‘we grabbed a drink – soon everything would taste different.’ ‘we grabbed a drink’ shows how desperate they are because they didn’t just get a drink they ‘grabbed’ a drink. ‘Soon everything would taste different.’ This shows how unpatriotic the family is because they think that everything would be better in a different country including the taste of things. ‘It is you last check-in point in this country’ this shows that the family are escaping the conflict because they can’t deal with the conflict. ‘This country’ could show that people are that disgraced with their countries conflict and attitude towards war they don’t even have a name that could describe it. Regret is a main feeling in ‘Bayonet Charge’.
The Chrysalids Essay In John Wyndham’s novel the Chrysalids David and his group of friends have to run from the expectations of society to be normal. David and his group of friends have special abilities that no one finds normal so they have to keep it from the community. David struggles with the internal and external conflict about what he is told is right and what is wrong with the discrimination all around him, in his community and even in his family. This important to know because it teaches people about discrimination and what it is like to be discriminated, or live in a discriminated community. David feels discriminated because he is different; he is not a person of the norm.
People are tempted and forced to do things that they could never imagine or believe themselves doing. Believe it or not, it can change your overall demeanor and personality. In order to relieve stress, people will do crazy things such as disobeying the law, drugs, or killing one another, adults especially. We would not want death to be a solution in any situation. In conclusion, In the novel “A Long way Gone, memoirs of a boy soldier” by Ishmael Beah, told a story about how adults broke down a dramatical time of crisis which commonly related to the way the children represented themselves and their overall social aspect which lied within their hands.
Anderson shows that war has a damning effect on war journalists as well as soldiers, and that their loved ones and families are also heavily affected. One of these effects on the characters is that they lose a sense of hope and as a result, always expect the worse. Talzani depends on fate to answer the toughest questions in his life and to comfort him by covering up horrors in his past by blaming it on the power of fate, which is out of his control. Dr Talzani admits, ‘would you believe that sometimes I am so tired, or the cave is so dark, I’m not even sure of the colours I give them’. To make himself feel better he embodies a fatalistic view which is that ‘there is no pattern to who lives or dies in war’.
In both Elie Wiesel’s “Night” and Roberto Benigni's “ Life is Beautiful” the element of chance played a major role in the outcome of each character. It impacts the paths of each family in negative and positive way’s. Throughout each family’s time in the concentration camps they are so heavily influenced by greed, anger and corruption that without the role of chance, hope and love surviving would have been impossible. With displays of unknowingly running from the enemy to randomly being selected by the enemy, chance changes their lives forever. In the beginning of Life Is Beautiful Guido’s son Giosue refuses to take a bath for his mother.
The effects of war not only affect the soldier, but also cause an effect on families and loved ones. It is hard for the family to accept what had done war to Henry, but it is even tougher for Henry, who is blind by the terrible things he saw and lived at Vietnam, and does not see another way out than committing
Okonkwo and Macbeth are both heavily influenced by other characters, fuelled by the expectations of their societies, and driven to act based on their tragic flaw. The reason behind all the actions Okonkwo takes can be traced back to one person; his father. Okonkwo grew up hating Unoka’s laziness and he “was ruled by one passion- to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved” (Achebe 13). This led him to rule “his household with a heavy hand” (Achebe 13), and treat his family poorly. He is afraid to show affection, as seen with Ezinma and Ikemefuna.
The personal beliefs and social order which were once static, collapse in the face of God’s ‘test.’ When faced with adversity and desperation, certain individuals embrace the challenge and their heroism shines through, whilst others instead choose to turn their backs on the town, acting in selfish and crude ways. Throughout the ‘Year of Wonders,’ Brooks explores the ways in which society responds to extreme hardship, and the ripple effect which peoples choices have on others within the community. The plague seeds which settle upon the soil of Eyam bring about profound change within the village,
As the boy grows older with this point of view, he comes to know the world as predominantly evil. The isolation of the father and son from the rest of the world because of their being ‘good guys’ and the overt maliciousness of everyone else they come into contact with enforces this view point. The father’s alienation is different. He becomes consumed with the boy’s survival and well-being, not his own. This causes him to make decisions that the boy views as wrong in order to survive.
When Najaf flees, he is sentimental about the people and culture he has left behind, whilst at the same time, hopeful for a chance at freedom without persecution. In the camp at Woomera, there is also significant psychological conflict, as the detainees shut down psychologically and become increasingly angry and upset as their freedom, safety and lives hang in the balance. It can be described as having an incredibly intense emotional atmosphere, as the people at Woomera seem to go insane from the sheer act of waiting. * It also highlights how people can triumph over their conflict. This is explored through Gorg Ali, who acts as a primary role model to Najaf, teaching him to be peaceful in times of conflict.