In essence Huck lies throughout the text, sometimes for the good, and grievously sometimes for the bad. Huck Finn has a tough life which puts gashes though his self-morality, so sometimes not believing what he says is not all that wrong. Huck has a father that tries to supply the good for him, but does not always end up in good terms. Pap is a complete drunkard, a mess, in some people’s eyes a waste of life. He takes Huck to a cabin where Pap physically abuses Huck.
The class then promptly settle down and it is clear that the class loves him by the cohesiveness of their interaction. The quick change of lesson tone shows that while Hector is a figure of fun he does have a serious side and does want to teach them. He is shown to be knowledgeable, using the word “otiose” and making a point in having Posner define it to the class, and being able to quote scholars such as A. E. Housman in conversation which he uses to test the class. This scene shows that Hector is very intelligent and serves to aid the comedy though the interactions of him and the boys. It is not and expected way for teachers and students to interact: students removing their teachers motorcycling clothes each item with an elaborate flourish, naming each item in, and exclusively speaking, fluent French it does easily set up his character as a very well-read and learned individual.
On the other hand I do think that some of the things that he does is a bit paedophile. For example Mr Hector and the groping of the boys’ genitals- (sorry for the graphic picture). I honestly believe that this is very wrong for a teacher. At the bottom of act one it shows us the boys having fun, and they are undressing Mr.Hector (appropriately just the gloves, scarf and jacket) and when you are looking at it, it seems fine just some people having fun. The clever thing that Bennett does he doesn’t start with the molesting he allows you to get to know Hector in the classroom and then tells you about the molesting on the motorbike, so once you think you know Hector and are ready to pass a judgement all of a sudden you are aware about this other side of him.
The following problems are the considerable of him. i) He adheres to his own belief and he would easily criticize or argue with others – this embarrasses the teachers and disturbs the lessons all the time as he would start arguing with the teachers or the classmates during the lessons when others are holding different thoughts/ideas. ii) He would stand extremely close to the people – it makes teachers and students feel very uncomfortable (especially females). iii) He exhibits poor ability to initiate conversations and does not understand jokes – this frustrates him and makes him very angry /emotional; and starts episodes of provoking other people. iv) His interest in electronic equipments and vehicles limit his conversion, like routes and model of buses and MTR in Hong Kong – it made his classmates and teachers in primary school had a poor impression of him, thought he is stubborn, annoying impolite, troublesome and uncooperative; but he does not learn from it; and keeps doing this to his ‘new friends’ in the secondary school.
He is making fun of himself and of the teacher. The way he describes things in the story make it look like that even though he is frightened of his situation he can be ironically. “If you have not meimslsxp or lgpdmurcy bu this time, then you should not be in this room. Has everyone
Before his peers discover David’s true identity, David feels he is forced to hide and lie about himself especially due to the fact that his friends weren’t comfortable around different races or religions and would often make stereotypical jokes. A quote from the movie was “David Green’s the first one I’ve met up close”, this helps identify the struggle and adversities David would have suffered after the discovery of his religion. The film School Ties can really connect with the viewer, demonstrating the irrationality of prejudice in any form. The movie encourages prejudiced people to reconsider their opinions as it shows another point of view. The viewer can learn important teachings learnt from the bible such as
While he is no longer the victim, he finds himself fast being pulled into the dark world of the Guardians, a secret society of older boys who are orchestrating a reign of terror at his new school. When the Guardians summon him, he thinks that his disguise must have failed. The truth, however, is that the Guardians are so impressed by the new persona Elliot has created that they want him to become one of them. The book follows Elliot's struggle to find a way out of his dilemma. Whilst he has escaped his traumatic past, his future seems to be that he will join the Guardians, and become one of the bullies that he once despised.
This school hires a new English teacher, Mr. John Keating, a teacher who will make an unforgettable impact on his students. Throughout the movie Mr. Keating challenges his students to “think for themselves, to look deep within themselves, and to make their lives extraordinary” (Keating). While Welton tries to make the boys good citizens through conformity, Mr. Keating attempts to convince the boys to think for themselves and not just follow the crowd. He encourages the boys to discover their dreams then pursue them. Charles Dalton, known by his friends as Charlie, is one of Mr. Keating’s students and is the rebel of the group.
He’s always laying down laws for her and expecting her to obey him, constantly self-obsessed, wanting to protect his innocence. Consequently as the play develops Eddie is finding it more and more difficult to accept that Catherine is growing up this leads Eddie to change to a more aggressive, angry and jealous person leading to his downfall and eventual death. Eddie is depicted as an interesting character by Miller right from the offset of the play as he is portrayed to be an ordinary, everyman figure. This is shown many times during the course of the play, and is highlighted particularly in the opening scenes. One example of this is when Miller first introduces Eddie after Alfieri’s speech, Eddie has returned home from working on a boat as a longshoreman and says ‘I’ll see ya fellas’.
“His lips were continually twitching, and he had a habit of raising his eyebrows.” Along with his attitude and behavior these facial actions made Paul’s teachers think he was crazy and psychotic. I think Paul is an interesting character. He seem’s smart at points in the story but he keeps changing through out. His dynamic personality makes it seem to the reader that Paul does not have a stable mind. At the beginning of the story Paul seems cynical toward his teachers.