Raymond speaks of how the children quickly learn that the drink that he always puts in his bag is actually coco-cola and he lies about that so people can understand why he is associating himself with the African-Americans. “Some folks don’t- like the way I live. Now I could say to hell with ‘em , I don’t care if they don’t like it. I do say I don’t care if they don’t like it, right enough- but I don’t say to hell with ‘em” (Lee 228). Dolphus is explaining that he does not care if people disapprove but at least he gives them a reason as to why he does it.
She made a mistake, one that many other people in America have been guilty of making. Oedipus also made mistakes because of his flaw. His stubbornness led him to conclude that he could outrun his plans set by the gods. Oedipus kept running away from his actual identity. Tragic flaws lead to mistakes, which later on lead to a major downfall.
Him being drunk in this scene allows Shakespeare to develop his character both positively and negatively through an example of malapropism. He mishears a question asked of him by Olivia and ultimately confuses the word ''lethargy'' with ''lechery.'' Although the result of this is comic, it is also quite a crude joke and is an example of 'bad comedy'. This shows that Toby has a rude, inappropriate side to him. The reader second guesses their first opinion of him and sees a selfish side to him, as he is drunk at his cousins funeral with no regards to other peoples feelings.
Firstly he is dealing with his feelings toward girls he says “I hate those girls, but I want them.” He believes that everyone suspects him of hurting Grace he says “I didn’t understand why they seemed so angry with me, the way they looked at me but it made me feel terrible”. Kip meets a man called ted when he looking for someone Ted invites him in and gives him a can of coke but it is really rum he thinks Ted is violent he says “I don’t know why he kept me here I was afraid he would get violent if I left.” Kip learns that they both have love in music so they begin to become friends. Lastly he was a really good swimmer and he quit he said it is because he was tired of getting up at four am; his dad is disappointed with him so Kip thinks he is a failure. It is clear that Kip is a character who is confused in ‘Falling from Grace’. Annie is the second person who is lost in ‘Falling from Grace’.
An analysis of “Greasy Lake”, however, reveals that this act of rebellion may come with a heavy toll and that no matter how bad you think you are, there will always be someone worse. Boyle begins “Greasy Lake” with the lines “There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style, and it was good to be bad” and “We drank gin and grape juice….we were nineteen…we were bad” further reinforcing the idea of teenage rebellion (294). Boyle’s story is in the form of a first person narrative, and follows an unnamed narrator and his two friends Jeff and Digby, the former being a contemplative artist/headshop owner while the later is a current undergrad at Cornell. The narrative is key in the structure of the story, as it allows you to see the events unfold through the eyes of a naïve narrator on his journey. The three see themselves as tough characters, though this is purely superficial, as their personalities have not been tested in the matter.
I felt not upset but disappointed in myself, because I knew I had given her false pretenses. I taught her it was ok to deceive. Let’s just say I was not proud of myself but I knew that I had to make sure it never happened again. I think false pretenses are just lies wrapped up in a pretty bow. Your state of mind changes when you start pretending and giving false hope.
” (311). The people of Jefferson were shocked, but nevertheless they only pitied Emily and gave excuses for her actions: “We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that” (311). This is where the people of Jefferson made a major mistake.
Take a look at all the daredevils of this world and you see that most if not all are young and reckless. They just want to go out and live their lives with excitement. So when the young waiter sees this old man drinking brandy, he sees him as this thing that no longer has value. This is why he approaches the old man and says to him that he should have “killed himself last week” (11). Because surely someone who has lost faith in himself doesn’t deserve the faith of others right?
At times we sympathize with the main character and then tend to believe all the fallacies that the author puts forward. One of the major elements in these fallacies is exaggeration. To make readers aware of these fallacies I would like to show how we fail to notice them. There are some stories that are unreal and over-exaggerated, yet these stories might not have any fallacies because they are deliberately written in that manner to emphasize or depict a symbolic meaning to the story. An exaggeration or unreality without any purpose would have to fall into the ‘fallacy’ category.
Basically having to perceive yourself a certain way to fit in. For example, Linda S. Mindle who wrote Breaking Free From a Negative Self Image, explains “you’ve swallowed the lie that if you just feel better about yourself, everything else will fall into place. But it hasn’t, and your self image remains vulnerable to what people say and what you perceive”. This distorts our self image. Negative self image starts from feedback from others whom then we make our own.