Just not care about anything or anyone and just go wherever life takes him. This reading also shows how Chris is different from any other books main character. He isn’t trying to be a hero, and he definitely isn’t trying to effect anyone else by his journey’s, only himself. For example, when he was with Crazy Ernie he worked for him for no pay, and when he found out he wasn’t getting paid he stole a crazy guys bike. In no way would any real hero do anything like that, because hero’s are supposed to help people, not take away from them.
People are obsessed with fitting in the social mainstream that they become afraid of change and are challenged by genuine emotion. The weeping man doesn’t want or need anything from his society. “The weeping man, like the earth requires nothing”. However although the society is isolated from the weeping man, the onlookers get a choice. The facelessness of modern society means there is less fear of judgement and the consequences of judgement, than in the society such as Salem in the Crucible.
Even though he witnessed many horrible things, he could not believe in his Father’s true work. He died because he was not aware of what was happening in the concentration camps. (Boyne, page 213) it states, “He assumed that it had something to do with keeping the rain out and stopping people from catching colds.” This shows that Bruno had no idea that he was taken to a gas chamber. Standing in the big room, in between skinny, shaved head men, he was more concerned on catching cold than the vision in front of him. Another example of how Bruno was avoiding thinking about what was happening around him was when he said, “I expect we’ll have to wait here till it eases off and then I’ll get to go home” (Boyne, page 212).
The only navigational aid in his possession was a tattered state he`d scrounged at a gas station.” Without the proper equipment for hunting, eating, and survival Chris was lucky to last one- hundred days in the Alaskan Taiga. Many Alaskans said he was “wreck less” for not thinking properly about what equipment would be essential for survival of such an odyssey. He was not in the proper mind set, because any clearheaded thinking person would gather the appropriate essentials. He was said to have mistaken a moose for a caribou, which is a huge difference. When
This insight only occurs when an individual bravely endure the "total examination of the 'unchangeable' environment" (Miller1). From this test, comes the fear associated with tragedy, as the individual is faced with the belief of his rightful dignity in society as contradicted to the dignity given to him by the society. Only a tragic hero is ready to die to affirm his dignity, this imbues them with heroism because of their "unwillingness to remain passive in the face of what conceive to be a challenge to dignity, image of rightful status," (Miller1). Thus, one is only flawless when they are peaceful in the midst of the struggle. Willy Loman passed his life without much thought what the cause and effects are co.
Albert Camus presents an unorthodox and absurdist approach towards analyzing “The Myth of Sisyphus”. He deems Sisyphus as an absurdist hero in an attempt to convey an absurdist philosophy of life. The myth entails an idea that life ultimately has no meaning, and in order to achieve happiness in life we must accept the meaningless of life. If we are devoid of hope to achieve something preferable compared to our current position in life, then we will live in pleasure. If we accept in the end, that there is no preferable meaning of life that is to be attained, then we can accept our fate without grief.
Moreover, there is no mercy for the gullible characters. Hans (in luck) remains “void of care” after repeatedly being conned. To survive, win or conquer one has to know the value of things and of social order and practice the maneuvers to achieve them. Gold and manipulation are the way to power such as marriage is the path towards rank. In this fictional universe, the hero is not ennobled with outstanding moral or physical qualities because the stories are a reflection of life itself, of the old or modern society.
The people who believed Chris to be a “loopy young man who…lacked even a modicum of common sense” (184) didn’t understand his intention. He wasn’t trying to get himself killed in the Alaska brush, he just wanted to live off the essentials and go back to basics. He was very intelligent which makes it hard to believe he was crazy or just dumb. He was living by the words of Emerson and Thoreau where he could be “emancipated from…a world of abstraction” (22) and live in solitude. He followed “his genius until it misled him”
Okonwo strives to make his way in a world that seems to value manliness. In so doing, he rejects his father views and stands on his own feet. Okonkwo consciously adopts opposite ideals of his father and becomes productive, wealthy, thrifty, brave, violent, and adamantly opposed to music and anything else that he perceives to be “soft,” such as conversation and emotion. Okonkwo achieves great social and financial success by embracing these ideals. However, Okonkwo is a tragic hero in the classical sense.
Being Well Liked Motif Willy is at the bottom of the totem pole in a capitalistic world. He owns nothing, and he makes nothing, so he has no sense of accomplishment. Robbed of this, he develops the theory that if a person is well liked and has a great deal of personal attractiveness, then all doors will automatically be opened for him. Willy built his life around these dreams. However, for Willy to live by his ideals necessitates building or telling many lies, and these illusions replace reality in Willy's mind.