Creon prevents the people in Thebes to bury Polynices by saying that anyone who tries to bury him will be sentenced to death. This law may be harsh, but Polynices is a traitor who attacks his homeland. Creon makes no exceptions to the rule even when he realizes Antigone, his niece, tries to bury Polynices. It is easy for Creon to let Antigone get away with her crime, but he does what he thinks is right by starving Antigone. If he lets Antigone get away with burying her brother, it will make him seem weak, and the government corrupt.
During the Week of Peace Okonkwo beats his wife, Oljiugo, not wanting to show any sign of weakness. He is unhappy with the lack of progression being shown by women in the community. He after is
He behaves threateningly to Lennie because "he hates big guys. Kind of like he's mad at em' because he ain't a big guy."(29). Shortly after Lennie and George encounter Curley's wife and Lennie can't help but gawk at her; "she's purty. "(35).George sternly tells Lennie "you keep away from herm 'cause she's a rat-trap.."(36). Lennie in his instinctive animalistic way burst out "I don't like the place, George.
Hannah Smith Book Review 2 Mr.Eury October,19th,2010 Dirty Jersey How would it feel to go from zero to hero of your high school? Well just asks Eric Pose, sure he doesn’t have a players swagger, a ballers style or enough game to catch every girl. Unlike his sister Kenya, who is popular and sings like an angel but Kenya just wants to live the life of the rich and famous: bad boys and fly girls. Dirty Jersey by Phillip Thomas Duck is about Eric Posey, a very uncool, Butt-of-every-joke kid and his rise to fame. Eric has a one-in-a-million encounter with famous rapper Fiasco, Eric’s all time idol.
The best actor is Andrew Dillemuth, who plays the younger brother. His looks describe the part he plays—Andrew’s younger brother. Though his performance is very emotional, he does an amazing job in one scene: the part that he tells his brother his dreams and the reason why their mother left them. The dream however, became a reality because Cain’s death is the same as he dreamed it: getting into an argument with his big brother and Andrew mistakenly stabbing Cain with a knife. While explaining the dream, Cain cries almost throughout the scene, he is the best of all in this play.
Naturally Violent “People are Violent because they are born that way.” Modern writers often speak of people native to violence. Although these three stories disproves that mankind is born evil, in Ralph Ellison’s “A Party Down at the Square” says the white narrator does not like the racism but will approve of it because his family and the environment revolved around him is indeed racist. “Invisible Man” also by Ralph Ellison, the Invisible man was always seeing the bright side of everything but as he grew older nobody noticed him so he turned evil, he understood that no one will ever see him the way he wants to be seen. “The Destructors” By Graham Greene, this also disproves the statement of all mankind are born evil because it shows
As a young man of only eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat. Amalinze was the great wrestler who for seven years was unbeaten, from Umuofia to Mexico. Okonkwo’s actions are also greatly driven by fear: the fear of becoming anything like his father, Unoka. His life was “dominated by fear, the fear of failure and weakness” and this causes him to act with extreme determination and live the harsh life because of his “fear of himself, least he should be found to resemble his father”. He constantly feared that others would have negative emotions towards him because of what his father did.
Okonkwo's tragic flaw is that he fears looking weak and letting emotions get the best of him is what lead him to his ultimate downfall. Okonkwo was a courageous and wealthy man throughout his tribe. In his culture, where titles, money, and wives were looked upon, Okonkwo received many titles and had several children with several wives. He worked hard for his success, for he was not born into it. His father, Unoka, was a well-known for his laziness in the village.
He also mentions that he feels like hitting her. Then, he threatens her that if she does not do what he tells her to do, he will disown her and not let her live in his house ever again (lll, v, 193-196). This proves how selfish Capulet is because he is not really thinking about her happiness as much as he is thinking about winning a wealthy, noble person of high social class to his side. In contrast, Scout’s father in To Kill a Mockingbird is a completely different character. He is a very calm and rational person.
In one instance after she lost her job, Leroy does more than beat Minny; he tries to kill her. This would be considered a mortal sin because he did not hurt Minny out of righteous anger, but out of his own selfishness. This offense caused a complete separation from God. An example of a venial sin, a less serious offense against the will of God that only diminishes our relationship with God, is when Skeeter’s mother lies about what happened to Constantine. This would be considered a venial sin because it goes against the teaching of one of our 10 commandments.