Through the development of the story, readers may draw the conclusion that there is no straightforward answer to what is good and evil in the world. The grandmother is a pretentious character who considers herself as a moral lady with a faithful belief in Christianity, However, she only cares about herself and pretends to be considerate of others. In the beginning of the story, she uses the report about the Misfit to try to convince her family not to go to Florida for vacation. She tells Bailey, her son, “ I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn’t answer to my conscience if I did”(O’Connor, 9).
In the beginning of the story, the grandmother was a selfish and manipulative person. By reading the first few sentences, you can notice that she does not want to go Florida because she wants to go to Tennessee to see some relatives. Whenever something runs up against the grandmother’s will, she tries to get it her way. She does not say I want to go to Tennessee, but she try to scarves him with the report of a criminal on the loose who is heading to Florida. She said, “Just you read it.
First of all, the Grandmother is probably the worst character of all. Maybe even worse than the Misfit himself. The first thing we see in the story is that she does not want her son Bailey to go to Florida with the family because she has people to see in Tennessee. Whenever things are not going the way she wants them to, she tries anything she can to have it her way. She does this quite indirectly.
At the beginning of the story she tries to manipulate her son. “The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida . She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey’s mind” (pg 264). She tells Bailey about the Misfit who was aloose from the federal pen and how he was headed toward Florida . “I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it.
Susan Smith thought she was being raised by two loving parents, but it turned out to be with a mother that was blind to the fact that her daughter was being abused by a man that played the part of daddy. Susan was forced to become the woman that everyone expected her to become but her avoidance of receiving help for her issues may have caused her to break. There is no known cure for Dependent Personality Disorder, but it is recommended that a person that is diagnosed seeks the assistance of a psychiatrist immediately. Had Susan Smith pursued help from the outside prior to her making the decision of murder, she would have been able to receive the proper guidance that she should have received as a young
What- It is the morning after Stanley’s poker night, the morning after he beat Stella. I, (Blanche DuBois) am trying to convince my sister to leave Stanley and to run away with me. I don’t understand how my sister can come back to such a place, much less go back with Stanley who has treated her in such a way. I tell my sister Stella that his behavior with her is animal like and that he is common. I try to convince her that he is not a man that deserves her or her child and that he is not a man who she can live with.
Non-consequentialism says that some kinds of actions are wrong in themselves and not just wrong because they have bad consequences. Kant’s categorical imperative2 “I ought not to act except in such a way that I could also will that my maxim should become a universal law.” Amanda is a young girl who was abducted by her uncle in an attempt to get the money her mother, his sister, acquired through a drug deal gone bad. Throughout the movie there are ethical dilemmas starting with the decision to take the case or not. Angie is Patrick’s girlfriend and partner; she does not want to take the case. She fears that if they take the case they would find the body.
. It was also her fault because she is not yet divorced and dating a younger man. If Natalie would let Frank call the police than he would be still alive The boys were to blame as well because instead of calling the police when Richard broke into the house and yelling at their mother they called Frank to come over and take care of it. Frank decided to go over to the house to take care of Richard and he beat Frank up and then he left. His father was doctoring his son, Frank’s mother wanted to call the police and he would not allow her to do so.
The betrayal of Polynieces causes his sister, Antigone, to start another long line of betrayal throughout the rest of the play. Antigone begins planning her betrayal against Creon and her justice against her brother when she goes to her sister, Ismene, for help. “You must decide whether you will help me or not.” (Line 30, Pg 774). Ismene is a coward and claims she cannot help Antigone, “But I have no strength to break laws that were made for the public good.” (Line 66, Pg 774). The fact that Antigone is now alone is this process does not slow her down at all; not even after Ismene warns her that the consequence of her actions could be death.
When her mother says it, she warns her daughter to not be in any relationship with anyone growing up in Mexico. She doesn’t want her daughter to suffer from the old-fashion thinking and the authoritarian point of view about women’s role in family and society. However, Clemencia misinterprets and follows what she is told but in a wrong way. Her mind leads her to one direction while her action leads to another which creates a disorientation within her. Another good point in this story is when her mother’s own affair while Clemencia’s father is “coughing up