The imagery of the Guardia Civil “leaning against their rifles” suggests the normalization of violence in war, and thus by extension the detached and ritualistic nature of the executions. This initial violence clearly mirrors that of the Republican massacre, in that both acts began with a seemingly necessary act carried out in war. The Falangists then take over from the Guardia Civil, proceeding to “herd”16 all the women to a barbershop opposite the city hall. The Falangists, members of the Spanish Fascist political party, were known for their disorderliness, poor discipline and their street violence prior to the Civil War.17 Hence their taking over of the shooting mirrors the drunkards taking over the lines in the Ayuntaimento – in both cases, their taking over represents a descent into
Even several years before that, Japan invaded the city of Manchuria, China and took it over, changing its name to Manchukuo. In the year of 1937, Japan invaded a few more Chinese cities, one of them being its then capital city, Nanjing. This is where things really got gruesome. Every Japanese soldier that invaded Nanjing had a license to murder, rape and torture anyone residing in the country’s capital. Walking down the streets, these soldiers raped Nanjing’s women and killed its men and children without an ounce of guilt.
Under the care of her grandmother, she is able to recover, but never wholly reconciles with her father because her grandmother “was never fond of Dad in the first place” (Pham 57). Chi feels safe and secure and is even reluctant to move to America because “she felt at home in Phan Thiet and she loved Grandma” (Pham 58). As Chi grows up, her new freedom allows her to become braver, and this becomes associated with her new identity as a young teenager. When Pham’s family is escaping to America, Chi shows responsibility as the oldest sibling by helping her younger brothers. “’I’ve got your bag,’ she whispered.
Their new rank brings the Duong family into a working relationship with the French, who colonize Vietnam by 1888. After World War II, The Sacred Willow shows the inner divisions of a people. Initially, because of his uncompromising opposition to the French, many members of the traditional Duong family embrace Ho Chi Minh. As they become disillusioned with his Communism, most move South. Yet among the twelve surviving children, Mai’s sister Phu joins the Communists, while Mai herself studies and marries in America and returns to interrogate Communist prisoners.
It is companies such as the peach farm that force people’s insanity and revoke their sense of ownership and livelihood. At the end of the story there is a tragic scene where Rose of Sharon, one of the women of the group, gives birth to a stillborn child in the rain and Uncle John, a depressed drunk due to the death of his wife and mal living conditions, sends the dead baby downstream in hopes that the landowners of California receive the message that there are people dying due to their greed and self interests. Unfortunately the Joads and many others try to stay united but the horrors of poverty settle in as many people die due to the living conditions and there are many setbacks in their journey expressed as “livelihood,” was never met. The novel portrays an image of a world in which generosity and self-sacrifice are the greatest of virtues. It also portrays an image of the 1930’s and one of the causes of the Great
In the mean time, Raymond Shaw’s brainwashing is tested by the communists and kills the newspaper owner, Mr. Gaines. Raymond’s mother, Eleanor Iselin, is in on this and tries to get political power by taking out whoever stands in her way. She uses her husband as a puppet and he accuses everybody as communists, when Eleanor actually is. Raymond’s brainwashing is tested a few more times before the main affair. During this time, Ben and others platoon members are trying to figure out what is happening.
First they shift the Jewish people to live in ghettos; then they arrest them and transport them to Birkenau, the reception center that leads to Auschwitz. Elie, his parents, and his sisters are arrested by the Nazis and sent by cattle car to Birkenau. During the journey, Elie, his family, and the other Jews suffer from the inhuman conditions they must endure; they are also driven to distraction by the hysterical screams of Madame Schachter, who has hallucinations of fire and furnace. When Elie and his family arrive at the concentration camp, they see flames rising out of an oven, which is actually a crematorium for the prisoners. They are repulsed by the stench of burning flesh.
Montag threatens Beatty with the flamethrower and burns his boss alive, and knocks his coworkers unconscious. As Montag escapes the scene, the firehouse's mechanical dog attacks him, managing to inject his leg with a tranquilizer. He destroys it with the flamethrower and limps away. Montag runs through the city streets towards Faber's house. Faber urges him to make his way to the countryside and contact the exiled book lovers who live there.
Macbeth did murder Duncan and Banquo. In order to consolidate his power, he kills Macduff's wife and son and all the people in the Castle of Fife .At this point, he is a "butcher". For Lady Macbeth, she did persuade Macbeth to kill Duncan. She emboldens Macbeth by saying"How tender ¡¥tis to love the babe that milks me-I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out" Her persuasion quickens the pace of the murder. She is a "fiend-like queen "at that point.
At the contest after he strings his bow, he, Telemachus, and some loyal servants kill all the suitors. After all the suitors are dead the beggar reveals himself as Odyessus, and is reunited with Penelope. He still had unfinished business with going to see his father, Laertes. While he is there they are attacked by the suitors family, they are seeking revenge for the death of their children (the Suitors). Laertes, kills the Antinous, and this stops the