12 Angry Men Essay Eric Juror #3 was the antagonist throughout the story, he argued with everyone and stuck to his belief throughout the story. Juror #3 was also biased and very angry with all the other jurors, and that impacted what others thought about him, but towards the end of the movie juror #3 has a emotional breakdown and showed everyone why he was being biased and angry. Juror #3 was very opinionated, rude, and has hidden sensitive side. Juror #3 was very opinionated he crossed over the line into insensitivity and rudeness about the defendant being guilty. His opinions stayed strong threw the whole story until the end when he revealed is true feelings about his teenaged son who causes him to be hateful and opinionated about everything.
Through Steinbeck’s literary techniques he explains the causes of Lennie’s death through the theme, characterization and foreshadowing. Although Steinbeck was able to leave his readers with many thoughts to think about from the story, one of the themes that clearly show the cause of Lennie’s death is sacrificing. Even though by killing Lennie, George lifts a heavy burden off his chest for he no longer has to take care of Lennie and deal with all the troubles Lennie keep on making for him. However, George has to sacrifice his friendship and love because by shooting Lennie he loses a friend whom had always been keeping him company and shares a dream with him, to have their own farm where they would share and live together. Other than that, it was not easy for George to shoot Lennie but he had to do it because if he didn’t he knew that Curley would and in a more painful way.
Also, Vonnegut wants the reader to learn to accept things and to understand that change is inevitable. Through the deaths and violence in the book, Vonnegut's audience is not only overwhelmed by the absurdity of war but also by the grudging acknowledgement of the unavoidable. In the book, the death of Edgar Derby is both shocking and impacting. Derby was a middle-aged high school teacher who chose to fight in the war when he did not have to. Although Derby was a seemingly unimportant character, his death spoke volumes.
An Inspector Calls In this essay I will examine each character in detail to establish if any of them are responsible for Eva Smith's death. I shall also consider Eva's part in her own downfall. Inspector Goole had a way of making people think and do what he wanted. Although he didn't seem to get any extra information out of the other characters he soon made them realise that Eva Smith had died a horribly painful death and they had all contributed in making her want to end her life. He got them to tell each other their sins and secrets.
Does the author expect the reader to make an emotional connection to the story? Explain your answer. He does expect the reader to make a connection because he uses various amounts of emotion in the story and everyone feels the need for revenge on occasion. Think back to the events that take place in "The Cask of Amontillado," and think about the attitudes and actions of the characters. Now, write a theme statement for "The Cask of Amontillado.” Behind all this revenge and death, the story is about trust.
Julian Hayden’s prior knowledge for Frank’s action has him pointing toward the defensive side while David’s father, Wesley Hayden, leaning towards the offensive side, looking forward for justice to be served against his brother Frank. The crimes committed by Frank has both families assuming the consequences for his actions. Gail, Wesley Hayden’s wife, believes that ‘crimes committed should never go unpunished’, there putting justice on top of family loyalty. In the beginning of the novel, the emotions Gail has been putting towards herself was very yet, interesting. As both sides of the families started to begin a war amongst each other, she soon starts to give up, ‘I want my family back’.
After reading Steve Martin’s “The Death of My Father (2008)” essay, I could definitely tell it was a personal story. The story was very heart touching because he was telling a life story of him and his father. This story had quit a few elements to it but the three that stood out to me was Creative tension, Use Concrete Language to Create Clear Visual Images of the Setting and Characters, and the Conclusion. Creative Tension: There is a conflict and it gets resolved. Martin never got the affection from his father as a young child and that caused him to remember all the bad things.
For Matt and Ruth, this couple have to cope with the loss of their youngest son Frank, who was gunned down in cold blood by Richard Strout, the husband of Frank’s girlfriend Mary Ann. For Matt and Ruth, they suffered on multiple levels. They had to cope and heal from the loss of their beloved son, who had a beautiful future ahead of him, but also experience other injustices such as seeing Richard Strout walking around town, flaunting his freedom, while their son was dead. Matt, in a conversation with his close friend Willis Trottier, remarked, “Every day since he got out. (he was asked how often he thought about Strout since the murder) I didn’t think about bail.
Admittedly, as sympathetic and understanding as readers are for Lennie, Lennie is still a danger to other lives. In many instances in the book, Lennie accidentally kills many lives but does not realize the significance of his mistakes. Lennie is a man with the mind of a child with an unequal match of formidable strength, hence committing murder without meaning to do so. In the scene when Lennie kills Curley’s wife, he has the same slightly panicked reaction as when he killed the rat and puppy earlier in the book. Readers then realize that Lennie doesn’t understand the difference between killing an animal and murdering a human, therefore putting other lives at risk.
Okonkwo plays a big role in the story because of how his character fits on Things Fall Apart. It is crazy how he treat people differently, he will beat up his wives and children yet he has a soft spot towards Ekwefi and Enzima. This makes me think that Okonkwo choose his moments to act manly or choose people to beat up, and he is always more aggressive to his family members than outside people. Okonkwo showed that he has no sympathy when he killed Ikemefuna, who helped Okonkwo a lot in his life, and yet he decided to kill him even though Ikemefuna was really close to him. Okonkwo does not care if you are part of his life or not, if you do not satisfy him he will do damage to you.