But Walter begins to see a new side to his great uncles when he stumbles on an old photograph of a beautiful woman hidden away in a trunk and asks Garth who she is. FFor 14-year old Walter, his great uncles’ farm in rural Texas is the last place on earth he wants to spend the summer. Dumped off by his mother, Mae, in the middle of nowhere with two crazy old men and the promise that she’ll come back for him, Walter doesn’t know what to believe in. Eccentric and gruff, Hub and Garth McCaan are rumored to have been bank robbers, mafia hit men and/or war criminals in their younger days. The truth is elusive, although they do seem to have an endless supply of cash.
It looks extremely different, all dry, peaceful. O’Brien sees two farmers digging in the same exact spot the soldiers had found Kiowa’s lifeless body decades ago. His daughter Kathleen comments on the stench of the place, and it reminds him of the night of Kiowa’s death; how horrid it smelled, how terrifying the bombing was. “Kathleen had just turned ten, and this trip was a kind of birthday present, showing her the world, offering a small piece of her father’s history...even during those periods of boredom and discomfort she’d kept up a good-humored tolerance. At the same time, however, she’d seemed a bit puzzled.
In Bret Harte’s The Outcasts of Poker Flat, a small band of misfits find themselves in a life or death struggle to survive the elements after being cast out of the western town of Poker Flat. Things go awry for one John Oakhurst, a professional gambler and loner, as he is banished after taking some of the locals for their money and horses. A secret committee of morally upstanding townsfolk sees fit to pass judgment upon Mr. Oakhurst along with two prostitutes and a sluice-robber. Oakhurst’s newly found family of sorts now includes Mother Shipton, The Duchess, and the gold robber Uncle Billy. The townsfolk exile the group and send them on the road to Sandy Bar, a mountain camp about a day of travel through rough, windy, and cold terrain.
People think he is a hero because it is said that he was captured or disillusioned from the army during the war in Afghanistan. Which is why people put his picture everywhere and on the picture it is written “He fought for us, let’s fight for him” although it’s not confirmed that he really did fight. The only facts that are shown is that he escaped and wrote to his parents that “The future is too good to be based on lies.” and Sgt. Bergdahl mailed his US uniform to his parents. Nothing is confirmed yet, But investigators are trying to decide if this Sgt.
There are many rumor about Gatsby such as that” he killed a man”, he’s a German spy, and that he was in the “American army during the war.” The author reveals rumors rather than facts because he wants to preserve an image of mystic and keep Gatsby a curiosity because no one really knows him. 3. Nick is impressed by Gatsby because he thinks he is a very educated, elegant, and well-spoken man. 4. Nick seems that around him are hypocrites like Tom that have affair and Myrtles that cheats.
What do his responses to the dilemma reveal about his personality? Because he left his rifle on the German soldier’s body, if he don’t return he will be unarmed, and killed by other German soldiers just like how he killed the German soldier. He is smart, clam, brave because he can identify the situation quickly and come back to “meet” the German soldier again, although he is still scared. Discuss the narrator’s capture and treatment of the prisoners. To what extent was it an act of heroism?
When John Hickam sees his son and enquires to how the football training went, close camera angles show us the disappointment that Homer experiences on his face and as the camera cuts back to John we see how he thinks his son is weak. But as Homer’s dad says that he can work in the mine Joe Johnston deliberately cuts back to Homer to show the viewer that Homer’s face is forlorn and has a very stern expression-he does not want to work in the mine. The father and son have very different views and it is what is making the relationship that exists are very strained one. Other camera angles in this scene consistently show John Hickam being higher and bigger than Homer. As the scene continues, this technique
There also seems to be a conflict going on within himself. After hearing the news of the approval Sergeant Mulcahy strips the shirt off of Trip exposing his scars on his back from previous floggings following this Trip pulls the rest of his shirt off with angst and a facial expression of pure disgust for what the Colonel is doing. A slow dismal soundtrack starts at this point directing the emotions for the scene. A number of close ups start here to show emotion and expression on the faces of the two men. Trip chooses to fixate on Colonel Shaw and show no emotion but one single tear as Colonel Robert show looks on with a stern but also questioning look on his face.
He is a victim of favoritism, and because of never being the one with the attention he has learned not to be like his bad father and his brother by teaching himself what is right in others eyes, not the eyes of his dad. At the opening of the story, Wes is described as a “boring” sheriff of a small town in Montana. Wes had attended law school but forcefully had to take over his father’s position of county sheriff. It was evident that this was not an ideal position for him. Because of his position rather than his brother’s, he experiences jealousy and is a victim of favoritism.
He talks about how he made a fortune selling marmalade (Pg.). He happens to love the Yankees and is desperate to go watch their game, with tickets burning in his pocket as his motivation, he eagerly throws out rude and snide remarks in every argument and conversation that happens within that small juror room. Juror VII doesn’t even care about the young boy with a death sentience riding on the decision of theses people, he just cares about himself. He proves that on page 17 when he states “He’s real quick with switch knives, they said. He’s a very fine boy.