Why did Father Flynn resign if he was innocent? Why didn't he call Sister Aloysius' bluff? That he would resign because of a bluff is foreshadowed earlier in the movie, when Father Flynn gives a sermon about gossip. Father Flynn likens the influence of gossip to gutting a pillow and throwing its feathers to the wind. No matter how hard you try, you will never recover all of them.
Pelayo then notices an old man outside in their courtyard but this isn’t your average old man, this man has wings. Pelayo and Elisenda try to communicate with the man but he speaks a language that they do not understand so they go to a neighbor for help. The neighbor tells them that this old man is an angel who has come to heal their sick child. Pelayo and Elisenda take the old man and put him in a chicken coop because they do not know what to do with him. This attracts visitors from all around including the local priest Father Gonzaga.
It is clear that John does not like what the church has become which is why he refuses to baptize his third son. He does not want his son to be apart of a hypocritical church system. John is also stubborn. Hale tells him that he should immediately baptize his son and start going to church more often to get people to stop accusing his wife of witchcraft, but he is hesitant to do so and does not want
Anderson shows that war has a damning effect on war journalists as well as soldiers, and that their loved ones and families are also heavily affected. One of these effects on the characters is that they lose a sense of hope and as a result, always expect the worse. Talzani depends on fate to answer the toughest questions in his life and to comfort him by covering up horrors in his past by blaming it on the power of fate, which is out of his control. Dr Talzani admits, ‘would you believe that sometimes I am so tired, or the cave is so dark, I’m not even sure of the colours I give them’. To make himself feel better he embodies a fatalistic view which is that ‘there is no pattern to who lives or dies in war’.
Bertrande constantly questioned and confided in those closest to her only to be told she was mad. “All my household believe me to be mad”. The priest, who was an important figure at the time, dismissed Bertrande’s speculations and did not express any doubt about the strangers identity. Rather, he reassures Bertrande that men change over time and that Bertrande should “pray for understanding” . When Bertrande went on to sue Arnaud, he discouraged Bertrande to bringing the lawsuit against the rogue imposter as he was convinced that the man Bertrande was accusing was the real Martin.
In the novel, Finney repeatedly refuses to listen to the facts of Gene breaking Finney’s leg because he “do[esn’t] care,” (Knowles 151). Because Finney wouldn’t listen, he ran out and ends up breaking his own leg, and since he is reluctant to face reality, he gets sent to the hospital. Likewise, during the movie, even when Neil is not allowed to participate in the play, because of his strong passion for acting he still goes on with his part, though it upsets his father deeply (Dead Poets’ Society). Because Neil acts in the play, it causes his father to be infuriated with him, and Finney’s father decides to ship him off to another school. Both examples show how each of the boys are opposed to face their own realities, and because of this they end up hurting themselves.
In this book, the author has many examples of how delicate friendships can be between two individuals. Gene and Finny (Phineas), the two main characters of A Separate Peace, slowly ruin their “friendship” throughout the book. The boys: Gene, Finny, and Leper. Those three individuals mature into responsible men Gene didn’t think that Finny could handle the truth and accept reality. It just shows what kind of person Gene thinks Finny is: a person living in denial.
Song List Description To The Great Gatsby Demetrius James Period 7 Chapter Two: "Dirty Little Secrets" The All American Rejects In this chapter, the reader meets Myrtle, Tom's mistress, and her sister. This chapter is mainly about the affair of Myrtle and Tom. Catherine tells Nick about how neither Myrtle nor Tom loves their spouses and that Tom would leave Daisy if she were not Catholic. In actuality Tom does not want to leave his wife; he just wants Myrtle to stay his "Dirty Little Secret." When Tom and Myrtle get into the fight about Daisy Tom does not want Myrtle to talk about his wife which shows that he wants Myrtle to not "tell anyone or [she'll] be another regret."
This is shown as he tells Scout that the reason she shouldn’t squash the Rolly Polly was because “They didn’t bother you.” (pg. 238). This alone does not satisfy Jem. Instead he questions the justice system with his father. Even with the prefudice Jem still can’t understand why the infallible battle Atticus led failed.
After searching in Setzuan, they become awfully disappointed because the wickedness of human behaviors greatly disgusted them. The irony here is the gods appearing to earth to search for one good human being. It is even more ironic that they don’t find one for a while. Wang, the water seller expects the gods to arrive, and when they did, he tries to prevent the gods to stay at his house. It is ironic because Wang knows about the arrival of gods, but he doesn’t offer the god a place to stay, instead, he pushes the responsibility to someone else.