A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board. The relationship that is shared between Blacky and his father has negatively impacted Blacky’s self-esteem so much that it has led to him not having faith in his own father and to expect no support. During the novel, the desertion that Bob shows toward his son leads Blacky to be more independent, and he learns to expect no support from his father, as he cannot rely on Bob to look after him. The grand final, and Dumby Red’s funeral are examples of when Gary seeks his father’s input,
In order to avoid the aggression of other nomadic tribes, Han Wudi also ordered the construction of the Great Wall. In 138 BC, Han Wudi sent Zhang Qian -- Chinese ambassador-- with a diplomatic expedition to Central Asia to try to find allies against the Hun. Failing to achieve his original purpose, Chinese ruler became aware of the cultures and customs of other nationalities. Eventually, this led to the opening of the Silk Road, which later served as a route for cultural and economic exchange between the east and the west. Han Wudi accepted Dong Zhongru's proposal of "rejecting the other schools of thought and respecting only Confucianism"
Chiang was obsessed with the unification of China under the Nationalist government however, he underestimate the expense of trying to make this viable. Chiang needed money in order to pay his army and continue the progress of the Northern Expedition to Beijing however, money was in scarce supply and the Shanghai business community was the only one to produce it. The president of the chamber was asked for a large loan but, on refusal his property was confiscated; rich merchants were also targeted and were squeezed in whichever way possible. Chiang used ruthless methods in order to achieve his aim and with the appointment of his new brother – in –law, T V Soong, as finance Minister he was able to collect together a war chest with would finance his resumption of the conquest in the north. Chiang faced many problems during his period as Nationalist leader, one of which being the insurance that all warlords were defeated, especially the powerful warlord Zhang Zuolin of Manchuria, and that China would be united under one leader.
His unfavorable actions sparked local revolts; even his own generals refused to fight in his stead. Once Yuan Shikai died in 1916, China remained divided and the Kuomintang powerless. Sun Yixian attempted to reorganize the Kuomintang, but true authority and power was in the hands of the warlords – they ruled territories as large as they could conquer. The country was in a state of chaos. The Chinese peasants and lower class suffered the most.
He is rebelling against societal reform while crying out for parental attention. When you are a teenager, everything seems to feel like life or death and in rebel without a cause, Nicholas Ray taps into that emotional state, treating its star triumvirate of 1950s California kids as the confused saints they imagine themselves to be. When the show at the planetarium is finished there is a brawl between Jim, the new kid and a bully in leather jacket who is Buzz. Buzz and his gang found Jim easily; he isn’t hiding but trying to stay out of trouble since his family moved to his town after Jim beat a boy in his last school for calling him a “chicken”. The gang crowds threateningly around Jim’s car while he and Plato are watching from balcony above.
To what extent was Chaing Kai-shek’s leadership a failure? (Was the failure of the new GMD (nationalist) government inevitable?) It can be argued that Chaing Kai-shek’s leadership was always going to fail, because he was fighting a battle that could never be won. However, through his time in power, did also have many aims and successes, which helped china and the Chinese people. Chaing Kai-shek and the GMD’s aims were imposed to help make china a more stable country.
Nick is a geophysicist who had a rough childhood because of his fixed confidence in modern science. Nick engages in an argument with his father at the age of thirteen regarding the Earth. “His nose was bleeding, but he didn’t notice. Only he looks at me and says, you can beat me and break my globe, but you can’t stop her moving.” Although Nick is beaten severely by his father, he continues his argument that the Earth moves whereas an obedient child would stop disagreeing in order to prevent further assault. Similarly, Mr. Solchuck demonstrates his stubbornness regarding the Earth once he abruptly assaults his son in order to enforce medieval church ideologies of the Earth upon him.
Amir’s first experience of violence is when Amir wins the Kite fighting Tournament, and Hassan, runs off in pursuit of Amir’s trophy. Hassan is gone long enough to alarm Amir, who begins to search for him and once he finds him, he sees Assef, a bully, raping him. Amir at first is scared of Assef but later convinces himself by says, “Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay to win Baba (Amir’s Father) Was it a fair price?” (Hosseini 82). As Amir never helps Hassan, this shows that Amir will do anything to get Baba’s love and intention.
when Okonkwo father died he had been in a lot of debt, Okonkwo became obsessed with the idea of manliness in order to get over his father weakness. ”It was the fear himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father.”(13). Therefore, Okonkwo only showed the emotion of anger. He strongly believed that "To show affection was a sign of weakness the only thing worth demonstrating was strength.”(28). Okonkwo’s life first began to fall apart when Ikemefuna, his supposed to be son was killed.
This is demonstrated by the excerpt where an old man voices his protest to the beating of the mare and is then yelled at by Mikolka and told to not “meddle” with his property which is soon followed with not another protest by the old man but by laughter from him and the crowd in watching the mare being beaten (46). This propensity for society to look away and ignore the constant acts of distaste in life is just as prominent in a quote by Royda’s father telling him to, “come away, don’t look” (46). This mentality is what lets both Royda and Mikolka get away with their brutal acts. More importantly however, is the dream’s ability to bring Royda’s previous ability to feel compassion back into play and force him into a conflict with himself between his nearly dead emotional side and his very prominent rational, absurd