Frank Towns is an experienced pilot that is sent to shut down failed oil rigs (he has even been given the nickname “Shut it Down” Towns). He is very indifferent to the people who work on the rig that he shuts down at the beginning of this movie, and just wants to get his job done. A.J. is his copilot, and seems fond of Towns. Elliot is a drifter who happened to stumble across the now-closed oil rig.
“…Every day in his soul he shot Richard…”(108). He’d always worry about all the little dangers and it is ironic that the actual fatal harm done to his son was the unthinkable huge crime of being shot. The fact that the killer would get out of jail at the exact age he was now is an example of Oedipus complex “There must be
One event from the book that shows the right to life right being violated that really stood out to me was when Ishmael was in a throat slitting competition. The competition was to see who slits throats best. The rebels captured three men during the last raid. Then they tied them up and choose three boys to slit their throats and whosoever victim died first was the winner. This was a horrible and brutal event from the book to read about.
On top of their horrible conditions, there was food, clothing, supplies, and weapon shortage. This novel truly describes how soldiers die and in what true conditions they are when in war. This book made you want to hate Germany because these young boys were in a hell hole and all authority ignored them. Even though this book was published before all Nazi violence broke out against Jews, it still seemed like a threat. The world looked at Germany as a very powerful country especially when it came to war, and this book screamed the opposite.
Rick has run to Casablanca to escape the Nazis but in my opinion also to escape from himself. The people here “wait wait and wait”. The opening scene of this text descends us into Casablanca as if dropping us into the confines of a prison which immediately introduces the theme of isolation. We are firstly introduced to Rick as a lonely gentleman whose isolation seems as if it is by choice as we hear Rick “Never drinks with his customers”. We see him isolated sitting alone at a table, playing chess, smoking a cigarette.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Summery Ender, a child of six, has been monitored carefully to see if he qualifies for Battle School. The monitor was attached to neck so that the officials of the International Fleet, specifically Colonel Graff, could effectively "be inside Ender's mind." After Ender's monitor is removed, several boys in his class, led by the bully Stilson, corner him and abuse him, knowing that the officials can no longer watch what happens. But Ender tricks Stilson into fighting him alone, and Ender beats him badly. Ender cries, showing his remorse at being so ruthless, being more like his sadistic brother Peter than his compassionate sister Valentine.
Later, when the Taliban took control of his hometown of Mazar-e-Sharif, both his cousin and uncle are burnt to death in their own house. The conflict continues to impact upon Najaf’s adulthood. In 1998, the Taliban invaded Mazar-e-Sharif again and kidnapped Najaf and any other survivors. “I was tortured usually whipped by cables, but beyond mine and my family’s belief I was released.” He explained. Najaf knew he wouldn’t be as lucky a second time so he was left with only one choice, to escape the country and find a safe place for his family.
Also, according to defendant Ralph, Jack was hungry for power and control. Jack used threats, food, and “fun” to gain control of the boys and start his own tribe until Ralph had no more power, and control and unity was gone. In addition, twins Samneric stated that after Piggy was murdered, Jack ordered two boys to kidnap them. Even in his own testimony, Jack seemed to frame himself. He admitted to stealing control and chiefdom from Ralph, and he admitted to bullying Piggy.
It's alternately grim and sweet. Hazel Lancaster, the narrator, has a tumor as incurable as her sense of irony. Cancer booklets and websites are wrong, says Hazel, who has terminal thyroid cancer: "Depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying." Augustus Waters, 17, a former basketball star, is in remission after losing an leg to cancer, "an excellent weight-loss strategy," he quips.
He was very brutal: "Would to god my rage, my fury would drive me now / to hack your flesh away and eat you raw"(22.408-409). He was the mightiest of the Greeks and he had such a great deal of confidence in him that he decided to act on his own when his slave princess was taken away. Because of his self confidence; he failed to act like a common man. Achilles’ refusal to eat with other warriors suggests that he put his ego before everyone else. He fits the description of Aristotle's quote “the man who is incapable of working in common”.