Three of these are linked to ‘cowardice’ and five to ‘courage’ (376). Interpretation: The reason behind Henry running could be that his last name means to flee, but it also could be the same reason he went back in the end and emerged a hero. A Hero or a Coward? A question soldiers probably ask themselves when they are head into battle is, will they stay and fight bravely or will they
Jimmy Cross went to war only because his friends did, and that led him to danger. He had to lead a group of soldiers when he did not feel qualified to. Tim uses the characters to show the fear of shame as motivation for going to
After Henry left his home, he comes to the regiment he was assigned to. He meets the men as they talk to each other about running away when battle comes. Henry spends the rest of his time in his regiment pondering over the idea other men have given him. ‘Will he run away?’ “For some moments he could not flee no more
(page 234) .Misfit says that he knows that his dad died because of flu. So, he was punished wrongly. He says, “I found out the crime don’t matter. You can do one thing or you can do another, kill a man, because sooner or later you’re going to forget what it was you done and just punished for it” (page 235). Here he says that weather you kill people or take tire of car you will be punished anyway and when you will be punished you will forgot what you did and will be punished for no reason.
Prejudice is a preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience. Sometimes prejudice is a destructive force in society. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, prejudice is shown in many ways. Prejudice was shown when Atticus was defending the jail, a group of men came to kill Tom and also when Scout was getting teased at school by other kids because her dad was taking Tom’s case. Furthermore, when Tom Robinson was accused of being guilty even though he was not, and died because of it.
As I looked back, our company corpsman ran toward us and was shot, got up, was shot again, and killed. I yelled to the kid behind me to help me get the wounded boy in front of me off the path, when he was shot in the head and died
During the story it also describes their attempts to converse with an A&W employee, but no one will offer them consolation. O’Brien himself realizes that if he didn’t have writing to work through his trauma, he might be in wretched into a place as Bowker. Both stories also talk about the tragedy of the deaths that were occurring. In The Things They Carried Kiowa was an loved member of the alpha company and O’Brien friend. Although O’Brien is unclear about whether or not he actually threw a grenade and killed a man outside My Khe, his memory of the man’s corpse is strong and recurring, symbolizing humanity’s guilt over war’s horrible acts.
Henry escaped to the woods during the second skirmish but met a source of motivation to go back and fight. Henry trying to have good spirit tried to stop his fellow comrade from escaping but the soldier hit Henry in the head. Henry lied about running from war and said that he was injured in his head from the skirmish although it was his someone from his team who hit him. It was undecided and no one knew the truth in the
| What was the position of Her Majesty’s Government during the American Civil War from 1861-1865; what influenced it, and how was it maintained? An IB Extended Essay in History Nicholas R. French Colonel By Secondary School 0953 IB Candidate Number: 000953-127 Assignment Supervisor: Mr. D. Parsons Session: May 2014 Word Count: 3 942 Abstract – 145 words The objective of this essay is to assess the question of, ‘What was the position of Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) during the American Civil War, what influenced it and how was it maintained? ’, and once done defend and prove it. This essay will address the beginning of the Civil War and the response by HMG to it. Once done this essay will examine the cases in which Britain nearly came to war or intervention throughout the American Civil War, the causes of that and the role played by members of HMG in resisting it.
Admittedly, as sympathetic and understanding as readers are for Lennie, Lennie is still a danger to other lives. In many instances in the book, Lennie accidentally kills many lives but does not realize the significance of his mistakes. Lennie is a man with the mind of a child with an unequal match of formidable strength, hence committing murder without meaning to do so. In the scene when Lennie kills Curley’s wife, he has the same slightly panicked reaction as when he killed the rat and puppy earlier in the book. Readers then realize that Lennie doesn’t understand the difference between killing an animal and murdering a human, therefore putting other lives at risk.