Nathan and Bagely were hired by the Japanese government to teach the Army how to use modern weapons and technology against Samurai, who have been outlawed. Nathan experiences lots of anxiety and flashbacks regarding the Indian massacres, and he tries to comfort himself by drinking alcohol. He feels guilty and he does not care about anything. Everything makes him sad and exhausted and because of his anger he doesn’t have any passion for life. He easily accepts the offer of the Japanese to teach their army in return of the good money which they suggested.
According the first two paragraphs of the essay, Orwell expresses how bitterly he hates imperialism and feels guilty since he can “see the dirty work of Empire at close quarters” such as the evil oppression against natives, and he is “all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors”. However, due to his identity as a worker for the British, he gets not recognition but endless insult from the natives who makes his job unfavorable even though he stands up for them. As a result, Orwell sinks into an excruciating dilemma where he belongs to neither of the groups, failing to be loyalty for his job or to obtain the trust from local people, which is very upsetting for him. Apart from the contradictory political stand, Orwell has been a directed puppet by the natives. The incident of shooting an elephant precipitates Orwell to insight further into the nature of imperialism, realizing how hollow and affected the declining British Raj is.
In the end, both fails to defeat the powerful effects of past experiences. On the other hand, Goldsworthy shows how Paul overcomes his arrogant and insensitive attitude as a child and becomes more sensible individuals. Goldsworthy illustrate Keller's suffering from his painful past and how his attempt to forget it fails. He believed that he could save his family by performing for Hitler. However after his beloved wife and child were murdered in the Holocaust, he is unable to perceive life the way he did before the war.
In Leslie Marmon Silko’s postmodern and Native American novel, Ceremony, she illustrates the gradual and painful recovery of a Laguna veteran from World War II named Tayo, the main character. Tayo goes on a difficult quest to search for a metaphorical antidote for his physical, psychological, cultural, and spiritual pain, brought upon him by the war. In doing so, Silko demonstrates cultural conflicts within his quest as Tayo encounters a society segregated by race and culture. Tayo’s quest is characterized by his post traumatic stress syndrome, which puts him through an enormous amount of uncomfortable emotions. Threw Silko’s character Tayo, she demonstrates her understanding of multi-cultural differences to illustrate the controversial conflict
This is illustrated throughout Shogun in the form of seppuku, a form of honorable suicide, especially for samurais who failed in battle. For example, in response to an insult, Blackthorne attempts seppuku, but is stopped because Toranaga needs him alive. This changes the view of him that the Japanese have, which was previously that he was dishonorable and filthy, like the other survivors of the shipwreck. As a result of this event, Blackthorne is given
John Weldon Dr. Margaret Fletcher English 1101 – 8 a.m. 5 May 2013 Rhetorical Reading: “Salvation” In Langston Hughes’ memoir “Salvation” (1940), Hughes explores the idea that his youthful guilt and despair following an abortive religious experience in his hometown Harlem church was the result of a language misunderstanding. Hughes uses emotive imagery and powerful contrast in order to convey the rising sense of guilt he experiences from not only failing to imitate his aunt and her congregation’s faithfulness, but also lying about the supposedly shared experience. The purpose of this memoir is to express the author’s childhood emotions in order to allow the reader to empathize with what is most likely a common experience among children of religious families. The intended audience is most likely the author’s peers and anyone else who has had a similar experience. This story is of a kind to which I can personally relate.
Reasons Jack and his tribe painted their faces The war paint is also a symbol. It symbolized the rejection of society. In a way, when they put on the mask of war paint, they took off the mask of society and revealed their true inner self which was savage. Jack's mask is used to represent the unleashing of evil nature that the polite society leashes. The painted mask initially scares the hunter Bill, but he then laughs and backs away into the jungle.
Tim describes the dead body over and over in the story which means he have trouble to move on from his guilt. Therefore, we understand that Tim is under a shock because he realizes that he kills a human been. In the other hand, Azar dehumanizes the Vietnamese man. He compares the dead body to food “wheat” “like oatmeal”. Azar deals with the situation irony and mockery.
Tuesdays with Morrie Essay Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom, is an elaborate storyline of the relationship and values of both Mitch and Morrie, colored by disease, struggles, and family. This experience forces Morrie to find acceptance through detachment, and appreciate even the smallest things in life. In Morrie’s quest to accept his nearing death, he consciously “detaches [himself] from the experience” (Albom, 52) while suffering his violent coughing attacks. Morrie realizes that he is primarily the bridge between life and death, and feels it is his duty to share his experience with the world. Because of Morrie, Mitch became a whole new person.
Kurtz had lived in the Congo, and was separated from his own culture for quite some time. He had once been considered an honorable man, but the jungle changed him greatly. Here isolated from the rest of his own society, he discovered the evil side and became corrupted by his power and isolation. He takes his pamphlet for the “International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs” and scribbles in, at the very end, the words "Exterminate all the brutes!" He induces the natives to worship him, setting up rituals worthy of a tyrant.