She may feel as if her birth was a curse to her mother, and that it’s all her fault she lived with such disgrace. Pearl was a reminder of the very day her mother stood on trial, named Pearl for this symbolic reason. See the name Pearl stands for great price, one of which Hester had to pay. I’m sure Pearl was grateful that her mother was cleared of all her charges due to Governors Dimmesdale admission of guilt. Once cleared of all charges Hester didn’t leave because she said ‘’here was the scene of her guilt, therefore it must be the scene of her earthly punishment ‘’.
By showing that she has destroyed her grandmother's garden, she has reflected her mother's parenting skills. Another incident was from Mrs. Tisdale asking a question to her students on what their biggest crime they have committed. A student responds with him “shooting a squirrel with a BB gun-wounding it and leaving it to die. He can outrun the sneaky attempt to cover up an accident, but he can’t outrun the fact that he was coward.” His act of cowardness fabricated into making himself acknowledge the fact that he is unable to run away from the guilt that will be haunt him as a result of trauma he received after committing the murder. In comparison to The Five People You Meet IN Heaven, Eddie has a strong memory about seeing a child inside the burning house which made him feel obligated on saving her in Philippines.
“It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (Lee p.112). Mrs. Dubose knew she did not have long to live in the world so she wanted to die with nothing and nobody helping her. She was addicted to morphine and was battling her addiction during her last months alive. Everyone especially Jem believed the Mrs.
Scout understands that Boo is a compassionate person, unlike the mysterious unknown neighbor they once thought. Scout finally understood her father’s lesson, because Boo was not the man she thought he was. Atticus’s wisdom was now clear to the children. Even though they faced many struggles to understand the lesson, they learned it in the end. Jem and Scout will no longer judge people by their first impression, for they now know there will always be more left to learn.
So by Avi saying yes he was saying that he wouldn't lie but on the other hand he lied so he can prove that he is tough. But by lying he was doing good at the same time because with out lying he would never be able to go for the over night hike. My thought about Avi wanting to be tough is that he believes he is undermined about him being a weakling because
Black men were not men at all, but they were property. Huck struggled with this throughout the book as he felt guilt and condemnation for not returning Jim back to his rightful owner, Widow Douglas. But even in the peculiar relationship, it was confusing as to which would be the father figure, Huck or Jim. Jim definitely filled the role as protector, when he shielded Huck from seeing corpse of his godforsaken Pap. Jim also displayed the image of father that would give up his own life for his boy when stayed with Tom after he got shot.
If he did not, he would not taught ,explained and helped David to understand about Waknuk's rules and their views on people who are different from the image of God. He also would not cares about David and wants to protect him. The last example is “ It was a great satisfaction to learn and know more, it helped to ease one over a lot of puzzling matters, and I began to understand many of the things Uncle Axel talked about much better, nevertheless, it brought, too, the first taste of complications from which we would never again be free. ” (8, 82) This happened after David’s aunt die, he develops an intense desire to become normal. He was so scared that someone will find out about him.
In many scenes of the story, several characters are searching for heroes. “What he wanted was a model. Someone who could teach him by example, how to kill,” (24). Robert is resilient and strong, but he is not emotionally prepared for war. His enrolment in the war is due to his guilt over Rowena’s death and his need for independence.
For what reason? Hale: I put the noose around Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor. It was I! I am the reason to your misery and loneliness. It is disappointing that it is not only you, but also all those who have hearts like doves, have suffered due to my weaknesses.
The theme that exemplified the most in the novel was the theme of loneliness, which took apart Curley’s wife. The quote by Mother Teresa relates to Curley’s wife because she went through many downfalls with her situation in the story and because many things become grudging. Loneliness is something that will make people go into depression because first and for most they