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Use actual or re-created dialogue? Give actual names of people and places. 4. Presents important changes, contrasts, or conflicts and creates tension. • Do you grow from change?
The character of Jack in Lord of the Flies serves to highlight the uneven cruelty and power distributed through society. His character depicts a battle between good and evil, this theme is one that was influenced by Golding's own experiences in World War two. Jack represents the breakdown in society and how the “blood thirsty”, savagery in human nature can cause the fall of man and lead to autocratic tribalism. Jack’s craving for power is made evident right from the beginning of the novel. when the boys decide that they “ought to have a chief”, Jack jumps at the chance with “simple arrogance”, and states that its because he is “chapter chorister”, and can “sing C sharp”,so in other words, for no valid reason at all.
Explore how the greed and desire for power leads to corruption and violence in ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Animal Farm’. The tragedy Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, has a prevailing theme of ambition and power. The play focusses on how the eponymous hero’s lust for power changes his own mind and how it affects the characters around him. The audience witnesses how Macbeth transitions from the brave and loyal soldier, to a corrupt tyrant who would murder his friends to secure his status as King of Scotland. The novella Animal Farm written by George Orwell shares this theme of a lust for power.
Two passages highlight tremendous fault in judgment pertaining to witch hunting, both of which I will explain and reflect upon throughout this essay. During the first act, upon Mr. Hale’s entry, Miller exposes the connections between communism vs. capitalism and good vs. evil. As Mr. Hale holds that “the devil is a wily one” (Miller, 35) and must be stopped, there were many in both the United States and communist Russia who condemned the opposite party of espionage in an effort to undermine what they believed to be “good” in the battle of “good” vs. “evil”. Russia, for example, during the years of Stalin’s reign, held military tribunals for those accused of conspiring with the capitalists. The average duration of these trials was three minutes (class notes, POL 334) and, most always, the tribunal
Napoleon is a caricature of Joseph Stalin. He was more clearly evil than Stalin, though they shared many traits. Here, Orwell was sending a message to the people of Russia. He wanted them to see how tyrannical their leader was and wanted them to know that the fate of the animals could quickly be their own. Hidden in characters and a plot was an effective way to expose what was happening to them.
Us Against Them In wars, in cruelty, and even in sports there is a force that allows humans to fight, to abuse, and to compete. We separate ourselves from our opponents; we dehumanize them in order to justify our actions against them. The examples of this are many, they are driven by fear, and they only hurt those involved. In Matt Ridley’s book The Rational Optimist, he shows that humans prosper when they do not separate themselves from each other. In John Steinbeck’s book, The Grapes of Wrath, he shows the cruelties people are capable of when they do separate themselves from others and District 9, a film directed by Neill Blomkamp, makes clear what can happen when people dehumanize another species.
In this quote, Stilson shows anger toward Ender who deliberately creates a situation to hurt Ender. He calls him names and thinks Ender was powerful because of the monitor which is now taken off. The other time Ender’s excellence is disliked by others is when he is tortured by Bernard and his gang. At the launch, when Ender’s excellence is appreciated by colonel Graff, it brings a life of torture for Ender by Bernard and his gang. “Kicking his bed every time they went in, jostling him with his meal tray.
When the children found the Lord of the Flies, not only did they use it in a harmful way, Jack, put the head on the stake in the forest as an offering to the beast where he says, “This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.” (137). Another event was when Roger killed Piggy. Roger was evidently mean from the beginning, and because of what had happened from their new “society”, Roger has changed dramatically form the cruelest kid to a murderer. Another character, Simon, also changes when he controls the pig’s head in the glade which shows that even good natured people also has an evil side to them.
Brown and Kulik (1977) suggested that flashbulb memories are caused by a neural mechanism triggered by a surprising, emotional and highly important event. Flashbulb memories are also believed