There is the theme of violence and brutality running throughout the novel Lord of the Flies. It appears very early in the novel in a form of a game when Ralph “machined-gunned Piggy”, and lasts until the very end when Jack and his tribe are trying to kill Ralph. So through Golding’s use of language I am going to analyze the scene which I think is the most frightening moment of violence and brutality in the novel - Simon’s death. Golding uses imagery to present the boys’ violent and brutal act in killing Simon. “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock.
Elia Kazan’s ‘On the Waterfront’, is a story of Terry Malloy’s ultimate journey of fulfilling his dreams on becoming a contender and becoming a man from a ‘bum’. Two of the most influential people, Father Barry and Edie Doyle constantly remind Terry to listen to his conscience. ‘On the Waterfront’ takes the audience on a journey through terry’s life, which gives them an insight into his life and dilemmas which he faces along the way. Terry’s redemption took time and was aided by the support of others. When Johnny Friendly’s gang murders his brother Charlie, Terry realizes the union corruption makes the decision to go against the union and make them pay, now that he’s felt the pain personally.
Hamlet has now taken this personal with his own desires for revenge, as well as his obligation to his deceased father. Likewise, Fortinbras also seeks revenge for his father’s death. Horatio is informing Marcellus and Bernardo as to why they are guarding the gates. He tells them the history of the Fortinbras family, “Dar’d to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet /…Did slay this Fortinbras” (I.i.87-89). This is explaining the reason young Fortinbras has for revenge.
The extent to which relationships equate to fulfillment is demonstrated within Romulus my father through retrospective analysis of Gaita and Romulus’ early relationship where Gaita alludes to his positive father son relationship as a primary factory for his present day fulfillment. The text emphasizes the composer’s positive moral values being inherited from his fathers consistent loving, harsh and instructing nature. Demonstrated through Gaitas recollection that ”three things fed my fathers anger: his knowledge that I was lying, his fear for my character and his dismay that he had lost something precious”. Gaita recognizes that the strength of their relationship was due to his father’s persistence. The fear of loosing his son led Romulus to attempt to better himself, seen through the statement “My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Although this method of parenting gave short-term dismay demonstrated through Raimond’s childhood outburst “you don’t love me”.
Francis Ford Coppola's incendiary masterpiece, "The Godfather," chronicles a patriarch's fall from power and his son's subsequent son's rise to that very power, asserting that every relationship between a father and his son must evolve at one point or another. Similarly, Dalton Trumbo, in his novel, Johnny Got A Gun, characterizes the central patriarchal relationship as full of understanding and evolving, through carefully selected details and a neutral yet oftentimes intimate point-of-view, to convey the bittersweet passing of an era in the relationship between every boy and his father. Popular culture closely associates patriarchy and fatherhood with exaggerated masculinity; one need not look any farther than the archetypal stoic father who teaches his son about things like football and fishing, yet never engages him on an emotional level. Trumbo, however, strays from archetype by portraying a relationship with a surprisingly complex emotional core. At the center of this emotional core stand the ideals of understanding and comfort, symbolized in the story by the carefully selected details that Trumbo gives the audience about the protagonists’ surroundings; the author brings to our attention the fact that this place that these come to annually “was nine thousand feet high and covered with pine trees and dotted with lakes,” instead creating a sense of echoing desolation in our mind (Trumbo).
Vernon Scannell also talks about the father’s reaction and what he does. “I took my hook and honed the blade” implies that the father has sharpened his blade for battle with the ‘Regiment of Spite’. The writer also describes the action the father does in order to destroy the nettles. “Went outside and slashed with fury”, the word ‘Slashed’ represents big sweeping movements. Scannell then implies the fact that the father’s work in cutting down the nettles
This creates conflict between the monster and Victor as the monster soon begins to hate him for abandoning him. Furthermore, in chapter 16 we see conflict between the creator and the created again: “you belong to my enemy—to him I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim”. The monster’s anger towards his creator is channelled into revenge as he kills his brother. Shelley uses the language device direct address to depict this. The pronoun “you” is repeated, this makes the reader
They serve as warnings to the villain Manfred, who is the king of Otranto. However, Manfred’s lust for power and patriarchal rule supersede the many warnings from the supernatural. He is a man full of rage, intemperance, and will resort to violence should his subjects not acquiesce to his every demand. Walpole holds the reader in suspense throughout the novel, due to the threat of constant impending death of one or more of the characters. In my essay, I will explore how the supernatural upholds rightful inheritance and how when the heir is illegitimate, even to the second or third generation, retribution follows, and is executed by the supernatural world in that, “the sins of the fathers are
Huck’s father teaches his only son that life is not worth living, while on the other hand Jim gives Huck the strong fatherly support that Huck needs including, friendship, and knowledge for Huck to become a real man unlike his father. Even though Huck and Jim are both from different racial backgrounds the time they spend together allows them to surpass their ethnic differences and become just like true family father. For the father son relationship that Huck Finn needs to work requires respect and love from the child for the father. Jim is in the deepest corners of Huck's heart and in the story we see how Huck's powerful his compassion is for Jim. Such an example is when the rattle snake bites Jim, and Huck ensures that he brings him back to life.” Jim told me to chop off the snake's head and throw it away, and then skin the body and roast a piece of it.
I will also evaluate the changing relationship between feminism and patriarchy, illustrating how this is mirrored in contemporary society. Sociologists make clear distinctions between sex and gender, stating that sex is biologically assigned, while gender is culturally learned. However, the dictionary definition of femininity is the trait of behaving in ways considered typical of a women, for example; delicacy, submissiveness, nurturing and prettiness. The dictionary definition of masculinity is characterised by traits which include; independence, confidence, assertiveness and competiveness. Gender seems to establish your characteristics, and how you operate in society.