For example, Tom tells Mr. Wilson about the incident that happens with Myrtle, and that Gatsby was responsible for it. This caused Mr. Wilson to fill with anger, and lead him to kill Jay Gatsby, and commit suicide. From these two situations, we see two contrasting consequences from one similar emotion. Jay Gatsby’s jealousy motivates him to pursue his true love, while Tom’s jealousy leads to the death of multiple characters. In conclusion, it is extremely transparent that Tom is a more corrupt character compared to Jay Gatsby.
Summary Preface and Numbering: “How Man? How Many?” Chapter 8 Death is not just a word that defines the extinction of life. Drew Gilpin Faust not only describes death in "This Republic of Suffering" but the magnitude in which death occurred during the Civil War era. She gives the meaning of death a whole new meaning in that it is something that we all do, just differently from one generation to the next. From 1861 to 1865, approximately 620,000 soldiers' lives were cut short, not to mention the 50,000 civilian lives that were also claimed.
| * Very self- absorbed * Believes pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life * Helps other solely to make himself feel better * Indifferent to moral consequence * Nothing is entirely good or entirely evil * Recognizes he is disgusting * Accepts that he cannot force society to conform to his desires | Svidrigailov comes closest to living Raskolnikov’s “extraordinary man” philosophy. Svidrigailov is an important character in Crime and Punishment because his decisions and lifestyle portray the punishment and fate of men who adhere to the “extraordinary man” theory. There comes a point in the novel when both Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov feel a sense of hopelessness and listlessness for their beliefs and actions. Raskonikov, however, is redeemed by his love for Sonya and the love his friends and family. He experiences humility.
“The only way to avoid regret is to live haphazardly, love unapologetically and to risk responsibility” (Darren Bocksnick). This quote relates to the novel “Martyn Pig” by Kevin Brooks. A young boy Martyn accidentally kills his drunken father and risk telling and turning to his friend/lover Alex for help thinking he can trust her. Even thought at the end, she takes his money and moves away to pursue her career in acting leaving Martyn stuck. Martyn relates to the quote above making careless decisions after the death of his father.
Christopher thinks he uses logic in every decision, however looking at some of his actions they are in fact irrational. An example of is illogical thinking is when he runs away from home. Christopher is convinced that his father will murder him and is now afraid to be in the same house. Christopher also makes decisions that are rational to him and explains them to his readers. For example, Christopher shows his reasoning for his favourite colours.
Huck thought that he and Jim had escaped the two scammers but they showed up at the raft, and Huck “wilted right down onto the planks, then, and give up” (241). The con men do the horrid deed of turning Jim in for a reward, which causes Huck to have to choose “betwixted two things” (246), to tell the Widow where her slave is or “go to hell” (246) and help Jim escape. Huck chose hell. And the evil twosome were caught and avenged for their criminal activities by being tarred and feathered. Huck “was sorry for them poor pitiful rascals….Human beings can be awful cruel to one another”
In crime writing, composers not only scrutinise justice but also experiment with textual forms and features in response to different contexts. Evaluate this statement with reference to two prescribed texts and two texts of your own. According to Fiske, genre’s ‘embody the crucial ideological concerns of the time in which they are popular.’ Throughout our study of crime fiction it is incontestable that each text, despite the context in which they are composed, focus on the overriding theme of truth and justice and how this is achieved – a popular concern in our time. Michael Ondaatje’s revisionist crime novel, Anil’s Ghost is a reflection of its late 20th century context of war torn Sri Lanka where through its subversion of structure and resolution justice is never administered, despite what the truth may be. Secondly, Stoppard’s 1968 ‘Absurd’ and Post-modern Real Inspector Hound focuses on iconoclasm, the questioning of identity and the abandonment of realism.
The rewards can involve money or even a sense of gratification according to sociologist Jack Katz in the text book Criminal Justice in action when said “’rewards’ of crime may be sensual as well as financial. The inherent Danger, according to Katz, increases the ‘rush’ a criminal experiences on successfully committing a crime” (pg32). Not all Crimes are fun and games. They do have their costs such as probation and jail time this is because it deters the thought process in doing right from wrong. This can be found in the text Criminal Justice in Action when stated “Because crime is seen as the end result of a series of rational choices, policy makers have reasoned that severe
Crime and Punishment Characters More often than none readers don’t take into account the fact that the traits of characters are what establish a story. There names, personality, where there from, and other things all are influential to the course the book takes. Dostoevsky takes into account all these things in Crime and Punishment to create a story with many themes through out the course of the reading. Not only do his characters have personality traits that give clues but the names themselves of the characters give further meaning to themselves and the story. He also provides each character with some symbolic meaning and a major function in the novel for which is given to the reader to understand more about each character.
Bateman kills people for his own satisfaction, the nameless narrator does it because of his urge to get rid of an eye. Similarities Patrick Bateman and the nameless narrator both feel the judgement or "the eye" of the antagonist. This force them to do very drastic actions in order to control their psychological problems. The main character in American Psycho appears very normal to the public. This is getting clarified in the beginning of the movie, while doing his morning routine, this goes through his mind: "There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction.