He loses himself in his emotions, but he struggles to control himself while “evolving the right way” (125) in order to survive. Gene feels guilty for losing himself, as a child would, when throwing a temper-tantrum. He does not mean to hurt people, especially the ones he cares for, he just does not know any better. Gene’s instincts kick in when he feels threatened, and he always regrets when they do. After Gene kicked Leper’s chair he says to Mrs. Lepellier, “I’m terribly-it was a mistake…he said something crazy.
Slim says “he’s all the time picking scraps with big guys, kinda like he’s mad at ‘em coz he aint a big guy”. The word “mad” shows how irrationally Curley is and how angry he is, because he’s not a big guy and Lennie is. His jealousy of Lennie’s size represents that at that time in America, physical strength was valuable, so Curley had to prove he was strong, but lennie seemed as if he would be more powerful than he was. The conflict between Lennie and George was subtle, but still there. George complained throughout the whole story that lennie was “a real pain”.
Arthur Miller stated, “He was a kind of man-powerful of body, even tempered, and not easily led”. He also stated, "In Proctors presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly." These quotes proved Proctor to be a very powerful and influential man. In this act, the audience learned about Proctor’s affair with Abigail Williams, which was Proctor’s greatest mistake; however, Proctor did not want the affair any longer, he stated, “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time, but i will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of your mind, we never touched Abby."
Okonkwo and Macbeth are both heavily influenced by other characters, fuelled by the expectations of their societies, and driven to act based on their tragic flaw. The reason behind all the actions Okonkwo takes can be traced back to one person; his father. Okonkwo grew up hating Unoka’s laziness and he “was ruled by one passion- to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved” (Achebe 13). This led him to rule “his household with a heavy hand” (Achebe 13), and treat his family poorly. He is afraid to show affection, as seen with Ezinma and Ikemefuna.
She is one of the biggest advocates to put him in a mental institution thereby ensuring no one would believe a word he said if perhaps he was to give her away. Darl, however, does not help his cause. The journey transforms him the most from a slightly queer, perceptive, and somewhat “all knowing” character into a completely insane man driven into the madness by the chaos surrounding the venture. Faulkner catches the reader off guard, showing that not all quests and expeditions transform characters into mature and wise adults. He attempts to show how some “Odyssey`s” transform many characters for the worse.
If he lets himself get out of control so much that he hates someone, then his inner self and soul breaks down or degrades. This means that overall everyone’s opinion does matter and mean a lot, but how you approach it is what matters most. Quote 2: Success is not really success if you haven’t succeeded past any obstacles to get to that sussessful life. “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington was telling his readers how he felt through the voice of this quote. This says to me a lot to myself and teach me a lesson.
He is mostly always inappropriate with words, very blunt, and hurtful with others. This seems to be a defense mechanism for him to shut out the world around him and not be bothered. Whether this is due to him not wanting friends or just the fear of someone messing with his very particular life, is not known for the positive but I would side with the "schedule." I see Jack depressed as well, though he tries to hide that also. It becomes quite obvious that Jack has OCD and it has literally consumed his entire life but, Jack makes it look and seem normal he's been at it so long.
This quote defiantly shows that people are not born violent. The Invisible man clearly wants people to not ignore him that is why he is so mean, just to get attention. “The Destructors” also disproves that people are born violent. For example, “T was giving orders with decision: it was as though this plan had been with him all his life, pondered through the seasons” (Graham Greene 13). This shows that ‘T’ bosses the kids around cause he was giving “orders” about how he wanted stuff done.
Hope will keep whispering in my ear, telling me to get up and try one more time “. Stevie Kosgrov Stevie is a Bully , he is big and strong but not very smart and he is always punching Jamie and small kids in school . I don’t like him because I don’t like bullies . From the book I learned that we always have to try for the best .The feeling that left me was a mixed feeling as the story of his family dying was sad but also happy that he finaly made his dream and was
So why fit when you can be your person with different likes be yourself, be unique. Three reasons why it’s bad to be a conformist because how are you gonna be your own man if you are always trying to be what people want to see. Plus you aren’t gonna have much creativity like others. Also how are you gonna be a leader if you're trying to be like everybody else. So a person named CoolMan was a conformist a had all of these traits and would always come up with new ideas for his group but they never listened to him because it wasn't “cool”.