Maybe he was tired of seeing Lennie hurt and just not really enjoying life as much because of his disability. He thought it was best for both of them. He would be able to focus more on his life and get things done with nothig really in the way becaused Lennie wasn;t there and Lennie wouldn’t have to worry about anything because he’s
Selected Citations from Poor Richard's Almanack “None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.” and “How few there are who have courage enough to own their Faults, or resolution enough to mend them!” These quotations basically mean that most people don't like to look inside themselves and see their flaws. A well-bred and courageous person sees who they are and acknowledges it without getting discouraged or insecure. The second part means that most people go on with their lives dealing with their flaws and trying to fix them to make themselves a better person. We all know that as humans it is in our nature that we make mistakes and faults but few of us have the guts to acknowledge their faults. These quotes is relevant to me that in every fault or failure I make I don’t have to be defensive about it but accept these mistakes and to use them as stepping stone to improve myself and change for the better.
In doing so, we see how essential not only it is for Lennie to gain another friend in times of loneliness, but for Crooks as well. Being secluded from companionship like Crooks is, he becomes dependent on Lennie for moments like those to remind him that he is still a human being. Lennie, like George, also doesn’t want to risk losing a friend over something minor. When Lennie wanted some ketchup and he saw that he made George angry by continuously asking for what they don’t have, he immediately apologized and said “I wouldn’t eat no ketchup, George. I’d leave it all for you.
The social norm got a hold of Hoke and in the end I ceased to move. Hoke was put in this situation and acted just the way society expected him to. Even though I could tell he was bothered by my actions he still drove me home with the conversation kept to a minimum and the radio was left to fill the empty space of the awkwardness. During the experiment I felt as if I was being annoying and troublesome to Hoke, ultimately leaving me wondering if following social norms makes it easier on everyone. Why is this an uncomfortable situation?
Granger believes that when people change even a small part of the world thoughtfully and deliberately, they leave behind enough of their roots to enable other people to mourn them properly.Granger’s story about his grandfather, with its moral about the importance of leaving one’s mark on the world, resonates with Montag’s desire to leave a meaningful legacy. From the beginning of the novel he has been growing increasingly dissatisfied with a life based on empty pleasures and devoid of real connections to other people. With the help from Granger, Montag now realized that because Mildred hardly ever did anything, he did not miss her. Montag thinks back to Faber’s words, promising him that Montag would be as a brother. That is Montag-plus-Faber, fire plus water which would mix and turn into wine.
My question to this was there a problem in Bartleby’s life? The narrator shows how Bartleby starts to just drift away, he starts off being a very excellent working to just not doing anything. He even begins to just stare at the wall. He is just there not wantingto do anything but just be there. My thought on this is that the lawyer is feeling sorry for Bartleby.
Hemingway shows the reader almost instantly that he is a man, at least in the sense of his knowledge and sense of control. The man doesn’t seem to care about Jig or the unborn child but instead he seems to care about what happens to himself. “I’ll love it. I love it now but I just can’t think about it. You know how I get when I worry,” as if to make her understand his actions through a simple guilt of him worrying (59, Hemingway).
Bauby pitied himself at the start of learning his disability, but with time, physical therapy, a special alphabet to help him communicate and excess time to reflect on his position in this rare situation he began to realize that all the freedom he had, we taken for granted. Before Bauby even had the stroke he wasn’t informed on what locked-in syndrome was. After living with locked-in syndrome he began to take noticed that what he first saw as a disability wasn’t something he would stop living for because as far as he was concerned he was still a person able to feel, set goals, communicate and be himself. Even with what he has learned nd grown from adapting to his new way of being it doesn’t pardon the fact of how he was arrogant with all he could have, but ignorant with what he already had but took for granted and didn’t acknowledge until it was the only thing he had left that still cared for him and as much as he cared for it then; his
Stupid fella couldn't swim and I never realised. I felt guilty as hell at that point too, but he still thanked me when I let him out. Sure, I guess Lennie was a burden to me, but he gave me good company. He was my partner, but now he's gone I feel so lonely. Even with slim, candy an the other guys.
He is totally unaware of how she feels and is only concerned about his own experience. “Once I tapped him on the arm so I could whisper a comment in his ear. He jumped” (Toth pg.1) Sounds like Aaron forgot he was even at the movies with someone else! Bob, a happy radical, chooses films that will change the world that are positive and uplifting. He is rather thoughtful but almost to the point where he seems to be a moral judge.