In the novel, Holden frequently reflects on Allie and praises him on his intelligence, kindness and attraction from others. Holden describes Allie as the perfect child and loved by all of his teachers. Unfortunately, Allie died from leukemia when Holden was thirteen. When Allie died, Holden smashed every window in his garage; his violent action foreshadowed his later self-destructive personality.